Bernard Herrmann - Endless Night (Music from the Motion Picture) (2024) [Hi-Res]

This release presents Bernard Herrmann's score for the motion picture "Endless Night" (1972), a psychological thriller based on the novel by Agatha Christie. The film tells the story of Michael Rogers, who marries wealthy American heiress Ellie and builds a dream home with her on a plot of land called Gypsy's Acre, despite ominous warnings. The film was directed and written by Sidney Gilliat.

Herrmann's music in this work both looks back at his romantic scores and anticipates the more austere, motivic style he would employ in later projects. To suggest the menace beneath the romance of the plot, Herrmann introduced the then-novel Moog synthesizer into the orchestration. The score includes an achingly beautiful love theme, which serves as a "red herring" in the intriguing plot, as well as cues based on words from William Blake's "Auguries of Innocence." The music for this release was reconstructed from Herrmann's original manuscript and performed by the Basque National Orchestra conducted by Fernando Velázquez, with original Moog synthesizer sessions played by Toni Saigi, and vocals by classical soprano Núria Rial.

Tracklist:
1-1 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Prelude [2:16]
1-2 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - The Opening [0:44]
1-3 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - The Balcony [1:13]
1-4 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Gypsy's Acre [0:50]
1-5 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Flashback I [0:23]
1-6 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - The Pictures [1:24]
1-7 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Ellie [1:23]
1-8 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Encounter [1:33]
1-9 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Warning [2:02]
1-10 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Duo I [1:28]
1-11 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - The Cats [1:15]
1-12 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - The Newspaper [0:44]
1-13 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Marriage [1:39]
1-14 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Greta (Original Version) [2:18]
1-15 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - The Seasons [1:40]
1-16 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Broken Glass / Miss T. / The Ice [1:12]
1-17 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - School Play [0:39]
1-18 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - The Gift / The Ride [1:37]
1-19 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - The Garden / The Statue [1:53]
1-20 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Duo II [1:15]
1-21 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Endless Night [1:26]
1-22 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Devotion / Binoculars [1:00]
1-23 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Farewell [0:39]
1-24 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - The Yellow Pill [0:28]
1-25 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Death [1:26]
1-26 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - The Return [1:22]
1-27 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - The Couch [0:39]
1-28 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Flashback II [0:25]
1-29 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - The Fight / The Song (Film Version) [2:15]
1-30 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Breakdown [0:45]
1-31 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - End Title from Endless Night [1:12]
1-32 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Encounter (Alternate Version) [2:23]
1-33 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Greta (Film Version) [1:43]
1-34 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Duo II (Film Version) [0:54]
1-35 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Endless Night (Film Version With Mandolin) [1:27]
1-36 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - The Fight / The Song (Original Version) [1:50]
1-37 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - End Title (Alternate Version With Moog) [1:09]
1-38 Bernard Herrmann;Fernando Velazquez;Basque National Orchestral - Endless Night (Vocalise) [3:27]