Doctor Zhivago [Original Soundtrack]

by Maurice Jarre

Overview

Doctor Zhivago is a lively and vibrant work from the brilliant young French composer Maurice Jarre. Already heralded for his acclaimed scores in the films The Longest Day, The Collector, and Lawrence of Arabia, Jarre put together a bold and expressive score in spirited fashion. The music for Doctor Zhivago includes Russian folk tunes, bits from Soviet marches, songs, ballads, and dances. Featured in this work is the lovely and haunting "Lara's Theme," as well as themes noting the violence and terror of the revolution. With a chilling sense of detail, scope, and experimentation, Jarre proves to be successful at capturing the essence of the film's main character, Doctor Zhivago, featured earlier in the book by Boris Pasternak, who received the Nobel Prize for Literature. The album was put together using an orchestra unprecedented in its size and scope at the time. Jarre conducted the orchestra himself for ten days, using the full 110-piece group assembled in Hollywood for the occasion. Also featured was a unique group of 24 balalaika musicians and Japanese instrumentalists; koto, gong, organ, Novachord, electric sonovox, harpsichord, electric and tack pianos, and zither were included in the ensemble. The music was accompanied by 40 voices. Leo Arnaud, Lou Raderman, and Monique Rollin each worked closely with Jarre during the recording of this film masterpiece. The music itself is fresh, unique, and daring, performed by the orchestra with enthusiasm and a remarkable sense of energy and flair. ~ Shawn M. Haney

Product Details

Release Date:	04/19/2010
Label:	Sony Classical
UPC:	0886976379827
Rank:	53592

Tracks

1. Overture
2. Main Title
3. Kontakion/Funeral Song
4. Lara Is Charming
5. The Internationale
6. Lara and Komarovsky Dancing Up a Storm
7. Komarovsky with Lara in the Hotel
8. Interior Student Cafe
9. Sventitsky's Waltz/After the Shooting
10. Military Parade
11. They Began to Go Home
12. After Deserters Killed the Colonel
13. At the Hospital
14. Lara Says Goodbye to Yuri
15. Tonya Greets Yuri
16. Stove's Out
17. Yevgraf Snaps His Fingers
18. Evening Bells/Moscow Station
19. Flags Flying Over the Train
20. Yuri Gazing Through a Tiny Open Hatch
21. The Door Is Banged Open
22. Intermission
23. Yuri Follows the Sound of the Waterfall
24. Tonya and Yuri Arrive at Varykino
25. They Didn't Lock the Cottage
26. Varykino Cottage Winter Snow
27. Yuri and the Daffodils
28. On a Yuriatin Street
29. In Lara's Bedroom
30. Yuri Rides to Yuriatin
31. Yuri Is Taken Prisoner by the Red Partisans
32. For as Long as We Need You
33. Yuri Is Escaping
34. Yuri Approaches Lara's Apartment
35. Yuri Looks into the Mirror
36. Lara and Yuri Arriving at Varykino
37. Yuri Is Trying to Write
38. Yuri Frightens the Wolves Away
39. Lara Reads Her Poem
40. Yuri Frightens the Wolves Away
41. Yuri Works On
42. Then It's a Gift
43. Lara's Theme
44. Lara's Theme
45. Lara's Theme

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Maurice Jarre   Primary Artist