Abel Korzeniowski | SILCD1323 | 738572132323 | CD | Soundtrack
Abel Korzeniowski’s elegiac, string-lead score to fashion designer Tom Ford’s stylish directing debut based on Christopher Isherwood’s 1964 novel
Set in 1962, A Single Man stars Colin Firth as a teacher grieving over the death of his partner and planning suicide to end his pain. The film follows an unhappy single day in the life of an unhappy single man.
Abel Korzeniowski’s score beautifully complements the film and is supplemented by additional music from Shigeru Umebayashi. The source music included eclectically ranges from opera to Booker T & The MG’s. The soundtrack has was nominated for a 2010 Golden Globe Award.
Polish born Korzeniowski’s credits include a new score for silent classic Metropolis, Battle For Terra and Copernicus’ Star.
Shigeru Umebayashi has been scoring Japanese and Chinese films for over 25 years including box office hits In The Mood For Love and House Of Flying Daggers.
TRACKLISTING
- Abel Korzeniowski – Stillness Of The Mind
- Abel Korzeniowski – Drowning
- Abel Korzeniowski – Snow
- Abel Korzeniowski – Becoming George
- Shigeru Umebayashi – George’s Waltz (I)
- Abel Korzeniowski – Daydreams
- Abel Korzeniowski – Mescaline
- Abel Korzeniowski – Going Somewhere
- Bernard Herrmann – Variation On Scotty Tails Madeleine
- Shigeru Umebayashi – Carlos
- Alfredo Catalani – La Wally | Act I: Ebben? Ne Andro Lontana
- Harold Arlen | Ted Koehler – Stormy Weather
- Steve Cropper | Lewie Steinberg | Booker T. Jones – Green Onions
- Richard Rodgers | Lorenz Hart – Blue Moon
- Abel Korzeniowski – Swimming
- Abel Korzeniowski – And Just Like That
- Shigeru Umebayashi – George’s Waltz (II)
- Abel Korzeniowski – Sunset
- Abel Korzeniowski – Clock Tick