Stanley Kubrick's demanding perfectionism in all aspects of the film making process has led to some of the most memorable soundtracks of the modern era. Kubrick's taste for the classics led to his scrapping Alex North's original score for 2001: A Space Odyssey in lieu of the "temporary" tracks he had used for editing, turning Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra into an unlikely 20th-century pop icon. For his 1971 adaptation of Anthony Burgess's cautionary future-shocker, Kubrick once again turned to the classics. Malcolm McDowell's protagonist Droog Alex's taste for Beethoven is given a nice tweaking by Moog pioneer Walter (now Wendy) Carlos's synthesized take on the glorious Ninth Symphony. Some have complained that the now-primitive electronics involved give it a dated feel. Disturbingly--and effectively--other-worldly is more like it. Kubrick also imbues repertory standards by Rossini and Elgar with dark, frequently hilarious irony, and makes Gene Kelly's sunny reading of "Singin' In The Rain" the underscore to an all-too-accurate prediction of societal nightmares to come. --Jerry McCulley (Amazon)
Track Listings:
1. Title Music From A Clockwork Orange - Walter Carlos - Walter Carlos
2. The Thieving Magpie (Abridged) - A Clockwork Orange ST - A Clockwork Orange ST
3. Theme from A Clockwork Orange (Beethoviana) - Walter Carlos - Walter Carlos
4. Ninth Symphony, Second Movement (Abridged) - A Clockwork Orange ST D - A Clockwork Orange ST D
5. March From A Clockwork Orange (Ninth Symphony, Fourth Movement, Abridged) - Walter Carlos - Walter Carlos
6. William Tell Overture (Abridged) - Walter Carlos - Walter Carlos
7. Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 - Stanley Kubrick - Stanley Kubrick
8. Pomp And Circumstance March No.4 (Abridged) - Stanley Kubrick - Stanley Kubrick
9. Timesteps (Excerpt) - Walter Carlos Listen Listen - Walter Carlos
10. Overture To The Sun - Terry Tucker
11. I Want To Marry A Lighthouse Keeper - Ericka Eigen - Ericka Eigen
12. William Tell Overture (Abridged) - A Clockwork Orange ST - A Clockwork Orange ST
13. Suicide Scherzo (Ninth Symphony, Second Movement, Abridged) - Walter Carlos - Walter Carlos
14. Ninth Symphony, Fourth Movement (Abridged) - A Clockwork Orange ST - A Clockwork Orange ST
15. Singin' in the Rain - Gene Kelly - Gene Kelly
