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Elizabeth Taylor/John Barry
Elizabeth Taylor in London
Release Date 2005 12 06
Label El Records
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You might find this filed under Elizabeth Taylor in stores, so large is her name in the title on the front cover. However, it's not an Elizabeth Taylor album, although her voice is occasionally heard reciting historical prose. Rather, it's a largely instrumental soundtrack to a 1963 television special in which she took viewers on a tour through London, the score composed by John Barry. It's not one of Barry's major works, but if you do enjoy his music, especially from this period, you'll be pleased to hear it. It's richly orchestrated without being overly lush, with the sweeping dramatic grandeur typical of much of his output from the era. A bit of the spy/suspense flavor for which he was often known surfaces at times (especially &"The Fire of London"), but it's not too close to James Bond territory. While it's usually in a vividly cinematic style that can be languid or tense, there are also occasional echoes of jazz and waltz tempos, with the melody of &"Greensleeves" reappearing at various points as a kind of recurring motif. Richie Unterberger, Rovi


Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1ElizabethBarry3:28
2London at DawnWordsworth1:37
3London ThemeBarry3:19
4Lovers and BrowningBrowning3:32
5Pitt's SpeechPitt1:34
6London Theme -- Jazz WaltzBarry2:54
7Elizabeth WaltzBarry4:29
8Queen Elizabeth at TilburyQueen Elizabeth I1:57
9English GardenBarry4:54
10Queen VictoriaBarry1:30
11Fire of LondonBarry4:07
12Churchill SpeechChurchill1:44



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