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John Barry Enigma Release Date: 2002 04 16 Running Time: 56:43 Label: Universal Distribution John Barry's score for director Michael Apted's World War II drama Enigma is a lush, orchestral effort performed by members of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam and conducted by the composer. The cues are mostly short, with only four of 19 lasting more than three minutes, but there is a consistency of tone for most of them, and it is a quiet, contemplative one. Things pick up a bit in terms of tension on such titles as "Police Chase" and "Puck Dies," but even then Barry maintains a deliberate feel that never becomes too stirring. More typical are pieces like "The Quarry" and "Tom Goes to the Cottage," in which a piano plays a single-note theme supported by stately strings. This is not the music for a battlefield war film, but rather one fought internally, with plenty of time for contemplation and uncertainty. Still, the result is both moving and elegiac. (The album concludes with a couple of period songs, DeSylva, Brown and Henderson's "The Black Bottom" as played by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra in 1937; and Harry Warren and Mack Gordon's "You'll Never Know," recorded in 1943 by British bandleader Ambrose and His Orchestra with Ann Shelton on vocals, which are used as source music in the film; as well as a 1994 recording of Vaughan Williams' "Dives & Lazarus" played by the New Queen's Hall Orchestra, conducted by Barry Wordsworth.) William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Enigma, film score~Main Title Barry 3:42 2 Enigma, film score~Where Does One Pee? Barry 1:23 3 Enigma, film score~Police Chase Barry 1:18 4 Enigma, film score~The Quarry Barry 2:53 5 Enigma, film score~Tom Explains Enigma Barry 1:25 6 Enigma, film score~Is That What Happened? Barry 4:27 7 Enigma, film score~Wigram Arrives Barry 1:41 8 Enigma, film score~The Convoy Barry 5:38 9 Enigma, film score~Waiting for Signals Barry 2:48 10 Enigma, film score~Tom Goes to Cottage Barry 1:28 11 Enigma, film score~She Moved On Barry 2:08 12 Enigma, film score~Simply Wonderful / Finding Crib Barry 1:55 13 Enigma, film score~Trip to Beaumanor Barry 1:00 14 Enigma, film score~At Beaumanor Barry 1:22 15 Enigma, film score~The Train Barry 2:42 16 Enigma, film score~Goodbye to Hester Barry 3:00 17 Enigma, film score~Puck Dies Barry 1:18 18 Enigma, film score~London 1946 Barry 2:27 19 Enigma, film score~End Credits Barry 5:01 20 Black Bottom Brown, Henderson, DeSylva 2:57 21 You'll never know, song Warren, Gordon 3:21 22 Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus' for string orchestra & harp (or har Williams 2:49 Releases: Year Type Label 2002 CD Universal Distribution

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