Quartet Records 2022: MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS (John Barry)

[Amer 2,077]

 

 

Quartet Records Announces:

Expanded Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

 

MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS
Music Composed and Conducted by JOHN BARRY
Limited edition: 3000 units

 

Quartet Records, Universal Pictures, Geffen Records and Universal Music Enterprises present an expanded and remastered edition of a timeless John Barry classic score for a 1971 Universal film, MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, directed by Charles Jarrot and starring Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick MacGoohan, Timothy Dalton and Trevor Howard.

 

Dignified and regal, romantic and bittersweet, John Barry’s music for MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS evokes the period, enhances the atmosphere and underlines the emotions. It is one of Barry’s undisputed masterpieces and was Oscar-nominated for Best Original Score in 1971.

 

Decca Records issued an album coinciding with the film’s release, beautifully produced by the composer. But while the album contained most of the score’s highlights, it ran just 28 minutes, or a little more than half of what Barry had recorded at London’s CTS studio. This CD marks the first release of the entire score, thanks to the recent discovery of previously unknown tape rolls in the Universal vaults. We have included the remastered original Decca album in stereo and the score presentation in mono, as it has survived.

 

This collection has been produced by Neil S. Bulk and Mike Matessino, and mastered by Chris Malone. The package includes a 20-page booklet with an in-depth essay by film music historian and John Barry authority Jon Burlingame.

The Original Soundtrack Album (Stereo)

 

1. Mary’s Theme (2:35)
2. Vivre Et Mourir (2:35)
3. But Not Through My Realm (2:32)
4. Journey To Scotland (1:44)
5. Black Night (2:37)
6. Escape With Bothwell (2:16)
7. Mary’s Theme (1:23)
8. Journey To England (2:27)
9. Death At Kirk O’Fields (1:48)
10. March To The Castle (1:53)
11. Mary At Chartley (1:33)
12. The Execution (1:56)
13. Vivre Et Mourir (Reprise) (1:44)
14. Mary’s Theme (Reprise) (1:16)

The Restored Film Score (Mono)

15. Vivre Et Mourir (2:34)
16. Queen Of England By Right… / Message For The Queen (0:58)
17. Bring Him To Trial / Mary’s Prayer (1:03)
18. François’ Death (0:22)
19. Letter From Elizabeth (1:10)
20. Journey To Scotland (1:44)
21. Arrival On Beach (0:28)
22. Dudley’s Return (1:19)
23. “Scottish Queen!” – Arrival At Holyrood (0:51)
24. Mary And Darnley Ride On Beach (2:06)
25. She Must Marry Darnley And I Have Won! (0:34)
26. Pray For Me, Davie! (0:32)
27. Jealous (1:08)
28. Hawking Sequence (0:32)
29. Darnley Is Abducted (0:35)
30. Signing Of Murder Bond (0:34)
31. But Not Through My Realm (Film Version) (1:14)
32. Murder Of Riccio (1:01)
33. Black Night (2:38)
34. Escape With Bothwell (2:18)
35. Birth Of The Prince (1:21)
36. Reconciliation Of Stuart, Darnley And Bothwell (0:21)
37. Darnley Is Drugged / Mary’s Theme (3:05)
38. Darnley Wakes And Finds Mary’s Letter / Bury Your Dead (0:59)
39. Death At Kirk O’Fields (1:49)
40. The Lords Surround Hermitage /Abdicate (1:14)
41. I Thought You Were Dead (1:39)
42. Journey To England (2:29)
43. Mary At Chartley (1:34)
44. Lord Bothwell Died Insane (0:56)
45. Irrefutable Proof / Now We Have Her! / And Now My Lord? (1:23)
46. Arrival At Fotheringay (0:59)
47. Dudley Enters (1:06)
48. The Execution (1:59)
49. Vivre Et Mourir (Reprise) (1:49)

 

Source Cues

 

50. Lament For The Children (0:51)
51. Antic Hay – Quick Dance (1:33)
52. March To The Castle (Film Version) (0:43)
53. Mary’s Song (0:46)

 

https://quartetrecords.com/product/mary-queen-of-scots/

[Yavar Moradi 2,576]

Weird there are no replies on this yet — a major expansion of one of a top 10 Barry score!

 

Yavar

[Jurassic Shark 12,008]

It looks interesting!

[Thor 7,451]

I have the OST, which I love. That's some sort of comment.

[Jurassic Shark 12,008]

Then you'll probably love the expansion!

[Thor 7,451]

No.

[GerateWohl 4,319]

For me already the re-recorded suite in my John Barry collection is enough.

 

I am not a Barry completist.

[Jurassic Shark 12,008]

9 minutes ago, Thor said:

I have the OST, which I love. That's some sort of comment.

 

Here it is!

 

 

[publicist 4,643]

1 hour ago, Yavar Moradi said:

Weird there are no replies on this yet — a major expansion of one of a top 10 Barry score!

 

It's a lot of very short cues and Barry is not exactly a composer where more is necessarily better. Even the old album was rather repetitive.

[crocodile 7,973]

I am definitely interested in this and Frenzy. But due to both titles being released in generous numbers and shortage of funds it will have to wait until January.

 

Karol

[Bespin 8,472]

1 hour ago, GerateWohl said:

For me already the re-recorded suite in my John Barry collection is enough.

 

I am not a Barry completist.

 

Same for me, I have to mark a line somewhere, I can live with the excellent suite recorded by Nic Raine in 2001.
 

[crocodile 7,973]

Great disc, that one.

 

Karol

[GerateWohl 4,319]

16 minutes ago, Bespin said:

 

Same for me, I have to mark a line somewhere, I can live with the excellent suite recorded by Nic Raine in 2001.
 

I guess, it is the exact same recording. Mine is Nic Raine as well. But it seems to be a different order.

[Andy 4,070]

One of my soundtrack goals is to discover more Barry.  But I've spent way too much lately, so anything like this will have to wait.

[Jay 37,249]

Mike Matessino has answered a question about this in the fsm thread

 

I was curious about Quartet's press release statement "This CD marks the first release of the entire score, thanks to the recent discovery of previously unknown tape rolls in the Universal vaults".

Does this mean they discovered a better source for the album master tapes in the Universal vaults, or is it referring to the mono recording used for the movie mix? Either way, I am confused, as Intrada released the album a number of years ago, while the mono music mix was included on the DVD.

 

It was a new transfer of the album master, and for the full mono score I located 1/4" tapes with some of the score on it. We didn't have that at the time the Blu-Ray was done; that iso-track used a music stem.

 

https://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=149925&forumID=1&archive=0