The Scarlet Tunic (1998) – John Scott [MP3]

The Scarlet Tunic

Composed and Conducted by John Scott

1. Prologue
2. Main Titles
3. Mr. Gould Proposes to Frances
4. Captain Fairfax
5. Frances Meets Sgt Matthaus Singer
6. Frances and Sgt Singer
7. A Message for Captain Fairfax
8. Fairfax Discipline
9. The Red Shawl
10. At the Tavern
11. Frances and Matthaus Discuss Poetry
12. Frances and Matthaus Continue Their Walk
13. Threat of Execution
14. New Expectations
15. Talk of Desertion
16. The First Execution
17. Meeting in the Stable
18. Trumpets and Drums of the Kings Hussars
19. Sgt Singer and Captain Fairfax Play Chess
20. Mr. Gould’s Letter
21. Matthaus and Frances Declare Their Love
22. The Day at the Coast (http://kiwi6.com/file/63v097z78j)
23. A Flogging
24. Driven to Desertion
25. Frances and Matthaus Seal Their Fate
26. Bidding Goodbye
27. Departure from Home
28. Trying to Reach the Rendezvous
29. Mr. Gould’s Secret Marriage
30. Frances Takes Flight
31. Capture of Matthaus
32. Frances Finds the Scarlet Tunic
33. Execution of Matthaus
34. Christoff Returns
35. End Credits

Total Time: 63:14

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Here’s a lovely score for you to listen on Valentine’s day, bring again by this underrated but extraordinarily talented composer that is John Scott. About the score, i’ve found this brief description available on John Scott website:

"From Thomas Hardy�s tragic and melodramatic tale of love set during the Napoleonic Wars, John Scott has identified three principal musical elements. First a march, representative of Hussars resplendent in their scarlet tunics. The second musical element speaks for the Dorset countryside, a visual ingredient in the story and witness to the fate of the two unhappy lovers. The composer captures the essence of the surroundings in a limpid, pastoral theme of delicate beauty. This important folk song-like melody, despite the precedents set by English composers like Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Britten, remains instantly identifiable as springing from the pen of John Scott. The third major element expresses the passionate, though ultimately doomed love of Frances and Matthaus. Rising in a series of broad intervals, the theme speaks eloquently of the lovers yearning for each other. Musical continuity is helped by the unusual expedient of using the same orchestral forces throughout, reinforcing the comparison of this score with a tone poem for symphony orchestra."

Enjoy 🙂

This is a great score and great orchestral listening

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