A Clockwork Orange: Wendy Carlos's Complete Original Score
January 01, 1970
Walter Carlos' Clockwork Orange is a studio album by American musician and composer Wendy Carlos, released under her birth name Walter, in 1972 by Columbia Records.[2] The album contains previously unreleased and complete tracks from her score to Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film A Clockwork Orange that had been cut or omitted from the official soundtrack, Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange, released three months earlier.
A Clockwork Orange: Walter Carlos's Complete Original Score
The album includes the complete version of Carlos's composition "Timesteps", originally intended as a lead-in to an electronic arrangement of the fourth movement to Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven. Carlos had written the opening to "Timesteps" prior to working on the film. She picked up the same-titled novel and noticed that the piece reflected the feeling of the first few chapters. Thereafter the piece developed into "an autonomous composition with an uncanny affinity for 'clockwork'" (the last word being Carlos's way of referring to the book). Among the instruments Carlos used for the score include a "spectrum follower", a prototype of a vocoder that converted the human voice into electronic signals that mirror the original note that has been played. Since the Ninth Symphony has a chorale section in the finale, Carlos felt it was an appropriate challenge for the new device. When the film version was announced Carlos and producer Rachel Elkind made a demonstration recording for Kubrick, who became interested and invited them to meet him in London.
The outcome was not entirely satisfying to Carlos in terms of total contribution to the film, but there remained the opportunity to present the music in a separate album, which led to this collection.
Artworkedit
The record label did not attempt to use images from the movie on the album cover. The image chosen was a surrealistic collage of objects and images representing ideas in the film by visual artist Karenlee Grant.[4] These included a rifle, an image of Beethoven inside the numeral "9", various mechanical images including a clockwork mechanism superimposed on a sliced orange, dancers representing the classical themes, and so on. This again was not entirely to Carlos' and Elkind's liking.
For the CD re-release, an image parodying the film's own logo was created and used on the cover—depicting Beethoven holding out a glass of drugged milk through the film poster's iconic A-shaped image—with the original cover image on the back cover of the included booklet.
Track listingedit
Original release (LP) (1972)edit
The original release contains the following tracks:[5]
Side 1
Track title
Length
Notes
"Timesteps"
13:50
"March from A Clockwork Orange"
7:00
Based on the choral movement of the Ninth Symphony by Beethoven.
An original piece originally intended to be used in a scene where the protagonist, Alex, is taken into the country and beaten by police. It restates themes from other compositions and also quotes the well-known Dies Irae theme. The words of the Dies Irae ("Dies iræ Dies illa. Solvet sæclum in favilla.") are also used, rendered through the vocoder.
Walter Carlos' Clockwork Orange at Discogs (list of releases)
January 01, 1970
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources A Clockwork Orange Wendy Carlos s Complete Original Score news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message Walter Carlos Clockwork Orange is a studio album by American musician and composer Wendy Carlos released under her birth name Walter in 1972 by Columbia Records 2 The album contains previously unreleased and complete tracks from her score to Stanley Kubrick s 1971 film A Clockwork Orange that had been cut or omitted from the official soundtrack Stanley Kubrick s Clockwork Orange released three months earlier A Clockwork Orange Walter Carlos s Complete Original ScoreOriginal album coverStudio album by Wendy CarlosReleased1972 1972 Recorded1971GenreElectronic musicLabelColumbiaProducerRachel ElkindWendy Carlos chronologyA Clockwork Orange 1972 A Clockwork Orange Walter Carlos s Complete Original Score 1972 Switched On Bach II 1973 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 In April 2000 the album was reissued with bonus tracks under a new title A Clockwork Orange Wendy Carlos s Complete Original Score 3 Contents 1 Background 2 Artwork 3 Track listing 3 1 Original release LP 1972 3 2 CD release 2000 4 References 5 External linksBackground editThe album includes the complete version of Carlos s composition Timesteps originally intended as a lead in to an electronic arrangement of the fourth movement to Symphony No 9 by Beethoven Carlos had written the opening to Timesteps prior to working on the film She picked up the same titled novel and noticed that the piece reflected the feeling of the first few chapters Thereafter the piece developed into an autonomous composition with an uncanny affinity for clockwork the last word being Carlos s way of referring to the book Among the instruments Carlos used for the score include a spectrum follower a prototype of a vocoder that converted the human voice into electronic signals that mirror the original note that has been played Since the Ninth Symphony has a chorale section in the finale Carlos felt it was an appropriate challenge for the new device When the film version was announced Carlos and producer Rachel Elkind made a demonstration recording for Kubrick who became interested and invited them to meet him in London The outcome was not entirely satisfying to Carlos in terms of total contribution to the film but there remained the opportunity to present the music in a separate album which led to this collection Artwork editThe record label did not attempt to use images from the movie on the album cover The image chosen was a surrealistic collage of objects and images representing ideas in the film by visual artist Karenlee Grant 4 These included a rifle an image of Beethoven inside the numeral 9 various mechanical images including a clockwork mechanism superimposed on a sliced orange dancers representing the classical themes and so on This again was not entirely to Carlos and Elkind s liking For the CD re release an image parodying the film s own logo was created and used on the cover depicting Beethoven holding out a glass of drugged milk through the film poster s iconic A shaped image with the original cover image on the back cover of the included booklet Track listing editOriginal release LP 1972 edit The original release contains the following tracks 5 Side 1 Track title Length Notes Timesteps 13 50 March from A Clockwork Orange 7 00 Based on the choral movement of the Ninth Symphony by Beethoven Side 2 Track title Length Notes Title Music from A Clockwork Orange 2 21 Based on Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary by Henry Purcell La Gazza Ladra The Thieving Magpie Abridged Gioachino Rossini 5 50 Not actually commissioned for the movie but inspired by the movie s use of the orchestral version Theme from A Clockwork Orange Beethoviana 1 44 The title theme reset in the style of Beethoven and played using flute like tones Ninth Symphony Second Movement 4 52 An abridged electronic version of Beethoven s Scherzo William Tell Overture Abridged Gioachino Rossini 1 17 Country Lane 4 43 An original piece originally intended to be used in a scene where the protagonist Alex is taken into the country and beaten by police It restates themes from other compositions and also quotes the well known Dies Irae theme The words of the Dies Irae Dies irae Dies illa Solvet saeclum in favilla are also used rendered through the vocoder CD release 2000 edit 2000 CD releaseNo TitleNotesLength1 Timesteps Full composition 13 472 March from A Clockwork Orange Beethoven Ninth Symphony Fourth Movement abridged7 023 Title Music from A Clockwork Orange From Purcell s Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary2 234 La Gazza Ladra Rossini s The Thieving Magpie abridged6 005 Theme from A Clockwork Orange Beethoviana 1 486 Ninth Symphony Second Movement Scherzo 4 527 William Tell Overture Abridged 1 188 Orange Minuet Outtake for stage sequence after Alex is brainwashed 2 359 Biblical Daydreams Outtake to underscore battle images Alex fantasizes while reading the Old Testament in the prison library 2 0610 Country Lane Enhanced version 4 56References edit Allmusic review Gengaro Christine Lee 2013 Listening to Stanley Kubrick The Music in His Films Rowman amp Littlefield p 268 ISBN 978 0810885646 Wendy Carlos Clockwork Orange Complete Original Score Music 19 April 2002 Discogs Walter Carlos Clockwork Orange Retrieved on 12 May 2016 Columbia Records KC 31480 1972External links editWendy Carlos s Clockwork Orange at Discogs Walter Carlos Clockwork Orange at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A Clockwork Orange Wendy Carlos 27s Complete Original Score amp oldid 1193598141, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
