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DVD Video Clips / Screen Captures Trailer # 01 Trailer # 02 Trailer # 03 Soundtrack CD
Mrs. Henderson Presents
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Mrs. Henderson Presents ... Soundtrack CD
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This is the soundtrack to the film of the extraordinary story of the Windmill Theatre, its owner, Laura Henderson, and her manager, Vivian Van Damm, who together put naked girls onstage in a non-stop revue, making British history and bringing joy to wartime England. The soundtrack features music from the Windmill theatre productions of the 1930’s .The jazz infused pop of the time is performed by the ad hoc orchestra and sung by cast members including Will Young and Camille O’ Sullivan. The album is produced by the legendary composer George Fenton, the accomplished composer and musical director of over 100 productions. George has scored such classics as Ghandi, Dangerous Liasions and the recent BBC TV series The Blue Planet (for which he he won a Bafta award). As well as the Bafta, he has earned five academy award nominations, Ivor Novello and Emmy awards. Music from the Movies.com Online Review Reviewed by: Mike Beek -- January 7, 2006 The true story of Laura Henderson’s ‘Windmill Theatre’ is the basis of Stephen Frears’ Mrs. Henderson Presents. It’s a witty, heart-warming and often moving film about a wartime theatre, with a controversial show that became not just a place of entertainment, but a vital part of people’s lives. Londoners were coming to terms with the horror of war and looked to vaudeville as a means of escapism. George Fenton, who previously scored Dangerous Liaisons, Hero and Mary Reilly for Stephen Frears, returns to the era of his music for Memphis Belle and does so with panache and glee as he turns in music both for the Windmill’s stage and the film itself. The album is divided up into four sections, each of which tells its own story and does so through both original and war-era songs, as well as the original score elements. The album opens with the ‘Overture’, which begins simply on piano before the grand theatrical overture itself kicks in. The cue immediately transports us to the era of vaudeville with soaring strings and brass, moving through three pieces of music that form part of the overall music for the film. The first section of the album is called ‘The Early Years’ and encompasses Mrs. Henderson’s purchase of the theatre and the first shows that were staged, while section two, ‘Naked Girls’, covers (or uncovers…) the fun and frolics of the ‘revuedeville’ show and life at the theatre, pre-war. Obvious comparisons can be made here to the music of Kander and Ebb, to whose Chicago and Cabaret this film shares a definite kinship, albeit with a very British heart. Fenton perfectly captures the era and this style of 1930s jazz (particularly in ‘Bored with Widowhood’), a style that, to me, always has cheekiness and a sense of harmless depravity to it. The honky-tonk piano, flaring trumpets and ballsy percussion in ‘Vivian Van Damm’ are also exemplary of this and suit the character down to the ground. Section three, entitled ‘War’, sees a stylistic shift in the music, which sees more standard dramatic scoring as the Second World War begins. ‘The Blitz’ (Track 13) is a cue in three parts, beginning with ‘Bombing’ (heavy strings and tympani as London takes a beating) and moving into a brief song, performed by Will Young, called ‘The Grecian Frieze’. The cue ends with ‘Defiance’, which is a string-based piece that heralds the resolve of the people and the decision to keep the theatre open. A highlight in this section is ‘All The Things You Are’ performed by Will Young; it’s a delicate and haunting song by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II (originally from their musical ‘Very Warm For May’). ‘Elegy’ follows this track and is a fitting end to this section as it speaks of loss and memory, replete with heavy strings and woodwinds. The final section, ‘We Never Close’, consists of just two tracks. First up is ‘The Sails of the Windmill’ which is an original song, but one that feels like it was plucked right from wartime Britain. ‘Girl in the Little Green Hat’ closes the show with Will Young supplying the Noel Coward style vocal yet again. It’s a fun tongue-twister of a song with a wonderfully bouncy melody. George Fenton has created two pieces of work here, the music for ‘Revuedeville’ and the music for the film. The two go arm in arm, both working to move the story along. The original songs by Fenton and Simon Chamberlain (and the existing material) work to give life to the theatre, while the instrumental music is the soul of it. The vocal performances by Will Young, Camille O’Sullivan, Sir Thomas Allen and The O’Brien Sisters are all high spirited and infectious. Mrs Henderson Presents is an album that completely encapsulates the film it represents and is full of so many wonderful things that I’m finding it difficult to mention them all. But rest assured a trip to The Windmill Theatre is well worth the money, so take a seat and enjoy the show!
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Thanks to Anca, USA, for bringing this to my attention
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