From David Malone--
Dear Roger ...,
The big email got bounced again. Below is the original email that keeps
getting bounced back BUT, this time, without the zip file of the piece
of music. The music file is about 28Megs and I think that is why it is
getting bounced.
OLD EMAIL -
Dear Roger ...,
sorry for the delay. Old films require digging out old files. Found
them and also the answer. The opening music is R Strauss The Alpine
Symphony. One of my editor's favourites. This is the first two
minutes. It then cross mixes to a piece written for film and therefore
not available commercially by a fellow named Mike Marshal. I have
attached a zip'ed AIFF file of the piece. You should be able to play it
or if not use your music software to convert it to a format it can play.
Hope this helps. If not get back to me.
David
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First, the attached zip still failed to come over. I'll get back with David again to
attempt different arrangements. Or maybe one of you guys can come up with a workable plan.
Second, David's reference to Alpine Symphony certainly begins as expected. But-- at the point
in the documentary just as David appears in the narrative, that music is not part of early
minutes of 'Alpine'. Unless the soundtrack is an edited arrangement of various sections
of the composition. The other reference-- the one to Mike Marshal -- has so far not as yet
been followed.
Eine Alpensinfonie (Richard Strauss) 1/5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM42C2_lYqQ&feature=related
BBC-Dangerous Knowledge (Part 1-10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw-zNRNcF90
"Beneath the surface of the world.. are the rules of science.."
There it is. The beginnings at least. And in the background perhaps even the Alpine Range.
Rainbow's End. Except no near-inaudible drum flourish at very beginning as heard in documentary.
Have now listened to Alpine in full. There's still a mystery to resolve. In part 1, at about 1:36,
where (Godel?) is staring out the window, comes the soft violins. From there, rich vibrato,
superlative strings (again, am moved), then a shimmering firebrand and cello vibrato. David then
visibly appears, walking along a wooded lakeshore, and with it the quieter violins and their
ascending sets of a three-note phrase. Finally, at about 3:00, the music is then interrupted,
leaving off with David's continued narrative, "Our story starts here..".
The source of that music (between 1:36 and 3:00) is not to be found anywhere in 'Alpine'.
This is possibly the cross-mix with music by Mike Marshall.