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Carey Blyton: Film & Television Music (1/4)

Carey Blyton: Film & Television Music (1/4) (including film production music and music for television commercials)
Year of publication	2002
Type of work	CD recording
CD Duration	00:56:19
Performers	Foreign radio station orchestras & British session players
Publisher	Apollo Sound

Track listing
	Grouping	Work	Movement	Duration
1	Film Production Music	Valse Musette	Parisian ‘left bank’ evocation	2:07
2		Girl Friday	A quick, rhythmic number with a South American flavour	2:30
3		Commuter Special	Moderate tempo, amusing	1:59
4		On the Go (Moto Perpetuo)	Gay, moving	1:46
5		Something in the Wind	Theme: Something in the Wind	0:35
6			Variation 1: Waltz	0:34
7			Variation 2: March	0:34
8			Variation 3: Rhapsody	0:35
9			Variation 4: Humoreske	0:34
10			Variation 5: Soliloquy	0:34
11			Variation 6: Tarantella (Finale)	0:34
12		Action for Orchestra	Gay, lively	3:05
13		Blues in the Round	Bach blues	3:06
14		Neurosis	Aggressive	1:38
15		Men at Work	Mechanical/industrial	1:51
16		Noises of the Night	Mysterious, mounting tension	1:55
17		Harvest	Pastoral	2:06
18		Minuet for Octet	18th Century pastiche	1:35
19		Bitonality Blues	Blues	0:46
20		Pan & Echo	Pastoral	0:50
21		Table for Two	Romantic, warm	0:52
22		Gay Abandon	Gay, witty	0:46
23		Music Hall Memories	Humorous, rather droll	0:49
24		Vista for Orchestra	Panoramic	2:36
25		Scottish Highlands	National, sombre	1:23
26		Scenes at Camelot	Renaissance period	1:53
27		Bach-Chat for Two Guitars	Off-beat Bach	2:11
28	Music for TV Commercials	Birds Eye ‘Florida Orange Juice’	Bach Prelude (distant)	0:35
29			Bach Prelude (close)	0:35
30			Widor Toccata-lette (distant)	0:32
31			Widor Toccata-lette (close)	0:34
32			Bach Two-part Invention (distant)	0:34
33			Bach Two-part Invention (close)	0:38
34		Mackintosh’s ‘Quality Street’	Fashion Show	0:33
35			At the Ballet [Theatre] (unmixed)	0:34
36			At the Ballet [Theatre] (mixed – voiceover: Patrick Cargill)	0:37
37		Lyons ‘Harvest Pies’	Dandelion I (sackbut)	0:49
38			Dandelion II (sackbut)	0:33
39			Dandelion III (horn)	0:33
40			Butterfly/Feather I (sackbut)	0:49
41			Butterfly/Feather II (sackbut)	0:34
42			Butterfly/Feather III (horn)	0:37
43		British Bakeries ‘Nimble Bread’	In the Park I (pastoral)	0:38
44			In the Park II (pert – unmixed)	0:35
45			In the Park III (pert – with voiceover)	0:38
46			Tape Measure	0:35
47			Bikini	0:34
48			Zipper	0:33
49			Scales	0:35
50		Smith & Nephew ‘Elastoplast’	Elastoplastic Art	0:58
51		‘Lux Toilet Soap’	Samantha Eggar Relaunch – Idea I	0:17
52		‘Lux Toilet Soap’	Samantha Eggar Relaunch – Idea II	0:17
53		British Bakeries ‘Nimble Bread’	Calorie Counter	0:37
54			Mini-car	0:35
55			Market	0:34
56			Seaside	0:30
Total duration:				56:19

Review

These are fascinating examples of the instrumentator’s craft, and of Blyton’s music; he found many of the ideas too good to waste, and they were incorporated into concert works. Some surprises from a ‘traditional’ composer too—12-note pieces make an appearance.

—Derek Foster, Modus Music News, no 16, December 2003