Music Composed and Conducted by Guy
Farley
Performed by The City of Prague
Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded by Jan Holzner
at Smecky Soundstage, Prague
Mixed by
Ben Fenner at Sphere Studios,
London
Musical Associate Adrian
Thomas
Music Supervision James Fitzpatrick
for Tadlow Music
Solo Violin
Lucie Švehlová
Duduk Dirk
Campbell
Ethnic Flutes Jan
Hendrickse
Solo Cello David
Cohen
Solo Piano Guy Farley
Ethnic
Percussion Paul Clarvis
Assistant Engineers
Josh Blair and Karen
Leite
Soundtrack Mastered by Ben Fenner
at Sphere Studios, London
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Ave Maria (G. Gaccini, arr. Guy
Farley)
Performed by Luke
Briggs
Courtesy of The Choir of St. John's
College, London
Commentary: This Italian romantic
miniseries inspired the composer to write one of his thematically
richest scores. The whole score is based on classical orchestra
featuring numerous solo instruments including violin, flute and
piano (perfomed by the composer) or duduk. In dramatic moments the
orchestra features strong percussive hits and massive brass section,
but these moments appear only occasionally for a few minutes during
the whole album. Highlights of dramatic part of the score are
On the Run and Under Fire. The rest of the album consists of
romantic pieces based on individual solo instruments presenting one
of the most attractive scores in Guy Farley's discography.
Plot Summary: Set during WW1
in the mountains of Northern Italy, L'Amore e la Guerra is Italian
TV miniseries following romantic story of young duchess Albertina
Regis (Martina Stella) who
decides to help her country as nurse of Red Cross in
a lazareth, where she starts her romance with young young
sergeant Rocco Parri (Daniele Liotti). The problems start when rich
and attractive duchess is courted by older and rich captain Avogadro
(Thomas Trabacchi) and Rocco is captured by the
enemy.