The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn [Music from the Motion Picture]

by Adventures Of Tin Tin: Secret Of Unicorn / O.S.T.

Overview

In "Captain Haddock Takes the Oars," a cue from composer John Williams' score for director Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin, a low horn plays a light mystery theme reminiscent of the music for the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. The TV music was based on Charles Gounod's "Funeral March of a Marionette," and Gounod gets an acknowledged credit later in Williams' score when "Presenting Bianca Castafiore" finds opera singer Renee Fleming performing excerpts from his "Je Veux Vivre" from Romeo et Juliette as well as some of "Rosina's Cavatina" from The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini. Such classical touchstones offer suggestions of Williams' influences in background music that places strong emphasis on the word "adventures" in the title. Occasionally, as in "Introducing the Thompsons and Snowy's Chase" and "The Milanese Nightingale," Williams brings in an accordion for a French style that recalls his contemporary Michel Legrand. "The Adventures of Tintin" itself has a jazzy feel, almost bebop in nature. But much of the score consists of program music intended to underlie action and suspense while simultaneously reassuring the listener/viewer that all will be well in the end. Williams does not exaggerate the effects for comic purposes as he does, for example, in his Indiana Jones scores. Rather, this is ear candy for a movie that is equally sweet. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	12/13/2011
Label:	SONY SRM EXCLUSIVE
UPC:	0886979758827

Tracks

1. The Adventures of Tin Tin~The Adventures of Tintin
2. The Adventures of Tin Tin~Snowy's Theme
3. The Adventures of Tin Tin~The Secret of the Scrolls
4. The Adventures of Tin Tin~Introducing the Thompsons, and Snowy's Chase
5. The Adventures of Tin Tin~Marlinspike Hall
6. The Adventures of Tin Tin~Escape from the Karaboudjan
7. The Adventures of Tin Tin~Sir Francis and the Unicorn
8. The Adventures of Tin Tin~Captain Haddock Takes the Oars
9. The Adventures of Tin Tin~Red Rackham's Curse and the Treasure
10. The Adventures of Tin Tin~Capturing Mr. Silk
11. The Adventures of Tin Tin~The Flight to Bagghar
12. The Adventures of Tin Tin~The Milanese Nightingale
13. The Adventures of Tin Tin~Presenting Bianca Castafiore
14. The Adventures of Tin Tin~The Pursuit of the Falcon
15. The Adventures of Tin Tin~The Captain's Counsel
16. The Adventures of Tin Tin~The Clash of the Cranes
17. The Adventures of Tin Tin~The Return to Marlinspike Hall and Finale
18. The Adventures of Tin Tin~The Adventure Continues

Album Credits

Performance Credits

John Williams   Primary Artist,Conductor
Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick   Cello
James Thatcher   Horn
David Duke   Horn
Michael Nowak   Viola
Victoria Miskolczy   Viola
Kenneth Yerke   Violin
Alex Iles   Trombone
Steven Schaeffer   Percussion
Thomas Diener   Viola
Nina Evtuhov   Violin
Stuart Clark   Clarinet
Armen Ksajikian   Cello
Cecelia Tsan   Cello
Kevin Connolly   Violin
Brian O'Connor   Horn
William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr.   Trombone
Clayton Haslop   Violin
Mark Adams   Horn
Lisa M. Sutton   Violin
Wade Culbreath   Percussion
Rafael Rishik   Violin
Michael Valerio   Bass
Darrin McCann   Viola
Malcolm McNab   Trumpet
Christian Kollgaard   Bass
Guy Klucevsek   Accordion
Julie Gigante   Violin
James Walker   Flute
Jim Self   Tuba
Dave Walther   Viola
David Washburn   Trumpet
Barbara Northcutt   Oboe
Christina Soule   Cello
Irina Voloshina   Violin
Shawn Mann   Viola
Eun Mee Ahn   Violin
Roberto Cani   Violin
Gary Foster   Saxophone
Nico Abondolo   Bass
Bill Liston   Saxophone
Greg Huckins   Saxophone
Dennis Karmazyn   Cello
Peter Erskine   Percussion
Andrew Martin   Trombone
Endre Granat   Violin
Leslie Reed   Oboe
Dimitrie Leivici   Violin
Judith Farmer   Bassoon
Bruce Morgenthaler   Bass
John Walz   Cello
David Weiss   Oboe
Alan Steinberger   Keyboards
Drew Dembowski   Bass
Alan Estes   Percussion
Katia Popov   Violin
Ana Landauer   Violin
Jeanne Skrocki   Violin
Helen Nightengale   Violin
Henry Gronnier   Violin
Susan Ranney   Bass
Maya Magub   Violin
Amy Hershberger   Violin
Marlow Fisher   Viola
Donald Foster   Clarinet
James Mason   Saxophone
Gregory Goodall   Percussion
Kenneth Munday   Bassoon
Phillip Levy   Violin
Don Williams   Percussion
George Thatcher   Trombone
Sarah Thornblade   Violin
Miwako Watanabe   Violin
Tereza Stanislav   Violin
Andrew Duckles   Viola
Serena McKinney   Violin
Timothy Landauer   Cello
Daniel Greco   Percussion
Eric Hosler   Violin
Stephen Erdody   Cello
Aimee Kreston   Violin
Dan Higgins   Clarinet,Saxophone
Alyssa Park   Violin
George Doering   Guitar
Roger Wilkie   Violin
Geri Rotella   Flute
Darius Campo   Violin
David Parmeter   Bass
Robert Sanders   Trombone
Gary Bovyer   Clarinet
Andrew Shulman   Cello
Andrew Malloy   Trombone
Ralph Williams   Clarinet
Kim Scholes   Cello
Steven Gordon   Viola
Sara Parkins   Violin
Michael O'Donovan   Bassoon
Jon Lewis   Trumpet
Louise di Tullio   Flute
Timothy Morrison   Trumpet
David H. Speltz   Cello
Matthew Funes   Viola
Jo Ann Turovsky   Harp
Tamara Hatwan   Violin
Mark Watters   Clarinet
Steven Becknell   Horn
Marc Sazer   Violin
Pamela Goldsmith   Viola
Allen Savedoff   Bassoon
Edward Meares   Bass
Natalie Leggett   Violin
Roland Kato   Viola
Randy Kerber   Keyboards
Richard Altenbach   Violin
Gloria Cheng   Keyboards
Antony Cooke   Cello
Brian Dembow   Viola
Marcia Dickstein   Harp
Jeff Driskill   Saxophone
Bruce Dukov   Violin
Peter Limonick   Percussion
Armen Anassian   Violin
Renee Fleming   Soprano (Vocal)
William Booth   Trombone
Jacqueline Brand   Violin
Keith Greene   Viola
John Yoakum   Saxophone
Warren Luening   Trumpet

Technical Credits

Jason Richmond   Soundtrack Coordination
John Williams   Composer,Producer
Gioachino Rossini   Original Material
Shawn Murphy   Mixing,Recording
Randy Spendlove   Executive in Charge of Music
Patricia Sullivan Fourstar   Mastering
Steven Spielberg   Liner Notes
Sandy De Crescent   Music Contractor
Ramiro Belgardt   Music Editor
Peter Rotter   Music Contractor
Shaun Mills   Design
Charles Gounod   Original Material