Music by Hans Zimmer Music Engineer Brendan Morley SONGS Holdin' On Written by Beresford Romeo and Simon Law Performed by Soul II Soul Courtesy of Virgin Records Ltd. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Clarinet Concerto In A Major: Adagio" Richard Stolzman, Clarinet Performed by the English Chamber Orchestra Courtesy of RCA Victor Red Seal, A Division of BMG Classics Remember Slow Fox? Written by Ole Georg Performed by The David Carr Orchestra Courtesy of Capitol Production Music/Ole Georg Strossa Stroma Sou From the motion picture soundtrack of "Zorba the Greek" Written by Mikos Theodorakis and I. Kambanellis Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Flute Concerto No. 1 In G Major: Rondo and Adagio" Hans-Martin Linde, Flute Performed by The Munich Chamber Orchestra Conducted by Hans Stadlmair Courtesy of Polydor International GmbH A Division of PolyGram Classics River Watermark Storms In Africa Written by Enya, Roma Ryan, Nicky Ryan Performed by Enya Courtesy of WEA Records Ltd By arrangement with Warner Special Products Pass The Ammo Written and Performed by Professor Griff and L.A.D. Courtesy of Luke Records
Oyin Momo Ado Written and Performed by Michael Olatunji Courtesy of CBS Records, Music Licensing Department Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Flute and Harp Concerto In C Major: Andantino" Performed by Suddeutsches Kammerorchester Stuttgart Courtesy of Teldec Records By arrangement with Warner Special Products Surfin' Safari Written by Mike Love and Brian Wilson Performed by The Beach Boys Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc. By arrangement with CEMA Special Markets Subway Drums Written and performed by Larry Wright Eyes On The Prize Written by Harry Stewart Performed by The Emmaus Group Singers In the usual Peter Weir way, music is used to make a number of emotional and plot points. The opening is given a kick by street drummer Larry Wright (in the same way that Weir used shadow puppets to open The Year Of Living Dangerously), Mrs Adler plays the piano, and then is beguiled by Georges pounding away on the piano. He then persuades her to part with her garden for Brontë by getting to translate his poem, recited in French as he plays the piano (Below: Larry Wright opening the movie, Mrs Adler on the piano, then Georges, and then, after a running joke about his humming that runs through the movie, the music that Georges leaves for Brontë).
The English translation by Mrs Adler of Georges poem:
Once I heard the sound of the wind in the trees (as an aside I think that s it). Once I heard the sound of the laughter of children And I wept warm salted tears for the lost trees Let the little children come unto the trees And I will give them hope, he said But there are no trees for the poor lost, poor children Decay s their toy Despair is their game They have only chaos to climb... (Deeply moved, she leads the applause with bravos and magnifique ) There is also a song which runs over the final scene and then over the beginning of the tail credits. Lyrics for the song, delivered at first in a cappella style: Last night I had a dream About a home that was so bright (Brontë hurls herself at Georges with a despairing no ) I don t know why, It has to be a dream Why can t I Where will I go Help me Help me find a home Keep your eyes on the prize (as they put on their wedding rings) Don t be dismayed Don t be dismayed Deep in your heart You must believe Everything is gonna be alright Everything is gonna be alright (as they kiss) Everything is gonna be alright some day (musical backing and percussion kick in) Sometimes hot And sometimes cold Some times I m in Some times I m out No, I haven t had much to eat Lord knows, I haven t had much sleep You know... Keep your eyes on the prize Don t be dismissed Don t be dismayed Deep in your heart You must believe Everything is gunna be alright (final shot of yearning Brontë as Georges leaves and end credits roll) Everything is gunna be alright Everything is gunna be alright some day (Music fades out and then a Hans Zwimmer African flavoured piece takes over for the
rest of the tail credits). The soundtrack was released on CD:
Varèse Sarabande VSD-5309 Germany January 1991 Hans Zimmer unless otherwise noted. 1. Subway Drums, written and performed by Larry Wright 1 28 2. Instinct 3 33 3. Restless Elephants 2 55 4. Cafe Afrika 2 59 5. Greenhouse 3 15 6. Moonlight 1 23 7. 9am Central Park 1 49 8. Clarinet Concerto in A Major: Adagio, clarinet Richard Stolzman, English Chamber Orchestra, written by Mozart 8 37 9. Silence 4 38 10. Instinct II 3 10 11. Asking You 1 45 12. Pour Brontë 6 19 13. Eyes on the Prize, The Emmaus Group Singers arranged by Hans Zimmer, written by Harry Stewart 3 03 The film also has stayed in print on itunes:
Not all of the music in the film soundtrack made it on to the CD release - for example, the briefly heard Beach Boys tune, the Enya tracks, Soul II Soul, and the music from Zorba the Greek didn t make the CD. It s interesting that the itunes store credits Hans Zimmer with not only the Mozart, but the opening subway drums, when the original CD makes it clear that this was the work of young Larry Wright, both in the writing and the performing, and so adding street cred to the film - what s the chance of him seeing royalties from any sales? Gérard Depardieu picked up a credit for humming on the CD release. As for Hans Zimmer, he is too well known to list in detail here. The German-born mainstream Hollywood composer, with his ersatz African flavoured score, added to the sense that this was an American movie. Zimmer has a relatively detailed wiki here. Zimmer also had an eponymous website here. (Below: Hans Zimmer).
itunes contained this brief bio of Zimmer: