Description
A Clockwork Orange 1972
The soundtrack to Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange was released to accompany the 1971 film of the same name. The music is a thematic extension of Alex’s psychological conditioning. The soundtrack of A Clockwork Orange comprises classical music and electronic synthetic music composed by Wendy Carlos. Some of the music is heard only as excerpts, e.g. Edward Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 ironically heralding a politician’s appearance at the prison. The main theme is an electronic transcription of Henry Purcell’s Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, composed in 1695, for the procession of Queen Mary’s cortège through London en route to Westminster Abbey. “March from ‘A Clockwork Orange'” was the first recorded song featuring a vocoder for the singing; synthpop bands often cite it as their inspiration. Neither the end credits nor the soundtrack album identify the orchestra playing the Ninth Symphony excerpts, however, in Alex’s bedroom, there is a close-up of a microcassette tape labeled: Deutsche Grammophon – Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphonie Nr. 9 d-moll, op. 125 – Berliner Philharmoniker – Chor der St. Hedwigskathedrale – Ferenc Fricsay – Irmgard Seefried, Maureen Forrester, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ernst Haefliger
Video:
A Clockwork Orange – Trailer 1972
Track Listing
1.”Title Music from A Clockwork Orange” (From Henry Purcell’s Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary)Carlos, Rachel ElkindWendy Carlos2:212.”The Thieving Magpie (Abridged)”Gioachino RossiniA Deutsche Grammophon Recording5:573.”Theme from A Clockwork Orange (Beethoviana)”Carlos, ElkindWendy Carlos1:444.”Ninth Symphony, Second Movement (Abridged)”Ludwig van BeethovenA Deutsche Grammophon Recording conducted by Ferenc Fricsay3:485.”March from A Clockwork Orange (Ninth Symphony, Fourth Movement, Abridged)”Beethoven, arr. CarlosFriedrich Schiller (lyric)Wendy Carlos(Articulations: Rachel Elkind)7:006.”William Tell Overture (Abridged)”RossiniWendy Carlos1:17No.7.”Pomp and Circumstance March No. I”Edward Elgar(not credited)4:288.”Pomp and Circumstance March No. IV (Abridged)”Edward Elgar(not credited)1:339.”Timesteps (Excerpt)”CarlosWendy Carlos4:1310.”Overture to the Sun” (rerecorded instrumental from Sound of Sunforest, 1969)TuckerTerry Tucker1:4011.”I Want to Marry a Lighthouse Keeper” (rerecorded song from Sound of Sunforest, 1969; film version differs from soundtrack version)EigenErika Eigen1:0012.”William Tell Overture (Abridged)”RossiniA Deutsche Grammophon Recording2:5813.”Suicide Scherzo (Ninth Symphony, Second Movement, Abridged)”Beethoven, arr. CarlosWendy Carlos3:0714.”Ninth Symphony, Fourth Movement (Abridged)”Ludwig van BeethovenA Deutsche Grammophon Recording (Karajan, 1963, uncredited)1:3415.”Singin’ in the Rain”lyrics by Arthur Freed, music by Nacio Herb BrownGene Kelly2:36
