The Patriot
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Release date: June 28, 2000
Studios: Sony Pictures
Running time: 164 minutes
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper, Tchéky Karyo, Rene Auberjonois, Lisa Brenner, Tom Wilkinson, Donal Logue, Leon Rippy, Adam Baldwin, Jay Arlen Jones, Joey D. Vieira, Gregory Smith
Technical information: Super 35, DeLuxe Color, Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS
J. K. Rowling's hugely successful children's novel, the first in a planned seven-part series, becomes a hugely successful film starring relatively unknown child actors and seemingly every great British thespian alive.
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Music: John Williams
Orchestration: John Neufeld, Conrad Pope
Music editor:
Music recorded: May 2000
Williams composed the music for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone during the spring and summer of 2001, mainly at Tanglewood, and recorded the music in London between August 28 and September 12. He had previously composed original music for two of the film's trailers; these utilized a waltz for Hedwig the owl, a theme he wove throughout his 142-minute score for the film.
Contrary to his usual practice, Williams read the book on which the film was based and said he "loved it." Williams' contribution to the annual Tanglewood on Parade benefit concert on July 31, 2001 was a preview of music from the film, a performance of "Hedwig's Theme." Williams has also composed a nine-movement concert suite based upon themes from the score, each of which highlights a different section of the orchestra in the manner of Benjamin Britten's A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; this suite was also recorded at the September sessions at London's Air Lyndhurst recording studios.
Warner 48096-2
The soundtrack album for A.I. (Warner Sunset/Warner Bros. 48096-2) was released by Warner Bros. records July 3, 2001. In addition to just over one hour of music from the film score, the CD contains two version of the song "For Always" not used in the film (one a solo by Lara Fabian, the other a duet with Fabian and Josh Groban). The following month it was released in DVD-Audio format, featuring the same contents as the original release. In December of 2001, Warner Bros. Studios released a non-commercial 2-CD edition of the score to members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; it omits the two renditions of the song "For Always" heard on the commercial soundtrack release, but includes a great deal of previously unreleased music from the score.
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has released a piano/vocal version of the song "For Always."
References
"A Gentle Farmer Who's Good at Violence," Elvis Mitchell
New York Times, Jun 28 2000
"Scoring The Patriot," Chris Michie
Mix Online, July 2000
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Internet Movie Database entry for The Patriot
Cinebooks Database entry for The Patriot
All Movie Guide entry for The Patriot
Official web site for The Patriot
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