Vanity Fair (Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal)

[ImogenKateify]

@jdlhnew its set in the Regency era.

[salierbeat]

I'm desperatly looking for the sheet music for this song too!! Does anyone can help me?

[CavalierTim]

I like how the guys move in...

[pcma1970]

Amazing music !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cirisy28]

beautiful singing

[DeedeeEntertainment]

Breathtaking! And now THIS "crimson petal" yawns en route to dreams...

[ForgottenSoul95]

when the piano first starts playing the begining notes remind me of another piece, but i can't remember the name...does anyone know what song im talking about? please help, because it's driving me crazy...

[saeufertranse]

its the on efrom interview with a vampire when tom cruise starts playing... dont know the name, sorry...

[ForgottenSoul95]

that's it!! thanks so much =D

[leschs64]

beethoven's moonlight sonata maybe?

[maybeimcrazy18]

your thinking of moonlight sonata perhaps

[lemens2]

moonlight sonata

[lokatis93]

Maybe it reminds you to "moonlight sonata" by Beethoven ;)

[allegrafi]

Ahhhh........yes.

[LPAndreea]

ma incanta cantecu'

[alejandrolopezii]

Me encanta esta pelicula, actores, vestuario pero lo que mas me gusta y no me canso de escuchar es esta cancion. No me canso de verlo

[hannahrose50]

Does she actually sing this?

[mesanlight]

no i looked it up and she doesn't but she is very convincing isnt she ?

[paintmelovely]

The playback voice fits Reese perfectly.

[gurulifeo]

прекрасно!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gunnipig1]

I love this song^^

[Fatuma18]

i love this song

[vaniytfair]

best movie evrrr....i love this song and their costumes...makes you wish u were there

[oprachik22]

i love the song and the film too, but i think i fell in love with the costumes the most. the costumes are beautiful, i especially love the men's costumes.

[vaniytfair]

oh i know right....best movie evr..ii know all the words

[hrdcrboi]

i love this song, i love this movie, this part most, to see the ladies faces as she sings, its priceless!

[nikenjosh]

i love this

[iriasyrenee]

Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white; Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk; Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font: The firefly wakens: waken thou with me. Now droops the milkwhite peacock like a ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers

[iriasyrenee]

on to me. Now lies the Earth all Danae to the stars, And all thy heart lies open unto me. Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves A shining furrow, as thy thoughts in me. Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake: So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip Into my bosom and be lost in me.

[Rothy2007]

BBC Vanity fair is better.

[miyatatsumoto]

ich liebe dieses lied... :)

[ch1378]

me la encanta.

[54spiritedwill54]

such a beautiful song and poem

[LightWardBlue]

This is from the poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson, but you already know this i expect.

[macheriecoco]

I get chills everytime I see this clip of the movie. This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

[juicylucie1990]

this gives me goosebumps, especially when in context to the storyline of vanity fair

im gnna learn this songggg :)

[pink0pasta0lover]

i love this song.... it works like a lullaby, cradling me in a cold wind....

[Valachen]

hi.. i want to ask if someone have the notes (mus.) of this song. a friend of mine wants to play it on the piano .. thx ..

[violasinger]

I've looked everywhere possible but can't find them anywhere.

Let me know if you do. I would really like to sing this song

[TheStageWhisperer]

The sheet music is readily available (composer: Roger Quilter), though please note the rendition in Vanity Fair, while effective, is not correct (see Ian Bostridge via youtube). Cheers, etc. DEC --

[violasinger]

This song isn't the one by Quilter. This song is by Mychael Danna and was written especially for this movie.

[TheStageWhisperer]

It is in fact the same song by Quilter, word for word.... but the melody has been, so to speak, flattened, as if/when a tune is played over & over in one's mind, to the point of exhaustion.

[violasinger]

It's the same poem written by Alfred lord Tennyson in 1847, but a completely different song.

[CurzonRoad]

A different song entirely, which moreover has nothing to do with the time period depicted in the film. Sorry, this is presentism, a pseudo-intellectual musical fantasy.

[Shanniquitie]

oh hush. it's a sweet little piece of victoriana

[CurzonRoad]

Sorry to be a spoil sport.... nice as these sounds may (or may not) be, they have no real foundation with said "Victoriana."

[Shanniquitie]

huh? tennyson was very popular with the victorians! and it would have been sung in this sort of sonorous style. agreed, the director is playing off her audience's historical ignorance by including it in a radically different period (but most people wouldn't be able to date this accurately anyway) - however, it fits the mood, atmosphere and attitude of the scene. so yeah, it's charming and pretty. you're a pedant.

[CurzonRoad]

Tennyson, yes!

The style as presented here? Hardly.

In good humor.

Cheers, etc.

Doug --

[Shanniquitie]

humour!!! really, do spell things properly.

lurv,

Me.

[CurzonRoad]

LOL!

Cheers!

All best.

Doug --

[mondbruder]

It is to find on the homepage of the composer Mycheal Danna.

[violasinger]

whats the address?

[juicylucie1990]

if u find where to get them could you let me know, i want to learn too!!

[singergurlclass2010]

this is my favorite song in this movie. Thanks for posting it. now i have another song to sing for school. =]]

[constanzavictrix]

This song was not yet written in Georgian times.

[mariettasweets]

But the song was written in the same year as Vanity Fair was written by William Makepeace Thackeray (1847).

[constanzavictrix]

Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote the poem -not in 1847

[constanzavictrix]

you are correct sorry

[blackdahlia1879]

this song is very beautiful... and I love this movie!!!

[dakalpa2]

Love this part of the movie. Thanks for posting.

[iPWNkadaj]

this is a different version from the original song! I like it better!

[monkeynbookie]

Reese shouldve won back to back oscars...the one for this and her eventual win in 'Walk the Line'....for this scene right here...even tho its not really her singing here...its THE best scene in that entire beautiful movie...and i could watch this all day!

[SMGSLayer97]

And Reese really sings this?

[artymiss91]

No, Custer LaRue provided the voice, I believe.

[monkeynbookie]

i think ur right cause if memory serves right...Reese cant sing that high...its why they had Custer sing it...but its still such a beautiful song!

[ghaws]

fact.

[888countess888]

such a beautiful song and poem

[Chiswick3]

The song is in english.

[nandotravieso]

Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white;

Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk;

Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font:

The firefly wakens: waken thou with me.

[TheCircusFolk]

Lord Alfred Tennyson shall live forever! <3

[cranky1chick]

Lovely song and one of my favorite poems, though the poem is anachronistic in this movie. Thanks for the clip!

[holliver511]

Can anybody translate the lyric to spanish? I didn´t understand the meaning of the poem... please! nice song

[AulendilElessar]

It would be hard to translate the poem but heres what she sing although she skips one paragraph of the poem:

Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white;

Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk;

Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font:

The firefly wakens: waken thou with me.

Now droops the milkwhite peacock like a ghost,

And like a ghost she glimmers on to me...

[AulendilElessar]

Second part of the poem:

...Now folds the lily all her sweetness up,

And slips into the bosom of the lake:

So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip

Into my bosom and be lost in me.

[alyushka]

Thanks! I was looking for this. It's a great lied and poeme. Reese does a great job too!