Pavanne (from the movie Orlando)

The background music is titled Pavanne from the movie Orlando with Tilda Swinton and Billy Zane. Billy Zane had a very small part in the movie. The movie was released 1992/1993. The director of the movie was Sally Potter. Sally Potter also co-wrote the score of the film. The movie was inspired by a book written by Virginia Woolf in 1928.

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• Pavanne
• Orlando
• Tilda
• Swinton
• Billy
• Zane
• Sally
• Potter
• Virginia
• Woolf

[benbisley]

The melody is called 'La belle qui tiens ma vie' (the beautiful one who holds my life). It is a mediaeval French melody which could be applied to a number of renaissance measures, including the pavane (as here) and the galliard. Peter Warlock, as redetrigan says, used this melody in the Capriol Suite.

And Tilda Swinton is breathtakingly beautiful.

[whateversup]

She looks like she glided off an old, grand painting. So unique and beautiful.

I'm amazed.

[sanddune1981]

Tilda - love you

[1126thmp]

its that space between heartbeats. The smell of dawn. That magical moment after a kiss.

[thejohnmithredux]

Thankyou for uploading.

[spoulakkkk]

Thanks for uploading.

[ptrck99]

so beautiful

[ALFREDOPOKEMON]

Does any body have the sheet of this version of the song or one for violin??!!!

it's sooo elegant!!!!!

[oracle2world]

There is a Knol with a link to a scan of Orchesographie at the Library of Congress. Go to Knol and search on Arbeau. The first hit is the article. The music is still very readable nowadays. Peter Warlock pretty much copied Orchesographic and called it his own work. There is an easy piano version at easybyte.org.

[oracle2world]

@jdavz1803 - a version for piano is at easybyte.org

[maha77]

Orlando is the best movie in the UNIVERSE..! and Tilda is the best actor in the cosmos!