MovieScores Vol.1 Track 2

"Night of the long Knives" by David Hirschfelder off the 1998 "Elizabeth" Soundtrack

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[carolineleiden]

This is a motet by William Byrd. David Hirschfelder worked on the original score so it would fit one leading (counter)tenor voice and a background boys choir. The original is much more intricate, with several voices alternating the leading theme, coming and going. Beautiful, but too complex for modern ears. He did a fine job, actually. Shame he did not include the last two lines as well.

[Reykjaviking]

@carolineleiden thx 4 the info ima have to look that up didn't think it could get any better than this tho..

[TheLeaveTaking]

this is so utterly beautiful I love this Cate Blanchett and this movie and the music in it is divine

[xXIslandOfWonderXx]

Beautiful! So enchanting.

[carolineleiden]

To please the protestants, the catholic church took a big step towards them in desiging the new liturgy during Vaticanum 2.

In the committee that was assigned this duty, more protestants than catholics were appointed.

[levanyzzuf]

@carolineleiden You think the Protestants were responsible for "casting aside" beauty and truth in the Church? Hardly. The Catholics did a good enough job of destroying it themselves, and more specifically, the central authority figures at the helm who have been leading a holding action for centuries.

[carolineleiden]

And to think they used to perform gems like this on a weekly basis in churches all over Europe. And then the Reformation broke loose. Theprotestants did a good job in breaking the worldly power of the Vatican, but did they really have to cast aside everyting that was beautiful there was in Catholicism?

[sxyval4u]

love both movies and soundtracks this movie is so breath taking you actually feel every emotion, beatiful def one of my top 3 movies cate was extravagant and so graceful I loved the way she portraited her!!!

[darkhyena]

I'd have this played on a film on the last Shah of Iran... Seems to fit his last days in power perfectly

[allesfuerlau]

@darkhyena: Medieval Latin, of course.

[jmajesty79]

wow! the power of music...