Tess Of The D'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman

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Theme from the 1979 film "Tess" based on the classic 1891 Thomas Hardy novel with artwork and photos, mainly from the 1979 and 1998 film versions.

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• D'Urbervilles
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• Nastassja
• Kinski
• Justine
• Waddell
• Victorian

[Muirmaiden]

Thanks for the info. I'm excited to see it as well.

[Muirmaiden]

I'm interested to see how the upcoming BBC version presents Tess Of The D'Urbervilles. Apparently, it's a four-part miniseries.

[frodo322]

Where did you get the soundtrack from? Is it available somewhere? I love this film. It's my favourite.The music is just beautiful adn Nastasja was so lovely. Thank you so much

[Muirmaiden]

It's part of a CD called "Cinema's Classic Romances" conducted by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

[JaimeDaviesWelshHero]

One of the greatest novels I have ever read. Hardy was a genius of literature.

[Dioxinpie]

A beautiful, evocative musical score that imbues the right emotional resonance to this film. Haunting, playful, lush, affecting and tragic -- a musical narrative in itself.

[altongrimes]

My favorite "Hollywood heart-throb honey" of all time. What a "living doll"!

[reginacaeli123]

@Treebard Brilliantly said: "She carried that strange alchemy of purity and seductiveness."

[chris276100]

@Treebard Natassia looked the part, exquisitely beautiful and vulnerable, but

I felt that her accent detracted from an otherwise flawless performance. Gemma

Arterton is my favourite Tess, but Justine Waddell comes a very close second. All

three adaptations are beautiful in their own way

[Dioxinpie]

@Treebard "She carried that strange alchemy of purity and seductiveness" :)

[portialynne]

beautiful music and lovely synchronization with your collection of photos. my church minister used to take annual pilgrimages to thomas hardy "country" from the wessex novels...he would give us literary talks and boy was he a great, handsome actorish but pure minister...i think he identified with hardy's tormented heroes and heroines!

[Treebard]

Except you forgot one adjective that describes the score, somewhat implied by "lush": Sensual (sexy).

[Treebard]

Diox, you expressed exactly how I feel about this score. Thanks.

[Treebard]

I too fell in love with the book in my twenties, after seeing the 1979 movie Tess. No matter who plays Tess, no one will ever be as perfect as Nastassia Kinski in my mind. She carried that strange alchemy of purity and seductiveness.

[pericraig]

Lovely music score.

[applesky007]

I fell in love with this book when I was in my twenties. Its been an ongoing afair and I have just purchased another copy (because everytime I lend it to someone, I strangely never get it back) to read and pass onto an Australian friend of mine who thinks Martina Cole rocks. She does. Never comes close to Tess tho.