Alfred Newman - Wuthering Heights (Cathy's Theme) 1939

Ahh... Penistone Crags and the smell of heather in your hair... Wuthering Heights is a 1939 American black-and-white film directed by William Wyler and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It is based on the novel, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. The film depicts only sixteen of the novel's thirty-four chapters, eliminating the second generation of characters. The novel was adapted for the screen by Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht and John Huston. The film won the 1939 New York Film Critics Award for Best Film. It earned nominations for eight Academy Awards, including for Best Picture and Best Actor. The 1939 Academy Award for Best Cinematography, black-and-white category, was awarded to Gregg Toland for his work. The novel of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë which was published in 1847, was her only novel and written between December 1845 and July 1846. It remained unpublished until July 1847 and was not printed until December after the success of her sister Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre. It was finally printed under the pseudonym Ellis Bell; a posthumous second edition was edited by Charlotte. The title of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors of the story. The narrative centres on the all-encompassing, passionate but doomed love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and many around them. Today considered a classic of English literature, Wuthering Heights was met with mixed reviews when it first appeared, mainly because of the narrative's stark depiction of mental and physical cruelty. Although Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre was generally considered the best of the Brontë sisters' works during most of the nineteenth century, many subsequent critics of Wuthering Heights argued that it was a superior achievement. Wuthering Heights has also given rise to many adaptations and inspired works, including films, radio, television dramatisations, a musical by Bernard J. Taylor, a ballet, three operas (respectively by Bernard Herrmann, Carlisle Floyd, and Frédéric Chaslin), a role-playing game, and a song by Kate Bush.

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[cstaylor95]

BOOOOOOOOORING. 

[SidFortune]

While listening to this emotive music I as sadly reminded of what a damn fool I've been with most of the women who have taken a notice in yours truly. They must consider this comment an apology. The other versions "Cathy's Theme" in subsequent remakes are fine but do not approach the wistful, un-requieted longing of of the original.

[licia1896]

there is no heather in the USA where the movie was filmed...wuthering heights's location must be the Yorkshire, only the Yorkshire!!!

[blessOTMA]

Spectacular

[VTMCompany]

the most beautiful score of all 1939 films!