LMO recently recorded Endeavour - ITV's prequel to Inspector Morse with composer Barrington Pheloung.
Endeavour, set in the 1960's, stars Shaun Evans as a younger Morse and is directed by Colm McCarthy.
Barrington Pheloung used a 17 piece string section with flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, harp and guitar for the score which he also conducted
at Abbey Road studio 1 with LMO which was led by Tom Bowes.
During the session a Puccini aria was recorded with soprano Janis Kelly for a key scene in the film.
Matt Slater assisted Barrington with score preparation and the session was engineered by Paul Golding.
You can see Endeavour on ITV Player.
I absolutely loved how in the end he sort of braided the Morse theme through the concluding scene, I thought that was pure genius!
Also, the eerieness of BP's original music juxtaposed extremely well with the Madame Butterfly inserts. All in all, a prequel worthy of its predecessor on many levels and not the least on the musical.
Well done, all involved!
ktinxx 1 month ago