New Soundtracks: HOUSE OF CARDS SYMPHONY (Jeff Beal)

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Composed and Conducted by:
Jeff Beal

Performed by
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra

Total Time:
132:15

Label:
BIS

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, iTunes

Release Date
August 24, 2018

Find more about the soundtrack (previews, track list) after the jump.

Product Description: This release grew out of the fascination of Robert von Bahr, founder and managing director of BIS Records, for the television series House of Cards. It wasnt only or even primarily the script or the acting that grabbed him, however, but just as much the music. Said and done Jeff Beal, the composer of the House of Cards soundtrack, was contacted and it was soon decided that he should compose a Flute Concerto for the virtuosic Sharon Bezaly. To complement the concerto a selection of music from the series was agreed upon, but with five seasons worth of installments to choose from, this quickly grew into a large-scale House of Cards Symphony which at 83 minutes takes up an album all on its own. So now the decision was made to record and present a lavish release, with three further works: Six Sixteen for guitar and orchestra (performed by Grammy winner Jason Vieaux), Canticle for strings and a brand new House of Cards Fantasy for flute and orchestra. The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra has received international acclaim for its recordings of the hyper-intense music of modernist Allan Pettersson, but here, under the direction of the composer himself, it has taken to the new idiom and welcomes the additional instruments necessary to bring out that House of Cards feeling: electric guitar and bass guitar, drum kit, piano and flugelhorn.

TRACK LIST:

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Disc 1

1. House of Cards Symphony: I. Forward March (4:50)

2. House of Cards Symphony: II. Betrayal (Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal, Jeff Beal & Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra) (13:29)

3. House of Cards Symphony: III. New Deal (Henry Beal, Jeff Beal & Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra) (5:42)

4. House of Cards Symphony: IV. Claire Underwood (Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal, Jeff Beal & Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra) (5:37)

5. House of Cards Symphony: V. Russia (Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal, Jeff Beal & Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra) (7:34)

6. House of Cards Symphony: VI. Portrait of a Marriage (Jeff Beal, Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal & Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra) (8:03)

7. House of Cards Symphony: VII. Power (8:44)

8. House of Cards Symphony: VIII. Dignity (10:26)

9. House of Cards Symphony: IX. Puppet Master (Joan Beal, Jeff Beal, Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal & Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra) (8:05)

10. House of Cards Symphony: X. Making History (Joan Beal, Henry Beal, Joakim Lundström, Jeff Beal & Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra) (11:11)


Disc 2

1. House of Cards Fantasy (Sharon Bezaly, Jeff Beal & Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra) (3:29)

2. Six Sixteen (Version for Guitar & Chamber Orchestra): I. Freely - Quarter Note = 90 (Jason Vieaux) (5:43)

3. Six Sixteen (Version for Guitar & Chamber Orchestra): II. Gently (Jason Vieaux) (3:50)

4. Six Sixteen (Version for Guitar & Chamber Orchestra): III. Quarter Note = 167 (Jason Vieaux) (5:01)

5. Canticle (Henrik Jon Petersen) (6:35)

6. Flute Concerto: I. (Sharon Bezaly) (8:16)

7. Flute Concerto: II. (Sharon Bezaly) (7:48)

8. Flute Concerto: III. (Sharon Bezaly) (7:52)

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