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Topsy-Turvy » Original Soundtrack

Recording Details

Date: 1999
Type: Audio / Film Cast
Language: English
Music: Arthur Sullivan (41)
Lyrics: W. S. Gilbert (28)
Orchestrations: Carl Davis (11)
Conductor: Carl Davis (11)
Music Director: Gary Yershon (2)
Producer: Mike Leigh, Simon Mortimer
Liner Notes: Mike Leigh
Performer: Kacey Ainsworth, Dorothy Atkinson, Ian Balmain, Simon Butteriss (3), Eleanor David, Anna Francolini (8), Vincent Franklin, Teresa Gallagher (3), Louise Gold (22), John Griffiths (3), Shirley Henderson, Pauline Leonard, Kevin McKidd (2), Paul Rider, Cathy Sara (3), Martin Savage, Michael Simkins (3), Timothy Spall (8)
Notes: film about Gilbert & Sullivan writing THE MIKADO.

Recording Releases

	Buy MP3 Album (or listen to Sound Clips) Format: CD Label: Sony SK 61834 Released: 1999-12-07 Barcode: 0074646183427 Buy from:
	Shows/Hide Tracks: 1. 'The Mikado': Behold! The Lord High Executioner - Carl Davis 2. 'The Mikado': Overture - Carl Davis 3. 'The Mikado': Three Little Maids From School Are We - Dorothy Atkinson/Shirley Henderson/Cathy Sara 4. 'Princess Ida': Overture - Carl Davis 5. 'Princess Ida': If You Give Me Your Attention - Martin Savage 6. 'The Grand Duke': Paris Galop - Carl Davis 7. 'The Mikado': Mi-Ya Sa-Ma/A More Humane Mikado - Louise Gold/Timothy Spall 8. 'The Sorcerer': But Soft.../Why, Where Be Oi? - Shirley Henderson/Kevin McKidd/Martin Savage 9. 'The Yeomen Of The Guard': Alone - Carl Davis 10. 'The Mikado': The Criminal Cried As He Dropped Him Down - Dorothy Atkinson/Vincent Franklin/Martin Savage 11. 'The Yeomen Of The Guard': Overture - Carl Davis 12. 'The Mikado': A Wand'ring Minstrel I - Kevin McKidd/Michael Simkins 13. 'The Mikado': The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze - Shirley Henderson 14. End Titles ('The Pirates Of Penzance'/'The Grand Duke') - Carl Davis 15. 'The Sorcerer': Incantation - Shirley Henderson/Kevin McKidd/Martin Savage 16. 'The Gondoliers': The Fitting - Ian Balmain 17. The Lost Chord - Eleanor David/John Constable/Shelagh Sutherland 18. 'The Mikado': The Mikado: Finale, Act Two - Dorothy Atkinson/Vincent Franklin/Louise Gold/Shirley Henderson/Kevin McKidd/Cathy Sara... 19. 'The Long Day Closes': Resolutions - Carl Davis
	Format: CD Label: Sony ASK 61834 Released: 1999 Barcode: 0681349000 Notes: Promotional issue Added by: ross hitormiss
	Shows/Hide Tracks: 1. 'The Mikado': Behold! The Lord High Executioner - Carl Davis 2. 'The Mikado': Overture - Carl Davis 3. 'The Mikado': Three Little Maids From School Are We - Dorothy Atkinson/Shirley Henderson/Cathy Sara 4. 'Princess Ida': Overture - Carl Davis 5. 'Princess Ida': If You Give Me Your Attention - Martin Savage 6. 'The Grand Duke': Paris Galop - Carl Davis 7. 'The Mikado': Mi-Ya Sa-Ma/A More Humane Mikado - Louise Gold/Timothy Spall 8. 'The Sorcerer': But Soft.../Why, Where Be Oi? - Shirley Henderson/Kevin McKidd/Martin Savage 9. 'The Yeomen Of The Guard': Alone - Carl Davis 10. 'The Mikado': The Criminal Cried As He Dropped Him Down - Dorothy Atkinson/Vincent Franklin/Martin Savage 11. 'The Yeomen Of The Guard': Overture - Carl Davis 12. 'The Mikado': A Wand'ring Minstrel I - Kevin McKidd/Michael Simkins 13. 'The Mikado': The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze - Shirley Henderson 14. End Titles ('The Pirates Of Penzance'/'The Grand Duke') - Carl Davis 15. 'The Sorcerer': Incantation - Shirley Henderson/Kevin McKidd/Martin Savage 16. 'The Gondoliers': The Fitting - Ian Balmain 17. The Lost Chord - Eleanor David/John Constable/Shelagh Sutherland 18. 'The Mikado': The Mikado: Finale, Act Two - Dorothy Atkinson/Vincent Franklin/Louise Gold/Shirley Henderson/Kevin McKidd/Cathy Sara... 19. 'The Long Day Closes': Resolutions - Carl Davis

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Posted 2007-08-05 20:52:47:
Amazon.com Editoral Review: The producers of Mike Leigh's vibrant Topsy-Turvy took many big studio meetings seeking financing for their film. Word has it all went swimmingly until time for the pitch came--there are apparently no two words as unsettling to Hollywood film execs as "Gilbert & Sullivan." But the studio system's loss turned out to be the indie film's--and our--gain. Leigh's film brought the composers' late-19th-century mounting of their breakthrough The Mikado to an all-too-familiar life, filled with as many neuroses, foibles, and fragile egos as any modern Broadway musical. The film's score, an inviting pastiche adapted from Mikado (and other G&S staples) by veteran Carl Davis, may upset purists with its time-conscious liberties. But then, it might just win over a receptive yet unexposed new audience for whom this music may seem strangely familiar, as well it should: this is where modern musical theater began. --Jerry McCulley

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