Mark Ayres/Silva Screen Records

Highlights 1998


Silva Screen FILMXCD 197, 1998 Silva Screen FILMXCD 199, 1998 Silva Screen FILMXCD 302, 1998

 

Three double-CD sets of classic film music

The City of Prague Philharmonic Conducted by Nic Raine and Paul Bateman
Crouch End Festival Chorus, Musical Director David Temple

Electronic Music Performed and Produced by Mark Ayres

Albums Produced by James Fitzpatrick

 

 

"Titanic - The Essential James Horner Film Music Collection"

(Silva Screen FILMXCD 197, 1998).

22 tracks including:

Titanic ("Take Her To Sea, Mr Murdoch)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Red Heat
Field of Dreams ("Deciding to Build the Field")
The Name of the Rose ("End Title")
Commando

"The City of Prague Philharmonic under Nic Raine performs the symphonic pieces with precision, as is also the case with Mark Ayres' brilliant synthesiser arrangements of Field of Dreams, Commando and The Name of the Rose." (Mikael Carlsson, Music from the Movies, Autumn 1998).

"The Omen - The Essential Jerry Goldsmith Film Music Collection"

(Silva Screen FILMXCD 199, 1998)

28 tracks including:

Capricorn One
Under Fire
Basic Instinct
The Omen
Total Recall
MacArthur/Patten (The Generals Suite)
Medicine Man
Star Trek (Symphonic Suite)

"Thanks to Mark Ayres, the unique fusion of electronics and orchestra are perfectly reproduced." (Mikael Carlsson, Music from the Movies, Autumn 1998).

"Cinema Cafe - The European Film Music Album"

(Silva Screen FILMXCD 302, 1998)

37 tracks including:

Jean de Florette
A Man and a Woman
Bilitis
Diva
Betty Blue
The Tin Drum
Opera Sauvage
Subway
La Femme Nikita
Le Grand Bleu
Atlantis
The Double Life of Veronique

Also from Silva Screen during 1998, featuring contributions by Mark Ayres:

  • "Cinema's Classic Romances" (Silva Classics SILKD 6018, 1998).
  • "Spectacular Music from the Silver Screen" (ACCCD 1002, 1998). Compilation.

"Mark Ayres ability to mimic the original synthesizer versions of scores such as Maurice Jarre's No Way Out (on the Costner disc) and Vangelis' The Bounty (on the Gibson disc) is rather astonishing." (Mikael Carlsson, MovieScore On-Line: The Monthly Soundtrack Column June 1998).

  • "Hollywood Stars: Music from the Films of Sean Connery" (Silva Screen FILMCD 189, 1998).
  • "Hollywood Stars: Music from the Films of Kevin Costner" (Silva Screen FILMCD 194, 1998).
  • "Hollywood Stars: Music from the Films of Mel Gibson" (Silva Screen FILMCD 195, 1998).

  • "Cinema Choral Classics II" (Silva Classics SILKD 6017, 1998).

  • "The Monster Movie Music Album" (Silva Screen FILMCD 196, 1998).
  • "Classic Movie Themes" (Total Film Magazine Promotional Item, MOVM18/7/98, July 1998).
    Sampler of Silva Screen Releases.
  • "The Disasters! Movie Music Album" (Silva Screen FILMCD 301, 1998).

  • "Lesley Garrett: A Soprano in Love" (Silva Classics SILKTVCD4, 1998).
    Compilation - includes "Il Sonno Innocente (Theme from 'The Innocent Sleep')".

Please see discography for further details of these and the many other releases
to which Mark Ayres has contributed.

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