The legendary Miklós Rózsa, author of so many masterpieces as Ben-Hur (1959), El Cid (1961), Quo Vadis (1951), etc, etc... fell in the saddest of the forgetfulness in the seventies, and it is precisely this work of 1974 the one which marked the beginning of what would be his last period as cinematographic composer. The movie was directed by Alan Resnais, and being the first movie that he was filming in English language he wanted to be brightened in all the details, no doubting in using a composer as Rózsa that so much had impressed him throughout his career. In the score we find a plethoric Rózsa, where all the music sounds to that unmistakable sound on which there is no place for the deception, and it is presided by a funereal tone waltz, that deserves together with the waltz that he composed for Madame Bovary (1950) to remain between the better waltzes composed for the cinema, of very gloomy tone but very in the spirit with the environment of the movie. This waltz appears in several segments of the disk, but it is his piano performance the most brilliant and intimate. We must say that Providence had been already edited in CD under the label DRG, with exactly the same contents, though with a difference that we like to emphasize: the CAM issue is in Dolby Surround, and the difference of sound register is abysmal. Very recomendable.
By the way, the soundtrack obtained the César Award (something like the French Oscars) to the best soundtrack of 1974. A.M.
/ CAM CSE 085 / 35'