SILVA SCREEN RECORDS PRESENTS THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY
Original Score by Francis Monkman
This welcome reissue of the long deleted soundtrack includes classic dialogue moments from the film in a 2CD set that features a newly remastered stereo version and the original mono.
One of the truly great British gangster thrillers, The Long Good Friday rated as the 21st best British film of the 20th century in a BFI 1999 survey. The film, a British gangster piece starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren, was first shown in the UK at the London Film Festival in November 1980. Viewed today, 35 years after its release the film remains like all classic films completely timeless. With its two outstanding leads, compelling direction by John Mackenzie and filmed against a background of London about to undergo massive change, this is a cinematic milestone.
The score is written by classically trained composer and multi-instrumentalist Francis Monkman, best known for being a founding member of progressive rock band Curved Air and Sky. Monkman’s electronic synth score features seminal members of Sky – Herbie Flowers (Guitar), Tristan Fry (percussion) and Kevin Peek (guitar) as well as Ronnie Aspery and Stan Sulzmann on Saxes and helps to ground the film in the early 1980s.
2CD: SILCD1489
Release date: 25th March 2016
TRACKLIST
DISC ONE – NEWLY REMIXED IN STEREO
1. The Long Good Friday – Main Title
2. Overture
3. “You need a million dollar computer to understand this” (Dialogue excerpt from “The Long Good Friday”) – Bob Hoskins
4. The Scene is Set
5. “Harold, to keep it all incognito” (Dialogue excerpt from “The Long Good Friday”) – Brian Hayes, Bob Hoskins
6. At the Pool
7. “Nothing unusual he says” (Dialogue excerpt from “The Long Good Friday”) – Bob Hoskins
8. Discovery
9. “Come on downstairs” (Dialogue excerpt from “The Long Good Friday”) – Bob Hoskins
10. The Ice House
11. “After what happened this morning” (Dialogue excerpt from “The Long Good Friday”) – Bob Hoskins, Paul Barber
12. Talking to the Police – Vocal by Bob Hoskins
13. “For more than ten years” (Dialogue excerpt from “The Long Good Friday”) – Bob Hoskins
14. Guitar Interludes (Sarabande in B Minor / Guitar Flamenco)
15. Realization
16. Fury
17.. “I’ll tell you something” (Dialogue excerpt from “The Long Good Friday”) – Bob Hoskins, Stephen Davies
18. Taken
19. The Long Good Friday – End Title
20. “Ladies and gentlemen I’m not a politician” (Dialogue excerpt from “The Long Good Friday”) – Bob Hoskins
DISC TWO – ORIGINAL MONO RECORDINGS
1. The Long Good Friday – Main Title
2. Overture
3. The Scene is Set
4. At the Pool
5. Discovery
6. The Ice House
7. Talking to the Police – Vocal by Bob Hoskins
8. Guitar Interludes (Sarabande in B Minor / Guitar Flamenco)
9. Realization
10. Fury
11. Taken
