Rupert Gregson-Williams - Catherine The Great (Music from the Original TV Series) '2019

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About Rupert Gregson-Williams
Also known in scoring circles for his orchestrations and conducting, Rupert
Gregson-Williams is a composer of film and television music including TVs Veep
and the DC Extended Universe blockbuster Wonder Woman. Like his brother Harry
Gregson-Williams, Rupert was a lead chorister in one of Britains great
traditional academic church choirs, that of St. Johns College, Cambridge. In
return for singing with the choir at daily services during the school term and
touring with it around the world, he received a scholarship to St. Johns
Colleges preparatory school and entrance to Cambridge. Unlike Harry, who
graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Rupert admits to being a
rebellious student who got thrown out of school more than once. He believed that
he had all the basic knowledge he needed and went to work as a professional
musician, mostly in rock & roll bands, after a stint as a teacher in Africa.
A friendship with composer Richard Harvey, which grew from their shared interest
in ethnic music and instruments, led him into film music. Rupert had been
intrigued by the use of classical music in film since Visconti used Mahlers
music in Death in Venice, and was happy to assist Harvey after the latter got
some work scoring for British television projects. The two worked together in
collaboration with Elvis Costello on G.B.H. and Jakes Progress, two films
directed by Alan Bleasdale. In the process, Rupert learned much about advanced
orchestration. His first original score was for an independent film by Genevieve
Jolliffe called Urban Ghost Story, which was a coming-of-age drama rather than a
horror picture. Rupert composed an intimate score, mainly for solo piano and
flutes, but of a substantial length at 50 minutes.
Following that, the iconic film composer Hans Zimmer asked him to join his
organization Media Ventures, which provided music for film, television,
advertisements, and other commercial uses, including the two-minute piece Rupert
wrote for the World Cup soccer finals in Japan. Gregson-Williams worked directly
with Zimmer on the score to The Prince of Egypt, composing certain sequences in
the film using Zimmers melodies to the composers specifications. Other film and
television projects followed for Gregson-Williams, including Road to El Dorado,
Virtual Sexuality, Muppets from Space, Extremely Dangerous, and Hannibal.
In 2004, he gained notice with the highly lauded drama Hotel Rwanda, for which
he was bestowed the European Film Composer Award. From there, he scored such
notable films as 2006s Over the Hedge, 2007s Bee Movie, 2008s You Dont Mess with
the Zohan, and others. Gregson-Williams subsequently supplied the music for an
increasingly higher-profile set of films including 2010s Grown Ups and 2014s
Blended, as well as awards season fare like Mel Gibsons 2016 WWII drama Hacksaw
Ridge and Netflixs The Crown. In 2017, the soundtrack for superhero feature
Wonder Woman, which included Gregson-Williams score and the original song To Be
Human by Sia, landed on the Billboard 200 and the Top 10 of the soundtracks
chart. The following year, he remained in the DC Universe for the big screen
solo debut of Aquaman. ~ Joseph Stevenson

Tracklist:
01. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Catherine Theme Suite (5:32)
02. Rupert Gregson-Williams - A Love Story (2:14)
03. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Love Letters (4:06)
04. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Sevastopol (3:51)
05. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Quit While You Are Ahead (3:59)
06. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Ochakov Attack (2:18)
07. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Crimea (3:13)
08. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Paul (2:02)
09. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Alms (1:34)
10. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Prisoner Number (3:21)
11. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Get Up There (2:40)
12. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Complications (5:12)
13. Rupert Gregson-Williams - For Her Eyes Only (5:49)
14. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Fresh Sweat (2:56)
15. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Not My Friend (2:17)
16. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Treason (2:53)
17. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Private Papers (3:25)
18. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Panin (4:42)
19. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Pugachev (2:41)
20. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Catherine the Great Main Titles (1:06)

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