Wojciech Kilar - Wilcze echa '2022

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       Wild prairies, a sensational plot and a star-studded cast: a film which
enjoyed great success in the 1960s on the Polish screens, and internationally,
for instance in Italy. “Wilcze echa” features also an extremely
interesting soundtrack by Wojciech Kilar - a proof that in the 1960s the
composer was able to do good in every genre. Even in westerns.

In the 1960s, there seemed to be no end to Kilar’s imagination. In the
similar vein, the cinematic energy of Aleksander ?cibor-Rylski was like an
endless string of ideas sourced in variegated traditions. “Wilcze
echa”, hailed as a Polish western, became for the director and the
composer an excellent opportunity to play with forms. ?cibor-Rylski ventured to
check whether it was possible to make a western on locations in the Bieszczady
mountains, and Kilar tried to find a golden mean between orchestra music and the
instrumentation typical of this genre. The outcome is one of the most
interesting soundtracks among Kilar’s works - one of the most complete
and riveting from the first to the last second. Motifs full of tension intersect
here with wide soundscapes which depict vast mountain pastures, and the murmured
leitmotif could be equaled with Komeda’s “Nim wstanie dzie?”
or Walaci?ski’s “Ballada o Pancernych”. All of them carry the
same emotional load.

The music from “Po?ne popo?udnie” will show you an entirely
different Kilar - very much entertaining, light, making a bow to the American
school of film music. This is yet another proof of the composer’s
versatility and his extraordinary sense of melody. Recordings from both films
have been released on the album for the first time, remastered from original
tapes stored at the archives of the CeTA Audiovisual Technology Center in
Wroc?aw. The booklet published with the disc features an essay on the films and
soundtracks and stills from the set. The album is the next addition to the joint
publishing series of CeTA and GAD Records which presents the most interesting
film music recordings from the archives of the former Feature Film Studio in
Wroc?aw.

1.01 - Konrad Bryzek - Wilcze echa I (Czołówka) (1:26)
1.02 - Konrad Bryzek - Wilcze echa II (Temat) (2:37)
1.03 - Konrad Bryzek - Wilcze echa III (4:30)
1.04 - Wojciech Kilar - Wilcze echa IV (1:34)
1.05 - Konrad Bryzek - Wilcze echa V (Temat) (1:10)
1.06 - Konrad Bryzek - Wilcze echa VI (3:37)
1.07 - Konrad Bryzek - Wilcze echa VII (1:06)
1.08 - Konrad Bryzek - Wilcze echa VIII (2:28)
1.09 - Konrad Bryzek - Wilcze echa IX (4:22)
1.10 - Wojciech Kilar - Wilcze echa X (Temat) (1:11)
1.11 - Konrad Bryzek - Wilcze echa XI (3:18)
1.12 - Konrad Bryzek - Wilcze echa XII (2:13)
1.13 - Konrad Bryzek - Wilcze echa XIII (2:02)
1.14 - Konrad Bryzek - Wilcze echa XIV (1:12)
1.15 - Wojciech Kilar - Wilcze echa XV (Temat) (1:05)
1.16 - Konrad Bryzek - Wilcze echa XVI (1:08)
1.17 - Konrad Bryzek - Wilcze echa XVII (Finał) (1:44)
1.18 - Wojciech Kilar - Późne popołudnie I (Czołówka) (2:07)
1.19 - Konrad Bryzek - Późne popołudnie II (0:19)
1.20 - Konrad Bryzek - Późne popołudnie III (2:58)
1.21 - Wojciech Kilar - Późne popołudnie IV (0:31)
1.22 - Konrad Bryzek - Późne popołudnie V (0:52)
1.23 - Wojciech Kilar - Późne popołudnie VI (3:26)
1.24 - Konrad Bryzek - Późne popołudnie VII (0:53)
1.25 - Wojciech Kilar - Późne popołudnie VIII (Finał) (1:13)
1.26 - Wojciech Kilar - Późne popołudnie - Twist (source music) (0:32)
1.27 - Wojciech Kilar - Późne popołudnie (motyw niewykorzystany)
(2:04) 

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