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The Truman Show

Soundtrack

1998

© GlassPages, 1998

Cover Picture

References

• Milan Records 35850.

Credits

• Music from the motion picture The Truman Show.
• Original music composed by Philip Glass (tracks 4, 14 & 17).
• Produced by Kurt Munkacsi.
• Music composed by Philip Glass (tracks 6, 7, 12 & 19).
• Produced by Kurt Munkacsi.
• Conducted by Michael Riesman.
• Music published by Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc. (ASCAP).
• © 1988 (track 6), 1993 (tracks 7 & 12), 1985 (track 19) Nonesuch Records.
• Original music composed by Burkhard Dallwitz (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15 & 20).
• Produced by Burkhard Dallwitz and Peter Weir.
• Music written by Burkhard Dallwitz (track 10).
• Produced by Burkhard Dallwitz.
• Published by Media World Pty. Ltd. (APRA).
• © 1996 Media World Pty. Ltd. Courtesy of Media World Pty. Ltd.
• Music written by Frederic Chopin (track 8).
• Performed by Artur Rubisntein.
• Conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski.
• Courtesy of BMG Classics / RCA Victor.
• Music written by Wojciech Kilar (track 18).
• Performed by Orchestre Philharmonique National de Pologne.
• Conducted by Kazimierz Kord.
• Published by Editions Jade (SACEM); sub-published in the U.S.A. and Canada by Navy Blue Music (ASCAP).
• Courtesy of Editions Jade.
• © 1991 Editions Jade.
• Music written by Marc Bolan (track 21).
• Performed by The Big Six.
• Published by MBG Songs, Inc.
• Courtesyof Vinyl Japan UK Limited / Hepcat.
• © 1995 Vinyl Japan (UK) Ltd.
• Original music published by Famous Music Corporation (ASCAP).
• Executive Album Producers: Scott Rudin and Edward S. Feldman.
• Milan Executive Album Producers: Emmanuel Chamboredon and Toby Pieniek.
• Dialog spoken by Jim Carrey and Earl Boen.
• Music Editor: Bunny Andrews.
• Album Engineered by Don Murray.
• Album A&R Coordination: Richard Henderson.
• Album Art Direction: Andrew Kagan at Ardent MicroPublishing, Inc., NYC.
• Mastered by Ron McMaster at Capitol Mastering.
• © 1998 Paramount Pictures.
• © 1998 Milan Entertainment, Inc.

Tracks

1. Burkhard Dallwitz "Trutalk" (1:18).
2. Burkhard Dallwitz "It's a Life"(1:30).
3. Burkhard Dallwitz "Aquaphobia" (0:40).
4. Philip Glass "Dreaming of Fiji" (1:54).
5. Burkhard Dallwitz "Flashback" (1:19).
6. Philip Glass "Anthem-Part 2" (3:50). (From Powaqqatsi).
7. Philip Glass "The Beginning" (4:06). (From Anima Mundi).
8. Frederic Chopin "Romance-Larghetto" (10:42). (2nd Movement from "Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Opus 11").
9. Burkhard Dallwitz "Drive" (3:34).
10. Burkhard Dallwitz "Underground" (0:56).
11. Burkhard Dallwitz "Do Something!" (0:44).
12. Philip Glass "Living Waters" (3:48). (From Anima Mundi).
13. Burkhard Dallwitz "Reunion" (2:26).
14. Philip Glass "Truman Sleeps" (1:51).
15. Burkhard Dallwitz "Truman Sets Sail" (1:55).
16. Burkhard Dallwitz "Underground / Storm" (3:37).
17. Philip Glass "Raising the Sail" (2:13).
18. Wojciech Kilar "Father Kolbe's Preaching" (2:26).
19. Philip Glass "Mishima / Opening" (2:14). (From Mishima).
20. Burkhard Dallwitz "A New Life" (1:58) (Not contained in film).
21. Marc Bolan "Twentieth Century Boy" (3:07).

Total Time 56:08.

Audio samples

Burkhard Dallwitz "Trutalk".

Philip Glass "Anthem-Part 2" (From Powaqqatsi).

Burkhard Dallwitz "Underground".

Wojciech Kilar "Father Kolbe's Preaching".

Notes

Peter Weir, reflecting on the score for The Truman Show

When making a film, I play music constantly during "dailies" - the nightly screenings of the previous day's shooting. I test all kinds of music against the image, searching for the elusive "sound" of the picture.

In the case of The Truman Show, since it is the story of a live television program, I was also determining the music that the show's creator, Christof, would have chosen.

The tracks that seemed to be drawing the most out of the images for me (and presumably Christof) were those of Philip Glass. Due to the round-the-clock nature of the show, I determined that Christof would play either pre-recorded music (as a DJ might do) or, if events called for it, improvise with one of the musicians who work in several shifts.

With this in mind, I set out to curate a collection of my favorite Philip Glass tracks.

Complementing these tracks is a score by Burkhard Dallwitz, a young Australian composer based in Melbourne. I'd first heard Burkhard's work on the soundtrack of an Australian movie, Zone 39, and from the moment he played back his first cue, I knew Christof would have been as delighted with the result as I was.

The use of music in this film is as unusual as the concept of the movie itself. Sometimes the music is Christof's choice, sometimes it's mine!

I'm indebted to both Burkhard and Philip for giving of their considerable talents, and in their different ways, to the making of The Truman Show.

- Peter Weir, Los Angeles, May, 1998

Links

The Truman Show's Official Web Site.

The Virtual Theater is an article by Marc Weidenbaun with Philip Glass talking about his contribution to the score of The Truman Show.

The Internet Movie Data Base.

Pictures

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