The Ogre (film)
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The Ogre is a 1996 film based on the 1970 French novel by Michel Tournier, Le Roi des aulnes (English: The Ogre a.k.a. The Erl King). Directed by Volker Schlöndorff, it stars John Malkovich as a simple man who recruits children to be Nazis in the belief that he is protecting them.
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Music
The score is composed by Michael Nyman and features strictly brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments by members of the Michael Nyman Band. The music was rerecorded by Wingates Band, with the woodwind parts transcribed for brass, on the 2006 album, Nyman Brass.
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Track listing
- Knights at School (6.58)
- Child Bearer (5.26)
- Abel's Fate (1.44)
- Meeting the Moose (4.58)
- Magic Forest (1.31)
- Into the Woods (1.40)
- Göering's Hunting Party (3.43)
- Göering's Gotterdämmerung (2.49)
- Masuria (2.03)
- Abel's List (2.07)
- Beware of the Ogre (4.01)
- Death Marches (3.24)
- Night Moves (1.23)
- Abel's Revolt (5.34)
- Abel Carries Ephraim (5.56)
- End Titles (5.52)
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Personnel
- John Harle, soprano/alto saxophones
- David Roach, soprano/alto/tenor saxophones
- Simon Haram, soprano/alto saxophones
- Andrew Findon, baritone saxophone/flute/piccolo
- Steve Sidwell, trumpet/piccolo trumpet/flugelhorn
- Nigel Gomm, trumpet/flugel
- Dave Lee, horn/Wagner tuba
- Nigel Black, horn, Wagner tuba
- Paul Gargham, horn, Wagner tuba
- Richard Clews, horn, Wagner tuba
- Chris Davies, horn, Wagner tuba
- Andrew Berryman, trombone
- Nigel Barr, bass trombone/tuba
- Gary Kettel, drums
- Michael Nyman, composer and director
- Published by Michael Nyman Productions Ltd./Chester Music Ltd.
- Music editor: Martin Elliot[t]
- Produced by Michael Nyman
- Recorded at Landsdowne Studios
- Mixed at Landsdowne Studios
- Edited at Metropolis Studios
- Engineer Michael J. Dutton
- Artist representative for Michael Nyman: Nigel Barr
- Photographs of Michael Nyman by The Douglas Brothers
- Design and illustration by Dave McKean@Hourglass
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