Decca Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama On Chesil Beach. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dan Jones (Shadow of the Vampire, Lady Macbeth, Max) featuring solo violin by Esther Yoo. Also included are the classical pieces from the movie by Beethoven, Haydn, Elgar and Mozart. The soundtrack will be released on May 18, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. On Chesil Beach is directed by Dominic Cooke and stars Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Anne-Marie Duff, Adrian Scarborough, Emily Watson and Samuel West. The movie based on Ian McEwan’s bestseller centers on a young couple of drastically different backgrounds in the summer of 1962 and follows the pair through their idyllic courtship. The drama premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and will be released in select U.S. theaters on May 18 by Bleecker Street. Visit the official movie website for more information.
Here’s the album track list:
1. Jones: Talking to the Birds (0:50)
2. Jones: Solemn Love (feat. Esther Yoo) (1:36)
3. Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 “Enigma” – 9. Nimrod (Adagio) (4:32)
4. Haydn: String Quartet in G Major, Hob. III:81 (Op.77 No.1) – 1. Allegro moderato – Franz Joseph Haydn – Esther Yoo, Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, Yukiko Ogura & Timothy Walden (5:29)
5. Jones: Open Door (0:49
6. Jones: Into the Woods (feat. Esther Yoo) (1:38)
7. Jones: Love at First Sight (feat. Esther Yoo) (1:05)
8. Jones: Walk in the Meadows (feat. Esther Yoo) (2:03)
9. Beethoven: String Quartet in B Flat Major, Op. 130 – 6. Finale (Allegro) – Ludwig van Beethoven – Esther Yoo, Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, Yukiko Ogura & Timothy Walden (0:44)
10. Jones: Walk from Henley (1:50)
11. Jones: Lulworth Cove (Esther Yoo) (1:04)
12. J.S. Bach: Partita for Violin Solo No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 – 1. Preludio – Johann Sebastian Bach – Esther Yoo (3:51)
13. Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K.385 “Haffner” – 1. Allegro con spirito (1:36)
14. Jones: Pandora’s Piano (1:19)
15. Jones: Fear of Sex (feat. Esther Yoo) (2:47)
16. Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden” – 1. Allegro – Franz Schubert – Esther Yoo, Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, Yukiko Ogura & Timothy Walden (1:53)
17. Jones: You may enter (0:53)
18. Jones: You can change your mind (0:37)
19. Jones: Factory Tennis (1:21)
20. J.S. Bach: Suite for Cello Solo No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 – 1. Prélude – Johann Sebastian Bach – Lynn Harrell (2:16)
21. Jones: I’d do anything (2:12)
22. Jones: Ponting Electronics (feat. Paul Israel) (2:05)
23. Jones: Buried Memory (feat. Esther Yoo) (1:01)
24. Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden” – 2. Andante con moto – Franz Schubert – Esther Yoo, Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, Yukiko Ogura & Timothy Walden (9:51)
25. Jones: Cold Shoulder (Violin Solo Version) (feat. Esther Yoo) 2:27)
26. Jones: Chloe (feat. Esther Yoo) (4:28)
27. Jones: Arrival at Wigmore Hall (1:37)
28. Mozart: String Quintet in D Major, K.593 – 1. Larghetto – Allegro – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Arthur Grumiaux, Arpad Gerecz, Georges Janzer, Max Lesueur & Eva Czako (4:14
29. Jones: My Promise to you (feat. Esther Yoo) (1:18)
30. Jones: Date on the River (feat. Esther Yoo) (1:58)
31. Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 – 1. Non allegro – Graeme Mitchison & James Sherlock (2:34)
32. Jones: Cold Shoulder (2:31)
What was the solo piano and the pianist playing it in the page turning scene ??
It’s an extract from Rachmaninov’s symphonic dances op45, two piano version. The pianist is Graeme Mitchison – scientist, mathematician, pianist and writer – a good friend of the author Ian McEwan who helped him with his science characters. Sadly Graeme Mitchison died on July 12 2018. He seems to be playing it in a different key from the scored version, maybe it is his own arrangement for one piano. I just saw the film and loved the piano music so also wanted to find out what it was.