Overture to "Frankenstein"
Subtitle: The Movie Score
General Info
Year: 2002
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Paumanok Press
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental
Instrumentation
(Needed - please join the WRP if you can help.)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Michael Shapiro was commissioned in 2001 by the Chappaqua Orchestra’s Boris Koutzen Memorial Fund to write the movie score for the classic film Frankenstein (1931) directed by James Whale and starring Colin Clive and Boris Karloff. The world premiere of the work with live orchestra and film occurred in October 2002 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Jacob Burns Film Center in New York and since its premiere has received nearly 30 productions worldwide.
Unlike The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), with its lush score by Franz Waxman, the original Frankenstein was produced without a movie score. Many critics, such as Leonard Maltin, have remarked that Frankenstein is badly in need of music. Mr. Shapiro’s 70-minute score is written to be played under the dialogue of the film. For modern day moviegoers, Mr. Shapiro’s haunting music adds significantly to the emotional impact of the film.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Dallas (Tx.) Winds (Jerry Junkin, conductor) – 30 October 2018
- Piedmont Wind Symphony (Winston-Salem, N.C.) (Matthew Thomas Troy, conductor) - 19 October 2018
- University of Texas Wind Ensemble (Jerry Junkin, conductor) – 25 October 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Frankenstein - The Movie Score (2001)
- The Headless Horseman
- In Every One (2021)
- Ol' Mississippi Sings the Blues (2018)
- Overture to "Frankenstein" (2002)
- Roller Coaster
- Widorama! (2016)