Ever since I first dreamed of making Robert Nathan’s novel into a film I have had music in my head and heart. I wrote notes about the music in the first draft of the screenplay that we wrote some 40 years ago. My ideas have grown over the years. Nathan loved, and actually composed, classical music along with being the author of twenty plus novels and skads of poetry.

When David O. Selznick produced Nathan’s most famous novel, “Portrait of Jennie,” as a movie, he engaged Dimitri Tiomkin to score the picture. Tiomkin used themes by the impressionist composer Claude Debussy for the entire score that Nathan, in a conversation with me, said he detested. However, I thought the score was perfect, and “Portrait of Jennie” is one if my all time favorite films. I stole the idea of using Debussy for “So Love Returns” while adding the more sensual Maurice Ravel to the mix.

During the filming I heard a wonderful recording of Debussy scored for oboe and harp. I traced down the oboist, Bert Lucarelli, and found he owned the rights to the recording. The selections I used have just the tone I wanted.

I’m indebted to Justyn Baker and NAXOS OF AMERICA, INC. for the use of the other classical music by Debussy, Ravel and Wagner.

While looking for a modern “New Age” composer for our first film, “Melinda’s World,”
www.melindasworldthemovie.com I discovered a wonderful piece by Mia Jang called “Spring Showers.” She has graciously allowed me to use it in this film, and I’ve also made a song of it entitled “So Love Returns” that I perform over the end titles. My words were inspired by a poem of Robert Nathan’s found in “The Meadow Sonnets.”

When I was 16 I joined the wonderful Roger Wagner Chorale. I have idolized Roger Wagner all my life and became a close friend during the last 10 years of his life. Jeannine Wagner, his conductor daughter, has allowed me to use a short excerpt, “Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes,” from Roger’s archives,.

That brings me to the “The Great Silkie” with the Celtic harp music of Amy Krupke, which is an especially appropriate folk piece for this film. Folk-Legacy Recordings www.folklegacy.com own the rights to the melody, which was written by James Waters. They have also given the rights to their recording of “Far Off the Mountains” by Cindy Kallet. Cindy, who lives in Camden, Maine, is a fellow Folksinger and, like me, sings often about the sea. I loved this song and Cindy allowed me to use it here.

Aryeh Frankfurter, the talented and versatile harp musician, has a large group of excellent Celtic recordings www.lionharp.com. I have mined them to find much connecting and incidental music for the film. We have become fast friends on the telephone, and he seemed pleased to allow me to freely use his traditional music and recordings.

I wrote and sing “The Tide Pool Song” during the end titles. Tabatha Skanes, our “Kathleen,” sings the song during a sequence of the film. A complete list of the music and recordings that I used follows.

Music Supervisor, David Baumgarten

Music Credits
 

Claude Debussy Revererie Le Petit Berger from Children’s Corner Suite Aberesque # 2 Beau soir Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum from Children”s Corner Suite DEBUSSY FOR OBOE AND HARP Bert Lucarelli Oboe, Susan Jolles, used by permission of Bert Lucarelli Danse Secree FRENCH MUSIC FOR HARP AND STRINGS Ellen Sejersted Bodtker, Harp NAXOS 8.555328 Fiddler’s Green Traditional Sung by David Baumgarten Anita Rose, concertina FISHIN’ ON THE WIND DawnTreader Recordings Blue Cove C. Brett Mitchell Brett Mitchell, Piano SO LOVE RETURNS SOUNDTRACK The Tide Pool Song C. Dave Baumgarten Sung by Tabatha Skanes Lily Pond C. Mia Jang Mia Jang, Piano SOUNDTRACK

Maurice Ravel Pavane pour une infante Defunt FRENCH MUSIC FOR HARP AND STRINGS Ellen Sejersted Bodtker, Harp NAXOS 8.555328 Daphnis et Chloe Derriere la scene on entend voix Bordeaux Opera Chorus Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine Laurent Petitgirard, Conductor NAXOS 8.560075 Richard Wagner Overture to the FLYING DUTCHMAN Pinchas Steinberg Austrian Radio Orchestra NAXOS 8.660025 The Great Silkie Text Traditional Melody by James Waters (used by permission of Folk-Legacy Recordings) Amy Krupski, Celtic Harp Vocals: Mary Lee Sunseri Far Off of the Mountains C. Cindy Kallet BMI Cindy Kallet Vocal and Guitar FOLK-LEGACY CD-83 Spring Shower C. Mia Jang Mia Jang, Piano SOUNDTRACK Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes public domain Roger Wagner Chorale Roger Wagner Archives Used with permission

The following selections have been used from the recordings of Harpist ARYEH FRANKFURTER and are available from LIONHARP Music: www.lionharp.com
All selections are in the public domain and are arranged and performed by Mr. Frankfurter on the harp, violin, recorder, pennywhistle, viola and chimes.

Sidhe Beag agus Sidhe Mor Turlough O’Carolan
CD: Harper’s Chronicles Volume 1 “The Secret Bride”

O’Carolan’s Quarrel with the Landlady
CD: O’Carolan’s Dream

Saturday’s Song
CD: Aurora of the Northern Harp

Lament for Owen Roe O’Neil
CD: O’Carolan’s Dream

Sudenrita/oira
CD: Aurora of the Northern Harp

The Melancholy Waltz
CD: Aurora of the Northern Harp

I Am Sitting
CD: Harp Chronicles Volume #1 “The Secret Bride”

O’Carolan’s Draught
CD: O’Carolan’s Dream

The Great Silkie Melody by James Waters (Courtesy Folk-Legacy Music)
CD: Harper’s Brew

Hearadin Signal After Frisell
CD: Aurora of the Northern Harp

Captain O’Kane
CD: Harper’s Brew

O’Carolan’s Cup
CD: O’Carolan’s Dream

Song for Eirinn
CD: Midnight Muse

Wolftrap
CD: Aurora of the Northern Harp

In memory of
Anna Lee Nathan
and
Maurice Lee

“Far off ot the Mountains” written and sung by CINDY KALLET
FOLK-LEGACY RECORDS c 1981

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