PRINCESS KA'IULANI

Label: MMS11017
Date: 2009
Tracks: 22

CD from Sweden

From MovieScore Media: "Working for the first time with Oscar-winning composer Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love), we are excited to announce our release of his sweeping, dramatic and exquisitely beautiful orchestral score for Princess Ka'iulani, a historical drama about the Hawaiian princess attempt to maintain the independence of Hawaii against the American colonization. We strongly feel that Ka'iulani might be Warbeck's finest score to date: it's a very elegant, beautifully orchestrated work that has great themes, intimate emotions and subtle suspense writing too. Fittingly, the music is performed by the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra which is doing a first-rate job bringing Warbeck's passionate writing to life. Implementing a new policy with this release and hoping to contribute to a new industry standard, MovieScore Media will denote the number of the manufactured edition on the CD. The first edition of Princess Ka’iulani is limited to 500 copies."

1. The Beach and the Past 2:53 2. The King and the Protestors 2:31 3. Princess of Nowhere 3:52 4. Alone 1:10 5. Barcarolle (Tchaikovsky) 2:13 6. The Letter 1:18 7. The Reception 2:09 8. The Shells 2:19 9. Memory 1:36 10. The World in the Room 1:37 11. Ka'iulani 2:07 12. What Happened to Our Country 2:19 13. New World 2:21 14. The Pepper Story 1:10 15. Plotting 1:37 16. The Beach and the Letter 1:46 17. Eden Lost 1:47 18. The Amendment 1:22 19. Leave Taking 3:05 20. A Nation Died 1:43 21. The End 3:24 22. Barcarolle (Tchaikovsky) (long version) 4:52