- Michael Nyman
The Claim for Orchestra (2003)
- Chester Music Ltd (World)
- 2(pic)+pic.2+ca.3(bcl).2/4.3(flg).2+btbn.1/str
- 16 min
Programme Note
1. The Fiery House
2. Shootout
3. The Burning
This is the second of Michael Nyman's soundtracks composed for Michael Winterbottom (after Wonderland in 1999). The Claim was made in 2000 and is a re-location of Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge to the California Gold Rush of 1847. An Irish immigrant sells his wife and baby daughter for a gold claim…
2. Shootout
3. The Burning
This is the second of Michael Nyman's soundtracks composed for Michael Winterbottom (after Wonderland in 1999). The Claim was made in 2000 and is a re-location of Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge to the California Gold Rush of 1847. An Irish immigrant sells his wife and baby daughter for a gold claim…
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