MIKIS THEODORAKIS " ELECTRA of EURIPIDES" GREEK 10" OST 1962
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MIKIS THEODORAKIS 'ELECTRA of EURIPIDES' PHILIPS (GREECE) 10" RECORD 1962 600508 PR
SLEEVE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION RECORD VISUALLY HAS SOME FINE MARKS, ....I HAVE PLAYED IT TO TEST IT, AND IT SOUNDS GOOD... WITH SOME BACKGROUND NOISE ,
THERE IS BACKGROUND NOISE ..SO.... I AM STARTING THIS AUCTION AT A LOW PRICE AND I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY RETURNS . PLEASE DO NOT BID IF YOU ARE A FUSSY AUDIOPHILE. I HAVE ENJOYED LISTENING TO THIS ULTRA RARE SOUNDTRACK....NONE SEEN ON EBAY FOR TWO YEARS... MANY THANKS
Perhaps the most significant film Mikis Theodorakis worked on in 1962 (with respect to his artistic collaborations and future film career) was a Greek-language cinematic adaptation of "Elektra", starring Irene Papas and directed by Michael Cacoyannis. Theodorakis creates another breathtaking score whose elements are a masterly blend of primordial percussive violence, authentic ethnic instrumentations, and plaintive beauty. This music speaks directly to its audience on several levels: temporal (ancient pre-Christianity), geographical (setting in Greece), and emotional (the powers and losses within Elektra's familial and political environment). Theodorakis' music accomplishes all these aspects for "Electra" while at all times avoiding the traditional Western European orchestral Romanticism that filmmakers have so often relied upon up to this time in cinema. If you like, the score for "Electra" is "Silver Age" music for a contemporary audience to appreciate a "Golden Age" classic, though I personally dislike the use of those terms to describe film music. However you view it, there's little doubt that it was the collaboration between director Michael Cacoyannis and Mikis Theodorakis on their next film - "Zorba The Greek" - that put Theodorakis on the map, so to speak, even though he was already all over the map providing music for films directed by Greeks, displaced Hollywood directors, British craftsmen, Frenchmen, etc.
