Man, Woman and Child (Film) Soundtrack

Soundtrack / Man, Woman and Child (Film)


Man, Woman and Child is a 1983 American drama film directed by Dick Richards and written by Erich Segal and David Z. Goodman. The soundtrack is composed by George Delerue. It is based on Erich Segal's book of the same name. The film stars Martin Sheen (Profesor Robert Beckwith, Blythe Danner (Sheila Beckwith). The film was released by Paramount Pictures on April 1, 1983.

The film's  Main Theme / Plaisir d'Amour - Here.

The Plot.  Professor Robert Beckwith (M. Sheen), the man - a sensitive, intelligent family man who, in one brief and innocent affair long past (10 years ago), fathered a child he never knew but whose sudden appearance threatens his happy family life. Blythe Danner is Sheila, the woman - a strong loving wife and mother whose deep love and commitment are stretched to the breaking point by the unexpected arrival of her husband's illegitimate son. Crafted in the tender tradition of "Love Story," what follows is an evocative, emotionally-charged movie about a typical American family whose deep love is shaken, tested and ultimately reaffirmed.


Man, Woman, Child (1983) - Ending Scene. (Sorry, I had to delete the complete film video, it became unavailable for copyright reason.) Uploaded by Pedro Carrasco. Accessed March 12, 2020.



Georges Delerue (12 March 1925 – 20 March 1992) was a French composer who composed over 350 music scores for cinema and television. He won numerous important film music awards, including an Academy Award for A Little Romance (1980), three Cesar Awards, an numerous more, including four additional Academy Awards for Anne of theThousand Days (1969), The Day of the Dolphin (1973), Julia (1977), and Agnes of God (1985). The French newspaper Le Figaro named him "the Mozart of cinema" ... the first composer to win three consecutive Cesar Awards. Georges Delerue was named Commander of Arts and Letters, one of France's highest honours. 


Video Credit:

Music from "Man, Woman and Child (film) - Soundtrack by Georges Delerue.  YouTube, uploaded by soundtracks2007. Accessed July 21, 2018.  (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Suite composed, orchestrated and conducted by Georges Delerue, 1983)

Resources:

Georges Delerue. en.wikipedia.org. Accessed July 21, 2010

Man, Woman and Child (Film). en.wikipedia.org.  Accessed July 21, 2010.  



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Ernest Hemingway

Literature / Writer's Datebook: July 21

 

Brief biography of American novelist and short story writer Ernest Hemingway, famous for A Farewell to Arms.

 

Ernest Hemingway was one of the most influential American writers of the 20^th century. He is famous for such masterpieces as For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea, aside from his war novel A Farewell to Arms.

His adventurous life added a ring of truth to his novels and short stories, for example, big game-hunting (Green Hills of Africa) and big game-hunting (Green Hills of Africa.) In 1953 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his famous book The Old Man and the Sea, and the following year he won the Nobel Prize for literature.

 

Early Life of Ernest Hemingway  

 Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois, the second of six children. At the age of 19 he was badly wounded in Italy while serving as a Red Cross ambulance driver during World War I. After the war he went to Paris, and became part of a group of prominent literary writers and avant garde artists including Gertrude Stein, who called themselves the "Lost Generation." He first gained recognition as a writer with the publication of his short-story collection In Our Time when he was 26.

 

Pursuit of Life and Interest

In the 1920s and a930s Hemingway spent much time pursuing his interest in hunting and dangerous supports in Africa., Spain, and Florida. During the Spanish Civil War he went to Spain as a reporter.  One of his greatest novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls, is about this war.   

He also reported on World War II, following America troops as they invaded France and liberated Paris from the Germans. Hemingway got married four times, with the first three wives ending in divorce. In a fit of depression, Hemingway shot himself and died on July 2, 1961, at the age of 61.

 

Hemingway Writing Style

Hemingway's books are famous for their "macho" protagonists and brutal stories. He himself was drawn to adventure and danger and as notorious for his hard-drinking lifestyle. He wrote in short, simple sentences that make his scenes descriptions seem all the more harsh and detached. The influence of his work has continued through the years, not only on American literature but worldwide. His novels have been made into successful films.  

 

Works by Ernest Hemingway

In Our Time, 1925

The Sun Also Rises, 1926

Men without Women, 1927

A Farewell to Arms, 1929

Death in the Afternoon, 1932

The Green Hills of Africa, 1935

To Have and Have Not, 1937

For Whom the Bell Tolls, 1940

Across the River and into the Trees, 1950

The Old Man and the Sea, 1952

A Moveable Feast, 1964 (published after he died)

 

Photo Credit:

Ernest Hemingway.  en.wikipedia.org/public domain 

Resources:

Goring, Rosemary, Editor. Larousse Dictionary of Writers. Larousse, 1994

Payne, Tom. The A-Z of Great Writers. Carlton Books Ltd, 1997

Ousby, Ian. Cambridge Guide to Literature. Cambridge, 1993

 

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Iris Murdoch

Literature / Writer's Datebook: July 15

 

Brief biography of Iris Murdoch, Anglo-Irish novelist, philosopher, and playwright, an important writer of her generation, known for The Bell and Under the Net.  

 

Jean Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), was a British novelist, philosopher and playwright. She wrote many books on philosophy, aside from novels and plays. Her novel The Sea, the Sea (1978), won her the Booker Prize. In recognition of her work she was made a Dame in 1987.

 

Early Life of Iris Murdoch

Murdoch was born on July 15, 1919,  in Dublin, Ireland, but was brought up in England. Her mother was Irish and her father English. She studied philosophy and the classics at Oxford University, at the same time wrote novels about the free will, and the relationship of good and evil. After graduating from Oxford University, she worked for the United Nations as an administrative officer. From 1948 to 1963 she taught philosophy at Oxford. In 1956, she married the novelist and critic John Bayley.  

 

Murdoch's Writing: Novels, Philosophical Works and Plays

Murdoch's first book was about philosophy. She began writing stories as a hobby, and her first novel, Under the Net, came out when she was 35. It was an instant success, and she has since followed it by over twenty other books as well as more philosophical works.

The Bell, whose subject is an unofficial religious community, is regarded as one of her best novels. A Severed Head, first published as a novel, was turned into a play with the help of J.B. Priestley, a prominent 20^th-century writer. She later wrote several more plays.

Murdoch's novels combine realistic characters at the same time delving on the fantastic realm, many of them with a philosophical or a religious theme. For example, The Time of the Angels features a priest in an inner-city parish who goes in for devil worship. Some critics describe her novels as 'psychological detective stories' because of the way in which they investigate in great detail the motives and consequences of the characters' behavior.   

 

Final Years

Murdoch was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1996. Her husband, novelist John Bayley, took care of her and wrote about their marriage in Elegy for Iris. She died at the age of 79, on February 8, 1999.

 

Books by Iris Murdoch

Under the Net, 1954

The Bell, 1958

A Severed Head, 1961

The Time of the Angels, 1965

The Two Arrows, 1972

The Sacred and Profane Love Machine, 1974

The Sea, the Sea, 1978

The Nice and the good, 1978

The Philosopher's Pupil, 1983

The Good Apprentice, 1985

The Unicorn, 1987

The Message to the Planet, 1989

Jackson's Dilemma, 1995

Existentialists and Mystics: Writings on Philosophy and Literature, 1999

The Sovereignty of Good, 2001

 

Image Credit:

Dame Iris Murdoch. Wikipedia Commons

 

Resources:

Biographical Dictionary, edited by Una McGovern, Chambers, 2002

Dictionary of Writers, edited by Rosemary Goring, Larousse, 1994  

The Cambridge Literature in English, (New Edition), edited by Ian Ousby,Cambridge, 1993

 

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Haydn Symphony No. 92, "Oxford"

Classical Music Datebook:  July 8

Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 92 in G Major 1/92, known as the "Oxford" Symphony was first performed this day, July 8, in 1791, five months before Mozart died.  It was performed in Sheldonian Theatre and Haydn was awarded Doctor of Music by Oxford University.

This piece was commissioned by the French Count d'Ogny as one of a set of three symphonies, in 1789, two years before Haydn was awarded his doctorate at Oxford.

Link:

Haydn Symphony No. 92 "Oxford".  YouTube, uploaded by winkle522000.  Performed by Capella Istropolitana, with Barry Wordsworth conducting. Accessed July 8, 2018.      


Suggested Readings:

• Peter A Brown, The Symphonic Repertoire (Volume 2). Indiana University Press, pp. 232-233 (2002)

• Robbins Landon, H.C. (1963) Joseph Haydn: Critical Edition of the Complete Symphonies, Universal Edition, Vienna

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

Great Writers Datebook:  November 11

Brief biography of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky, regarded one of the world’s greatest writers, famous for Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov.  

"We are not long on this earth, we do many evil deeds and say many evil words. So let us all catch a favorable moment when we are all together to say a good word to each other."
- The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky

 

Russian novelist Dostoevsky (or Dostoyevsky) is regarded as one of the world’s greatest writers. He wrote about the nature of good and evil as he had experienced them in his own life.  Aside from his masterpiece Crime and Punishment, his notable works include The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov and The Possessed. 

Early Life of Fyodor Dostoyevsky

 

Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born on November 11, 1821 in Moscow, Russia. He was the son of an army surgeon who was also an alcoholic. He trained as a military engineer, but when he was bout 22, he decided to earn money by writing. Growing up on the poor side of Moscow, he empathized with the poor as his writings reflected. His first novel, Poor Folk, appeared when he was 25, and he was recognized as an important new writer.

Dostoyevsky joined a socialist writers’ group that read and discussed banned books. In 1849 the group was arrested. He was nearly executed, but fortunately, at the last moment the death sentence was changed. The experience of coming so close to death made a lasting impression on him, in which he largely wrote about murder and cruelty.