Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds

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Interview: Jeff Wayne, War of the Worlds composer". Culture Whisper. 26 September 2014 . Retrieved 17 February 2022. a b c d e f Inglis, Sam (August 2005). "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: 5.1 Surround Remix & Remastering Project". Sound on Sound . Retrieved 17 February 2022. This draw is conducted in a secure enivironment selecting an identifier which can not be used to access your account and the data is deleted as soon as the draw has been conducted. Musical Version Of "The War Of The Worlds" ". Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 25 October 2023. {{ cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= ( help)

Launched in June 2009 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the original album release and included dates across Europe. The virtual Richard Burton was improved; the whole face was animated (an actor was found with a similar facial structure, all of Burton's narrative parts were mimed, and his face was superimposed onto the face of the actor). ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 16 November 2019. a b Burrows, Alex (26 September 2020). "The story behind Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds". Louder . Retrieved 5 December 2020.Miller, Thomas Kent. Mars in the Movies: A History. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2016. ISBN 978-0-7864-9914-4. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Various (2005). Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds (Collector's Edition) (Liner notes). Columbia Records/Sony BMG.

The Music Australia Loved". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link) In January 1975, [6] Wayne and his father acquired the rights to adapt the work from Wells's estate, which at the time was overseen by Wells's son Frank. Wayne spent three months locating Frank Wells, and found his ideas were well received because it was the first adaptation that stayed true to the story. [4] Wayne was aware of the famous 1938 radio drama adaptation directed and narrated by Orson Welles, but he wanted to stay close to the original story and set his version in Victorian England. [4] From the start Wayne saw his adaptation as an opera, with "story, leitmotifs, musical phrases, sounds and compositions that relate to the whole." [3] He wanted the music to have a "big, symphonic" sound when humans were telling the story, and a more aggressive and electric-based sound when the Martians were in action. [8] Wayne started by "organising a cast of characters", while having the book adapted to fit the content of the songs he had outlined for it by Doreen Wayne, his future stepmother who at the time was an established script writer and journalist. [9] Wayne used artistic license to create a love interest by replacing The Journalist's brother for Carrie, his wife. [10] At the same time, Wayne started to write the score and recorded demos in the studio, paying particular attention to how Wells originally wrote the story as a series of episodes with multiple cliff hangers to each chapter. [7] [3] Wayne recalled that he "wanted to have a bit of pressure" applied to the project in January 1976, so he booked studio time at Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, London for May of that year. The idea proved to be a productive for Wayne, who completed a draft of the entire work in six weeks. [3] In September 1978, Wayne had entered negotiations with Paramount Pictures over the film rights and with two concert producers, one of which being Showco, to present a live stage version of the album. The idea came to nothing, and it took Wayne until 2006 to stage a concert tour of the album. [11] Dates The runouts of variants 1, 2, 3, 5 (side A) and 6 are stamped except any numbers after T1, T2, or T4 are etched. a b c d e Barker, Gerry (10 September 1978). " 'War of the Worlds' becomes all-star album". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. pp.65, 68 . Retrieved 17 February 2022– via Newspapers.com.

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Top Selling Albums of 1979 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved 28 January 2022. An authentic first edition...never before released! Complete, not a dramatic word cut! Script by Howard Koch from the famous H.G. Wells novel...featuring the most famous performance from The Mercury Theatre On The Air! Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.