Michel Legrand composed the score for The Other Side of the Wind and selected music for the soundtrack CD.
The Other Side of the Wind soundtrack released today includes about 23 minutes of bonus material not heard in the recently completed Orson Welles film.
Before his untimely passing on January 26, composer Michel Legrand personally chose the selections and sequencing for the soundtrack album, which was issued by La-La Land Records. (The compact disc is priced at $15.98 plus $4.75 shipping.)
The disc was produced and mastered by Mike Matessino in consultation with the filmmakers and Legrand’s associates. The CD booklet contains a personal note from Legrand.
The finished film featured 45 minutes of music that Legrand composed for the movie, though he had provided producers Frank Marshall and Filip Jan Rymsza with much more.
“Michel was so passionate about this project,” Rymsza told Variety last October. “He broke the film down into chapters,” like a novel, “and then he wrote nearly two hours of music, wall-to-wall.”
According to La-La Land Records, Marshall and Rymsza found a note in Welles’ diary, “Call Legrand for the music,” which led to the hiring of the master composer.
The soundtrack, which runs nearly 73 minutes, includes 23 minutes or so of previously unheard music.
The track list for the single disc is as follows:
1. Chapter 1 4:10
2. Chapter 7 2:18
3. Les Délinquants (Opening Credits) 4:26
4. Chapter 3 2:28
5. Chapter 5 1:10
6. Chapter 15 (The Maze) 7:59
7. Chapter 4 3:13
8. Chapter 21 (Piano Duet I) 3:58
9. Chapter 19 7:00
10. Chapter 11 2:14
11. Chapter 9 3:51
12. Chapter 17 5:23
13. Chapter 23 (Piano Duet II) 2:34
14. Chapter 10 5:21
15. Chapter 25 1:38
16. Chapter 26 15:08
Legrand scored some 200 films and television programs, including the 1973 Welles film F for Fake.
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