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    Default East Of Eden soundtrack (L. Rosenman), for mandolin orchestra

    Leonard Rosenman (1924-2008): East Of Eden (Main Theme)

    This is the main theme from the soundtrack of the 1955 movie "East Of Eden" with James Dean and Julie Harris. My recording is based on an arrangement for mandolin orchestra from the now-defunct Nakano site. I've played all instruments, multi-tracked in Audacity.

    To get a bit of the grand cinematic sweep of the original film music, I've doubled the first mandolin. The mandocello plays both the mandocello part and the double bass part (with some of the notes lifted by an octave).

    Mandolin 1: 1890s Umberto Ceccherini
    Mandolin 2: 1915 Luigi Embergher
    Mandola: 1925 Zimmermann waldzither
    Mandocello & bass: Suzuki MC-815
    Guitar: Ozark tenor guitar



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    Default Re: East Of Eden soundtrack (L. Rosenman), for mandolin orchestra

    Charming! Thanks for that, Martin.

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    Default Re: East Of Eden soundtrack (L. Rosenman), for mandolin orchestra

    That's great, just add a few crackles here and there and it would sound like an old gramaphone record

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    Default Re: East Of Eden soundtrack (L. Rosenman), for mandolin orchestra

    I first recorded this classic movie theme back in 2014. My new recording uses the same arrangement, but is I think a considerable improvement in the playing as well as the recording and balance of instruments. It's also rather faster overall and played with rubato where appropriate.

    It's a full orchestral arrangement with six parts, with the melody alternating between the first mandolin and the mandola (octave mandolin). I have chosen the OM as the lead for my recording, overdubbing the other instruments onto the video soundtrack of my OM playing.

    Leonard Rosenman (1924-2008): East Of Eden (Main Theme)

    Mandolins 1&2: 1898 Giuseppe Vinaccia mandolin
    Mandola: Mid-Missouri M-111 octave mandolin
    Mandocello & bass: Suzuki MC-815
    Guitar: Vintage Viaten tenor guitar

    As it turns out, the original theatrical trailer for "East Of Eden" is exactly the same length as my recording, so I have taken the opportunity to experiment with a Picture-in-Picture presentation -- you may want to watch this in full screen.


    https://youtu.be/WfKOsyEyqVc

    I attach the arrangement from the Nakano site.

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