StreamingSoundtracks.com - The Young Victoria - Ilan Eshkeri, Sinead O'Connor

#	Track Listing	Length	Played
01	Childhood Ilan Eshkeri	3:09	40
02	Go To England, Make Her Smile (Albert's Theme) Ilan Eshkeri	1:08	23
03	Down The Stairs (Victoria's Theme) Ilan Eshkeri	0:57	20
04	The King's Birthday Ilan Eshkeri	6:01	38
05	Swan Song Ilan Eshkeri	2:27	24
06	The King Is Dead Ilan Eshkeri	3:07	15
07	Buckingham Palace Ilan Eshkeri	1:07	19
08	Lord Melbourne Ilan Eshkeri	1:07	18
09	Albert Returns Ilan Eshkeri	1:56	17
10	Archery Ilan Eshkeri	1:20	22
11	The First Waltz Ilan Eshkeri	1:45	23
12	Rainy Gazebo Ilan Eshkeri	1:59	20
13	Letters From Victoria Ilan Eshkeri	1:18	23
14	Constitutional Crisis Ilan Eshkeri	2:20	21
15	Riot Ilan Eshkeri	1:38	18
16	Letters From Albert Ilan Eshkeri	1:19	17
17	Marriage Proposal Ilan Eshkeri	3:56	39
18	Honeymoon Ilan Eshkeri	2:18	22
19	Assassin Ilan Eshkeri	4:03	20
20	Victoria & Albert Ilan Eshkeri	3:33	60
21	Only You (Love Theme From The Young Victoria) Sinead O'Connor	5:18	43

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Timeless Love Story Made Into Beautiful Music

By:	Jadedtitan
Date:	23 Feb 2010
Rating:

The Young Victoria by Ilan Eshkeri leaves me with further anticipation of the future music that may be scored by this composer. Eshkeri does a wonderful job in my opinion of capturing the romance of the period, the elegance of the new Queen and the growing love throughout the film between Victoria and Albert.

What I love most about this score is how the love theme created for Victoria and Albert grows throughout the film. It parallels the story wonderfully, with their first intimate moment in the track Archery, Albert is able to be alone and close with Victoria for nearly the first time. The theme is a grand, warm and lush track played out with violins and piano. Rainy Gazebo is the next instance this theme plays, when Albert leaves for the second time, unwilling to leave but unable to force the matter with Victoria. The theme turns sad as Albert in unsure about their relationship. Letters from Victoria has the theme again, played in a minimalistic style on the piano, it shows that there is a love between the two as shown in her letters, her need for him. The theme then culminates for the first time in the track Marriage Proposal where it is teased to play a few notes on the piano, showing Victoria’s uncertainty, but then growing into a big crescendo as she asks and he of course says yes. Honeymoon of course has the love theme, played throughout in different variations and in a more lighthearted and happy way because their love has been realized. Assassin, where one would not expect a love theme, holds one of the most touching instances of the theme. Victoria goes into this track upset with Albert, but as the title implies there is an attempt on her life. The theme turns sad and somber near the middle then comes to its aching beauty at the end, where she realizes he is so much more to her and her love was not given in full. Victoria & Albert is the best variation and realization of the theme, it is a beautifully orchestrated piece and a fully lush version of the theme, when their love is fully realized, she accepts him as her equal.

Eshkeri also has arranged and included classical pieces into this score, most notably the Coronation Anthem No. 1 by Georg F. Handel found in the tracks Childhood and The King is Dead. Showcasing the two scenes where it is shown that Victoria is crowned Queen. The King’s Birthday contains ‘Waltzer a la Paganini’ by Johann Strauss, arranged by Eshkeri, a fun classical tune that is perfect for a birthday dance, and Buckingham Palace has portions of Contredanses also by Strauss and arranged by Eshkeri. The King is Dead and Albert Returns contain parts of ‘Standchen’ by Franz Schubert, arranged by Eshkeri, Lord Melbourne has parts of ‘Serenade for Strings’ by Antonin Dvorak, arranged by Eshkeri and The First Waltz has portions of ‘Della Crudele Isotta’ by Gaetano Donizetti, also arranged by Eshkeri. Constitutional Crisis contains a part of ‘Cold Song’ from “King Arthur” by Henry Purcell, which gives the perfect solemn feel to the mood of the track.

Albert’s Theme and Victoria’s Theme are both simple, orchestrated tracks, but are still lovely in their portrayal of the two young people apart from each other. Swan Song is a predominantly piano oriented piece, as Victoria wrestles with Albert leaving but still having this piece of piano music to keep them together. Riot is a more upbeat, hurriedly paced track, orchestra to show the unrest and disquiet of the people. Letters from Albert is another simple but moving orchestra piece, somewhere in between their love theme and his own theme found in the beginning of the score. The ending song, Only You as sung by Sinead O’Connor is not too much to my liking, I love the lyrics and the story that is told of Victoria and Albert’s love, but Sinead’s voice does not do much for me.

Over all, I greatly enjoy this score and highly encourage the watching of the film too. Eshkeri does a wonderful job to bring this timeless love story into music, he creates beautiful themes and gives a wonderful portrayal of the times they lived in.

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