Loved the Music - Lady Jane (1986) Discussion

[–] 18 years ago

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okay. this is so weird. there is no soundtrack for this movie. I watched the end credits and it says that it was performed by the royal philharmonic orchestra and it mentions one song "dances 6 wedding song" that was performed by the new london consort. that's it. well oh..it does say where it was recorded. woo hoo that helps a lot. none of the other songs are listed. I also did not see the name Stephen Oliver who was the music producer listed anywhere in the ending credits. i went over it like 10 times very slowly and it is not there. maybe it's in the beginning where i have yet to have checked but it's definitely not in the ending credits. so weird. i can't believe they didn't even list the score.

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[–] roger-priestly 17 years ago

Did you ever find the score for Lady Jane?

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[–] akp0226 17 years ago

Hi Solhelix,

I saw this movie when it went to HBO after it's release and loved it from that moment on. I was a music composition major for awhile and LOVED the music as well...very moving. I looked all over for the soundtrack--even called Paramount to see if there was ever anything recorded and, sadly, they said "no." Interestingly, the guy I spoke with told me that he had received many requests for it! I was glad to know that I wasn't the only one who found it haunting. The only way I was able to preserve the music was to copy the it from my VCR to my cassette deck!! Hope that helps!

Ann

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[–] Combi 15 years ago

I have it (i.e. the music). There was no soundtrack released unfortunately. But basically I rang EMI because I saw them listed on the end credits. They couldn't help. So I re-checked the video tape credits and saw that the music was by Stephen Oliver. So I got out the phone book and rang every Stephen Oliver (there were quite a few) asking if they were the ones who wrote the music to Lady Jane. Eventually one of them said 'yes', and so I asked him if he could kindly do me a tape of the score. He agreed! And for no fee (even though I, of course, offered).

However, I waited and waited...a few weeks went by so I thought I'd call again to remind him. This happened quite a few times - but EVENTUALLY I got the tape in the post, with everything on it - all the beautiful choral music aswell. Anyway, a couple of days later I rang up to thank him - and was told that he was dead. I hope it wasn't because of me....hope I didn't harrass him to death or anything....anyway, I have the music somewhere in my tape collection.

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[–] shining_hopes 14 years ago

I agree , the music was lovely in the movie.

Where there is hope, there is light that always shines

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[–] Balberith 14 years ago

Hopefully the soundtrack will be released one day.

"A real man would rather bow down to a strong woman than dominate a weak one"

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[–] yscorthys 13 years ago

Hello,
I am getting here after checking on soundtrackcollector.net and would like to know if you are able to provide a copy of Sir Stephen OLIVER's score for my personal use...
This message is like a bottle in the ocean and i ignore if an official release of his works will be heard one day. Sorry for my english,cheers!

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[–] puddleofduck 13 years ago

I contacted the official Stephen Oliver website and his brother very kindly replied. Apparently there has been a lot of interest in the score so he is looking into getting the rights sorted out and getting it recorded but it may take a while.

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[–] debniak 12 years ago

I thought the film's score was absolutely horrible. Inappropriate most of the time and just plain bad or boring the rest of the time. How this movie ever got a "7.0" on IMDb is beyond me. Over the years I've become more and more fed up with IMDb... I guess I'll try "Rotten Tomatoes" for a while.

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[–] doug_park2001 7 years ago

I've wondered the same thing. I particularly liked the slow dance tune--with lutes, made where Edward and Jane dance at the beginning. I just wish I knew the name of that tune!

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[–] MNRebecca (750) a year ago

Just received my copy from http://www.tadlowmusic.com/2017/07/lady-jane-stephen-oliver/ a couple of days ago. Hard to believe, with only 1000 copies made, that it is still available but it is.

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