Directed by:
Orson WellesScreenplay:
Orson WellesComposer:
Bernard HerrmannCast:
Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Richard Bennett, Orson Welles (narrator), Nancy Gates (more)Plots(1)
In 1873, in a small Midland town, the magnificence of the Ambersons, the town's wealthiest family, dominates the social scene. Young George Amberson is the spoiled scion of the wealthy Amberson family. Eugene Morgan is a struggling inventor who loves George's mother Isabel, but loses her to the wealthy Wilbur Minafer. After an absence of several years, Eugene returns, now successful having invented an automobile, as a widower with an attractive daughter, Lucy. Eugene attempts to rekindle his love affair with Isabel, but George interferes. This affects not only George's romance with Lucy, but also the fading Amberson fortunes. (official distributor synopsis)
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Citizen Kane / The Magnificent Ambersons
Label: Soundtrack Factory
Year: 2000
Country: Andorra
Format: CD
Length: 47:10
1. | CITIZEN KANE: Main Title | Bernard Herrmann | 01:32 |
2. | Rosebud | Bernard Herrmann | 00:58 |
3. | News On The March | Bernard Herrmann | 07:22 |
4. | Searching Traces On The Thatcher Library | Bernard Herrmann | 02:17 |
5. | Arrival To "The Chronicle" | Bernard Herrmann | 01:35 |
6. | Kane Meet Benrnstein | Bernard Herrmann | 01:08 |
7. | Party On "The Inquirer" | Bernard Herrmann | 03:03 |
8. | Mr. Kane Politician | Bernard Herrmann | 02:37 |
9. | Kane And Miss Susan | Bernard Herrmann | 00:51 |
10. | Operatic Fiasco At The Opera House | Bernard Herrmann | 02:09 |
11. | Memories Of The Susan Life | Bernard Herrmann | 06:25 |
12. | The Decline Of A Bel Canto Diva | Bernard Herrmann | 02:09 |
13. | Disbanding Xanadu | Bernard Herrmann | 03:16 |
14. | End Title | Bernard Herrmann | 01:06 |
15. | MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS: Main Title | Bernard Herrmann | 02:06 |
16. | The Arrogant Ambersons | Bernard Herrmann | 00:24 |
17. | The Great Ball | Bernard Herrmann | 00:34 |
18. | The Young People Promenade | Bernard Herrmann | 00:39 |
19. | Death Of Wilbur Minafer | Bernard Herrmann | 01:32 |
20. | Morgan's Love Letter From Isabel | Bernard Herrmann | 02:27 |
21. | Isabel Death | Bernard Herrmann | 01:17 |
22. | End Title | Bernard Herrmann | 01:43 |
The Magnificent Ambersons
Original 1942 Motion Picture Score
Label: Preamble
Year: 1990
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 49:50
Notes: New recording conducted by Tony Bremner.
1. | Theme & Variations; George's Homecoming | Bernard Herrmann | 07:14 |
2. | Snow Ride | Bernard Herrmann | 03:00 |
3. | The Door; Death & Youth | Bernard Herrmann | 01:01 |
4. | Toccata | Bernard Herrmann | 01:07 |
5. | Pleasure Trip | Bernard Herrmann | 01:01 |
6. | Prelude | Bernard Herrmann | 01:25 |
7. | First Nocturne | Bernard Herrmann | 04:03 |
8. | Garden Scene | Bernard Herrmann | 01:09 |
9. | Fantasia | Bernard Herrmann | 02:05 |
10. | Scene Pathetique | Bernard Herrmann | 02:14 |
11. | Waiting 1 And 2 | Bernard Herrmann | 01:27 |
12. | Ostinato | Bernard Herrmann | 01:47 |
13. | First Letter Scene | Bernard Herrmann | 03:20 |
14. | Second Letter Scene; Romanza | Bernard Herrmann | 02:07 |
15. | Second Nocturne | Bernard Herrmann | 03:17 |
16. | Departure; Isabel's Death | Bernard Herrmann | 01:43 |
17. | First Reverie; Second Reverie | Bernard Herrmann | 02:35 |
18. | The Walk Home | Bernard Herrmann | 02:44 |
19. | Garden Music | Bernard Herrmann | 02:54 |
20. | Elegy | Bernard Herrmann | 01:18 |
21. | End Title | Bernard Herrmann | 02:19 |