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Mr. West

Composer
Varga Judit
Original / Hungarian title
Mr. West
Foreign language / English title
Mr. West
Subtitle
Unterhaltsame E-Musik zu: "Die seltsamen Abenteuer des Mr. West im Land der Bolschewiki" von Lev Kulesov, 1924 / Entertaining art music, to Lev Kulesovs silent film from 1924: "The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the country of the Bolsheviks´"
Year of composition
2015
Type
Film music
Instrumentation
sax.bar., sax.a., sax.s. - tr. - 2 timp., perc. (gr.c., ptto.sosp., ptti., marimba, vibr., campli., xil., tmb.picc.c.c., cmpc., ratchet, guiro, trg., metal chimes, drum set, frusta, bird whistle, typwriter, gun, vineglasses, soda, vine, food, money (paper money and coins, police whistle, kitchen clock, alarm clock) - acc., pf. - strings: vl., vla., vlc.
Movements, parts
1. Der Anfang vom Ende
2. Koffer stehlen
3. Fuge der Langweile
4. Verfolgungsjagd 666999
5. Was ist im Koffer?
6. Polizei, Polizei! aka A dead Saxophone Player
7. Typewriter Music
8. Eine Kaffee mit Superman
9. "Tűz van, babám!" - Tape only
10. Mr. West is taken on a tour of Moscow
11. "It´s time for tea, Soviet style."
12. "Roll over, Beethoven!" - Tape only
13. Zweiter Gang und Schlägerei
14. Mr. West wird geweckt
15. Production of judgement - Tape + improvisation
16. Mr. West pays $3000 in prison and climbing up the roof
17. What the hell are you doing kissing my wife?
18. Twinkle, twinkle
19. Katzenmusik - Nach Schönbergs Art Manierier, in Webern mariniert
20. Le grand Finale - "We´re all living in Amerika, Sowjetunion is wunderbar"
21. Appendix - The Hitchcock Theme
Commissioned by
Vienna Konzerthaus, supported by the Ernst von Siemens Foundation
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2015, revised: 2016