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Notes On A Scandal is a presentation of Fox Searchlight Pictures and DNA Films. The film is directed by Richard Eyre (Stage Beauty, Iris) and stars Oscar® winner Judi Dench (Shakespeare In Love, Iris, Mrs. Brown) and Oscar® winner Cate Blanchett (The Aviator, Elizabeth, Babel) along with newcomer Andrew Simpson and Bill Nighy (Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Love Actually, The Constant Gardener).
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TThe Oscar-nominated soundtrack to Notes on a Scandal has been scored by legendary, award-winning composer, Philip Glass. Glass’ score beautifully reflects the movie’s story of two women caught up in a sticky web of need and betrayal.
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Two women caught up in a drama of need and betrayal are at the heart of this psychological thriller, Notes On A Scandal. The twists and turns of the story are noted in the acerbic diary of Barbara Covett (Dame Judi Dench), a domineering and solitary teacher who rules with an iron fist over her classroom at a decaying state-run secondary school in London.
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Notes On A Scandal is a presentation of Fox Searchlight Pictures and DNA Films. The film is directed by Richard Eyre (Stage Beauty, Iris) and stars Oscar® winner Judi Dench (Shakespeare In Love, Iris, Mrs. Brown) and Oscar® winner Cate Blanchett (The Aviator, Elizabeth, Babel) along with newcomer Andrew Simpson and Bill Nighy (Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Love Actually, The Constant Gardener). With a screenplay by Patrick Marber (Closer), adapted from Zoë Heller’s Booker Prize-nominated novel, the film is produced by Scott Rudin and Robert Fox, who previously collaborated together on both Iris and The Hours.
The artistic crew includes two-time Academy Award® winning director of photography Chris Menges (The Mission, The Killing Fields, Dirty Pretty Things), Tony Award® nominated production and costume designer Tim Hatley (Closer) and Academy Award-nominated composer Philip Glass (The Mission, The Killing Fields, Dirty Pretty Things).
The film has received a total of 4 Oscar nominations; Best Actress (Judi Dench) Best Supporting Actress (Cate Blanchett), Best Adapted Screenplay (Patrick Marber) and Best Original Score (Philip Glass).
The movie was also nominated for three Golden Globes®, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, among many other accolades.
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The Oscar-nominated soundtrack to Notes on a Scandal has been scored by legendary, award-winning composer, Philip Glass.
Glass’ score beautifully reflects the movie’s story of two women caught up in a sticky web of need and betrayal. This deliciously sinister psychological thriller is based on Zoe Heller’s award winning novel of the same name and is directed by Richard Eyre (Iris, Stage Beauty) from an adaptation penned by Patrick Marber (Closer). It is produced by Scott Rudin and Robert Fox and is anchored by the tour-de-force performances of stars Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett and Billy Nighy.
Says Glass, “The score essentially is about Barbara (the main character and narrator played by Judi Dench). It begins with Barbara and it ends with Barbara. It was important that the first cue be a kind of signature piece for her and it comes back in various forms throughout the film. Also, the character of the music had to, in a way, begin to anticipate and define a rather slippery and duplicitous person. And I do that not so much through the melodic languages but through the harmonic language, which tends to be a little bit more chromatic than you’d expect but not quite as easy to define harmonically. This became an exercise of ingenuity - to use this piece of music to indicate character when necessary without revealing the surprising twists of the story. Working with director Richard Eyre and producer Scott Rudin was a most satisfying experience. In the end I think the arc of the score helps to articulate the arc of the story itself.”
Glass’ film scores include Godfrey Reggio’s trilogy Koyaanisqatsi (1983), Powaqqatsi (1987) and Naqoyqatsi (2002); Errol Morris’ The Thin Blue Line (1988), A Brief History of Time (1992), The Fog of War (2003); Paul Shrader’s Mishima (1985); Bernard Rose’s Candyman (1992) and Bill Condon’s Candyman II (1996); and an original score, performed by Kronos Quartet for the re-release of the 1930 Dracula (2000) starring Bela Lagosi. Critically acclaimed film scores include Martin Scorsese’s Kundun (1997) - which won Glass the LA Critics Award, as well as the Academy and Golden Globe nominations for Best Original Score as well as original music for Peter Weir’s The Truman Show (1998), which won a Golden Globe Award for Best Score in 1999. Glass’ work for Stephen Daldry’s The Hours (2002) received Golden Globe, Grammy, and Academy Award nominations, along with winning the Anthony Asquith Award for Achievement in Film Music from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. He also scored the thrillers Taking Lives and Secret Window in 2004 and David Gordon Green’s Undertow. Glass’ 2006 scores include George Butler’s Roving Mars IMAX project, Neil Burger’s The Illusionist, and Stephen Hopkins’ The Reaping.
Philip Glass is one of America’s best known—and most celebrated—modern composers. He is the first composer to win a wide, multi-generational audience in the opera house, the concert hall, the dance world, in popular music and in film. Glass has just received an Academy Award® nomination for his original score to Richard Eyre’s Notes on a Scandal. This is the composer’s third Oscar® nomination.
“Of course I am extremely pleased with the news of the Academy nomination for my score in the film Notes on a Scandal,” says Glass. “This is a truly beautiful film which owes its success to a superb scenario by Patrick Marber, an array of extremely strong performers and brilliant direction. It has been a privilege to work with Richard Eyre, Scott Rudin and such a beautiful collaboration of talents.”
Glass has become increasingly recognized for his work in the film world. He just received a BFCA award for his score to last year’s The Illusionist. Glass’ first Academy Award® nomination came for his score to Kundun (1997), which was followed by his nomination for the highly acclaimed film The Hours (2002). Glass’ other key film-related awards a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for The Hours and a Golden Globe for The Truman Show (1997).
The Notes on a Scandal soundtrack is available on Decca Records.
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Two women caught up in a drama of need and betrayal are at the heart of this psychological thriller, Notes On A Scandal. The twists and turns of the story are noted in the acerbic diary of Barbara Covett (Dame Judi Dench), a domineering and solitary teacher who rules with an iron fist over her classroom at a decaying state-run secondary school in London. Save for her cat, Portia, Barbara lives alone, without friends or confidantes – but her world changes when she meets the school’s new art teacher, Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett). Sheba appears to be the kindred spirit and loyal friend Barbara has always been seeking. But when she discovers that Sheba is having an incendiary affair with one of her young students (Andrew Simpson), their budding relationship takes an ominous turn. Now, as Barbara threatens to expose Sheba’s terrible secret to both her husband (Bill Nighy) and the world, Barbara’s own secrets and dark obsessions come tumbling to the fore, exposing the deceptions at the core of each of the women’s lives.
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1. First Day of School
2. The History
3. Invitation
4. The Harts
5. Discovery
6. Confession
7. Stalking
8. Courage
9. Sheba & Steven
10. The Promise
11. Good Girl
12. Sheba’s Longing
13. Someone In Your Garden
14. A Life Lived Together
15. Someone Has Died
16. Betrayal
17. It’s Your Choice
18. Barbara’s House
19. Going Home
20. I Knew Her
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Judi Dench
Cate Blanchett
Bill Nighy
Andrew Simpson
Phil Davis
Michael Maloney
Juno Temple
Max Lewis
Joanna Scanlan
Julia Mckenzie
Shaun Parkes
Directed by Richard Eyre
Screenplay by Patrick Marber
Produced by Scott Rudin and Robert Fox
Based on the book by Zoë Heller
Executive Producer Redmond Morris
Director of Photography Chris Menges
Production And Costume Designer Tim Hatley
Film Editors John Bloom and Antonia Van Drimmelen
Music by Philip Glass
Casting by Maggie Lunn and Shaheen Baig
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