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Our year-long Keeping the Score series continues with the iconic melodrama WUTHERING HEIGHTS! See it at 4pm or 7pm. ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐: amblertheater.org/specials๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฒ: Made during Hollywoodโs golden age, WUTHERING HEIGHTS is the first film adaptation of Emily Brontรซ's timeless novel. Set in 19th century England, a tortured love affair develops between Cathy and her impoverished childhood friend Heathcliff. Heathcliff is devastated and departs after Cathy decides to marry a wealthy man, later returning with a self-made fortune. A classic tale of passion, obsession, and revenge, WUTHERING HEIGHTS was nominated for 8 Academy Awards and is considered a masterpiece of romantic filmmaking.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ: The prolific composer Alfred Newman (perhaps best known for creating the fanfare that plays with the 20th Century Studios logo) received one of his staggering 45 Oscar nominations for WUTHERING HEIGHTS. Newmanโs score is expansive, filling most of the filmโs runtime as it spans the decades of Cathy and Heathcliffโs torrid, yet doomed love. He incorporates distinctive leitmotifs to represent the storyโs main players. โCathyโs theme,โ defined by spare, lonely horns overwhelmed by soaring strings, reflects the characterโs conflicted yearnings between a life of privilege and a life with Heathcliff. By contrast, the musical ideas for Heathcliff are appropriately somber and urgent, a roiling surge of resentment, regret, and unrequited emotion. And the music to evoke the lush moors of WUTHERING HEIGHTS, invoking a heady mix of brass and strings and flutes, is duly playful and romantic, hinting always at a better time long gone.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: Be it a gentle piano interlude or a glorious orchestral fanfare, no element of filmcraft sets a movieโs tone and identity quite like the musical score. Film music has the power to underline a filmmakerโs narrative ideas, forge our bond to a heroic character, and move us to the point of tears. Join us all year long as we showcase cinemaโs iconic composers whose musical talents enrich the images we see on screen and have us humming their unforgettable melodies as we exit the auditorium. See what else is playing this year at amblertheater.org/score
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