The Crying Light

01 - Abel Korzeniowski - Stillness Of The Mind (3:54)

OST - A Single Man (2010)

Abel Korzeniowski about the score
A Single Man, A Single Theme

The score for “A Single Man” revolves around a single melodic theme. It slowly grows with the story, and eventually, in the last sequence of the movie, we are presented with its complete, final form. I named the theme “Stillness of the Mind”, after George’s moment of the final transformation. From the cocoon of despair and self-destruction, emerges a butterfly, living and understanding his life to the fullest, if only surviving for one day.

 08. Max Richter/Dinah Washington - On the Nature of Daylight/This Bitter Earth (CD2) (6:12)

OST - The Shutter Island (2CD) (2010) (Rhino Records)

This bitter earth
Well, what fruit it bears
Ooooh, This bitter earth

And if my life is like the dust
oooh that hides the glow of a rose
What good am I
Heaven only knows

Lord, this bitter earth
Yes, can be so cold
Today you’re young
Too soon, you’re old
But while a voice within me cries
I’m sure someone may answer my call
And this bitter earth
Ooooh may not
Oh be so bitter after all

This bitter earth
Lord, This bitter earth

What good is love
Mmmm that no one shares
And if my life is like the dust
Oooh that hides the glow of a rose

Robbie Robertson, beautifully combined the magnificent Dinah Washington’s voice on “This Bitter Earth” with Max Richter’s hypnotising piece “On the Nature of Daylight”.

This mastepiece is beyond words…