2000 · Furia. La Musique Du - Brian May

Compact Disc · E.U · EMI Records · 7243 5 28585 2 1.

Un Film De Alexandre Aja.

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Album Lyrics:

Furia Theme (Opening titles).

(B. May)

To live here is to live nowhere. 

The harsh desert wind deadens the senses. 

Driven perhaps by boredom 

Or maybe by the desire to live 

Before the time-bomb in our midst explodes 

I go out to draw 

Not to protest against the regime 

Or the curfew, the ban on posters, on writing... 

No - chalking the walls allows me to breathe. 

People who graffiti the walls are taken out 

To a place in the desert 

But eventually news filters out... 

We know what happens to prisoners 

If ever we meet one on the street 

We pretend not to know him 

No-one dares to break the silence 

  

First Glance (Solo flute).

(B. May)

Instrumental.

Landscape.

(B. May)

Instrumental.

Tango: 'Cuesta Abajo'

(Carlos Gardel)

Instrumental.

The Meeting (Solo guitar).

(B. May)

Instrumental.

First Kiss.

(B. May)

Instrumental.

  

Storm.

(B. May)

You want to know? 

Know what? 

About my eyes 

You stare but never ask why they're different 

I was waiting for you to tell me 

They opened fire during an arrest where I lived 

They couldn't find a transplant the same colour 

Mine is the dark one... 

Phone.

(B. May)

Intrumental.

Pursuit.

(B. May)

Instrumental.

Dinner.

(B. May)

I remember a tale I heard when I was small 

The story was that Fate abandoned Mankind 

For the love of a woman, 

They went into hiding somewhere, together 

And for us nothing was ever the same again 

And are you going to disappear again? 

I want you to love me, Theo 

Apparition.

(B. May)

Instrumental.

  

Arrest.

(B. May)

So what is this "Another World"? 

Where is the World? 

It's here, the World 

Life, a family, a child, work 

That's what real freedom is, Ella 

Not some dream 

My job is to wake you up 

It won't hurt. 

Father And Son.

(B. May)

Instrumental.

  

Aaron.

(B. May)

Instrumental.

  

Fire.

(B. May)

Instrumental.

Gun (Solo violin).

(B. May)

...pom pom pom... pom pom pom... 

I know what they want now 

They want us to believe there's no tomorrow 

They're wrong 

Tomorrow exists and I dream! 

Reggae: 'Bird In Hand'

(Lee Scratch Perry)

Milte hi aankhein dil hua deewana kissi ka
Milte hi aankhein dil hua deewana kissi ka

Afsana mera ban gaya afsana kissi ka
Puchho na mohabbat ka asar, haay na puchho

Dam bhara mein koyi ho gaya, parwaana kisika
Afsaana mera ban gaya, afsaana kisika

Afsana mera ban gaya afsana kissi ka
Puchho na mohabbat ka asar, haay na puchho

Dam bhara mein koyi ho gaya, parwaana kisika
Afsaana mera ban gaya, afsaana kisika.

Killing.

(B. May)

Instrumental.

  

Escape.

(B. May)

What more an I draw? 

What message could mean anything now? 

I had to find a way to say goodbye 

And to tell you to carry on 

I will remember so many things 

And when I imagine your life 

I will imagine you going out at night to draw 

Go On.

(B. May)

I'll find you, my love, whatever happens 

Even if they crush us 

Even if I have to search 

In every house on this planet 

I'll find you 

Dream Of Thee.

(B. May)

The sun too soon lost his light 

And on my shoulder I look for thee 

But clouds that gathered in the night 

Have taken thee from me 

And how shall I live through the shadows 

And how shall I sleep in the night 

Until our hearts set us free 

I must not dream of thee 

Be strong my love while we're apart 

And know the love that I keep for thee 

Is safe and secret in my heart 

If thou shouldst dream of me 

When lovers forget to blow kisses 

And children no longer can dream 

And lifeless the waters and silent the streams 

And the stars lose their silvery gleam 

Why then my lost Love we'll see 

I shall not dream of thee 

When freedom is only a memory 

And laughter is way out of style 

And Time now can spare on the face of the fair 

Mona Lisa no trace of a smile 

Why then be sure Love that I'll 

No longer dream of thee 

Shall I not dream of thee... 

Alternative Gun.

(B. May)

Instrumental.

Liner notes:

This is a truly Anglo-French collaboration!

I first saw the embryonic "Furia" in Paris in January 1999.

Watching it I was taken completely by surprise. The film moved

my insides so deeply, that I thought it would be too painful for

me to work on it. But I was hooked, and Furia has become a big

part of my life's journey. I ended up working directly with the

film's creator Alexandre, with none of the usual Film Company

intermediaries, to produce, for the first time in my life, a

complete film score. The sounds and music and words of this

package are a curious mixture of French and English, for which

we make no apology. FURIA is timeless and belongs to the world.

Enjoy!

BM June 2000

Written, Arranged and Produced by Brian May

Co-produced and Engineered by Justin Shirley-Smith

Orchestrations by Michael Reed

Performed by The London Musicians Orchestra

Conducted by Michael Reed

Vocals, guitars and keyboard programming by Brian May

Solo Flute - Phillipa Davies

First Violin - Rolf Wilson

Solo Horn - Dave Lee

'Apparition' Vocal - Emily May

Engineer for Orchestral Recording - Dick Lewzey

Assistant Engineer - Erik Jordan

Fixer - Sylvia Addison

Copyist - Richard Ihnatowicz

Orchestral Contractor - London Musicians Ltd.

M.U. Rep. - Howard Evans

Equipment Supervision - Pete Malandrone

Director of the Film - Alexandre Aja

Producer of the Film - Alexandre Arcady

Management to Brian May - Jim Beach, Julie Glover

Publisher and Liaison - Gilbert Marouani

Recorded at Allerton Hill, and CTS Studios Wembley,

January - March 1999

Mastered by Kevin Metcalfe and Gordon Vicary

at The Soundmasters, London

Published by Duck Productions Ltd. / EMI Music

Publishing Ltd.

Lyrics reproduced by kind permission

Tango: 'Cuesta Abajo' written by Carlos Gardel

Performed by Manuel Cedron

Courtesy of Alexandre Films

'Bird in Hand' written by Lee Scratch Perry

Performed by The Upsetters

Courtesy of Polygram

Respect to Julio Cortazar,

author of the novel 'Graffiti'

Sleeve Design by Richard Gray and BM

Artwork by Richard Gray

Front cover illustration by Jerome Trebois

Film stills (c) 2000 Paname Cinema

Brian/Alexandre photo (c) Alan Strutt/Sygma

My thanks to Tony Wadsworth, Lucy Bateman,

Anne Meyer, Sara Bricusse, Pat Dodds,

Dominique Taylor, Sally Frost, Stanislas Merhar,

Marion Cotillard, Wadeck Stanczak

and especially to Alexandre, without whom...!

To Anita, my eternal inspiration.