The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Terry Gilliam’s fantastical retelling of an unbelievable adventure through time and myths.
Starred John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman and Robin Williams
Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor, Score Co-Producer
Performed by The Graunke Orchestra, Munich and The National Philharmonic Orchestra
Features two songs co-written with Eric Idle – 'Torturers Apprentice' and 'A Eunuch's Life is Hard'.
Film, Columbia / TriStar
Composed, Orchestrated and Conducted by
Michael Kamen
Producd by
Michael Kamen and Stephen McLaughlin
Performed by
The Symphony Orchestra Graunke
(Munich Symphony Orchestra) and
The Chamber Choir 'Pro Musika Seria'
Additional Orchestrations by
Alan Arnold, John Fiddy, Ed Shearmur,
Fiachra Trench and Rick Wentworth
Recorded by
Eric Tomlinson
Engineered and Mixed by
Stephen McLaughlin
Music Editor
Christopher Brooks
Music Supervisor
Ray Cooper
Music Preparation
Vic Fraser
Orchestra Manager
Paul Talkington
Additional Engineering
Jonathan Morton and Dick Lewzey
Production Assistance
Ed Shearmur
Recorded and Mixed in Munich and at
Audio International Recording Studios, London
CTS Studios, Wembley, September and November 1988
CUE LIST
1M1 - Turkish Flute
1m1 - New Turk Flute
1MX - Wild Tuning/Vivaldi
1M2 - Horses Eye
1M2 Retake
1M3 - Cheese
1M3/5 - Land Of Cheese
1M6 - What Will Become Of The Baron
1M7 - Modicum Of Snuff
2M1 (1M8) - The Real Baron
2M2B - Mashed Turk (Intro To Act 2 Reprise)
2M2/3 Act Two / Mashed Turk
2M4 - Beautiful Ladies
2M4A - He's Baron Munchausen
2M5 - Sally Pokes Head
2M6 - The Sultan's Tale
2M8 - Pen And Ink
3M1 - Berthold Speeds Off
3M2 - Torturer's Apprentice
3M2B - Enuchs
3M2C - Life Is Like A Game
3M3 - A Wager
3M7 - Treasury
3M7 Wild
4M1 - Sultan Chases Baron
4M3 - Three Legged Cyclops
4M3 - Three Legged Cyclops (Re-Do)
4M3A - Sally Runs Away
4M3A - Sally Runs Away (Re-Take)
5M1 - Cannonball Ride
5M1X Sweetener (key D-A)
5M1Y Sweetener (key C-G)
5M3/4/5/6/6A - Twinkle
5M7 - The Balloon
5M7 New - The Balloon (New Take)
5M7 New p/u - The Balloon (New Take pick-up)
5M8 - Soldiers Running
6M1 - The Ascent
6M1 p/u - The Ascent (pick-up)
6M1 (for 12M1)
6M1 Fix
6M1B - In The Balloon
6M3 - The Storm
6M3 - The Storm (no orchestra)
8M? - King Chases Baron
8M? - Leaving The Moon
8MEnd - Moonfall (old version)
8MEnd - Moonfall (redone)
9M2 - Volcano Fall
9M3(?) - A Little Fodder
9M4 - Venus Rising
9M5(?) - Squeezing Coal
11M1 - Waltz
10M1/11M1 - Waltz (Record Version)
10M3 - Sally Sees The Whale
11M1 - Waltz (complete)
11M2 Pt2 (11M2)
11M3 - Death In Fish
11M4 - Horse In Fish
11M4A - Day In The Life
11M5 - Whale Sneeze
11MX
12M1 Intro New
12M1 New
12M4
12M4A - Sultan's Source
12M5A/B - The Execution
12M5A - The Execution (F-Major)
12M5B - The Execution (C-Major)
12M6 - The Horse
12M7 - Gus Blows
12M8A
12M8 - Turk Horns
12MX - Turk Horns Wild Strings
12M8Y - Turk Horns No Strings
12M8Z - Turk Horns Tutti
12M8A
12M9 - Gus' Second Blow
12M10 - Jackson Run
12M10 wild - Jackson Loop Wild
13M2
13M2 New - New Odalisque
13M3 - Gus Blows Mouse
13M4 - Bert Chases Bullet
13M4 End 13 - Baron Dies
13M5 - Carousel
14M4
14M4A - Baron Moves Forward
14M5 - Last Cue
14M5 Wild
14M5A End Section
14M5B
14M8
Fish Gut Choir
Plans retake
Requiem
Torturetron Wild Whimpers
Vulcan Fodder
Vulcan/Venus (Perestroika Choir)
Wild Things