The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Scott.
THE SHOOTING PARTY
1. Main Title 3:12
2. The First Day 1:45
3. The Letter 1:11
4. Dinner At Nettleby 2:16
5. Lionel and Olivia 2:39
6. Thou Shalt Not Kill 3:06
7. Luncheon By The Lake 2:08
8. Ideals 1:51
9. Signs in the Fire 0:43
10. The Poacher 1:32
11. In Search of Elfrida Beetle 1:27
12. The Philosopher 1:08
13. Spanish Dance 2:36
14. Nettleby Polka 1:33
15. The Final Day 0:56
16. The Competition 2:08
17. The Consequence 2:58
18. Epilogue 4:29
BIRDS AND PLANES
19. The Awakening of the Birds and Planes 3:21
20. Take Off 1:01
21. In Flight 5:46
22. Condor and Glider 2:15
23. End of the Day 1:52
THE SHOOTING PARTY - This British Merchant-Ivory look-alike was adapted from a novel by Isabel Colgate. In the summer before World War I, British nobleman James Mason invites an assorted group of acquaintances for a weekend shooting party on his huge estate. Among the participants are longtime rivals Edward Fox and Rupert Frazer, Fox's occasionally unfaithful wife Cheryl Campbell, and staunch anti-hunting advocate John Gielgud. The film unfolds in a carefully calculated but seemingly spontaneous fashion, in the manner of its 1938 ancestor "Rules of the Game." Also like the earlier film, T"he Shooting Party" casts a jaundiced eye towards class consciousness--and ends with a sudden, senseless but not altogether unexpected tragedy. 1984
BIRDS AND PLANES - A documentary by Hugh Hudson. Impressionistic promotional documentary using images and music only, comparing engineering principles and flight capabilities of VFW-Fokker aeroplanes with those of birds filmed in in their natural environment.