Women He's Undressed
There's much variety in Cezary Skubiszewski's music for the soundtrack to the documentary about the life of Australian costume designer and three-time Oscar winner Orry-Kelly. It covers a wide range of popular 20th century musical styles – and there's never a dull moment.
Composer Cezary Skubiszewski writes: "It was a truly enjoyable but also a quite challenging experience to be working with the great film director Gillian Armstrong on such an exciting project as 'Women He's Undressed'.
"The score to the film is a combination of orchestral, choral and 20s and 30s jazz-influenced music and also extensions to existing music used from archival film clips. The orchestral parts were recorded with a small ensemble combining strings and woodwind instruments. The vocal parts were recorded with a solo voice as well as a 12 piece vocal group.
"The extensions needed to capture the sound of the archival music but also be independent compositions. These tracks needed a special mixing process so they would blend well with the sound on the archival film clips.
"To record jazz tracks I assembled a group of fantastic jazz musicians from Melbourne and asked them to play with full energy, reflecting the spirit of 'swinging New York' in the 20s. As the film moves through the life of Orry-Kelly, so does the music. It reflects the changes in time and fashion.
"Towards the end of the film there is a more reflective, contemporary sound, but the final music cue brings back an extended version of the main theme – orchestral, choral and quirky cha cha."
Artist
Cezary Skubiszewski
Polish-born Cezary Skubiszewski is one of Australia's leading film composers, with award-winning hits such as La Spagnola, Bootmen and Two Hands to his credit. He is the recipient of numerous awards from the AFI, APRA and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers.
Press quote
“I go to a late screening of Gillian Armstrong's documentary about legendary costume designer Orry-Kelly titled Women He's Undressed. It's hugely enjoyable, featuring great footage from the golden years of Hollywood. I appreciate the enormous amount of music composed for it by Cezary Skubiszewski. His score is vibrant and beautifully executed – he nails it again.”
— Amanda Brown, Music Industry Inside Out
Audio previews
Track Listing
- A big life Cezary Skubiszewski
- Sydney, here I come Cezary Skubiszewski
- Drop the spangle Cezary Skubiszewski
- Another planet Cezary Skubiszewski
- Two peas in a pod Cezary Skubiszewski
- Have faith Cezary Skubiszewski
- I'm the guy Cezary Skubiszewski
- 300 films Cezary Skubiszewski
- Lifelong girlfriend Cezary Skubiszewski
- Cocktail society Cezary Skubiszewski
- Street of disappointments Cezary Skubiszewski
- Quality Cezary Skubiszewski
- The expensive car Cezary Skubiszewski
- Green stockings Cezary Skubiszewski
- Hollywood and Vine Cezary Skubiszewski
- The greats Cezary Skubiszewski
- A big life – part 2 Cezary Skubiszewski
- Little Orry Cezary Skubiszewski
- Women he's undressed Cezary Skubiszewski
Performers
Where to buy
Women He's Undressed is available for download from the iTunes Music Store.
It's available for streaming through
Spotify and
Apple Music.
Women He's Undressed is available as as CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer secure online ordering.
Move CDs can be ordered through music retailers across Australia including Readings.
Product details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Release date
- June 2015
- Copyright
- © 2015 Cezary Skubiszewski
- Phonogram
- ℗ 2015 Move Records
- Category
- Soundtrack
- Catalogue number
- MD 3395
- Barcode
- EAN 9314574339529
