The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (film score)

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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (film score) is a richly romantic and symphonic film soundtrack composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold for the 1939 historical drama about Queen Elizabeth I and the Earl of Essex.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film score
orchestral work
associatedWithStudioEra Warner Bros. Golden Age
basedOn The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
surface form: The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (film)
chronologicallyFollows The Adventures of Robin Hood (film score)
composedInDecade 1930s
composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold
composerNationality Austrian-American
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts Tudor court atmosphere
era Golden Age of Hollywood film composers
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood film music
filmDirector Michael Curtiz
genre film music
romantic music
symphonic music
instrumentation symphony orchestra
language non-vocal music
linkedToFilmStar Bette Davis
Errol Flynn
musicForCharacter Earl of Essex
Elizabeth I of England
surface form: Elizabeth I
notableFor lush orchestration
romantic thematic writing
partOf The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
surface form: The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (film)
productionCompanyOfFilm Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
publicationYear 1939
style late-Romantic
subject Elizabeth I of England
surface form: Queen Elizabeth I

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
uses leitmotifs
writtenFor historical drama film

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Erich Wolfgang Korngold notableWork The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (film score)
Kings Row (film score) relatedWorkByComposer The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (film score)