SAVAGE GRACE

Quartet Records is proud to present a brand new recording of one of the very first
scores by Fernando Velázquez, composed right after THE ORPHANAGE in 2007.
SAVAGE GRACE was a bizarre film directed by Tom Kallin and starring Academy
Award winners Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmaine, and it tells the true story of the
beautiful and charismatic but mentally unstable Barbara Daly, who married above her
class to Brooks Baekeland, heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune. Their only child is a
failure in his father’s eyes, and as he matures and becomes increasingly close to his
alienated mother, the seeds for tragedy are sown.
In spite of being one of the composer’s favorite scores, from one of his most creative
periods, the album was never released in part due to an unfortunate and problematic
recording, which had to be produced quickly for budget reasons. Velázquez was never
happy with the result, so that’s why we have decided to record it again—respecting
the original orchestrations—this time with the Basque National Orchestra under the
baton of the composer. The music is intensely romantic and bittersweet, with echoes
of Impressionism and jazz.
Recorded by Marc Blanes and mastered by Chris Malone, the package includes an indepth
essay by film music writer Daniel Schweiger, including exclusive interviews with
Tom Kallin and Fernando Velázquez.

TRACKLIST:
1. Walking In Paris I (0:29)
2. The Baekelands (2:35)
3. Laura and Sam (1:46)
4. Gloomy Tony (3:01)
5. Airport I (1:49)
6. Dinner (0:40)
7. Happy Boy In Paris (0:57)
8. Sam Arrives (2:33)
9. Restaurant Source (2:31)
10. After Dinner (1:22)
11. Airport II (0:40)
12. Walking In Paris II (0:32)
13. Brooks’ Hotel (2:39)
14. Tony at the Museum (1:03)
15. Walking In Paris III (0:27)
16. Airport III (1:21)
17. Backwards Writing (0:48)
18. Tony and Sam (1:45)
19. London I (1:02)
20. London II (2:28)
21. There Will Be a Mass (2:19)
Also includes the music for the
theater show THE SERVANT
22. Suite from “The Servant” (13:29)
Total Disc Time: 47:01