Arthur & Guinevere

«A man who fears nothing is a man who loves nothing.»
Arthur

I performed these short impressions on the movie First Knight (1995) directed by Jerry Zucker (Columbia Pictures).
I composed the music except for the two last parts which are free transcriptions from the original works.
This has a dark stance on the theme and the chapters are:

00:00 I. Guinevere
00:56 II. Arthur
01:52 III. Marriage
03:18 IV. War
04:43 V. Arthur mourns Guinevere's love (1/2)
05:44 VI. Arthur mourns Guinevere's love (2/2) - from the aria "E Lucevan le Stelle" of Puccini's Tosca
06:53 VII. Finale - from "After Dark" by Vadim Kiselev

I wish to thank Helene Elinor (on YT) for a very insightful exchange we had about music, which turned to be a sort of catalyst for this work, in its own way.

The stills are from the before mentioned movie.
The background image is adapted from the "Victorian Floral" wallpaper collection by Walls Need Love.

I am using the Pirastro Aricore string set which I consider a definite improvement over the standard sets. The most distinctive of these lower tone strings is evident at the end of part III.

Some more context:
I chose these themes because this movie offers several scenes and characters that lend themselves to musical interpretation as I see them.
Also, I watched this movie when it came out, I was 16 yo at the time, and this allowed me the interesting approach of revisiting my teenage feelings on the matter but with some knowledge of this age. I suppose that the childlike vision made it easier to compose than it would be otherwise, since its only the 2nd time I have done this.

Technical disclaimer:
I'm still studying the violin so its a work in progress ;)