Montreal-born Christophe Beck -- who previously worked with Tuscan director Audrey Wells on Guinevere -- became quite the Hollywood first-call composer in 2003, scoring Just Married, Confidence, American Wedding, and Dickie Roberts in addition to Under the Tuscan Sun, a whimsical jaunt that follows Diane Lane's character as she rediscovers love and life in Tuscany. The score incorporates three musical voices braided together: a contemporary theme, for Lane's character, Frances; another paying homage to Federico Fellini's composer, Nino Rota; and a third offering a comic/romantic interpretation of Italian life. There's early whimsy and bounce in "Follow the Flower," melancholy in "I Broke My Heart in San Francisco," then cool, old-school jazz on "Wish You Were Here" and a touch of cautious romance on "Bramasole" -- four key pieces that set the tone and mood swings of the entire 30-track affair. ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide
Under the Tuscan Sun
09/23/2003 | Hollywood Records
All Music Guide Review
Under the Tuscan Sun Track Listing
Credits of Under the Tuscan Sun
- Paul Cohen
- Cello
- Rene Mandel
- Violin
- Edward Meares
- Bass
- Bruce Morgenthaler
- Bass
- Dan Neufeld
- Viola
- Michael Nowak
- Conductor
- Anatoly Rosinsky
- Violin
- Geri Rotella
- Flute
- Steve Schaeffer
- Percussion
- Haim Shtrum
- Violin
- David Speltz
- Cello
- Cecilia Tsan
- Cello
- JoAnn Turovsky
- Harp
- Josephina Vergara
- Violin
- Miwako Watanabe
- Violin
- Ken Yerke
- Violin
- Peter Limonick
- Percussion
- Drew Dembowski
- Bass
- Ken Munday
- Bassoon
- Brian D. O'Connor
- Horn
- Susan Ranney
- Bass
- Mario Diaz de Leon
- Violin
- Sandy DeCrescent
- Orchestra Contractor, Music Contractor
- Kevin Connolly
- Violin
- Casey Stone
- Engineer, Mixing
- Natalie Leggett
- Violin
- Mitchell Leib
- Executive in Charge of Music
- Fernand Bos
- Music Editor
- Christian Kollgaard
- Bass
- Timothy Landauer
- Cello
- Rafael Rishik
- Violin
- Jennie Hansen
- Viola
- Chris Bleth
- Oboe
- Shawn Mann
- Viola
- Darrin McCann
- Viola
- Antony Cooke
- Cello
- Phillipe Levy
- Violin
- Enny Joo
- Design
- Laurence Greenfield
- Violin
- Keith Greene
- Viola
- Robert Berg
- Viola
- Emily Bernstein
- Clarinet
- Irina Voloshina
- Violin
- Eun Mee Ahn
- Violin
- Michael Valerio
- Bass
- Trevor Handy
- Cello
- Oscar Hidalgo
- Bass
- Thomas Dienner
- Viola
- Tanya Noel Hill
- Auricle Programming
- Mark Robertson
- Violin
- Kevin Kleisch
- Orchestration
- Aimee Kreston
- Violin
- Eric J. Hosler
- Violin
- Gregory Goodall
- Percussion
- Phillip Edward Yao
- Horn
- David F. Walther
- Viola
- Ana Landauer
- Violin
- Sungil Lee
- Violin
- Marina Manukian
- Violin
- Cassandra Richburg
- Viola
- Chris Ibenhard
- Soprano (Vocal)
- Andy Medford
- Guitar, Loop
- Alan Savadoff
- Bassoon
- Steve Richards
- Cello
- Christophe Beck
- Producer
- Frank Marocco
- Accordion
- Bruce Dukov
- Violin
- Richard Todd
- Horn
- Richard Altenbach
- Violin
- Phil Ayling
- Oboe
- Robert Becker
- Viola
- Bill Boston
- Orchestration
- Brian Dembow
- Viola
- Joel Derouin
- Violin
- George Doering
- Guitar
- David Duke
- Horn
- Steve Edelman
- Bass
- Christine Ermacoff
- Cello
- Alan Estes
- Percussion
- Michael Fisher
- Percussion
- Armen Garabedian
- Violin
- Rick Gerding
- Viola
- Julie Gigante
- Violin
- Mark Graham
- Music Preparation
- Endre Granat
- Violin, Concert Master
- Alan Grunfeld
- Violin
- Todd Hemmenway
- Cello
- Dan Higgins
- Clarinet
- Luana Jackman
- Vocal Contractor
- James Kanter
- Clarinet
- Miran Kojian
- Violin
- Armen Ksadjikian
- Cello
- Michael Lang
- Piano, Keyboards
- Roger Lebow
- Cello
- David Low
- Cello
- Steve Kujala
- Flute











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