Decca Classics release the soundtrack to On Chesil Beach, featuring original music by Dan Jones. The soundtrack also features a number of classical music pieces by Rachmaninov, Schubert, Elgar and Mozart. Adapted by Ian McEwan from his acclaimed novel of the same name, On Chesil Beach centres around two young spouses, Florence – a violinist in a string quartet, and Edward – a graduate student of history, on their honeymoon on the dramatic coastline of Chesil Beach in Dorset. However, the hotel is old fashioned and stifling, and underlying tensions between the young couple surface and cast unexpected shadows over their long-anticipated wedding night. The film shows how the entire course of a life can be changed by a gesture not made or a word not spoken...

Dan Jones's score for On Chesil Beach is seamlessly interwoven with familiar pieces of classical music. There are some beautiful themes running throughout this album, most notably on tracks like 'Walk from Henley'. The score is performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and features violinist Esther Yoo quite prominently.

It's a gorgeous score that is multilayered. It's not often you come across a collection of music tracks that could so easily be Classical music in their own right, but that's what Jones delivers here. A beautiful soundtrack that is well worth buying - even if you haven't seen the movie.

Track listing:

01 - Dan Jones - Talking to the Birds
02 - Dan Jones - Solemn Love *
03 - Edward Elgar - Nimrod from Enigma Variations
04 - Joseph Haydn - String Quartet No.1, 1st mvt *
05 - Dan Jones - Open Door
06 - Dan Jones - Into the Woods *
07 - Dan Jones - Love at First Sight *
08 - Dan Jones - Walk in the Meadows *
09 - Ludwig Van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 13, Finale *
10 - Dan Jones - Walk from Henley
11 - Dan Jones - Lulworth Cove *
12 - J.S. Bach - Partita for Violin Solo No. 3, Preludio *
13 - W. A. Mozart - Symphony No. 35, 1st mvt
14 - Dan Jones - Pandora’s Piano
15 - Dan Jones - Fear of Sex *
16 - Franz Schubert - “Death and the Maiden” String Quartet No. 14, 1st mvt *
17 - Dan Jones - You May Enter
18 - Dan Jones - You Can Change Your Mind
19 - Dan Jones - Factory Tennis
20 - J.S. Bach - Suite for Cello Solo No.1, Prelude
21 - Dan Jones - I'd Do Anything
22 - Dan Jones - Ponting Electronics
23 - Dan Jones - Buried Memory *
24 - Franz Schubert - “Death and the Maiden” String Quartet No. 14, 2nd mvt *
25 - Dan Jones - Cold Shoulder (violin solo version) *
26 - Dan Jones - Chloe *
27 - Dan Jones - Arrival at Wigmore Hall
28 - W.A. Mozart - String Quintet No. 5, 1st mvt
29 - Dan Jones - My Promise To You *
30 - Dan Jones - Date on the River *
31 - Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances, 1st mvt
32 - Dan Jones - Cold Shoulder

* Esther Yoo (violin)

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Darren Rea