Downton Abbey: The Ultimate Collection

Last updated

Downton Abbey: The Ultimate Collection
Downton Abbey, The Ultimate Collection.png
Soundtrack album by
John Lunn and Chamber Orchestra of London
Released15 January 2016
Recorded2010–2015
Studio
Length109:29
Label Decca
Producer John Lunn
Downton Abbey soundtracks chronology
Downton Abbey: The Essential Collection
(2012)
Downton Abbey: The Ultimate Collection
(2016)

Downton Abbey: The Ultimate Collection is the third and final soundtrack that accompanied the ITV historical television series Downton Abbey . Composed by John Lunn and performed by the Chamber Orchestra of London, the album consisted of 23 songs, mostly from the television score and three songs performed by Mary-Jess Leaverland and Eurielle. It was released on 15 January 2016 through Decca Records.

Contents

Background

The Ultimate Collection comprises the musical score for all the six seasons from the series, composed by Lunn and performed by the Chamber Orchestra of London under the supervision of conductor Alastair King. [1] It featured the suite and "Did I Make the Most of Loving You?" performed by Mary-Jess Leaverland, that featured in the first two soundtracks, along with a cover of "I'll Count The Days" by Eurielle (originally performed by Rebecca Ferguson). [2] It was released as a double album contained of 36 tracks—the first disc had 17 tracks and the second one had 19 tracks—on 4 December 2015 through physical formats. [2] In digital streaming platforms, the album was released as a single standalone album on 15 January 2016. [3]

Track listing

Downton Abbey: The Ultimate Collection– Disc 1
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Downton Abbey: The Suite"
7:09
2."Story of My Life"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
1:58
3."Love and the Hunter"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
3:17
4."Preparation"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
3:27
5."Such Good Luck"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
2:52
6."Did I Make the Most of Loving You?"
4:17
7."Damaged"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
5:25
8."Violet"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
1:56
9."I'll Count The Days"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
  • Eurielle
2:42
10."Fashion"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
1:20
11."Us and Them"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
1:53
12."The Fallen"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
3:00
13."Elopement"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
4:44
14."New World"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
1:51
15."A Dangerous Path"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
3:12
16."Escapades 1"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
6:04
17."A Glimpse of Happiness"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
2:03
Downton Abbey: The Ultimate Collection– Disc 2
No.TitleArtistLength
1."A Grand Adventure"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
3:24
2."Duneagle"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
2:06
3."Not One's Just Desserts"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
1:53
4."Life After Death"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
6:16
5."Marmalade Cake Walk"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
0:56
6."A Mother's Love"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
1:46
7."The Hunt"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
2:10
8."Nothing Will Be Easy"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
  • Eurielle
4:20
9."Down In China Townton"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
1:36
10."Escapades 2"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
5:35
11."Brancaster"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
4:22
12."Goodbye"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
2:36
13."It's Not Goodbye It's Au Revoir"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
2:24
14."The New Gladiators"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
4:03
15."Modern Love"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
2:51
16."Ambassador Stomp"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
2:10
17."The Butler And The Housekeeper"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
2:08
18."Two Sisters"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
2:38
19."End Of An Era"
  • John Lunn
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
0:52

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC) [4] 7

Accolades

At the 64th and 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, John Lunn won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score). [5] [6] [7] Lunn received a nomination for the 2012 British Academy Television Craft Awards under the Best Original Music category. [8] [9]

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes [10]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Angela Morley</span> English composer and conductor

Angela Morley was an English composer and conductor who became familiar to BBC Radio listeners in the 1950s under the name of Wally Stott. Morley provided incidental music for The Goon Show and Hancock's Half Hour. She attributed her entry into composing and arranging largely to the influence and encouragement of the Canadian light music composer Robert Farnon. Morley transitioned in 1972 and thereafter lived openly as a transgender woman. Later in life, she lived in Scottsdale, Arizona.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elizabeth McGovern</span> American actress (born 1961)

Elizabeth Lee McGovern is an American-British actress. She has received many awards, including a Screen Actors Guild Award, three Golden Globe Award nominations, and one Academy Award nomination.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Arnold</span> British film composer

David Arnold is an English film composer whose credits include scoring five James Bond films, as well as Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996), Godzilla (1998) and the television series Little Britain and Sherlock. For Independence Day, he received a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television, and for Sherlock, he and co-composer Michael Price won a Creative Arts Emmy for the score of "His Last Vow", the final episode in the third series. Arnold scored the BBC / Amazon Prime series Good Omens (2019) adapted by Neil Gaiman from his book Good Omens, written with Terry Pratchett. Arnold is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Victor Young</span> American composer and conductor (1899–1956)

Albert Victor Young was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julian Ovenden</span> British actor (born 1975)

Julian Mark Ovenden is an English actor and singer. He has starred on Broadway and West End stages, in television series in both the United Kingdom and United States, in films, and performed internationally as a concert and recording artist.

Dan Jones is a British composer and sound designer working in film and theatre. He read music at the University of Oxford, studied contemporary music theatre at the Banff Centre for the Arts and studied electro-acoustic composition and programming at the Centro Ricerche Musicali in Rome. Having explored various means of generating music algorithmically, he is the author of one of the earliest pieces of software for generating fractal or self-similar music. He has won BAFTA and Ivor Novello Awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brian Percival</span> Film director, television director

Brian Percival is a British film director, known for his work on the British television series Downton Abbey and North & South, as well as the feature film The Book Thief.

<i>Downton Abbey</i> British television series (2010–2015)

Downton Abbey is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. It first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September 2010 and in the United States on PBS, which supported its production as part of its Masterpiece Classic anthology, on 9 January 2011. The show ran for six series and fifty-two episodes, including five Christmas specials.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">63rd Primetime Emmy Awards</span> 2011 American television programming awards

The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards, honoring the best in prime time television programming from June 1, 2010, until May 31, 2011, were held on Sunday, September 18, 2011, at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, California. Fox televised the ceremony within the United States. Jane Lynch hosted the Emmys for the first time. The Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 10.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mary-Jess Leaverland</span> Musical artist

Mary-Jess Leaverland, or simply Mary-Jess, is an English singer and songwriter who won Min Xing Chang Fan Tian, the Chinese version of The X Factor, which was televised to 70 million people in December 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">64th Primetime Emmy Awards</span> 2012 American television programming awards

The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, honoring the best in prime time television programming from June 1, 2011 until May 31, 2012, were held on Sunday, September 23, 2012 at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, California. ABC televised the ceremony in the United States. Comedian and late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel hosted the Primetime Emmys for the first time. Kimmel and Kerry Washington announced the nominations on July 19, 2012. Nick Offerman was originally scheduled to co-announce the nominations, but had to cancel due to travel delays. The Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 15 and was televised on September 22, 2012 on ReelzChannel.

John Lunn is a Scottish composer, known for the music from the series Downton Abbey and for many other television and movie soundtracks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gareth Neame</span> British television producer and executive

Gareth Elwin Neame is a British television producer and executive. As an executive at the BBC, Neame presided over the development of the dramas Spooks, State of Play, Bodies, Hustle, New Tricks and Tipping the Velvet. He was executive producer of the historical drama series Downton Abbey and originally proposed the idea to its writer and creator Julian Fellowes. He is a recipient of the Emmy, BAFTA and Golden Globe awards.

The 64th Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 15 at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles and was televised September 22, 2012 on ReelzChannel. This is in conjunction with the annual Primetime Emmy Awards and is presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ben Bartlett</span> British composer

Ben Bartlett is a British composer known for his numerous film and television scores, including Walking with Dinosaurs, Vera, The Tunnel and Lucky Man.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicholas Britell</span> American film composer (born 1980)

Nicholas Britell is an American film and television composer. He has received numerous accolades including a Emmy Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and a Grammy Award. He has received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score for Barry Jenkins' Moonlight (2016) and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), and Adam McKay's Don't Look Up (2021). He also scored McKay's The Big Short (2015) and Vice (2018). He is also known for scoring Battle of the Sexes (2017), Cruella (2021), and She Said (2022).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Angel Recording Studios</span> British recording studio

Angel Recording Studios Limited is a British recording studio based in the eponymous recording and mixing complex in Islington, London. The company was incorporated by James Warren Sylvester de Wolfe on 5 December 1978. After ownership of the property transferred to third parties, the facility was closed at the end of 2019 and, after a transfer of ownership to Abbey Road Studios reopened in 2022.

<i>Downton Abbey: Original Music from the Television Series</i> 2011 soundtrack album by John Lunn and Chamber Orchestra of London

Downton Abbey: Original Music from the Television Series is the first soundtrack that accompanied the ITV historical television series Downton Abbey. Composed by John Lunn and performed by the Chamber Orchestra of London, the album consists of 19 songs, mostly from the television score and three songs performed by Alfie Boe and Mary-Jess Leaverland. It was released on 19 September 2011 through Decca Records, a day after the second season's premiere.

<i>Downton Abbey: The Essential Collection</i> 2012 soundtrack album by John Lunn and Chamber Orchestra of London

Downton Abbey: The Essential Collection is the second soundtrack that accompanied the ITV historical television series Downton Abbey. Composed by John Lunn and performed by the Chamber Orchestra of London, the album consisted of 23 songs, mostly comprising the television score and four songs performed by Mary-Jess Leaverland, Rebecca Ferguson and the Scala & Kolacny Brothers. It was released on 19 September 2012 through Decca Records, two weeks after the second season's premiere.

References

  1. "Downton Abbey music: listen to unreleased tracks from the original score". Classic FM. 4 December 2015. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Downton Abbey – The Ultimate Collection [2 CD]". Amazon. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  3. John Lunn; The Chamber Orchestra of London (15 January 2016). "Downton Abbey – The Ultimate Collection (Music From the Original TV Series)". iTunes. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  4. "Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 – 25 to 31 December". Official Charts Company . 25 December 2015. Archived from the original on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  5. "64th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Winners" (PDF). Television Academy. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 October 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  6. "65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Winners" (PDF). Television Academy. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  7. "One British Emmy, but ten times that for Creative Arts Emmys". Televisual.com. London. 23 September 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  8. "Television Craft - 2012". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  9. Goodacre, Kate (14 May 2012). "BAFTA TV Craft Awards 2012 winners - in full". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK (National Magazine Company Ltd.). Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  10. John Lunn; Chamber Orchestra of London. Downton Abbey: The Ultimate Collection (Media notes). Decca Records.