Just watched this movie again last night. I recently watched Bresson's "A Man Escaped" in one of my film classes. Did Welles use the same music? The score sounded very familiar, and then it finally hit me that it might be from Man Escaped. Pretty ironic, if so. K's attempt to escape from the absurdity of the modern world, and all that. Could someone confirm this suspicion of mine? Any idea if Welles was influenced by Bresson in his later career?
shareI've never seen the Bresson movie, but I think the piece used in The Trial is Tomaso Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor.
It has been used in several films, but I think it is great in this film: it has that heavy, gothic feel that fits well with the huge, and nebulous 'court' in The Trial, and with the large architecture of the film, from K's workplace to the Cathedral scene. It has a tragic feel, but such a slow, plodding pace - a sense of inevitability.
Yes, it is Adagio by Albinoni. The original Adagio + three variations on this Adagio by Oscar Peterson.
I've seen the LP with cover picture of this movie several years ago. One side of LP was the original Albinoni's Adagio, and the other side was three variations on this theme by Oscar Peterson.
Although I'm a great fan of Oscar Peterson and have most of his repertoir but haven't been able to find these three variations.
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...and in Norman Jewison's Rollerball...
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