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17 July 2012

Wes Anderson’s The Young Person’s Guide to Life Those of you who have seen Moonrise Kingdom, we know what you were thinking: that recording of Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra featured throughout the film sounds an awful lot like Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic. You’re right. Recorded on March 20, 1961 and released in 1962, the original recording included narration not only in English, but also in Spanish (narrated by Bernstein’s wife, Chilean-American actress Felicia Montealegre), Hebrew, and German. Check out a great interview on NPR’s Fresh Air about how Anderson soundtracks his movies, including his prominent use of Britten in Moonrise Kingdom.

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Wes Anderson’s The Young Person’s Guide to Life

Those of you who have seen Moonrise Kingdom, we know what you were thinking: that recording of Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra featured throughout the film sounds an awful lot like Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic.

You’re right. Recorded on March 20, 1961 and released in 1962, the original recording included narration not only in English, but also in Spanish (narrated by Bernstein’s wife, Chilean-American actress Felicia Montealegre), Hebrew, and German.

Check out a great interview on NPR’s Fresh Air about how Anderson soundtracks his movies, including his prominent use of Britten in Moonrise Kingdom.

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    Bernstein. This makes me so happy.
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    the soundtrack was perfect. absolutely amazing.
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