title: Music from Macbeth
text: Music from Macbeth is a 1972 album by the Third Ear Band.  It consists of the soundtrack from Roman Polanski's 1971 film Macbeth, an adaptation  of Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth.
  
  Composition
  The band composed original music for the film, by adding electronic music to hand drums, woodwinds and strings. Elements of music in India and the Middle East and jazz were also incorporated into the score.
  
  While the score has some Middle Ages influence, this is not found in the scenes where Duncan is assassinated and Macbeth is killed. Polanski and the band used aleatoric music for these scenes, to communicate chaos.
  
  Track listing
  "Overture" – 4:20
  "The Beach" – 1:54
  "Lady Macbeth" – 1:47
  "Inverness: Macbeth's Return/The Preparation/Fanfare/Duncan's Arrival" – 5:00
  "The Banquet" – 1:21
  "Dagger and Death" – 2:49
  "At the Well/The Princes's Escape/Coronation/Come Sealing Night" – 3:03
  "Court Dance" – 2:28
  "Fleance" – 4:02
  "Grooms' Dance" – 4:21
  "Bear Baiting" – 1:10
  "Ambush/Banquo's Ghost" – 2:27
  "Going to Bed/Blind Man's Buff/Requiescant/Sere and Yellow Leaf" – 3:04
  "The Cauldron" – 2:39
  "Prophesies" – 1:53
  "Wicca Way" – 1:24
  (All compositions by Bridges, Sweeney, Minns, and Buckmaster.)
  
  Personnel
  Paul Minns — oboe and recorder
  Glen Sweeney — drums
  Paul Buckmaster — cello and bass guitar
  Simon House — violin and VCS3
  Denim Bridges — guitars
  
  The album also features vocals by a 12-year old Keith Chegwin.
  
  The cover was originally painted by Roger Dean.
  
  References
  
  Third Ear Band albums
  Works based on Macbeth
  1972 soundtrack albums
  Harvest Records soundtracks
  Drama film soundtracks