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To create the music, she reused several themes from the [[ESL104]] album, most notably [[Delia's Theme]] and [[Delia's Psychadelian Waltz]].
She subsequently reworked these themes to make the "Delia's..." tracks on the [[ESL104]] album.


=Credits=
=Credits=
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=Papers=
=Papers=
* [[DD080404]] Letter dated 1st Jan 1968 saying that Kaleidophon lost money on this job
==Preparatory notes==
* [[DD084547]]-[[DD085106]] 16 pages of Delia's notes
* [[DD085123]]-[[DD085526]] Cue sheets for all sound effects used in the film
* [[DD085538]]-[[DD085802]] 8 pages of Delia notes and sound diagrams
* Delia's manuscript scores:
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:DD092350.jpg|[[DD092350]]: "Tune 3", "Tune 2A", Tune 2Z"
Image:DD084547.jpg|[[DD084547]]
Image:DD092413.jpg|[[DD092413]]: "Tune 3"
Image:DD084623.jpg|[[DD084623]]
Image:DD092425.jpg|[[DD092425]]: "Tune 4"
Image:DD084639.jpg|[[DD084639]]
Image:DD092445.jpg|[[DD092445]]: Side 1 of 3: "OK", "B/W Waltz"
Image:DD084708.jpg|[[DD084708]]
Image:DD092511.jpg|[[DD092511]]: Side 2 of 3: "Tune 1"
Image:DD084742.jpg|[[DD084742]]
Image:DD084752.jpg|[[DD084752]]
Image:DD084808.jpg|[[DD084808]]
Image:DD084831.jpg|[[DD084831]]
Image:DD084855.jpg|[[DD084855]]
Image:DD084917.jpg|[[DD084917]]
Image:DD084935.jpg|[[DD084935]]
Image:DD084952.jpg|[[DD084952]]
Image:DD085007.jpg|[[DD085007]]
Image:DD085023.jpg|[[DD085023]]
Image:DD085037.jpg|[[DD085037]]
Image:DD085054.jpg|[[DD085054]]
Image:DD085106.jpg|[[DD085106]]
</gallery>
 
==Cue sheets==
* [[DD085123]]-[[DD085526]] Cue sheets for all sound effects used in the film. See [http://delia-derbyshire.net/papers/index.html#dd085123 here].
 
==Notes and sound diagrams==
* [[DD085538]]-[[DD085802]] 8 pages of Delia notes and sound diagrams. See [http://delia-derbyshire.net/papers/index.html#dd085538 here].
 
==Manuscript scores==
<gallery>
Image:DD092445.jpg|[[DD092445]]: Side 1 of 3: OK, B/W Waltz
Image:DD092511.jpg|[[DD092511]]: Side 2 of 3: Tune 1
Image:DD092522.jpg|[[DD092522]]: Side 3 of 3
Image:DD092522.jpg|[[DD092522]]: Side 3 of 3
Image:DD092350.jpg|[[DD092350]]: Tune 3, Tune 2A, Tune 2Z
Image:DD092413.jpg|[[DD092413]]: Tune 3
Image:DD092425.jpg|[[DD092425]]: Tune 4
</gallery>
==Correspondence==
<gallery>
Image:DD080404.jpg|[[DD080404]]: Letter dated 1st Jan 1968 saying that Kaleidophon lost money on this job
</gallery>
</gallery>


=Tapes=
=Tapes=
* [[DD239]] "Work is a 4 letter word: Master tape 3"
* [[DD129]]: Tape loops
* [[DD240]] "Work is a 4 letter word: BH label, plus numerous labels"
* [[DD199]]: Rough mix of cue 10M1, sent for approval
* [[DD241]] "Work is a 4 letter word"
* [[DD239]]: "Work is a 4 letter word: Master tape 3"
* [[DD240]]: "Work is a 4 letter word: Master tape 2"
* [[DD241]]: "Work is a 4 letter word: Master tape 1"


=Copyright=
=Copyright=

Latest revision as of 11:08, 3 September 2021

Work Is A Four Letter Word poster

Work Is A Four Letter Word is Peter Hall's first feature film, made in 1967 by Calvacade Films[1], released in the UK on 7th June 1968[2] and distributed by Universal Pictures.[1]

I also did the music for Peter Hall's first feature film, Work is a Four Letter Word. I did the electronic part of the music... the bloopy bits when they'd taken the magic mushrooms.
   --Delia, in the Surface interview

She subsequently reworked these themes to make the "Delia's..." tracks on the ESL104 album.

Credits

From the opening titles:

  • Stars: David Warner, Cilla Black
  • Written by: Jeremy Brooks, adapted from the play "EH?" by Henry Livings
  • Director of Photography: Gilbert Taylor
  • Editor: Jack Harris
  • Art Director: Philip Harrison
  • Production Manager: Donald Toms
  • Assistent Director: Claude Watson
  • Sound recordists: Robert MacPhee, Gordon K. McDallum
  • Music Composed and Conducted by: Guy Woolfenden
  • Associate Producer: Ham Haysom
  • Production Controller: Tom White
  • Producer: Thomas Clyde
  • Director: Peter Hall

From the closing titles:

  • Electronic music by Delia Derbyshire

Excerpts

Spectrograms are from A(55Hz) to A(3520Hz) at 200 pixels per second except 9) at 100pps.

1. First theme: "I love you, Betty" (0:15)


2. Second theme; semitone chord theme: "Mrs Murray? You're beautiful" (0:38)


3. Delia's theme; first theme reprise: "Val, oh Val, you have such lovely ears" (0:15)


4. Climbing theme; second theme: "They had been climbing, it seemed, for hours" (0:59)


5. Spangles; Delia's theme (0:08)


6. Second theme reprise (0:39)


7. Second theme slow: "I'm just gonna see to me mushrooms, Betty" (0:15)


8. Acciaccatura theme (0:13)


9. Semitone cheeps and mushroom-eating finale (3:20)


Papers

Preparatory notes

Cue sheets

Notes and sound diagrams

Manuscript scores

Correspondence

  • DD080404: Letter dated 1st Jan 1968 saying that Kaleidophon lost money on this job
    DD080404: Letter dated 1st Jan 1968 saying that Kaleidophon lost money on this job

Tapes

  • DD129: Tape loops
  • DD199: Rough mix of cue 10M1, sent for approval
  • DD239: "Work is a 4 letter word: Master tape 3"
  • DD240: "Work is a 4 letter word: Master tape 2"
  • DD241: "Work is a 4 letter word: Master tape 1"

Copyright

The Performing Right Society's list of works by Delia Ann Derbyshire has: 

Title: Work Is A Four Letter Word
Writer(s): Derbyshire Delia Ann
Creation date: 19 November 1996

Availability

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Breege Brennan's thesis.
  2. ↑ Work Is A 4-Letter Word on imdb.com
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