A Canterbury Tale - Music Featured

Music Featured

Besides that composed by Allan Gray for the film, musical works featured include:

• Angelus ad Virginem mid-15th century polyphony heard as a peal of bells in orchestral guise under the opening titles
• Commando Patrol by Allan Gray, Stan Bowsher, Walter Ridley – quickstep heard in the background during Johnson and Gibbs's scene in the lobby of the Hand of Glory
• I See You Everywhere by Allan Gray, Stan Bowsher, Walter Ridley – slow foxtrot heard in the background during Johnson and Gibbs's scene in the lobby of the Hand of Glory
• Turkey in the Straw – folksong heard as Agnes leaves Bob's bedroom
• Come to the Church in the Wild Wood – Bob sings as he washes
• Hear my prayer, O Lord by Henry Purcell – the ethereal choral music heard as Gibbs pauses on entering the cathedral
• Bond of Friendship – Regimental March of the King's Division. Played as the band nears the Cathedral
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538 by JS Bach (the original while inside the cathedral and the orchestration by Leopold Stokowski outside the cathedral) and the hymn Onward Christian Soldiers – played on the organ by Gibbs