Tunes of Glory?

[figheadair]

Looks like brown Scott but some of the colours look wrong, especially the red overstripe that here and elsewhere looks yellowish. There also appear to be black guard to a number of the stripes that don't appear in the Scott. Wonder where the kilts are now - that would clinch it.

[MacSpadger]

They were also in "Carry on up the Khyber".

T.

They then had another outing when the London Scottish Pipes & Drums were filmed wearing them for the projected backdrops of the touring stage production. The theatre company that hired the London Scottish were not aware that it was the London Scottish Pipes & Drums that had been used in the original film, so that was a nice link.

You can also see one of these kilts worn by the flame throwing piper in the Bond film The World is not Enough.

[macwilkin]

They then had another outing when the London Scottish Pipes & Drums were filmed wearing them for the projected backdrops of the touring stage production. The theatre company that hired the London Scottish were not aware that it was the London Scottish Pipes & Drums that had been used in the original film, so that was a nice link.

You can also see one of these kilts worn by the flame throwing piper in the Bond film The World is not Enough.

Very interesting...many thanks for sharing this information.

T.

[MacSpadger]

Very interesting...many thanks for sharing this information.

T.

S'ok. There's plenty of pics on the theatre company's website, but it won't provide any conclusive evidence as to what the tartan is.

[davidlpope]

S'ok. There's plenty of pics on the theatre company's website, but it won't provide any conclusive evidence as to what the tartan is.

If looking at these photos doesn't make it clear to naysayers that the tartan is Brown Scott in the Modern Colors, then absolutely nothing will...

David

[figheadair]

S'ok. There's plenty of pics on the theatre company's website, but it won't provide any conclusive evidence as to what the tartan is.

Thanks for the link. Tthe colours are much clearer and confirm without a shadow of a doubt that it is Brown Scott.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Something to keep in mind while nit-picking the colours in the tartans is that the Technicolour process allowed the director to alter the hue of the film to suit the mood of a particular scene. For example, to heighten the emotion of anger in a specific scene the film could be processed for a greater red saturation. Likewise, if the scene called for a feeling of isolation more blue could be added to the colour of the scene. This tinkering with colour for dramatic effect will effect things like the colour or intensity of the red and white stripes on the kilts worn by the men serving in the regiment with no name. Likewise a TV screen isn't exactly colour corrected and what you see on television is a far cry from what you would see on screen in your local cinema.

[creagdhubh]

If looking at these photos doesn't make it clear to naysayers that the tartan is Brown Scott in the Modern Colors, then absolutely nothing will...

David

There's no doubt in my mind that the tartan is indeed the Brown Scott Modern. I have seen the film more times than I can care to remember! I recall immediately looking the tartan up after watching the movie for the first time, and confirming, at least in my opinion, that it was the Brown Scott in Modern colours. Scott also brings up a very good point/observation.

Slainte,

[BoldHighlander]

Something to keep in mind while nit-picking the colours in the tartans is that the Technicolour process allowed the director to alter the hue of the film to suit the mood of a particular scene. For example, to heighten the emotion of anger in a specific scene the film could be processed for a greater red saturation. Likewise, if the scene called for a feeling of isolation more blue could be added to the colour of the scene. This tinkering with colour for dramatic effect will effect things like the colour or intensity of the red and white stripes on the kilts worn by the men serving in the regiment with no name. Likewise a TV screen isn't exactly colour corrected and what you see on television is a far cry from what you would see on screen in your local cinema.

Reminds me of how in recent years the trend in Hollywood WWII inspired stories is to make the colours more drab, for a more gritty, period look (Saving Private Ryan & Band of Brothers are two examples that spring to mind).

[creagdhubh]

Precisely Terry-perfect examples and quite effective!