Hamlet: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1996 Film)

Product Details
Audio CD (December 10, 1996)
Original Release Date: December 10, 1996
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Sony
Condition: Used (Like New)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM26.00


Track Listings
1. In Pace - Plácido Domingo
2. Fanfare
3. All That Lives Must Die
4. To Thine Own Self Be True
5. Ghost
6. Give Me up the Truth
7. What a Piece of Work Is a Man
8. What Players Are They
9. Out Out Thou Strumpet Fortune
10. To Be or Not to Be
11. I Loved You Once
12. Oh, What a Noble Mind
13. If Once a Widow
14. Now Could I Drink Hot Blood
15. Foolish Prating Nave
16. Oh Heavy Deed
17. Oh Here They Come
18. My Thoughts Be Bloody
19. Doors Are Broke
20. And Will 'A Not Come Again?
21. Alas Poor Yorick
22. Sweets to the Sweet-Farewell
23. Give Me Your Pardon Sir
24. Part Them They Are Incensed
25. Goodnight, Sweet Prince
26. Go Bid the Soldiers Shoot


The score unfolds like a great romantic symphony encompassing several moods from serenity and inner peace ("In Pace"), to violence and lush gothic undertones ("The Ghost", "Now, could I drink hot blood"), and a finaly sense of joyous celebration ("Fanfare", "What Players are they?"). After listening constantly to Mr. Doyle's scores for "Henry V", "Much ado about nothing" and "Frankenstein", I thought he could never top such achievements and somehow he did: "Hamlet" is a masterpiece of thematic inventiveness and dramatic power. The playing is wonderful and the engineering is very clear, taking full advantage of Air Lyndhurst's glorious acoustics. If you are a fan of british classical music or a Shakespeare fan (or even better, a fan of Patrick Doyle), don't pass up this CD. Great film music. No: great music. Period!


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