The Woodlanders

Product Details
Audio CD (October 14, 1998)
Original Release Date: October 14, 1998
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Debonair Records
Condition: Used (Very Good)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM28.00


Track Listings
1. Prelude
2. Opening Credits: The Woodlanders
3. The Seed Dance
4. Melbury's Timber Yard
5. Grace Comes Home
6. The Woodland
7. The Party - 'Enrico'
8. Fitzpiers And Miss Melbury
9. Making Cider
10. "Plead For My Own Husband?"
11. Bittersweets
12. Things Unsaid
13. Neither Wife Nor Widow
14. Grace Runs Away
15. "Gone To Work"
16. Getting The Doctor
17. Giles' Death
18. Leaving The Woodland: (End Credits)


In 1995 Virginia Astley was planning to write a musical of the Thomas Hardy story to follow her album "All Shall Be Well".In the end all that survived was a few songs and a title given to her next CD which was originally called "Woodlanders". In other words,yet another unfinished Virginia project. A few copies of the CD with its first title remained in Japan but it was retitled "Had I The Heavens" after the Yeats poem she set to music. By that time film composer George Fenton was working on the score which starred Rufus Sewll and Polly Walker and which came out in 1998. The music is excellent,changing images with every emotion with the era recaptured in its similarity to Vaughan Williams or Elgar, and is performed by an orchestra led by the strings contractor on "Had I The Heavens": Gavin Wright. The first item though is by the Mellstock Band and Singers,of a traditional hymn known as Psalm 128 and who turn up again for a scene called "The Party". Divided into 16 further sections its another perfect soundtrack for Summer Day.


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Wings Of The Dove: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture

Product Details
Audio CD (November 25, 1997)
Original Release Date: November 25, 1997
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Milan Records
Condition: Used (Very Good)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM27.00


Track Listings
1. Underground
2. Rendezvous
3. Social Contract
4. Venice
5. Carnival Masque
6. Tryst
7. Courtship
8. Betrayal
9. The Wings Of the Dove


The soundtrack is one of the better ones you'll hear. Thematically it is similar to the music of the Christopher Reeve/Jane Seymore film Somewhere In Time. The music also sounds as if it hails from the era of French Impressionism. The strings and woodwinds I find achingly beautiful. I am transported everytime I listen to this sound track. Visions of the scenes of Venice from the movie can be revisited when listening to this soundtrack. I loved it more than the movie itself!


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Wilde (Original Soundtrack Recording)

Product Details
Audio CD (September 8, 1997)
Original Release Date: September 8, 1997
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Sonic Images
Condition: Used (Very Good)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM27.00


Track Listings
1. Wilde
2. Wild West
3. I Do Need an Audience
4. Almost as Beautiful as His Mother
5. Nothing Should Reveal the Body But the Body
6. He Loves
7. Gates Thrown Open
8. Love Goes Round
9. I Will Kiss Thy Mouth, Jokanaan
10. Wounds of Love
11. Constant Constance
12. Selfish Giant
13. Mr. Wilde, You Must Go
14. Cast into Outer Darkness
15. Don't Ever Change Your Love
16. What Is the Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name
17. Angel at My Side
18. Who Has Dared to Wound Thee?
19. De Profundis
20. So Wildly Worshipped, and So Madly Kissed
21. Age of Silver


This is a beautiful CD that perfectly mirrors the artifice and surface beauty of the Victorian age in which Oscar Wilde lived. Yet underneath, there is a current of secretive discord. This album portrays the double-standard of life with majestically orchestrated string pieces and desolate solo pieces arranged for piano and oboe.
The main themes running throughout (the Constance/home life, the Bosie "Ah, Leave Me Not To Pine", the desolation/trial theme) all return intermixed with each other, creating a fantastic panorama of sound.
Ms. Wiseman's work is wonderful, yet towards the end becomes a bit repetitive. However, for any fan of the movie "Wilde," this soundtrack is a must have!


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Washington Square: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Product Details
Audio CD (October 14, 1997)
Original Release Date: October 14, 1997
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Varese Sarabande
Condition: Used (Very Good)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM27.00


Track Listings
1. Washington Square
2. Catherine in the Window
3. Catherine and Morris/Tu Chiami Una Vita
4. First Kiss
5. That Must Be Love
6. Lavinia
7. No to Morris
8. No to Catherine
9. Catherine and the Mirror
10. Catherine's Nocturne
11. Romance Quaartet
12. Please Wait for Me
13. Absence
14. Lavinia and Morris
15. Alps
16. Reunion
17. Unfinished Nocturne
18. Despair
19. Lullaby
20. Father Is Dying
21. Tale of the String
22. Please Don't Come Here Again/Tu Chiami Una Vita
23. End Credits
24. Absence Again


This music, like the movie, was so great, so refreshing and so wonderfully composed I cannot believe it did not get the press recognition it deserved. I shall die before I ever understand why such a great piece of artwork, both the music and film, should go unnoticed, ungraced, and unrespected, while a tacky, plastic, and tasteless film like Titanic should be raved about as it was. This truly indicates the power of film promotion and the guliability of the public.


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Vivaldi: Stabat Mater /Scholl * Ensemble 415 * Banchini

Product Details
Performer: Andreas Scholl
Orchestra: Ensemble 415
Conductor: Chiara Banchini
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Audio CD (January 23, 1996)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Import
Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Condition: Used (Like New)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM26.00


Track Listings
1. Concerto ripieno, RV 114: Allegro
2. Concerto ripieno, RV 114: Adagio
3. Concerto ripieno, RV 114: Ciaccona
4. Cantate "Cessate, omai cessate", RV 684: Cessate, omai cessate
5. Cantate "Cessate, omai cessate", RV 684: Ah ch'infelice sempre
6. Cantate "Cessate, omai cessate", RV 684: A voi dunque ricorro
7. Cantate "Cessate, omai cessate", RV 684: Nell'orrido albergo ricetto di pene
8. Sonata a quatro "Al Santo Sepolcro", RV 130: Largo molto
9. Sonata a quatro "Al Santo Sepolcro", RV 130: Allegro ma poco andante
10. Introduzione al miserere "Filiae Maestae Jerusalem", RV 638: Filiae maestae Jerusalem
11. Introduzione al miserere "Filiae Maestae Jerusalem", RV 638: Sileant zephyri
12. Introduzione al miserere "Filiae Maestae Jerusalem", RV 638: Sed tenebris diffusis
13. Stabat Mater, RV 621: Stabat Mater dolorosa
14. Stabat Mater, RV 621: Cujus animam gementem
15. Stabat Mater, RV 621: O quam tristis
16. Stabat Mater, RV 621: Quis est homo
17. Stabat Mater, RV 621: Quis non posset
18. Stabat Mater, RV 621: Pro peccatis suae gentis
19. Stabat Mater, RV 621: Eja mater, fons amoris
20. Stabat Mater, RV 621: Fac ut ardeat
21. Stabat Mater, RV 621: Amen


This recording is remarkable. This CD has won a Gramophone award, 4f Telerama, 10 Repertoire, and a Diapason d'Or. It has also made the list of the 50 Best Baroque Recordings (BBC Music). Listen: I'm not even a particular fan of Andreas Scholl, but this is one of my most favorite recordings (in a collection that numbers almost 1,000 CD's). Scholl is uniquely suited to the repertory such as this. His angelic voice may not always rise to the occasion in opera (although his performance in Solomon certainly challenges this assumption), but that same angelic voice is always at home in sacred music - blending calm reverence with a hint of emotion, in a manner that is both beautiful and heart-breaking. Listen to his Stabat Mater to know what I mean. Scholl's voice is also quite at home in the secular cantata Cessate Omai Cessate, a cry of unrequited love, albeit more elegaic than passionate. At the surface, this recording, featuring some of the world's most beautiful melodies, is an easy listening (is there a melody more ravishing than Larghetto from Cessate?). But the listening is also revelatory and rewarding because it leads to new layers of meaning and expression on each new listen.


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The Village [SOUNDTRACK]

Product Details
Composer: James Newton Howard
Audio CD (July 27, 2004)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Hollywood Records
Condition: Used (Like New)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM24.00


Track Listings
1. Noah Visits
2. What Are You Asking Me?
3. The Bad Color
4. Those We Don't Speak Of
5. Will You Help Me?
6. I Cannot See His Color
7. Rituals
8. The Gravel Road
9. Race To Resting Rock
10. The Forbidden Line
11. The Vote
12. It Is Not Real
13. The Shed Not To Be Used



In the wake of his Sixth Sense triumph, young director M. Night Shyamalan shrewdly marketed himself as a marquee draw, a thriller auteur in the vein of Hitchcock and DePalma. In the process he's also run headlong into one of Hollywood's truest adages: There's no such thing as a sure thing. But while his tale of an isolated hamlet ringed by mysterious, threatening 'others' met with tepid reviews and disappointing box office, it also underscored another filmmaking truism: So-so films can still be blessed with magnificent musical scores. This hauntingly beautiful, yet thoroughly contemporary orchestral soundtrack by James Newton-Howard distinguishes itself at every turn, becoming a clear standout in the ongoing collaboration between the composer and Shyamalan. While similar fusions of minimalist and post-modern musical influences can sometimes seem not much more than hollow intellectual exercises, Newton-Howard inhabits his hypnotic arpeggios and droning rhythms here with an evocative undercurrent of the mysterious and mystical. The composer leans heavily on solo violin to conjure a mock folk tradition of indistinct origins, wedding it to a contemporary classical sense that's as seamless as it is distinguished.


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Van Helsing [ENHANCED] [SOUNDTRACK]

Product Details
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Audio CD (May 4, 2004)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Enhanced, Soundtrack
Label: Decca
Condition: Used (Like New)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM24.00


Track Listings
1. Transylvania 1887
2. Burn It Down!
3. Werewolf Trap
4. Journey to Transylvania
5. Attacking Brides
6. Dracula's Nursery
7. Useless Crucifix
8. Transylvanian Horses
9. All Hallow's Eve Ball
10. Who Are They to Judge?
11. Final Battle
12. Reunited
13. [CD-ROM Track]


Bram Stoker's original literary Van Helsing dispatched his nemeses-of-the-night with but a crucifix, a few simple wooden stakes, and a dash of garlic. But this CGI-driven, 21st century Hollywood take on the vampire hunter is bigger, bolder, and, judging from veteran Alan Silvestri's thunderous, goth-on-steroids orchestral score, definitely more bombastic. Courtesy of director/big-budget monster revivalist Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, Mummy Returns, The Scoropin King), Hugh Jackman's title character now faces off against Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, a giant werewolf, and Mr. Hyde. With an appropriate lack of subtlety, Silvestri seasons the action set pieces with some gloomy, Herrmann-esque brass, jolting doses of massed percussion, the occasional shrieking choral homage to Carmina Burana--and (for some ears) precious too little of Franz Waxman's haunting, neo-Romantic horror-film lyricism. But then, overwrought popcorn epics call for overwrought popcorn scores, and the bold, epic scale of Silvestri's music can't be denied; it has as much alternately jolting/nervous energy as a double-dose of caffeine. Enhanced CD features include an interactive game trailer, game playing clues, a photo gallery, and preview of a comic book merchandising tie-in.


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Twelfth Night [SOUNDTRACK]

Product Details
Audio CD (October 15, 1996)
Original Release Date: October 15, 1996
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Silva America
Condition: Used (Like New)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM26.00


Track Listings
1. I'll Tell Thee A Tale
2. Shipwreck/ Illyria
3. Orsino's Horsemen/ The Disguise
4. The Rose Window/ The Food Of Love
5. Cesario's First Walk/ Malvolio's Inspection
6. Sir Andrew's Dances/ O Mistress Mine (Cabaret)
7. Take Away The Fool
8. Farewell Fair Cruelty/ Cesario's Charm
9. O Mistress Mine
10. The Lonely Night/ Malvolio's Fantasy/The Sponge
11. Cesario's Second Journey
12. Come Away Death/ Prelude To Act Three
13. Antonio's Chase
14. Malvolio Rampant
15. The Reluctant Duelists
16. A Witchcraft
17. I Am A Gone Sir
18. The Twins' Reunion
19. The Wind And The Rain


This is a great soundtrack, and it's a shame that it's out of print. It's almost impossible to find and even harder to afford.
Shaun Davey did a great job with the music, and when you couple that with Ben Kingsley's delivery (on the songs he sings) the combination is wonderful.


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The History Of Tom Jones, A Foundling

Product Details
Audio CD (October 15, 1997)
Original Release Date: October 15, 1997
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: A BBC Worldwide Music Production
Condition: Used (Very Good)
Rating: ####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM27.00


Track Listings
1. Tom Jones
2. Captain Blifil
3. Molly Seagram
4. Bridget's Farewell
5. Sophia's Boudoir
6. Deerhunt
7. Bridget's Letter
8. A Satisfactory Marriage
9. Blifil's Proposal
10. The First Kiss
11. Tom's Departure
12. The Stolen Key
13. Jenny Jones
14. Mr. Fitzpatrick - An Irish Gentleman
15. A View of London
16. London Society
17. Lady Bellaston
18. Fire
19. The Proposal
20. Squire Weston's Pursuit
21. The Rape of Sabines part I
22. The Rape of Sabines part II
23. Lord Fellamar's Rape
24. Hide & Seek
25. A Tragic Mistake
26. Mr. Allworthy Learns the Truth
27. Mr. Blifil's Disgrace
28. The Journey


I couldn't find it anywhere, so I had to import it from the UK. It has the most beautiful love theme I've ever heard. After ripping open the package and shoving it in my computer, I almost cried listening to it. I have learned that the first step to loving another is loving oneself. The theme really spoke to me. It is absolutely gorgeous, interlacing strings and flute (of course.) Honestly, I am usually not biased toward my own instrument, but the Tom Jones love theme shows flute at it's best. Ok, I might as well go join Thoreau in the woods. I have no reason to love the movie, but I do. I am a bit crushed, though. Both of the main actors got old and wierd. The characters are not the actors, nonetheless.


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Titus: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Product Details
Audio CD (January 11, 2000)
Original Release Date: January 11, 2000
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Sony
Condition: Used (Like New)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM20.00


Track Listings
1. Victorius Titus (Vocal)
2. Procession & Obsequis
3. Revenge Wheel
4. Tribute & Suffrage
5. Arrows Of The Gods
6. An Offering
7. Crossroads
8. Vortex
9. Swing Rave
10. Ill-Fated Plot
11. Pickled Heads
12. Tamora's Pastorale
13. Titus Vow
14. Mad Ole Titus
15. Philimelagram
16. Pressing Judgement from "A Time To Kill"
17. Aaron's Plea
18. Coronation
19. Apian Stomp
20. Adagio
21. Finale
22. Vivere


The score to Titus, Julie Taymor's film version of Shakespeare's bloody play, starts exactly the way one assumes it will: a generous chorus pumps out a foreboding (and relatively unintelligible) chant, supported by tumultuous orchestration. The orchestra will appear again, on occasion, but trust that this is the last moment your ears will experience anything that they are even remotely expecting. Perfectly suited to Taymor's flamboyant, genre-mad interpretation of Shakespeare's script, composer Elliot Goldenthal (Alien 3, Interview with the Vampire, Heat) has fashioned a tapestry that also includes hot-tempered big-band jazz, industrial rock, circus themes, and exotic tone poems. Furthermore, these elements overlap in ways that are more detailed and inventive than the motion picture industry generally allows. Midway through "Tribute & Suffrage," at the height of a hopped-up swing session, the set metamorphoses into kettledrums that usher in a majestic, symphonic sequence. The next time jazz is heard ("Swing Rave"), the band is backed by fuzz-toned guitarists (among them Page Hamilton, of the metal band Helmet) who could frizz Brian Setzer's retro perm. Clearly it is Goldenthal, and not Hollywood mercenary Michael Kamen, who should have conducted Metallica's orchestral S&M project.


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The 3 Tenors: Paris 1998 [LIVE]

Product Details
Composer: Cesare Andrea Bixio, Luiz Bonfa, Arturo Buzzi-Peccia, Giovanni Battista Califano, Eduardo di Capua, et al.
Audio CD (August 18, 1998)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Live
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Condition: Used (Like New)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM28.00


Pavarotti sounds old, Carreras' execution is haphazard and even Domingo is strangely uninteresting here.


Track Listings
1. Io Conosco un Giardino - José Carreras
2. Amor Ti Vieta - Plácido Domingo
3. Granada - Luciano Pavarotti
4. T'Estimo - José Carreras
5. Memories de Danton - Plácido Domingo
6. Caruso - Luciano Pavarotti
7. Medley of Romance: Sous le Ciel de Paris
8. Medley of Romance: Solamente Una Vez
9. Medley of Romance: Maria, Mari
10. Medley of Romance: Torero Quiero
11. Medley of Romance: Parlami d'Amore Mariu
12. Medley of Romance: Tu, Ca'nun Chiange!
13. Medley of Romance:
14. Medley of Romance: Te Voglio Tanto Bene
15. Voce 'E Notte - José Carreras
16. Quiero Desterrar de Tu Pecho el Temor - Plácido Domingo
17. Nessun Dorma - Luciano Pavarotti
18. Because
19. O Sole Mio
20. Medley of the World: O Surdato 'Nnamurato
21. Medley of the World: Ay, Ay, Ay
22. Lolita
23. Ständchen - The Three Tenors
24. Dicitencello Vuie
25. Core 'Ngrato
26. You'll Never Walk Alone


If you think you've heard it all, you're wrong. The three big guys are indeed back, in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, with a rabidly enthusiastic crowd to welcome them. They sing many favorites-- "Granada," "Because," "Nessun dorma"--and there are a pair of medleys: one devoted to love songs, and one called "Medley of the World," which ends with a rendition of "You'll Never Walk Alone" that might just bring tears to your eyes. If the truth be known, the three tenors have put on 8 years since we first heard them together, and a fair amount of bloom is off their rose-like voices--with Domingo's ardency sounding a bit hard-edged, Carreras's tone even more spread than before, and some of Pavarotti's gold tarnished and his breath shorter. Suffice it to say that older CDs by these three formerly-really-great tenors are worth their weight in gold, compared to the bronze you'll find here. But the classy James Levine at the helm keeps the "event" going with passion, and it's hard not to get caught up in the excitement.


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Swept From The Sea (1997 Film) [SOUNDTRACK]

Product Details
Audio CD (October 14, 1997)
Original Release Date: October 14, 1997
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Polygram Records
Condition: Used (Very Good)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM27.00


Track Listings
1. Swept from the Sea
2. To America
3. Storm Came
4. Sea of Death
5. Search for Yanko and Night Meeting
6. Yanko Asks Amy Out
7. Sea, the Memorial, the Cave
8. Try to Kill Yanko and Kennedy Speaks of Things
9. Yanko's Dance
10. Love in the Pool
11. He's Your Half Brother
12. Jump on Board to the Cottage
13. Wedding
14. Yanko and Son Dance
15. Yanko's Delirium
16. Yanko About to Die: I Would Change Nothing Did Your Own Love Blind You
17. You Came from the Sea
18. To Love and Be Loved - Corina Brouder


I am always amazed when I listen to the music of John Barry. He can practically tell the whole story just with notes. You hardly need to watch the movie! I have loved the music for "Somewhere in Time" for years. When I heard "Swept from the Sea", I knew without even looking that it had to be John Barry's work. He is brilliant! Many times his work has gotten me through a tough day, or soothed me when I couldn't sleep. I also believe that he makes fifty percent of the magic in a film!


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Pride and Prejudice: The Original Soundtrack

Product Details
Audio CD (May 21, 1995)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: EMI Records
Condition: Used (Very Good)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM25.00


Track Listings
1. Pride and Prejudice
2. Dance Monatge
3. Elizabeth Observed
4. Piano Summary
5. Canon Collins
6. Piano Summary
7. Gardniers
8. Winter into Spring
9. Parting
10. Rosings
11. Piano Summary
12. Telling the Truth
13. Farewell to the Regiment
14. Pemberley
15. Darcy Returns
16. Piano Summary
17. Thinking About Lizzy
18. Lydia's Elopement
19. Piano Summary
20. Lydia's Wedding
21. Return of Bingley
22. Darcy's Second Proposal
23. Double Wedding
24. Finale


This is a beautiful accompanying piece to the wonderful series, "Pride & Prejudice", it definitely evokes the same feelings & emotions that were engendered when watching the film, which is an absolute must for any quality soundtrack score: that it must strongly bring to mind what is happening on screen at the time! This one does that.
From the delightful opening theme to the finale, every note of the score seems to fit Jane Austen's wonderful story perfectly. The orchestration is superb and the recording itself is outstanding. My favorite sections include the "Canon Collins," which has that wonderful bassoon obbligato, befitting of the bumbling Mr. Collins. And who can help visualizing Lady Catherine de Bourgh upon hearing the "Rosings" theme? An added bonus is experiencing the wonderful musicianship of pianist Melvyn Tan. As far as soundtracks go, this is one of the best!
All in all, I must say that this is a beautiful soundtrack for anyone who enjoyed the movie, "Pride & Prejudice"...highly recommended!


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Queen Margot (La Reine Margot) (1994 Film) [SOUNDTRACK]

Product Details
Composer: Goran Bregovic
Audio CD (September 12, 1994)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Polygram Records
Condition: Used (Very Good)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM24.00


Track Listings
1. ELO Hi - Goran Bregovic, Nero, Canto
2. Rondinella
3. Nuit de la Saint Barthélémy
4. Matin
5. Lullaby
6. Ruda Neruda
7. U Te Sam Se Zaljubia - Goran Bregovic, [Traditional Dalmat
8. Chasse
9. Margot
10. Recontre
11. Marguerite de Valois et Henri de Navarre - Goran Bregovic,
12. Mariage
13. Nuit
14. ELO Hi - Goran Bregovic, Haza, Ofra


For anyone with an eclectic taste in music who needs a change from endless Mozart, Handel, Bach et al, this is a very welcome and refreshing recording. The beautiful introduction and closing song by Ofra Haza is worth the price of the CD alone. Why "Elo Hi" did not hit the top of the pop charts the way "Pie Jesu" did must only be due to marketing.
I first heard this music when I caught the film "La Reine Margot" on TV. Although the film was excellent, it was just a little too gory, but oh, the music! It evoked childhood memories of visiting Russian churches and also recalled to mind the magnificent "Ivan the Terrible". This was the first time I had even heard of the composer Goran Bregovic, which is not surprising as music in the US is dominated by pop and country. Finding a station playing classical or other is very difficult and dependent on where one lives. The classical section of the music stores consists of Charlotte Church, Andea Bocelli and a few vintage recordings of works by 18th and 19th century composers.
I would recommend this recording to anyone who enjoys the singing of Ofra Haza, and who does not consider that classical music was only written in western Europe.


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Quills (2000 Film) [SOUNDTRACK]

Product Details
Composer: Stephen Warbeck
Audio CD (November 21, 2000)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: RCA
Condition: Used (Like New)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM21.00


Track Listings
1. The Marquis and the Scaffold
2. The Abbe and Madelaine
3. The Convent
4. Plans for a Burial
5. Dream of Madelaine
6. Royer-Collard and Bouchon
7. Aphrodisiac
8. The Last Story
9. The Marquis' Cell at Charenton
10. The End: A New Manuscript
11. The Printing Press


The 'Quills' Soundtrack is a wonderful classical pick for any occasion!


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A Respectable Trade (Music from the Drama Serial)

Product Details
Composer: Philippa Gregory
Audio CD (November 21, 1998)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: BBC Worldwide Music
Condition: Used (Very Good)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM28.00


Track Listings
1. Opening Titles
2. Frances' Theme
3. Love Fulfilled
4. Tragedy
5. Get Mehuru
6. The Rose Sails
7. Lord and Lady Scott Visit
8. Gag Muzzle
9. Josiah and Frances Meet
10. Samuel's Poem
11. The Slave Ship
12. Mr. Kedge
13. The Merchant Venturers Triumph
14. Moving to Queens Square
15. Josiah Humiliated
16. Mehuru Goes to Whiteleaze
17. Searching for Matthew
18. First Attraction
19. Mehuru and Bates Fight
20. Our Future
21. First Kiss?
22. Queens Square
23. Mehuru Returns
24. Frances is Pregnant
25. Marriage
26. Two Sides of the World
27. Parting
28. Rape
29. The New Hot Well
30. Frances Sees the Slaves
31. Learning English
32. Whose Child?
33. Pavement Gavotte
34. Eye Contact
35. Bible Story
36. Closing Credits


Nott is probably most famous for the bouncy brass band march he wrote for the main titles of the cult Wallace and Gromit animated shorts, so the beautiful, emotional music in A Respectable Trade may come as something of a surprise to those unfamiliar with his other works. The series, based on Philippa Gregory's acclaimed novel, tells the story of Mehuru, an African nobleman stolen from his home and sold into slavery in 18th Century England, who falls in love with his new owner Josiah Cole's wife, Frances. Eschewing the hackneyed ethnic rhythms that lesser composers would no doubt have used to portray the racial elements of the story, Nott instead has chosen to compose to the film's English setting and write in a lush, modern, classical style. However, Nott's dilemma in writing for a subject as controversial as the slave trade was that he could not afford to overload the more traumatic scenes of slaves being chained together in bowels of ships and women being raped with over-the-top music which might trivialise and, in some cases, sanitise the horrors of the story. He overcomes this by scoring those scenes with admirable restraint, relying on solemn violins, rumbling timpanis and the occasional tolling bell to depict the drama and tragedy of the events unfolding, and the resulting cues ("Gag Muzzle", "The Slave Ship" and "Two Sides of the World") are all the more effective because of it. The more passionate element of the story, the forbidden love between Frances and Mehuru, is captured by two absolutely gorgeous recurring themes that highlight Nott's real flair for lush string writing. The first, "Frances' Theme", is delicate and attractive, yet slightly melancholy, and features a lovely oboe solo. To me, the theme describes the character of Frances as being a woman repressed and dominated by her husband, overcome with desire for a mysterious, exotic stranger, but who is destined never to be with the man she loves due to circumstances beyond her control. The score's full-blown romantic theme, first presented in "Love Fulfilled" and prominent in several other tracks, begins with an idyllic, pastoral melody, but builds up to stunning a full-orchestral climax. For me, these two themes sum up the entire score, and the story - a combination of all-encompassing love and lust, tinged with a sadness and regret. These two themes admittedly do tend to dominate the score and, as you would expect, many of the middle-album cues where the themes are not present are scored simply with slow, solemn strings and subtle woodwinds. To his credit, Nott tries to break the musical monotony by experimenting with occasional dips into English Baroque which convey the comedic aspects of the story well. He makes great use of this style of writing in a number of cues, most notably the stately "Lord and Lady Scott Visit", the pompous march for "Mr. Kedge", and especially "Marriage", which features an effective harpsichord solo. There are two powerful percussion-led action cues in "Get Muhuru" and "Mehuru and Bates Fight", the latter of which is slightly reminiscent of some of John Barry's Bond movie work and, as the story is set in and around the seafaring port of Bristol, some of the cues invoke images of the ocean, most notably the dramatic "The Rose Sails", which rises and falls with every eddy, and the majestic "The Merchant Venturers Triumph". Nott's style of orchestral grandeur and huge, sweeping themes is sure to bring him more fans and accolades as time goes by. If the music for A Respectable Trade is anything to go by, then there is no doubt in my mind that the name Julian Nott will be gracing the opening titles of movies on many a cinema screen for years to come.


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Restoration: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture Soundtrack

Product Details
Original Release Date: January 16, 1995
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: CreateSpace
Condition: Used (Very Good)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM25.00


Track Listings
1. If Love's a Sweet Passion - James Newton Howard, Purcell, Henry
2. Main Titles
3. A Frost Dance in C - James Newton Howard, Purcell, Henry
4. Night With Lulu
5. Minuet in G - James Newton Howard, Purcell, Henry
6. Here the Deities Approve - James Newton Howard, Purcell, Henry
7. Creature of the New Age
8. The Overture in D - James Newton Howard, Purcell, Henry
9. Wedding
10. Hornpipe in D Minor - James Newton Howard, Purcell, Henry
11. The Arrival in Bidnold
12. The Cabinet of Curiosities
13. The Land of Mar
14. A Lie
15. New Ground (in E Minor) - James Newton Howard,
16. Merivel Woos Celia
17. Katharine Sleeps
18. Taking Bidnold Back
19. The Muzett 1 in a Minor - James Newton Howard, Marais, Marin
20. The Right Knowledge
21. Plague
22. Katharine's Death
23. Night Sweats
24. Hospital
25. Doctor Merivel
26. The Listening to Celia's Heart
27. Fire
28. Allegro from Sinfonia (Act II) - James Newton Howard, Purcell, Henry
29. Your Child I Believe
30. Newcastle - James Newton Howard, Traditional
31. 2nd Overture in D - James Newton Howard, Purcell, Henry


The soundtrack to "Restoration" is an uncannily seamless blend of orchestral and chamber music (mostly Henry Purcell) with the modern-day scoring of the peerless James Newton Howard. Purcell's "King Arthur" and "The Fairy Queen" are used here, and Howard melds his work with Purcell's so beautifully that I think somewhere in heaven, Purcell must be smiling down at Howard.
It's an astonishing soundtrack, filled with gorgeous music that suggests floral tapestries, lutists wandering through a grassy field, richly appointed thrones, crowned heads, corseted ladies and bewigged gentlemen, but most of all, an urgency implied by love and ardor. It's just magnificent.


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Ridicule [SOUNDTRACK]

Product Details
Performer: Elizabeth Duhamel, Claudine Lecoze, Agnes Mellon, Philippe Cantor, Marine Guez
Orchestra: Le Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy
Conductor: Jean-Claude Malgoire
Composer: Antoine Duhamel
Audio CD (November 19, 1996)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: London/ Polygram Records
Condition: Used (Very Good)
Rating: ####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM26.00


Track Listings
1. Ridicule
2. Pocneludon's Fate
3. Autumn Fête
4. Ponceludon's Misson
5. Milletail
6. Ministers
7. At Home With Bellegarde
8. Mathilde
9. About-Turn
10. Tedious Supper
11. Order of Saint-Louis
12. Humiliation
13. Guines Dinner
14. Towards the Dombes
15. Beautiful Spirit
16. Ah, I Shall Tell You, My Queen
17. Fear of Death
18. Fall
19. It's Worth More Than the Head


Simply because this film has such a great sense of humor, it would only intensify the hilarity of the picture. The soundtrack was not perhaps the most original, then again, what is? This soundtrack had heart and a flow about it that was very interesting and pleasing to the ear and soul. Sometimes I hoped that I could see the lives of the other people in the plot, like that little deaf/mute boy, Paul or whatever happened to the abbot? Overall, I must say that the music is beautifully composed, funny in a very literary, upper minded way and a sheer delight. Not for those with a taste for low-brow humor however.


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Rob Roy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack From The Film

Product Details
Audio CD (May 2, 1995)
Original Release Date: September 26, 1995
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Virgin Records Us
Condition: Used (Good)
Rating: ####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM20.00


Tracl Listings
1. Overture: Rob Roy/The Rieving Party
2. Home from the Hills
3. Hard Earth
4. Procession for the Ill-Used
5. The Blood Sport
6. Gaelic Reels - Carter Burwell, Capercaillie
7. The Ailein Duinn - Carter Burwell, Traditional
8. Last Peaceful Night
9. Troops in the Mist
10. Honor Inflamed
11. The Dispossessed, the: Cave/Hard Home on the Moor
12. Blunt Reels - Carter Burwell, Capercaillie
13. A Highland Justice: Call of the Claymore/Assize of the Gregorach
14. Standing Stone, a Silk Purse
15. Theid Mi Dhacaigh (I'll Go Home) - Carter Burwell, Traditional
16. Rannoch Moore Suite: Scorched Earth/Rannoch Moor Retreat/The Mists/Rob
17. Morag's Lament - Carter Burwell, Traditional
18. Born by Rapids
19. Love and Death Suite: My Beloved/A Matter of Honor/Cunningham's End
20. Robert and Mary


If you like sad, but also romantic music, this is it.
Since many music fans do not have a certain dark melancholy inside, they discard this score as mediocre or even bad... IT IS PERFECT! There is deep romance (not superficial, although at first this may sound so...), haunting drama (Troops in the Mist and Honor Inflamed), realistic action music that even reaches heartbreaking emotion (Rannoch Moor Suite) and an "end of evil" cue for Cunningham (Love and Death Suite)...!
Rob Roy is Burwell's best works, emotional and dark, with a romantic twist in it.


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Robert Miles - Dreamland

Product Details
Audio CD
Original Release Date: February 16, 1999
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Import
Label: Universal/Urban
Condition: Used (Very Good)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM29.00


Track Listings
1. Children [Dream Version]
2. Fable [Message Version]
3. Fantasya
4. Landscape
5. In My Dreams
6. One By One
7. Princess of Light
8. Fable [Dream Version] - Robert Miles, Concina, Roberta
9. In the Dawn
10. Children [Original Version]


A Swiss-born, Italian-raised pianist, Robert Miles serves up numbingly repetitive but lively sub-Moroder disco for 66 unrelenting minutes. While it may make Vangelis sound like Mozart by comparison on the home stereo, this is evidently sheer magic under the mirrorballs of Ibiza, Paris, and Scarborough.


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The Scarlet Letter (1995 Film) [SOUNDTRACK]

Product Details
Audio CD (October 31, 1995)
Original Release Date: October 31, 1995
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Sony
Condition: Used (Very Good)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM25.00


Track Listings
1. Main Title/The Arrival/Search for Home
2. The Hester Rides to Town
3. A Bird/The Swimmer
4. Very Exhilarating Read
5. I'm Not the Man I Seem
6. Agnus Dei - John Barry, Barber, Samuel
7. I Can See What Others Cannot
8. Love Scene
9. A Are You with Child
10. The Small Act of Contrition
11. Birth
12. I Baptize This Child - Pearl
13. She Will Not Speak
14. Dr. Rodger Prynne
15. Hester Walks Through Town
16. An Poor Fatherless Child
17. The Attempt at Rape
18. The Savages Have Killed Him
19. Round-Up
20. The I Am the Father of Her Child
21. The Indians Attack
22. Letter Has Served a Purpose
23. End Title


This soundtrack, while not from the best movie ever made, could just as well be a contender for that category. Combining Native American rhythms with naturistic compositions and soft, mellow themes, The Scarlet Letter soundtrack, composed by John Barry, is a breathtaking mix of beauty. Native American influences can be heard in numerous tracks throughout, most significantly in the beginning song and the dark themes related to Roger Chillingworth. Nature's beauty can be felt in track three, entitled "The Bird-The Swimmer," as the composer uses percussion instruments, strings, and a boy's choir to bring the forest to life. The more suspenseful music, evident in tracks nineteen and twenty-one, use forceful drums, horns and strings to accompany the ending scenes. Although the movie has been hailed as a total disaster, it is a far cry from that of its soundtrack, which is nothing short of amazing.


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Sense and Sensibility: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1995 Film)

Product Details
Composer: Patrick Doyle
Audio CD (December 12, 1995)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Sony
Condition: Used (Very Good)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM25.00


Track Listings
1. A Weep You No More Sad Fountains
2. Particular Sum
3. My Father's Favorite
4. Preying Penniless Woman
5. Devonshire
6. Not a Beau for Miles
7. All the Better for Her
8. Felicity
9. Patience
10. Grant Me an Interview
11. All the Delights of the Season
12. Steam Engine
13. Willoughby
14. Miss Grey
15. Excellent Notion
16. Leaving London
17. Combe Magna
18. To Die for Love
19. There Is Nothing Lost
20. The Throw the Coins
21. Dreame


Patrick Doyle's music is very lovely, relaxing and almost Mozartean in style.
Jane Eaglen does, yes, have a beautiful operatic voice, but Marianne, in the movie, is not an opera singer and the style does not fit her character. It would have been perfect to have both, Kate Winslett's for the proper soundtrack, and Jane Eaglen's versions as alternate versions at the end.
Whenever I find myself in a state of sublime enjoyment over a film's score, the chances are good that, as the credits roll, Patrick Doyle's name will appear! This soundtrack is truly gorgeous.


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Sleepy Hollow: Music from the Motion Picture

Product Details
Composer: Danny Elfman
Audio CD (November 16, 1999)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Hollywood Records
Condition: Used (Like New)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM29.00


Track Listings
1. Introduction
2. Main Titles
3. Young Ichabod
4. The Story...
5. Masbath's Terrible Death
6. Sweet Dreams
7. A Gift
8. Into The Woods / The Witch
9. More Dreams
10. The Tree Of Death
11. Bad Dream / Tender Moment
12. Evil Eye
13. The Church Battle
14. Love Lost
15. The Windmill
16. The Chase
17. The Final Confrontation
18. A New Day!
19. End Credits


Pop musician and film composer Danny Elfman continues his longstanding collaboration with director Tim Burton (Elfman made his movie music debut way back in 1985 on Pee-Wee's Big Adventure) with Sleepy Hollow. For Burton's cinematic take on the ghoulish Washington Irving classic, Johnny Depp stars as Ichabod Crane, while Elfman does his best to create some truly frightful mood music. Needless to say, he succeeds. Dramatic string passages, crashing percussion, and a children's choir all contribute to this eerie movie score that never settles on a singular theme. "Into the Woods" is the disc's creepiest moment, where the sounds of strings, brass, and a choir create a web of suspense. There are no dull moments here; whether driving and powerful ("Introduction") or mysterious and ethereal ("Sweet Dreams"), Elfman's score is--as usual--superb.


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The Portrait of a Lady [SOUNDTRACK]

Product Details
Audio CD (December 10, 1996)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Polygram Records
Condition: Used (Good)
Rating: ####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM26.00


Track Listings
1. Prologue: My Life Before Me
2. Portrait of a Lady
3. Flowers of Firenze
4. Twilight Cellos
5. Certain Light
6. Cypresses
7. Schubert - Wojciech Kilar, Jean-Yves
8. Schubert - Wojciech Kilar, Jean-Yves
9. Schubert - Wojciech Kilar, Jean-Yves
10. Epilogue: the Portrait of a Lady
11. Phantasms of Love
12. Kiss
13. Love Remains
14. End Credits


Blending an original score by Wojciech Kilar with complementary pieces by Schubert, this recording creates a definite mood. One of my favorite original pieces is the opening track, "My Life Before Me" which is so evocative that it's hard not to be touched by it in some way. This is not a sountrack full of generic, John Williams-like orchestrations; rather, each piece stands on its own.
It's not necessary to be familiar with either the film or Henry James' original novel to appreciate this great soundtrack; while I may have some problems with the creative choices made by the director of the film, this disc is one of my all-time favorites of any genre.


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The Piano: Original Music From The Film By Jane Campion [SOUNDTRACK]

Product Details
Composer: Michael Nyman
Audio CD (October 19, 1993)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Virgin Records Us
Condition: Used (Good)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM23.00


Track Listings
1. To the Edge of the Earth
2. Big My Secret
3. Wild and Distant Shore
4. Heart Asks Pleasure First
5. Here to There
6. Promise
7. Bed of Ferns
8. Fling
9. Scent of Love
10. Deep into the Forest
11. Mood That Passes Through You
12. Lost and Found
13. Embrace
14. Little Impulse
15. Sacrifice
16. I Clipped Your Wing
17. Wounded
18. All Imperfect Things
19. Dreams of a Journey
20. The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise (Edit)


Michael Nyman came of age as a classical composer in the radical London of the late '60s. His work embraces multiple vernaculars (jazz, avant garde, conceptual art) and helped cement the foundation of what came to be known as minimalism. Decades into his career, Nyman's score to Jane Campion's film The Piano made him a star. The movie's themes of colonialism and silence (its protagonist, portrayed by Holly Hunter, cannot speak) were perfectly aligned with his longtime interests in world and ambient music. Horn players assist members of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in fleshing out Nyman's stately, hymn-like motifs. On the more heavily orchestrated cues, sentimentality wins out over minimalist restraint; the best tracks feature Nyman on solo piano, playing the rudimentary, faux period repertoire of Hunter's character.


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Phantom Of The Opera: Original Soundtrack Recording (1998 Film)

Product Details
Audio CD (September 21, 1999)
Original Release Date: September 21, 1999
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Drg
Condition: Used (Like New)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM29.00


Track Listings
1. Sighs And Sighs
2. Phantom Of The Opera
3. Circunderunt Me Fluctus Mortis
4. Threatening Cries
5. Romantic Pollution
6. Lost In The Deep
7. Burlesque
8. Sighs And Sighs
9. Interior Mirror
10. Playing Alone
11. In The Dark Vaults
12. The Phantom
13. The Fat Woman
14. Bait
15. Sighs And Sighs


Coming to terms with Dario Argento's reinterpretation of Gaston Leroux's ever-mutating story, Morricone interlaces his original compositions with snippets of such French belle époque as Bizet's Carmen and Gounod's Faust. The track layout is semisatirical, with such titles as "Sighs and Sighs," "Threatening Cries," and "Romantic Pollution", but the relentlessly suspenseful mood gets old quickly. One highlight--reminiscent of music fitting for the famous silent film--is the organ solo on "Playing Alone." There are more than enough soporific moments, but Morricone's unabashed love of sentimental melodies, heavily orchestrated melancholia, and occasional outbursts of violence are ideal for the subject. Here, as in many of his later efforts, Morricone can evoke a distinct sense of déjà vu, being that he likes to borrow from his past work.


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The Patriot: Original Motion Picture Score (2000 Film) [SOUNDTRACK]

Product Details
Audio CD (June 27, 2000)
Original Release Date: June 27, 2000
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Hollywood Records
Condition: Used (Very Good)
Rating: ####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM20.00


Track Listings
1. The Patriot
2. Family Farm
3. The To Charleston
4. Colonial Cause
5. Redcoats at the Farm and the Death of Thomas
6. Ann Recruits the Parishoners
7. Preparing for Battle
8. The Ann and Gabriel
9. First Ambush and Remebering the Wilderness
10. The Tavington's Trap
11. Burning of the Plantation
12. The Facing the British Lines
13. Parish Church Aflame
14. Susan Speaks
15. Martin Vs. Tavington
16. The Yorktown and the Return Home
17. Patriot Reprise


Though Hollywood has long had a love affair with historical epics, it has sorely shortchanged America's own most compelling chapter, the War of Independence. And if this tale of a retiring Colonial hero whose family gets drawn into the war against the British has no shortage of production ironies--being helmed by a German director and starring Australian-raised Mel Gibson--its score is a solid, stirring effort by American John Williams. Largely eschewing typical bombastic epic fodder for a mostly understated score rich in his distinctive writing for brass and strings, Williams's music seeks out the story's emotional underpinnings as much as its battle-scarred action sequences. The haunting main theme here begins as a Celtic-flavored reel for guitar and violin, then wells into strings, martial drumbeats, and full-bodied brass. Much as he did for the Oscar-nominated Saving Private Ryan, Williams paints a mature, alternately abstract and pastoral portrait of armed conflict, often as not reinventing the genre's heroic traditions as he goes.


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The Passion of the Christ (Score) [SOUNDTRACK]

Product Details
Composer: John Debney
Audio CD (February 24, 2004)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Sony
Condition: Used (Like New)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM24.00


Track Listings
1. The Olive Garden
2. Bearing The Cross
3. Jesus Arrested
4. Peter Denies Jesus
5. The Stoning
6. Song Of Complaint
7. Simon Is Dismissed
8. Flagellation / Dark Choir / Disciples
9. Mary Goes To Jesus
10. Peaceful But Primitive / Procession
11. Crucifixion
12. Raising The Cross
13. It Is Done
14. Jesus Is Carried Down
15. Resurrection


Mel Gibson staked $30 million and his superstar reputation on this painstakingly bloody interpretation of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, all the while dodging charges of anti-semitism and fostering excruciating cinematic gore at the expense of Christ's message (a notion that also begs some uncomfortable questions about this version's S&M undertones). But because the film's dialog plays out in ancient authentic language dialects, John Debney's musical score takes on an even more central dramatic role. In some ways an unlikely choice as composer (having cut his teeth on many a lightweight comedy and kidflick) Debney nonetheless rises to the challenge, first conjuring up a synth-laden soundscape whose gothic moodiness should be familiar to admirers of the work of Lisa Gerrard, then seasoning it with indigenous instruments, booming percussion and ancient modalities that give the score an almost palpable sense of time and place. As did Jeff Danna on his earlier score for the gentler, de facto companion piece, The Gospel of John, Debney eventually gets 'round to genuflecting towards some Hollywood choral and melodic traditions (the Gospels themselves having arguably helped lay the original foundations for Tinseltown's venerable three-act structure), but there's nothing cheap about his music of triumph and redemption, rooted as ever in roiling currents of ancient spiritual mysticism. Gibson's vision of the Passion has had many second-guessing his motivations and choices, but Debney's rich, evocative score proves there's nothing wrong with his ears.


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Oscar And Lucinda: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Product Details
Composer: Thomas Newman
Audio CD (December 9, 1997)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Sony
Condition: Used (Very Good)
Rating: ####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM27.00


Track Listings
1. Prince Rupert's Drop (Main Title)
2. Throwing Lots
3. Dutch Hazards
4. Sydney Harbor
5. The Rumors
6. High Downs and the Sea
7. Forgive Me
8. Os Justi - Thomas Newman, Bruckner, Anton
9. Six Rivers to Cross
10. The Two Gamblers
11. Murder of the Blacks
12. Never Never
13. Floorwashing
14. Cards and Dogs
15. The One Obsessive
16. Church of Glass
17. Letters on the Mantel
18. Odd Bod
19. Prayer Wounds
20. Leviathan
21. The Magic Boxes (White Man's Dreaming)
22. A Other Compulsive
23. The Broken Thing
24. Seduction of Mrs. Chadwick
25. Blessed Be the God and Father
26. The Aqua
27. Caul
28. Oscar and Lucinda (End Title)
29. Excerpt from the Random House Audiobook


One of the most over-looked scores in the year that Titanic swept everything. From the beginning, Thomas Newman evokes the mystery and music of glass. Gently and gradually, it becomes a representation of glass pieces that are eventually put together to build the glass church, the highlight of Oscar and Lucinda. Perfectly complementing the strange and unredeemed love story between Oscar and Lucinda, the score narrates the story, laying out the dreams and aspirations of the characters, their despair and hope.
This CD may not readily appeal to everyone. But have a listen to it first before you buy. You never know what beautifully inspiring music you may find.
The recording is airy and atmospheric. The Sony Classical label promises pure unadulterated acoustics. Exquisite in its softer moments and majestic in its swells. A must-have for music fans who appreciate classical type scores for films.


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Oliver Twist [SOUNDTRACK]

Product Details
Composer: Rachel Portman
Audio CD (September 20, 2005)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Sony
Condition: Used (Very Good)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM25.00


Track Listings
1. Streets of London
2. The Road to the Workhouse
3. A Kind Old Woman
4. Oliver Runs Away
5. The Artful Dodger
6. Fagin's Loot
7. The Game
8. Oliver Learns the Hard Way
9. Watching Mr. Brownlow's House
10. The Escape From Fagin
11. Prelude to a Robbery
12. The Robbery
13. Toby and the Wounded Oliver
14. Nancy's Secret Journey
15. The Murder
16. Wanted: Bill Sykes & A Fierce Dog
17. The Death of Bill Sykes
18. Newgate Prison


Listening to Rachel Portman's score, you find yourself wondering if she misread the assignment sheet and thought she was working for an adaptation of the Dickens classic made by Masterpiece Theater, not one by troubled, thoughtful cinéaste Roman Polanski. The music here is lovely. Portman, whose other works include Nicholas Nickleby and Emma, is very skilled at evoking 19th-centure ambiance without falling into pure mimicky of that period's classical composers. But "lovely" isn't necessarily what one might expect from Oliver Twist. It's all very quiet. How could something titled "Escape from Fagin" be that subdued?
And yet so it is. "The Murder" reprises similar themes with the same results. The Prague Philharmonic (a popular orchestra who's recorded everything from Dr. Strangelove: Music from the Films of Stanley Kubrick to the heavy strains of black metal band Dimmu Borgir) does its best, but one wishes for more depth throughout. Polanski is never afraid to stare straight into the darkness; Portman should have felt empowered to do the same.


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Nynke

Product Details
Composer: Cees Bijlstra
Audio CD (September 20, 2001)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Egmond
Condition: Used (Like New)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM21.00


Cees Bijlstra were an appreciated film type-setter and composed in 2001, the music for Verhoeff Nynke. In the past he wrote already music for films of Pieter Verhoeff as half-measures, the Dream and the lighthouse. For the Dream Bijlstra in Czechia won the Karlovy Vary price, intended for best film music. Nynke became its best score in association with Verhoeff and from its career. On to 18 April 2004 living let the type-setter jog during a bit; a heart attack became him fatal. Some weeks after its dead in lion ears during a jazz festival as a tribute and respect the head topic of Nynke was played live. Of the track `Leafde of its Nynke-score appeared later also still an arrangement for a purchaser link in bladmuziekvorm of Lake Music.


Track Listings
1. Leafde
2. Kâld
3. Wûnderblom
4. Snie
5. Maaiitijd
6. Herstocht
7. Alles Frede
8. Triljende Ierde
9. Nynke
10. Feroaring
11. Doarmje
12. Hingje Troelstra Op! Juny 1892
13. Heit en Soan
14. Afke (Earmoed)
15. Kâld Fjoet
16. Allinne
17. Tinskto
18. Sikehûs
19. Wer Thùs
20. Op Nij…
21. Jaloersk
22. Ungenêslik
23. Arme Cornélie (Cornélie Huygens Rip 11- 1902)
24. Net Wer
25. Ofskie
26. Foarby
27. Sjoukje Bokma de Boer


The heart of Bijlstra score is an unforgettable topic. A pleasant melody carried out strijkers is completed with purchaser elements and builds in a triumphant and loving manner the topic. It reflects the progressive feminist character of the film good and accentuates this still further by an outlawed manifold. Sometimes it returns further in subtle form, but sometimes also a full glory, with recurrences and other tone altitudes. Ilona Sekacz passed that earlier in a different way for the similar Antonia, with several orkestrale layers several emotions and developments. The consonance color of the score of Nynke is rather natural and the score rather heavy. By the film gone it are the dark low strijkers and subdued purchaser whom Nynke outline to the always further isolation of the main personage. This is sometimes reinforced recurrence of melody going together with certain minimalistische piano-noten. Just like at the film the quiet and calm tempo of the score is an extra pluspunt, which in every way the dramatic impact increased. Without a more impressive last score of Bijlstra.


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Nostromo: Original Soundtrack

Product Details
Audio CD (November 16, 1998)
Original Release Date: January 5, 1996
Number of Discs: 2
Format: Soundtrack, Import
Label: Plygr
Condition: Used (Very Good)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM36.00

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Tropical Variation
2. Silver of the Mine
3. Nostromo
4. Greed
5. Gisella
6. Old Mine
7. For Emilia
8. Mine Prelude
9. Silver Sea
10. Weapons of Love
11. For Emilia

Disc: 2

1. For Emilia
2. Silver Train
3. Way to Sulaco
4. Guzman Bento
5. Sulaco's Square
6. Gisella
7. Sulaco's Band
8. Silver Convoy
9. For Emilia
10. Nostromo
11. Tropical Variation
12. Silver of the Mine

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Yet I have not seen TV movie "Nostromo", it is a real pleasure to listen this soundtrack. All Morricone trademarks are here - lyricism, fugue technique and perfect instrumentation. The political upheaval in tropical country Costaguana is painted with dark strokes in contrast with delicate flute passages. Morricone mixes beautiful woman vocalizing, appropriate ethnic instruments (the Andean pan-pipes) and brilliant orchestration. The most precious are lyrical themes "The silver of the mine", "Gisella" and "Nostromo". Wonderful CD!

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Much Ado About Nothing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Product Details
Conductor: Patrick Doyle
Composer: Patrick Doyle
Audio CD (May 4, 1993)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Sony
Condition: Used (Like New)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM23.00


Track Listings
1. Picnic
2. Overture
3. Sweetest Lady
4. Conspirators
5. Masked Ball
6. Prince Woos Hero
7. Star Danced
8. Rich She Shall Be
9. Sigh No More, Ladies
10. Gulling of Benedick
11. It Must Be Requited
12. Gulling of Beatrice
13. Contempt Farewell
14. Lady Is Disloyal
15. Hero's Wedding
16. Take Her Back Again
17. Die to Live
18. You Have Killed a Sweet Lady
19. Choose Your Revenge
20. Pardon, Goddess of the Night
21. Did I Not Tell You
22. Hero Revealed
23. Benedick the Married Man
24. Strike up the Pipers


Patrick Doyle has become one of those composers whose first works in motion pictures mark the status of film music scoring. His work for "Henry V" -actually his first -put him on the map. But "Much Ado About Nothing" puts him on a pedestal.
Emma Thompson gives a sweet reading on 'The Picnic', thus giving support to the main love theme, which is truly fantastic. Later this track gives way to the 'Overture', a magnificent piece with epic proportions and, perhaps, one of Doyle's best themes. The vocal tracks (sung by himself, I believe) 'Sigh No More, Ladies' and 'Pardon, Goddess Of The Night' are truly enchanting. Overall, the music on this CD is remarkable. Patrick Doyle is remarkable.


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