Carnivāle [Soundtrack]

carnivāle [soundtrack]

On this CD:

    Carnivāle, television series score Carnivāle End Title (Ben's Theme)
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score Dora Mae's Funeral
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle Main Title Theme
    Composed by Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman

    Carnivāle, television series score Meet Samson, Ben's Dream
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score Justin at Mr. Chin's (Justin's Theme)
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score His Name Was Michael
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score Storm's Coming
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score Ben Heals the Girl
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score Rita Sue and Jonesy
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score Lodz and Ben
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score The Carnivāle Convoy
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score We Can Be Saved
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score The Mark of the Beast
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score The Silent Film
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score Fix Up Dora Mae
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score Black Blizzard
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score Ben Heals Kerrigan
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score Justin Calls Iris
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score Management's Advice
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score You're the One
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score The Russian Front
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score Babylon
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score Ben Searches the Templar Hall
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score Sofie Reads the Cards for Ben
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score Lodz and Management Plot
    Composed by Jeff Beal

    Carnivāle, television series score Lucky to Have Jonesy (Sofie's Theme)
    Composed by Jeff Beal

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
HBO's pioneering series takes the dark carnival gambit of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes, drops it in the bleak heartland of Dust Bowl-era America and jolts it with a compelling undercurrent of Biblical apocalypse. That's no easy dramatic flux to musically evoke, but veteran TV composer Jeff Beal graces the show with cues that seamlessly fuse Appalachian folk traditions with a brooding, goth-inspired ambient gloom. The anxious solo fiddle of the show's theme is a repeating motif, one the composer uses to variously evoke melancholy ("Dora Mae's Funeral"), bittersweet romance ("Rita Sue and Jonesy") or supernatural wonders ("Ben Heals the Girl"). Beal's use of mournful solo horn (as on "Mark of the Beast") often heralds the show's undercurrent of Biblical doom, while his hesitant, haunting piano passages seem to hang in the air for eternity. The evocative cues here stand in stark contrast to the oft-quirky jazz cool of the composer's Emmy-winning work on Monk, ample tribute to Beal's masterful abilities to channel his musical instincts into even the most diverse dramatic material. --Jerry McCulley

Carnivāle,Jeff Beal,Varese Sarabande,Film,Film Music,Original Score,Pop,Soundtrack,Soundtracks & Film Scores,TV Soundtracks

Carnivāle [Soundtrack]
Rome: Music from the HBO Series
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Incredibly beautiful and haunting.
  • You Won`t Be Disappointed!
  • Brings you back to the first episodes!
  • The Rise and Fall of Rome
  • The essence of Rome
 Rome: Music from the HBO Series

Manufacturer: Rykodisc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Film ScoresFilm Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
Movie ScoresMovie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
Movie SoundtracksMovie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
Television SoundtracksTelevision Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
SoundtracksSoundtracks | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music
ClassicalClassical | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music
All Blowout MusicAll Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music
More Titles at Least 25% OffMore Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music
Similar Items:
  1. 300 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Edition)
  2. 300 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  3. Rome - The Complete Second Season
  4. Rome - The Complete First Season
  5. Carnivàle

ASIN: B000MGVBQE
Release Date: 2007-02-20

Tracks:

  1. Rome Main Title Theme
  2. The Forum
  3. Terrible News
  4. Niobe's Theme
  5. The Battle Has Begun (Caesar's Theme)
  6. Octavian & Octavia's Themes
  7. Riot In The Senate, Pullo Finds The Gold
  8. Caesar Reunites With Servilla
  9. Janus Breaks
  10. Marshall Law, The Temple
  11. Caesar's Seizure
  12. Hell Hath No Fury
  13. Vorenus Made Evocati, Servillia's Curse
  14. Farwells, The Storm
  15. The Raft
  16. The Death Of Pompey
  17. Octavia Seduces Octavian
  18. Cleopatra Seduces Caesar
  19. Triumph
  20. Mark Antony & Atia
  21. Vorenus Saves Pullo
  22. The Murder Of Julius Caesar
  23. Niobe's Fate

Amazon.com

After Carnivàle, Jeff Beal has given HBO another Emmy-nominated score, this time for the tale of sex, politics, and togas known as Rome. There's a long history of fabulously grand scores in the sword-and-sandals genre (Miklós Rózsa's Ben-Hur, Alex North's Cleopatra) but according to Beal HBO wasn't interested in classic big orchestral compositions, so he worked on a smaller--yet still lush--scale that emphasizes the ethnic instruments that could be found in the farther reaches of the Roman Empire. A Middle Eastern influence, for instance, can clearly be heard on "Rome Main Title Theme," "The Forum" and "Janus Breaks," among many others. If there's one signature sound on the CD, it's the recurring use of the flute, which can suggest emotions ranging from romantic ("Octavian & Octavia's Themes") to melancholy (paired with strings on "Farewells, the Storm") to dread (combined with percussion on "Caesar's Seizure"). The album starts running out of steam about two thirds of the way through, however, making one pine for a bit of orchestral bang for one's buck. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Album Description

Rome: Music from the HBO Series features a dramatic score by Emmy award winning composer Jeff Beal (Pollock, HBO's Carnivale). A haunting album of ancient sounds and rhythms, the album perfectly complements the HBO series that chronicles the epic times that saw the fall of a republic and the creation of an empire.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Incredibly beautiful and haunting........2007-05-23

I waited for many months until HBO got around to releasing the soundtrack to this incredible drama series. If you are a fan of the series, then this is absolutely essential to add to one's music collection. The composer, Jeff Beal, reminds me a great deal of Brian Tyler--the producer of the Children of Dune soundtrack. Both artists incorporate a strong flair of Eastern elements into their music and the result is spectacular. My personal favorite of the Rome soundtrack? "Cleopatra Seduces Caesar" (and that episode is my favorite of the first season).

5 out of 5 stars You Won`t Be Disappointed!.......2007-05-15

This is an excellent soundtrack. If you liked the series Rome, you will love this CD. It transports you, and is excellent for a quiet evening at home, or a romantic one! A+++

5 out of 5 stars Brings you back to the first episodes!.......2007-05-14

When HBO canceled 'ROME', I was ready to fall on my gladius, but thank the gods who blessed me instead with "ROME: Music from the HBO Series by Jeff Beal". Now, I am just a CD Player away from reliving the spectacle that was "ROME" the series! This soundtrack is a must have for any serious fan of "ROME" or Roman history. Get it NOW or be cursed!

4 out of 5 stars The Rise and Fall of Rome.......2007-05-12

It is quite unfortunate that the epic HBO series `Rome' has been cancelled after two brilliant seasons. With a terrific cast, and sets that challenge those of big Hollywood epics, `Rome' remained an entertaining and historical show.

The score composed by Jeff Beal also added great texture and mood to the show. Using mainly instruments that existed at the time of Julius Caesar, Beal's themes remain present, yet do not draw attention away from the image.

The tracks are all compiled from the first 12-episode season and follow in a chronological order. However, there is no need for a second season soundtrack because many of the themes were recycled in very creative and useful ways. A highlight is definitely the track 'Riot in the Senate/Pullo Finds the Gold;' towards the end of the track there is sound and dialogue, (as HBO has done with several other soundtracks), of Caesar and Antony entering Rome with their army, as the musicians play a "cheerful" triumphant song for their arrival. The soundtrack overall is a great addition to HBO's list of series soundtracks.

5 out of 5 stars The essence of Rome.......2007-05-07

This soundtrack brought tears to my eyes. I had wanted to buy the tracks since the show first premeired. The CD captures the spirit of the show. From passion to tortured sadness, each track is beautiful and sure to bring a nostalgic smile to your face. Very haunting and ethereal.
Casanova
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Sheer Beauty for the Ears
  • Authenticity can sound great as well!
  • a little world of baroque sound
  • Wonderful relaxing music.
  • -
 Casanova

Manufacturer: Hollywood Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

All Works by AlbinoniAll Works by Albinoni | Albinoni, Tomaso | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
All Works by CorelliAll Works by Corelli | Corelli, Arcangelo | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
All Works by PaisielloAll Works by Paisiello | Paisiello, Giovanni | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
All Works by RameauAll Works by Rameau | Rameau, Jean Philippe | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
All Works by VivaldiAll Works by Vivaldi | Vivaldi, Antonio | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
Film ScoresFilm Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
HarpsichordHarpsichord | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
OboeOboe | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
ViolinViolin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
Latin PopLatin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
Baroque (c.1600-1750)Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
FrenchFrench | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ItalianItalian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
Movie ScoresMovie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
Movie SoundtracksMovie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
Similar Items:
  1. Casanova
  2. Memoirs of a Geisha
  3. Pride & Prejudice
  4. Mrs. Henderson Presents
  5. Match Point

ASIN: B000BYR9YK
Release Date: 2005-12-20

Tracks:

  1. An Untold Story: Assaggio No.1 In G Minor - Johann Helmich Roman
  2. The Legend Of Casanova: Tambourins I/II From Daro - Jean-Philippe Rameau
  3. I Yield To Love: Cello Concerto No.3 In D Minor - Leonardo Leo
  4. Eternal Damnation: Overture From Les Fetes De Polymnie/Overture From Platee/Overture From Zoroastre - Jean-Philippe Rameau
  5. The Doge's Decree: Concerto In C Major - Antonio Vivaldi
  6. A Venetian Virgin - Alexandre Desplat
  7. San Cremori At Dawn: Concerto In C Major For Harpsicord And Strings - Giovanni Paisiello
  8. A Lover's Duel: Overture From La Madrilena - Vicente Martin Y Soler
  9. A Terrible Mistake: Concerto A 5, Op.9, No.4 - Tomaso Albinoni
  10. A Secret Lover?: Sinfonia From The Opera Farnace - Antonio Vivaldi
  11. Marriage Is A Safe Haven: Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.4 - Tomaso Albinoni
  12. Trailing Guardi: Sonata For Violin And Bassocontinuo, Op.5 No.11 In E Minor - Arcangelo Corelli
  13. The Noble Pig: Concerto Per Quartetto No.8 - Francesco Durante
  14. Paprizzio's Arrival: Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.2 In D Minor - Tomaso Albinoni
  15. Inquisitor Pucci - Alexandre Desplat
  16. : Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.4 - Tomaso Albinoni
  17. A Big Idea: Harpsicord Concerto In B Flat Major - Francesco Durante
  18. A Nom De Plume/Carnivale!: Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.6 In G Major/Bouree From Les Plaisirs Champetres - Tomaso Albinoni
  19. The Plume's Nom Is Casanova! - Sonny Kompanek
  20. Dancing At The Doge's Ball: Riguadon From Water Music Suite, No.3 In G Major/Bouree From Music For Royal Fireworks/Loure From Tafelmusik1 - George Frideric Handel
  21. One Step Closer To Heaven: Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.4 In A Major - Tomaso Albinoni
  22. Casanova's Confession: Sonata Op.5 No.7 In D Minor - Arcangelo Corelli
  23. The Hanging: Violin Concerto 'Il Cimento Dell'Armonia E Dell'INvenzione' Op.8 No.11 In D Major - Antonio Vivaldi
  24. A Great Escape: Overture From Zais/Overture From Nais/Overture From Achante Et Cephise Ou La Sympathie - Jean-Philippe Rameau
  25. My Place Is With Casanova: Overture From Le Temple De La Gloire/Overture From Zais/Sonata For Violin And Bassocontinuo, Op.5 No.7 In D Minor - Arcangelo Corelli
  26. All's Well...:Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.4 In A Major - Tomaso Albinoni

Amazon.com

The action in this tale about the 18th century adventurer and (at least in popular lore) seducer is set in Cassanova's native Venice in the mid-1700s, so it makes sense that the soundtrack would be loaded with Baroque pieces. The Venice-based Tomaso Albinoni is featured prominentaly, along with heavyweights such as Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Baptiste Rameau, and George Frideric Handel, and lesser-known composers such as Arcangelo Corelli, Francesco Durante, and Alexandre Desplat. Er, actually Desplat is a contemporary French film composer who also released his score for the couldn't-be-more-different Syriana shortly after Casanova came out. Of the two pieces he penned here, "A Venetian Virgin" is in pure Baroque style, while "Inquisitor Pucci" betrays a more modern film-music vibe. Meanwhile, orchestrator Sonny Kompanek rearranged a couple of the tracks and authored the tense "The Plume's Nom Is Casanova," which doesn't sound embarrassing sandwiched between pieces by Albinoni and Handel. Overall, it would have been nice to get longer excerpts from the pieces--many feel chopped into too-small fragments--but the music's innate grace and elegance can't be beat for a period film. Or for any film, really: Vivaldi's Concerto in C Major ("The Doge's Decree") will be familiar to buffs, who will remember it featuring prominently in the Dustin Hoffman-¬Meryl Streep showdown Kramer vs. Kramer back in 1979. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Sheer Beauty for the Ears.......2006-07-25

For those that purchased this CD, I need not get into how masterfully infectious the movie was. After the first viewing, I found it charming, but after the second, I was hooked by the witty, clever story holding fun twists all along the way. So while I could go on and on about the movie and all of its wonderful aspects, the score was simply priceless. Apt in every scene, and all done with incredible baroque music that I had never had the opportunity of hearing before the film.

The disc walks you through the movie with no changes that I could tell from the original score. The only omission I found was that the song dubbed "Casanova's Theme" is played in much greater length in the closing credits, and that didn't seem to make it to the CD. Not a terrible loss.

5 out of 5 stars Authenticity can sound great as well!.......2006-07-11

As an avid baroque music listener and performer, I can attest to the delightfully pleasing performances on the soundtrack as well as the painstakingly accurate performance practices utilized in the recording of this soundtrack.

The producers of this film fortunately went to the trouble of hiring some of the top period performance musician-specialists in the country (perhaps in the entire world) to record the soundtrack to Casanova. I know, because several of them were faculty members of the Oberlin Conservatory Baroque Performance Institute who went AWOL to Hollywood in June 2005 for the recording sessions. We all forgave them, and were actually quite excited that period music performance was having its day on the silver screen.

Do not miss this exquisite potpourri of wonderful baroque composers' works performed as closely as humanly possible to the way that they heard their works during their lifetimes! The film may not have been intended to be historically accurate (part of the fun), but the music certainly ended up that way. Not only that, but it sounds heavenly (unlike Casanova's antics) and up-to-date, not musty and old as if it were sealed in a museum case.

5 out of 5 stars a little world of baroque sound.......2006-02-26

Lots of interesting baroque music unknown to me and
put together in dramatic sequences that add zest and
class to the listening experience. Also wonderful to
play in auto while driving thru boring country or in
slow moving traffic!
This CD will get a lot of play from me.
5 Stars!

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful relaxing music........2006-02-25

Saw the movie and had to have the soundtrack. Great music to relax by. When you need to get away from the cares of the day the classics can't be beat. The producers of this movie certainly chose wonderful music to accompany it.

3 out of 5 stars -.......2006-02-18

Good music but each is too short.
The original version of each may be better.
Carnivàle
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • HBO, you're idiots!
  • best part isn't even by jeff beal
  • "Carnivale" review
  • Carnivale sound track
  • Awesome!
 Carnivàle
Jeff Beal
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Film ScoresFilm Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
Movie ScoresMovie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
Movie SoundtracksMovie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
Television SoundtracksTelevision Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
Similar Items:
  1. Deadwood: Music From HBO Original Series
  2. Carnivale - The Complete Second Season
  3. Rome: Music from the HBO Series
  4. Carnivale - The Complete First Season
  5. Monk

ASIN: B0006J2GA2
Release Date: 2004-12-14

Tracks:

  1. Carnivale End Title (Ben's Theme)
  2. Dora Mae's Funeral
  3. Carnivale Main Title Theme
  4. Meet Samson, Ben's Dream
  5. Justin At Mr. Chin's (Justin's Theme)
  6. His Name Was Michael
  7. Storm's Coming
  8. Ben Heals The Girl
  9. Rita Sue And Jonesy
  10. Lodz And Ben
  11. The Carnivale Convoy
  12. We Can Be Saved
  13. The Mark Of The Beast
  14. The Silent Film
  15. Fix Up Dora Mae
  16. Black Blizzard
  17. Ben Heals Kerrigan
  18. Justin Calls Iris
  19. Management's Advice
  20. You're The One
  21. The Russian Front
  22. Babylon
  23. Ben Searches the Templar Hall
  24. Sofie Reads The Cards For Ben
  25. Lodz And Management's Plot
  26. Lucky To Have Jonesy (Sofie's Theme)

Amazon.com

HBO's pioneering series takes the dark carnival gambit of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes, drops it in the bleak heartland of Dust Bowl-era America and jolts it with a compelling undercurrent of Biblical apocalypse. That's no easy dramatic flux to musically evoke, but veteran TV composer Jeff Beal graces the show with cues that seamlessly fuse Appalachian folk traditions with a brooding, goth-inspired ambient gloom. The anxious solo fiddle of the show's theme is a repeating motif, one the composer uses to variously evoke melancholy ("Dora Mae's Funeral"), bittersweet romance ("Rita Sue and Jonesy") or supernatural wonders ("Ben Heals the Girl"). Beal's use of mournful solo horn (as on "Mark of the Beast") often heralds the show's undercurrent of Biblical doom, while his hesitant, haunting piano passages seem to hang in the air for eternity. The evocative cues here stand in stark contrast to the oft-quirky jazz cool of the composer's Emmy-winning work on Monk, ample tribute to Beal's masterful abilities to channel his musical instincts into even the most diverse dramatic material. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars HBO, you're idiots!.......2007-05-07

This was a great show, and the music is awesome. Haunting and wistful, it's great in the background when working or taking a bubble bath.

2 out of 5 stars best part isn't even by jeff beal.......2007-03-04

the tone for the shows music was created by wendy melvoin & lisa coleman...the theme they created is the best part of this cd. too bad more of the original music from the first season wasn't included in this compilation. also, just a correction to a previous post; the people who designed the main titles won the emmy, the jeff beal.

5 out of 5 stars "Carnivale" review.......2006-11-04

Without a doubt "Carnivale" is head and shoulders above any series I have seen. There is not a weak point in any of the catagories.
the acting was superb. The Sets were awsome. The music was incredible. The lightening was phenominal.. Great great Series.

5 out of 5 stars Carnivale sound track.......2005-10-07

This is an excellent CD...I love it! There is not a single track that is not worth lisening to.

5 out of 5 stars Awesome!.......2005-08-18

I am a huge fan of "Carnivale" and had hoped from the start for a soundtrack! THANK YOU!!! The music is AWESOME!

Music:

  1. Center Stage (2000 Film) [Soundtrack]
  2. Coach Carter [Soundtrack]
  3. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation [Soundtrack]
  4. D.E.B.S. [Soundtrack]
  5. Fantastic Four - The Album [Soundtrack]
  6. Fight Club: Original Motion Picture Score [Soundtrack]
  7. Final Fantasy X: Original Soundtrack [Import] [Soundtrack]
  8. Finding Forrester (2000 Film) [Soundtrack]
  9. Fooly Cooly OST 2: King of Pirates [Soundtrack]
  10. Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack - 32 American Classics On 2 CDs [Soundtrack]

Music

music