The Aviator [Soundtrack]

the aviator [soundtrack]

Editorial Reviews
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While Howard Shore's Golden Globe-winning score offers a masterful orchestral impression of industrialist Howard Hughes' troubled psychic landscape, this collection of pop tunes, swing and le hot jazz musically frames the historical eras covered by Martin Scorsese's acclaimed biopic. The director (always intimately involved in his film's scoring and song choices) delivers a collection that's a shrewd illusion in its own right. Vintage performances by big band icons Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw and eclectic pop, jazz and blues by the Ink Spots, Bing Crosby, Django Reinhardt and Leadbelly are interspersed with contemporary performances that seamlessly replicate the 1920s-40s aura with deceptive grace. Rufus Wainwright playfully vamps the pop mannerisms of the day on Gershwin's "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" and "After You've Gone" while sister Martha delivers a world-weary "I'll Be Seeing You." Elsewhere, David Johansen keeps his penchant for mugging well in check on the sprightly "Ain't Cha Glad," while fine contributions from Vince Giordano and The Manhattan Rhythm Kings complete the soundtrack's time-tripping musical sleight of hand. --Jerry McCulley

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The Aviator [Soundtrack]
The Aviator
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • good movie
  • a dance from the past
  • Love This CD And Play It Over And Over
  • Bring on the big guns!
  • Way to go
 The Aviator
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0006IINQE
Release Date: 2004-12-14

Tracks:

  1. Shake That Thing - Vince Giordano and his Nighthawks Orchestra
  2. I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise - Rufus Wainwright
  3. Somebody Stole My Gal - The Original Memphis Five
  4. Fireworks - The Original Memphis Five
  5. Thanks - Bing Crosby with Jimmy Grier & His Orchestra
  6. Happy Feet - Manhattan Rhythm Kings
  7. After You've Gone - Loudon Wainwright III
  8. Moonglow - Benny Goodman
  9. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Django Reinhardt
  10. Ain't Cha Glad - David Johansen
  11. Nightmare - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
  12. Stardust - Vince Giordano and his Nighthawks Orchestra
  13. Do I Worry? - The Ink Spots
  14. I'll Be Seeing You - Martha Wainwright
  15. Back Beat Boogie - Harry James & His Orchestra
  16. Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
  17. Howard Hughes - Leadbelly

Amazon.com

While Howard Shore's Golden Globe-winning score offers a masterful orchestral impression of industrialist Howard Hughes' troubled psychic landscape, this collection of pop tunes, swing and le hot jazz musically frames the historical eras covered by Martin Scorsese's acclaimed biopic. The director (always intimately involved in his film's scoring and song choices) delivers a collection that's a shrewd illusion in its own right. Vintage performances by big band icons Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw and eclectic pop, jazz and blues by the Ink Spots, Bing Crosby, Django Reinhardt and Leadbelly are interspersed with contemporary performances that seamlessly replicate the 1920s-40s aura with deceptive grace. Rufus Wainwright playfully vamps the pop mannerisms of the day on Gershwin's "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" and "After You've Gone" while sister Martha delivers a world-weary "I'll Be Seeing You." Elsewhere, David Johansen keeps his penchant for mugging well in check on the sprightly "Ain't Cha Glad," while fine contributions from Vince Giordano and The Manhattan Rhythm Kings complete the soundtrack's time-tripping musical sleight of hand. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars good movie.......2006-06-27

Some people may not like this movie and think that it is boring, I must agree that certain parts of this movie are boring. The plot of the story is good and very well written. If you like long movies about old times, you should definately go see this movie.

5 out of 5 stars a dance from the past.......2006-01-16

......it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.......

5 out of 5 stars Love This CD And Play It Over And Over.......2006-01-10

Others before me have said what I would have said, most notably The Rocketman and "Gimpy" Peach Johnson, except for one thing. I can't take the last song on the CD done by Leadbelly. Ah, that voice is worse than the horrible sound of chalk squeaking on a chalkboard. I had to get up and turn it off.

Other than that one selection, I love the rest of the CD especially Rufus Wainwright singing "I'll Build A Stairway To Heaven." I can't get that song out of my head. All day long I'm humming it.

Another thing is that it would be tough to find a CD with so many great hits from the past like this one has. If you like this type of music, you'll love the CD, Leadbelly aside.

5 out of 5 stars Bring on the big guns!.......2005-08-29

Enjoyed the movie three times and this brings back all the memories of the flick.

5 out of 5 stars Way to go.......2005-06-02

This is a very good music cd from this movie. All the tracks are fantastic. Sweet!

Recommend all tracks!! :)
The Aviator (Score)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Missing Song from Hells Angels War Scene & XF-11 Crash
  • This is the SCORE, not the songs, from the movie.
  • Shore does it
  • Trivia Answer
  • Magnificent film score!!
 The Aviator (Score)
Howard Shore
Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0006TYIN0
Release Date: 2005-01-11

Tracks:

  1. Icarus
  2. There Is No Great Genius Without Some Form Of Madness
  3. Muirfield
  4. H-1 Racer Plane
  5. Quarantine
  6. Hollywood 1927
  7. The Mighty Hercules
  8. Howard Robard Hughes, Jr.
  9. Americas Aviation Hero
  10. 7000 Romaine
  11. The Germ Free Zone
  12. Screening Room
  13. Long Beach Harbour 1947
  14. The Way Of The Future

Amazon.com

Martin Scorsese's energetic, visually rich biopic of billionaire industrialist Howard Hughes shrewdly eschews the strange, cloistered existence of the enigma's last quarter century to focus on his exploits as reckless heir, Hollywood playboy and record-setting aviator. The film's pop 'n' jazz oriented song-score colors its era and locales, but this rich, Golden Globe-nominated orchestral soundtrack by veteran Howard Shore explores the complex emotional landscape of its central character. Utilizing an orchestral palate that initially wends from the bright, neo-baroque promise of "Icarus" to the foreshadowing bombast of "Hollywood 1927" before turning ever more angular, modern and brooding, Shore's music increasingly gets beneath the skin of Hughes the man. It's a masterful symphonic portrait of an enfant terrible fighting a losing battle with his own demons, even as he's conquering every realm he chooses. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Missing Song from Hells Angels War Scene & XF-11 Crash.......2006-03-09

There is a song that is not included on the CD, which is first used in the Hells Angels War Scene. It is also used at the beginning of the XF-11 Test Flight Scene before the plane crash. It is:

Composer: J.S. Bach
Song: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

The part in the movie is actually the Fugue portion of the piece. There is good and accurate version of it on the album Bach Greatest Hits which is sold on amazon.com at:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000003F5A/qid=1141862907/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-9310035-0679004?s=music&v=glance&n=5174

Enjoy!

3 out of 5 stars This is the SCORE, not the songs, from the movie........2005-09-07

The music is classical thoughout, and is melodic enough for a short listen, but tends to be a bit repetitive. It's important to note that this is the SCORE from the movie...not the songs. I bought it by mistake; thinking it was the collection of songs I had just listened to on Amazon. I ended up keeping it; ordered the correct one, and gave this one to my dad.

5 out of 5 stars Shore does it.......2005-06-02

Obviously, Shore does it. I listen it once and I feel that it is fantastic. Remember, this is the true soundtrack from "The Aviator". Another black covered disc is just the music, not the original music. Keep that in mind.

Recommended tracks: All of them.

4 out of 5 stars Trivia Answer.......2005-05-01

To answer the trivia question: a Golden Globe winner for Best Score, but amazingly left out of the running for the Academy Awards?

According to Daily Variety, there was too much actual music from the film's era incorporated into Shore's score for it to qualify as an original score.

5 out of 5 stars Magnificent film score!!.......2005-02-14

There is no doubt about Howard Shore is one the most creative composers by this times. This score is simply one the best I have ever heard. The Golden Globe Award he received is pure justice. I can not understand why he did not receive an Academy Award for this oustanding masterpiece. Perhaps because he won last year?. None of the Oscar nominees scores for this years is better than this one. When I heard track 4, "H-1 Racer Plane ", I was inmediatelly transported into the movie. If you want to get this score, you will not be dissapointed. A class act!!
The Aviator
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		The Aviator
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000A2GT9O
    Release Date: 2005-02-01

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