The Merchant of Venice [Soundtrack]

the merchant of venice [soundtrack]

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The Merchant of Venice, film score
Composed by Jocelyn Pook
with Julian Leaper, Matthew Souter, Nick Cooper, Susan Addison, Patrick Jackman, Elizabeth Kenny, David Juritz, Ian Humphries, Hayley Westenra, Jonathan Evans-Jones, Jon Banks, Leon Enrique Bosch, Jocelyn Pook, Andreas Scholl, Mary Scully, Tristan Fry, Sophie Harris, Paul Willey, David Staff, Ben Crawley, Pamela Thorby, Harvey Brough, Clara Sanabras, Philip Dukes, Maya Magub, Jeremy West, Siobhan Armstrong

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The Merchant of Venice [Soundtrack]

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One of my favorites
Beautiful vocals numbers
My favorite film score of all time
Mysterious, elegant and wistfully romantic
ATMOSPHERIC AND SUGGESTIVE

The Merchant of Venice
Jocelyn Pook , and Andreas Scholl
Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00068V37A
Release Date: 2005-01-11

Tracks:

With Wand'ring Steps - Andreas Scholl
Her Gentle Spirit
Ghetto
Blessing Of The Boat
Synagogue Cantors
Portia
How Sweet The Moonlight - Andreas Scholl
Song For Bassanio
The Feast (Propinan De Melyor)
Bassanio's Palazzo (Tarantella)
The Ring Returned
A Subdued Wedding
Courtroom Drama
Jessica Escapes
Bridal Ballad - Hayley Westenra
Banquet For Shylock (Tourdion)
Unsuitable Suitors (Folias)
Song In Brothel ('Paseabase El Rey Moro')
A Spectacular Procession
Fie Fie Gratiano
Bassanio Opens The Casket
Shylock Broken
Last Words
The Floor Of Heaven
You Drop Manna
With Wand'ring Steps (Recorder Version) - Andreas Scholl

Customer Reviews:

One of my favorites.......2007-01-19

While watching the movie on HBO, I was entranced by the musical score and ordered both the video and the soundtrack. Very evocative. It has become one of my favorites.

Beautiful vocals numbers.......2007-01-16

The solo voice pieces by Andreas Scholl and Hayley Westenra are excellent. Selection #15, "Bridal Ballad", is the one that stands out. The CD price is a bargain.

My favorite film score of all time.......2006-10-09

I am really picky about film scores. A lot of film scores I hear are loud, bombastic, and over the top. My favorite film score of all time has to be Jocelyn Pook's compositions for the 2004 film adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice". Her orchestral compositions really reflects the time period the film takes place in. For me, the gorgeous film score was what made the film so engaging for me. The meldoies were never loud or bombastic like you would hear in John Williams' or Hans Zimmer's work. Andreas Scholl's operatic vocals added a nice touch to Jocelyn Pook's music. Originally I thought Andreas was a she and not a he. His voice is very high for a man and I mean that in a positive way. My favorite track on the album is "Bridal Ballad" with Hayley Westenra. This was my first introduction to Hayley. I must say I was quite impressed. She has a lovely voice that is rarely heard in singers around her age. I wish Britney Spears could sing like that, much less sing like a human and less like a chipmunk.Anyways, I really feel that Jocelyn captured the Shakespeare era that the story was takes place with her music. I hope to hear more from her in the near future.

Mysterious, elegant and wistfully romantic.......2006-09-29

Composer Jocelyn Pook bridges the gap between Renaissance and modern day to create a soundtrack for Michael Radford's film version of the Shakespeare play "The Merchant of Venice." Her moody, delicate score is decidedly mellow, evoking gentility and laced with quiet longing. Real Renaissance dances intertwine with lilting original compositions played by chamber orchestra and harp, with period texts mixed in too, lightly sung in countertenor and boychoir voices. Near Eastern motifs also wend their way through the music in the form of Hebrew songs, sultry oud (lute) and shimmering kanun (an Arabic psaltery). The result is a pensive, winsome, consistently elegant soundscape that is just lovely to listen to. Featured musicians include Pook herself on viola, Pamela Thorby playing a delightfully pure, straigh-toned recorder, Siobhan Armstrong on harp, Harvey Brough on psaltery, Elizabeth Kenny on theorbo (archlute), Jon Banks on qanun, and singers Andreas Scholl, Hayley Westenra, Ben Crawley, Uri Yehuda and Robert Prizeman's Libera boy's choir. Compare with Pook's other albums, such as "Untold Things" and "Flood." Try also the work of composer Anne Dudley, and any of the real Renaissance music put out by the Dorian label.

ATMOSPHERIC AND SUGGESTIVE.......2006-07-07

I saw this CD in a musical store before the movie came to town. I've read and taught Shakespeare so I was acquainted about the dramatic material I had in my hands so, finally, I decided to buy it, expecting to find a good score appropiate to the intense shakesperean story. What I found was an excellent score, beautifully orchestrated, and intensevely suggestive. It really captures the atmosphere of the movie which - let's say it here - counts with one of the finest works by Al Pacino. Highly recommended. IMPORTANT NOTICE: the CD cover here in Chile does not correspond to the one displayed in Amazon (Producers came up with two different covern designs, I guess). Yet, both are quite attractive and the music is exactly the same.

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