The Terminal (Score) [Soundtrack]

the terminal (score) [soundtrack]

On this CD:

The Terminal, film score
Composed by John Williams
with Marisa Benedict, Sarah Thornblade, Jo Ann Turovsky, Mark Robertson, Timothy Morrison, Brian D. A. O'Connor, Edward Meares, Phil Ayling, Helen Nightengale, Ana Landauer, Andrew Duckles, David Weiss, Donald J. Williams, Keith Greene, Simon Oswell, Richard Altenbach, Tamara Hatwan, David F. Walther, Rafael Rishik, Alan Estes, Mark L. Adams, Franklyn D'Antonio, Clayton Haslop, Anatoly Rosinsky, Robert L. Becker, James Walker, Chet Swiatkowski, Jim Self, Lisa Sutton, James Thatcher, Phillip Teele, Victoria Miskolczy, Randy Kerber, Guy Klucevsek, Susan Ranney, Steve Erlody, Steven Gordon, Geraldine Rotella, David Duke, Joel Derouin, Emily Bernstein, Leslie Reed, Cassandra Richburg, Todd Richard, Kenneth Munday, Rene Mandel, Mark Adams, Rick Baptist, David Low, Shawn Mann, Thomas Diener, Roberto Cani, John Walz, Julie Gigante, Dennis Karmazan, Steve Kujala, William Booth, Michael Nowak, Roger Wilkie, Shanti D. Randall, Armen Ksajikian, Eun-Mae Ahn, Bruce Morgenthaler, Kurt G. Snyder, Miwako Watanabe, Paul Cohen, Jacqueline Brand, Cecilia Tsan, Malcolm McNab, Andrew Thomas Malloy, Jeanne Evans, Dimitrie Leivici, Weldon Dean Parks, Marlow Fisher, Jenny Kim, Katia Popov, Michael Valerio, Antony Cooke, Kenneth Yerke, David Wailes, Michael O'Donovan, Gary Bovyer, Ralph Williams, David Washburn, Roland Kato, George Thatcher, Fred Greene, Michael Lang, Endre Granat, Jerry Williams, Tomas Raney, William Reichenbach, Phillip Levy, David H. Speltz, Nico Carmine Abondolo, Timothy Landauer
Conducted by John Williams

Editorial Reviews
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Those who thought the three-decade collaboration between director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams couldn't possibly yield any more musical surprises will find themselves warmly rebuffed here. Based on the true story of an exiled man-without-a-country who made Paris' Orly airport his home, director Steven Spielberg's storytelling liberties have transformed it into an unlikely comic romance between Tom Hanks' mythical Krakhozian refugee Viktor and Catherine Zeta-Jones' Amelia. Williams' captures the wistful tone with an airy, oft-impressionistic score that recalls a winning marriage of Michel Legrand's elegant piano-jazz conceits and Rachel Portman's delicate, introspective pastoralism. Too often underutilized in recent years, Williams' own rich jazz background frequently serves him well here, informing Amelia's love theme with emotional grace and serving as perfect counterpoint to the ethnic inventions carried by Emily Bernstein's soulful clarinet (Williams even gets to concoct a lovably pompous anthem for Viktor's fictional Krakhozia) and the bracing jolts of bright, post-modernist influenced orchestral music that holds it together. -- Jerry McCulley

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The Terminal (Score) [Soundtrack]

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Pub Bands Rock
Duxe Delucks!

Ducks Deluxe/Taxi to the Terminal Zone
Ducks Deluxe
Manufacturer: Beat Goes On
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005TO0I
Release Date: 2001-12-10

Tracks:

Coast to Coast
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Daddy Put the Bomp
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Please, Please, Please
Fireball
Don't Mind Rockin' Tonite
Hearts on My Sleeve
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Album Description

UK two-in-one remastered reissue combines the great 70s pub rock band's first two albums, 'Ducks Deluxe' (1974) & 'Taxi to the Terminal Zone' (1975). Featuring Sean Tyla & Martin Belmont. Taxi To The Terminal Zone was produced by Dave Edmunds. New sleevenotes. Packaged in a slimline double jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

Pub Bands Rock.......2007-02-11

First of all, its usually great to get 2 for 1 when buying a cd. Having said that the self titled Ducks Deluxe cd while musically all over the place with California, Beatles, Stone, Byrds, Blues and Dylan influences is the cd of this set to listen to. The Ducks were a stand up and play bar band that did what they did very well; play a variety of dance (able) musical syles and rock out in the process. No complex stuff ala the glitter/glam/arena bands of the day. The Ducks songs and lyics show just how strongly the USA influenced the British rock scene on the grass roots level. Songs about California, swamps, Texas and freight trucks over long hauls tell stories of British views of america (even though none of the band members had visited the USA at the time). I bought a Ducks vinyl in 1975 because I liked the cover and have listened to them ever since. I am glad I was able to get the cd set.

Duxe Delucks!.......2006-03-09

Now this is one incredible double CD! It offers both DD records in one small package. This was one rockin' pub rock combo from the pre-punk era!!! I bought a compilation LP in the 80's that blew my mind! This was what rock should have become. In the vein of but much better than Dr Feelgood!

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repetitive but fun
Main title sticks in my head
The Terminal
Great Clarinet music
A feel-good score

The Terminal (Score)

Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00029RSSQ
Release Date: 2004-06-15

Tracks:

The Tale Of Viktor Navorski
Dinner With Amelia
A Legend Is Born
Viktor And His Friends
The Fountain Scene
The Wedding Of Officer Torres
Jazz Autographs
Refusing To Escape
Krakozhia National Anthem And Homesickness
Looking For Work
Gupta's Deliverance
Finding Coins And Learning To Read
'Destiny'...'Canneloni'...And THe Tale Of Viktor Navorski Reprise
A Happy Navorski Ending!

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Those who thought the three-decade collaboration between director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams couldn't possibly yield any more musical surprises will find themselves warmly rebuffed here. Based on the true story of an exiled man-without-a-country who made Paris' Orly airport his home, director Steven Spielberg's storytelling liberties have transformed it into an unlikely comic romance between Tom Hanks' mythical Krakhozian refugee Viktor and Catherine Zeta-Jones' Amelia. Williams' captures the wistful tone with an airy, oft-impressionistic score that recalls a winning marriage of Michel Legrand's elegant piano-jazz conceits and Rachel Portman's delicate, introspective pastoralism. Too often underutilized in recent years, Williams' own rich jazz background frequently serves him well here, informing Amelia's love theme with emotional grace and serving as perfect counterpoint to the ethnic inventions carried by Emily Bernstein's soulful clarinet (Williams even gets to concoct a lovably pompous anthem for Viktor's fictional Krakhozia) and the bracing jolts of bright, post-modernist influenced orchestral music that holds it together. -- Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

repetitive but fun.......2007-05-24

the music makes you want to dance (ballroom dance) hence why i bought it. It's very uplifting.

Main title sticks in my head.......2007-01-20

The Viktor Navorski theme loomed in my head until I purchased the CD and then repeated the .mp3 over & over. Love it.

The Terminal.......2005-08-30

This is a very good soundtrack. If you liked the movie, you will like this one as well. The movie is a feel good movie and so is the soundtrack. When you listen to this music you get a happy feeling!
It really belongs in the top of John Williams work!
Enjoy!

Great Clarinet music.......2005-06-09

I love the clarinet playing. It made me get this soundtrack!

A feel-good score.......2004-12-27

John Williams has done lots of scores, but has mostly got a name with his bombastic or majestic sounding, huge orchestra scores. While those are very good, I find that his precision towards this type of comedy loses no effort. The first track introduces the character of Viktor Navorsky, which has his own theme, a very good one in fact. It is played by solo clarinet and sounds precise, somehow, to the entire movie. Throughout the score we hear accordians, jazz instruments, piano, instruments usually shadowned often throughout his other works. I also find that Track 12, Finding Coins and Learning To Read is a refreshing break from Williams' sterotype, it's a gentle and feel-good track played by harps and piano with the main theme drizzling through. I never knew Williams had it in him.

Music from the Films of Steven Spielberg

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mediocre mess, nonetheless worth having for some
28 tracks from "Duel" to "The Terminal" ~ Steven Spielberg

Music from the Films of Steven Spielberg

Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00080Z69M
Release Date: 2005-05-10

Tracks:

Raiders Of The Lost Ark (March)
Duel (The Cafe/Truck Attack)
The Sugarland Express (Main Title)
Jaws (Main Title)
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Suite)
1941 (March)
Raiders Of The Lost Ark (The Map Room)
Raiders Of The Lost Ark (The Basket Game)
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (Adventures On Earth)
Poltergeist (Main Theme)
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The Color Purple (Finale)
Empire Of The Sun (Exsultate Justi)
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Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (Mine Car Chase)
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (Indy's First Adventure)
Always (Follow Me/Dorinda's Solo Flight
Hook (Main Themes)
Hook (When You're Alone)
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Amistad (Dry Your Tears Afrika)
Saving Private Ryan (Hymn To The Fallen)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Where Dreams Are Born)
Minority Report
Catch Me If You Can
The Terminal (The Tale Of Viktor Navorski)
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (End Credits Suite)

Album Description

This 28-track collection highlights the astounding career as director and producer of Steven Spielberg, whose films are inexorably linked with the symphonic beauty of John Williams' scores. With five Oscar(r) wins and 41 nominations, Williams is a master of his art. The set also features other Spielberg collaborations including Quincy Jones, Jerry Goldsmith, and Billy Goldenberg. From "Duel" (a premiere recording) to "The Terminal," this release is a journey through movie magic.

Customer Reviews:

mediocre mess, nonetheless worth having for some.......2005-07-07

If you've never purchased one of these Silva Screen best-of score CDs, let me first say this: unless you're a true film-score nut (like me), don't do it. Just don't. They really aren't terribly good. This one, like most, is played by The city of Prague Philharmonic, and it's not a terribly talented orchestra. They play very flatly, they miss notes, their orchestrator makes odd changes to composers' music. The end result of all this is that if you're familiar with the film versions of the pieces of music they're playing, it can be, frankly, a bit difficult to listen to.

That said, there is one decent -- decent, mind you -- reason to buy this CD. That's for the five-minute track of music from Spielberg's "Duel." It isn't great music, by any means, but if you're a Spielberg fanatic, this is the only release there has ever been (to my knowledge, at least) of music from that movie.

To be fair, not all of the tracks here are poorly done. "Hymn to the Fallen" comes off fairly well, and so does the music from "A.I." and "The Terminal" -- and the "Minority Report" theme is actually quite good. But much of the rest just doesn't sound right, so if you're looking for a quick way to assemble a quality overview of Spielberg music, this isn't the way to go.

That brings me to my final complaint, which is that "The Lost World" is omitted entirely! There were several good themes done for that movie; it was no mere rehash of "Jurassic Park."

For the seriously devoted only.

28 tracks from "Duel" to "The Terminal" ~ Steven Spielberg.......2005-05-11

Silva Screen Classics celebrates the career of one of the most popular directors in cinema history...with this anthology of the music that hits the mark everytime for all the fans of "Music from the Films of STEVEN SPIELBERG"...these indelible musical impressions appear courtesy of the most renowned film scores composers of our time and long time Spielberg friend, John Williams...plus Jerry Goldsmith, Billy Goldenberg, Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, J. Rosenbaum and Rod Temperton...released in several categories from Action, Adventure, Drama and Sci-Fi sharing moments from powerful classic filming to a lighter side with some of the most familiar and recognizable themes ever written.

Anyone who has ever read my reviews knows that I'm a complete "film-score-buff" nut...Silva Screen Classics has come up with the best of the best in the category of soundtracks/scores...just take a peek with their latest release featuring a 2-CD-Set with inclusive 28 cues of unforgettable scores from the leading composers of the past three decades...the quality of sound, texture and substance is a film score collectors dream...each and every track is a self culture unto its own, bringing countries, worlds and universes under one umbrella.

This is one not to be missed...so many highlights and stand outs...from one spectrum of comedy, romance, drama, suspense, action, adventure...to the other of horror, war, thrillers and classics that linger from decade to decade...many have sold millions in Soundtracks, but here in this collection they all appear compliments of conductors Paul Bateman, James Fitzpatrick, Mario Klemens and Nic Raines...conducting The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and the Crouch End Festival Chorus...though different arrangements in some cases, still a very good representation in tribute of this legendary director and icon.

A must have for "film-score-buff" collectors, including music lovers and anyone who enjoys a little nostalgia now and then...thank you James Fitzpatrick(producer), Reynold da Silva(executive producer) and Silva Screen Classics...it's amazing when one thinks about just how much a part of filmmaking history that Steven Spielberg has been over the last 30 some odd years...listening to this collection will bring back wonderful memories of some of those highlights and then your imagination sets in...just the way we like 'em!

Total Time 2-CD-Set ~ Silva America 1182 ~ (5/10/2005)

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Wide Range
Stoneface & Terminal
Manufacturer: Water Music Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2007-07-03

Tracks:

Arrival
Pictures
Soulseeker - Ronski Speed, Stoneface & Terminal
Endorphine
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Miami
Sidewinder
Inner Voice
Incognition - Ronski Speed, Stoneface & Terminal
Venus
Super Nature
Another Day
St Francis Foley
Super Nature [Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix] [*]

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Golson's Gold

Terminal 1
Benny Golson
Manufacturer: Concord Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Terminal 1
Killer Joe
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Park Avenue Petite
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Touch Me Lightly

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The Philly-born tenor saxophonist has been a major star in the jazz world: as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, co-founder of the Jazztet with Art Farmer, and creator of compelling compositions, film scores, and TV scores. Now, thanks to his cameo in Steven Spielberg's movie, The Terminal, Golson's star will shine even brighter. Here, Golson is backed by a powerhouse combo featuring trumpeter Eddie Henderson, pianist Mike LeDonne, bassist Buster Williams, and drummer Carl Allen. Golson's deep and lyrical tenor dips into some of his best-known hard-bop gems, like in-the-pocket classics "Killer Joe" and "Blues March," and he comes up with some new delights such as the calypso-cadenced "Caribbean Drifting." The title track, with its oblique and urbane melody, is of course inspired by the movie. It's a much better enticement to see it than any movie trailer could ever be. --Eugene Holley, Jr.

Customer Reviews:

Golson's Gold.......2004-09-16

Bennie Golson is 75 this year.

That makes him a contemporary of Miles Davis and Stan Getz. It is interesting speculate on whether Stan and Miles would be doing the burnished, polished enjoyable music featured here if their, hmmm, bad habits hadn't shortened their lives. It amazes me that as many Jazz artists get older, they get better, often. Or more Mellow. (Rock musicians tend to have a brief few years and vanish).

Mellow. Smooth. That's how I would characterize Benny and his group and their play here. Many songs are Golson classics. 'Killer Joe' is a jazz description of a ghetto gentleman in "a form fitting dark pin stripe suit and a wide brim felt hat who is opposed to manual labor, his, but is willing to accept cash contributions from women...".

My favorite, other than Killer Joe, is 'Park Avenue Petite', a hopeless love ballad about a guy from the ghetto who sees and attractive uptown lady he will never know. When asked "how long should you pause between notes in a ballad?", Benny replied "long enough to go out for a sandwich! A ballad gives the artist no place to hide. Ballads are harder than bebop." I agree, wholeheartedly.

Title track is from Golson's playing in the Spielberg/Tom Hanks movie of the same name.

There is a gentle unhurried swing to most numbers. Benny doesn't push everyone else to the side to solo, in fact often Ed Henderson's trumpet seems in the lead. Great warm bass work here too, by the man in love with the E string, Buster Williams. Well recorded. satisfying. Jazz in the traditional style of late Stan and early/middle Miles.

well recorded

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Beautiful
Shame
wisher, dark, miss louisiana, and foster are the best
great
A good CD

How the Lonely Keep
Terminal
Manufacturer: Tooth & Nail Records
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City By The Sea
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Pillow Fighting
Sunday Parking Lot
How The Lonely Keep The Lovely
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Customer Reviews:

Beautiful.......2007-02-19

Terminal is not my favorite band, but this CD still stands as my favorite album ever. Every song is fantastic. It's totally complete. Starts strong, ends magically. I wish this band hadn't broken up :(

Shame.......2006-05-20

It's a shame that these guys broke up. This is an awesome album. Every song is good! Great muscianship, singing, and lyrics. Terminal has one of the most original sounds on the market. Buy it if you don't have it!

wisher, dark, miss louisiana, and foster are the best.......2006-03-03

great vocals, poerful guitars, great lyrics....

great.......2006-03-01

Terminal's music is unique in almost every sense of the word. The closest I can come to describing their sound would be a more aggressive version of The Afters. Indie pop-infused rock is a fitting genre description, with punk/emo twinged vocals courtesy of Bryant. They stretch their sound out on How the Lonely Keep. Never does the music seem repetitive either. Each track has its own sound, while keeping a general tone alive throughout the forty-three minute running time of the disc.

The lyrics drip with regret and remorse, and the music perfectly compliments that tone. Some songs reek of hopelessness, like "City by the Sea," "I wish I had a little more to miss/ Than friends that don't exist/ In a town that felt like scars across my wrists." Other songs are a wee more optimistic, like "Just a Failure," "This time I'll disappoint the past/ Prove repetition wrong/ I'm just a failure feeling better than I ever have/ If this is life, I'm ready to live/ It feels so good to feel again."

More depressing then the CDs tone, however, is the fact that it's the first and last time we'll hear it. Bryant may remain under the moniker "Terminal," but when you lose all of your musical talent in one fleeting moment, things are bound to change. Here's to hoping that somehow, Travis Bryant is able to conjure up another brilliant effort in the aftermath of the beautiful piece of work known as How the Lonely Keep.

A good CD.......2005-10-29

It was a while before a finally got this CD but boy am i glad i got it. I love all the songs except the last one because his voice sounds kinda messed up. My fav tracks are 1,2,7, and 11. Buy this CD... you'll be glad you did.

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grey noise and static empty shells
PROMISE OF GENIUS
Great Band, Music of the Highest Quality
A great introduction.
Rock and Roll Cleveland!

Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection
Pere Ubu
Manufacturer: Fontana Geffen
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Release Date: 1998-06-02

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Heart Of Darkness
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Final Solution
Cloud 149
Untitled
My Dark Ages
Heaven
Humor Me
The Book Is On The Table
Not Happy
Lonesome Cowboy Dave

Customer Reviews:

grey noise and static empty shells.......2006-07-16

Terminal Tower is the album that got me into pere ubu. There are tracks on this that are so powerful that they chill your spine. Especially the song "heart of darkness". This song, to me, is the anthem of conscience. The first sound was truly the best intro of a pere ubu record. Though I wasn't alive when they started in Ohio, I heard that David Thomas would strike an anvil with a sludge hammer in this song. Songs like "30 seconds over Tokyo" and "final solution" are also very powerful and interesting. There is even a version of "modern dance" (the song) without the "Mamba Mamba" part of the verse. Generally this is a very interesting CD.

PROMISE OF GENIUS.......2001-12-27

The promise of genius certainly shines through on these early tracks, but I was a little disappointed as this album does not quite have that hypnotic quality of, for example Dub Housing, where they create such exquisite sound sculptures on the synthesizer in a thoroughly rock idiom.

Heart Of Darkness and 30 Seconds over Tokyo reveal their garage roots, but they really soar on Final Solution with its nervous buildup, beautiful melody and rousing conclusion. Of the rest, I love Heaven with its swaying reggae rhythm, droning bursts of synth and jangling guitars, and the quirky pop song Happy.

Although the roots of their later masterpieces are evident here, it's still in a raw form and based on the guitar, predating their later exploration of the synth/industrial style where they found their true voice.

Great Band, Music of the Highest Quality.......2001-12-20

Were there justice in the world, and with a bit of luck, these songs would have been HUGE and appreciated worldwide. Rock music doesn't get made more artfully, or with more power, than this.

The majority of tracks here are Ubu's early singles, originally released in the mid-70's on their own Hearthen label. The players on here went on to demonstrate their brilliance on subsequent Ubu albums, except for original member Peter Laughner who left the band. (Laughner was a very talented and tasteful guitar player). It's shocking to me the degree to which they had their act together from the get-go on these early singles. Guitarists Tom Hermann and Laughner promulgate some of the most delicious guitar sounds you'll ever hear, and actually influenced a fair amount of 90's music (most notably through the Pixies and the Breeders). Their bezerk duet on "Cloud 149" is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard in rock. Drummer Scott Krauss plays like a combination of Charlie Watts' propulsiveness and Bill Bruford's sense of fractured rhythm; he's completely brilliant. Allen Ravenstine's synthesizer starts its course of emulating Brain Eno's Roxy Music sound, and adds bursts of noise that augment the other players in sounding something like the end of the world. Tony Maimone emerges a few singles in as one of the world's great bass players. David Thomas puts his vocals on top, during his younger days when he seemed to have something to say - before he became the alternative version of Tiny Tim.

It's awesome. You have to hear it. You may want to consider purchase of the "Datapanic" box set.

A great introduction........2001-10-16

I'd always been curious about Pere Ubu. I'd always heard them namedropped along with bands such as Mission Of Burma and Gang Of Four, and I was well acquainted with Claw Hammer's amazing version of the Ubu classic "Final Solution," but it took me years to finally pick up one of their releases, due to their long, varied, and wildly inconsistent back catalog.

Fortunately, "Terminal Tower" captures Ubu in their earliest, best stages, what I like to refer as "the Pink Floyd that doesn't suck." The first three songs show Pere Ubu as a brilliantly skewed rock band. "Heart Of Darkness" is Mission Of Burma a half-decade earlier, "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" is a slow, methodical song that unravels over the course of six-and-a-half minutes, with a haunting paranoid vocal softly intoning lyrics about suicide bombers that are still chilling 25 years later (especially with the recent events in Afganistan) set to a droning Sabbath-esque fuzz guitar riff. "Final Solution" is a classic, anthemic hard rock song buried under a ton of guitar weirdness. It's not hard to see why bands like Claw Hammer, The Pagans, and Gaunt have all decided to do their own version of this song.

From there the mood lightens a bit, with Pere Ubu doing a few bouncy, yet equally absurd pop tunes. Dave Thomas almost evokes an eccentric, white Wilson Pickett on "Untitled," warbling "The Modern Dance...it goes like this!" Elsewhere "My Dark Ages" is Pere Ubu's claustrophobic take on disco, while "Heaven" could best be decribed as futuristic reggae, almost like Peter Tosh with whooshing spaceship noises in the background.

Here it is, the damaged, manic-depressive sound of Pere Ubu at it's most accessible without sacrificing it's crooked, quirky edge. Thusly, "Terminal Tower" is regarded as one the group's few essential releases, where the strangeness of the arrangements adds to the the greatness of the songs, rather than detracting from them.

Rock and Roll Cleveland!.......2001-04-10

I've never been a big fan of Pere Ubu, but always enjoyed the musical style of their earlier work. The songs tended to be more guitar-orientated with traditional song structures, albeit twisted in unusual ways, which created a sound that most suited their brilliant label for their music: "avante-garage". One of the key factors in the development of this sound was the late talented guitarist/disaster area Peter Laughner (he died of alcoholism at 24) who's main influences were the Velvet Underground and early Captain Beefheart along with the standard blues rock. He played on the first several singles before being kicked out of the band due to his unreliability. Laughner's imaginative guitar playing could range from a tight coiled scratchy sound (the verses for "Heart of Darkness") to thick psychedelic/heavy metal leads (the ending of "Final Solution") and this mixed well with the bands intelligent use of synthesizer. The synthesizer rarely played notes or chords but instead provided unusual aural coloring ambience. A sound suited as a reflection of the background noise of our Industrial age, or Technological age, or whatever the hell we are living in. "Heart of Darkness" starts things out with some of the bitterest lyrics imaginable, and "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" continues on into a surreal nightmare with a bizarre dissonant instrumental break. On "Final Solution", things began to lighten up with its rather amusing lyrics (no, the song has nothing to do with the Third Reich). The album covers a wide emotional range; the terrific and catchy "Heaven" is positively sunny. The last few songs signal a movement towards Ubu's later sound. "The Book Is On The Table" is a mildly amusing sonic experiment. On the last two songs, the song structures and synthesizer sounds become more comical and David Thomas' vocal becomes more hyperactive and histrionic. Not really "my thing". "Not Happy", ironically, sounds like listening to bubble gum music (The Ohio Express?) on laughing gas. However, one of the essential cuts, as another reviewer here has mentioned, is the live 1978 version of "Humor Me". The song is for the now departed, from both the band and life, Laughner. The studio version on their "Modern Dance" album is fine, but a little too restrained. On this cut, one can hear Thomas and the rest of the band's rage and pain bellow up at having had to watch their pal self-destruct. This scathing exorcism will bring to mind Horace Walpole's famous quote: " Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel".

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Excellent 70's pop
You're never bored....
Like A Grand Old House, Restored With Additions!
Rupert Holmes Creates Movies In Your Mind

Widescreen-The Collector's Edition

Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Highway Companion

ASIN: B00005N8TK
Release Date: 2001-08-07

Tracks:

Widescreen
Terminal
Second Saxophone
Phantom of the Opera
Talk
Bagdad
Our National Pastime
Letters That Cross in the Mail
Soap Opera
Psycho Drama
Bonus Tracks: Studio Musician (from the album "Rupert Holmes")
Brass Knuckles (from the album "Rupert Holmes")
No Small Affair (version 1)
Remember WENN (theme from the AMC television series)
There You Are (demo version of the song from "The Mystery of Edwin Drood")
So Far So Good ("No Small Affair" version 2)
Theme from Accomplice
Hi Honey, I'm Home! (theme from the ABC television series)
No Small Affair (version 3)
By Myself (from "Solitary Confinement")
The Bitter End

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Excellent 70's pop.......2007-01-11

I stumbled across this guy by accident, and had I known he was responsible for "Escape" (The Pina Colada Song) I would have written him off immediately. But his body of songwriting is a very different story. "Widescreen", "Escape-The Best of Rupert Holmes" and "Pursuit of Happiness" are filled with melodic, entertaining, thought provoking songs.

He is essentially a lost artist from that era. Instrumentation is often complex, the lyrics tell stories and, god forbid, challenge you to think about your life.

Great songwriting is a lost art in the era of hip hop and rap. If you like Burt Bacharach, Barry Manilow (I know what you're thinking but check out "Here At The Mayflower"), Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonalds best work, you should like "Widescreen".

Beautiful melodies, great lyrics, interesting arrangements well played. For some of us that's as good as it gets.

You're never bored...........2005-02-11

It didn't come as any big surprise to me that Rupert Holmes moved from music to writing books. Every song is a story in itself.

"Brass Knuckles" is a Chandleresque tale of a gumshoe set out to restore the honor of a fallen partner.

"Letters that Cross in the Mail" talks about relationships dying via the foibles of communication. It's still as droll as it ever was.

"Psycho Drama" uses the voices of Radio Mystery Theatre players to recreate the long-dead radio play.

The music's definitely dated, but the themes are not. I love Holmes' wry humor and humanity. This is my favorite of his music and often revisited.

Like A Grand Old House, Restored With Additions!.......2002-02-03

I've always considered this to be one of the great albums EVER, but oh wowo zowie - this is such a treat. The remastering is masterful; the musical nuances are clear at last. The additional tracks are wonderful, but especially terrific are Rupert's liner notes detailing the making of "Widescreen" in 1973-74. NOW I know how they made "Letters That Cross In The Mail" sound so unique..! Listening to it is still one of the most memorable musical experiences ever recorded. I can't recommend this CD highly enough.

Rupert Holmes Creates Movies In Your Mind.......2000-03-22

When this album was first released on Epic Records in 1974, I thought it was brilliant. I still do. I was delighted when it was reissued on CD in 1995 on the Varese Vintage label. The album is a true blending of music and cinema...of the mind. The songs truly are movies unto themselves, short stories set to music, brilliantly written, arranged and performed. The "hit" was "Our National Pastime," wherein our hero meets a girl at a baseball game and attempts to seduce her to the tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner." "Letters That Cross In the Mail" (later covered by Barbra Streisand on an album Holmes produced), "Terminal" and "Second Saxophone" are all surprise-ending stories with great melodies. "Widescreen" and "Bagdad" set distinct moods in surround sound before surround sound was invented. "Talk" is one of several songs on the CD that use bittersweet humor to express universal feelings and experiences. "Phantom of the Opera" and "Soap Opera" are both truly movies-on-CD, the first a beautiful and sad plea for love, the second a very funny satire on TV's "daytime dramas". The last track, "Psycho Drama," is just that; a short spoken play with incidental music and sound effects, and guest voices like Ed Herlihy and Will Jordan (whose characters are takeoffs on Peter Lorre and James Mason). The original CD version contained two bonus tracks from other Holmes albums, "Deco Lady" and "Brass Knuckles." but that version went out of print. Now it's back with even MORE bonus tracks! What are you waiting for? BUY IT!

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great representation of Swedish metal....
amazing but NEEDED to be longer

Terminal Spirit Disease
At the Gates
Manufacturer: Peaceville UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness
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ASIN: B0000CE11Q
Release Date: 2004-01-06

Tracks:

Swarm
Terminal Spirit Disease
And the World Returned [Instrumental]
Forever Blind
Fevered Circle
Beautiful Wound
All Life Ends [Live]
Burning Darkness [Live]
Kingdom Gone [Live]
Windows [Live][*]
Red in the Sky Is Ours/The Season to Come [Live][*]
Burning Darkness [Live][*]

Album Description

2003 reissue of 1994 album features 12 tracks including 3 live bonus tracks recorded at Nottingham Rock City for MTV Headbangers Ball on July 27th 1993, 'Windows', 'The Red In The Sky Is Ours / The Season To Come' & 'The Burning Darkness', packaged in digipak. Peaceville.

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great representation of Swedish metal...........2005-03-19

I was first introduced to AT The Gates along with others like Dissection, Hypocrisy, Emperor, Dark Tranquility, Edge of Sanity, etc. Along with ATG, all these other bands are my "mother's milk", so to speak. Since ATG was one of my first introductions to Swedish Metal, I think that's why this album is so close to me. It's got great guitar lines, good, screaming vocals, and a drummer to match. I am especially fond of acoustic guitar work on albums like this, and "As the World Returns" is haunting, and beautiful all at the same time. Good use of the Cello, too. If you haven't experienced ATG yet, try "Slaughter of the Soul" first. That's a much more engrossing experience. But I still have to say that "Terminal Spirit Disease" is not bad. NOT bad at all.

amazing but NEEDED to be longer.......2004-02-29

a great Swedish (as usual) album. energetic vocals good guitaring and overall good effect. its not as unique as the albums W.F.I.K.T.B.D. or T.R.I.T.S.I.O. ( why do the titles have to be so long) but unique enough (as far as i know) and some good experimentation with other, non-metal,instruments. if you like the experimentations with other instruments buy T.R.T.S.I.O. because in that album they actually get a violinist into the band making for some great songs( P.S. buy ELEGEION-ODYSSEY INTO DARKNESS)

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Sounds of Silence
experimental avant-garde?

Terminal Pharmacy
Jim O'Rourke
Manufacturer: Tzadik
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003YST
Release Date: 1995-11-21

Tracks:

Cede
Untitled
Terminal Pharmacy

Customer Reviews:

Sounds of Silence.......2005-05-05

This is a comment on the dubious selection of audio clips by Amazon, not on the artist... Bravo!!! Absolutely mesmerized by the assist in evaluating The Book of Heart -- comprised about 30 seconds of no sound, whatsoever. Certainly enough of nothing on which to base this review.

experimental avant-garde?.......2000-08-17

Ok, first of all: This is not a "pop album" like O'Rourke's later CD's "Eureka" or "Halfway to a threeway". This is electro-acoustic music, or "weird, eerie constructions of sounds and droning notes" as I prefer to call it. Also, I might not be the right person the review this CD, but I give it a try anyway.

The first track is a 40-minute piece, mostly of very quiet sounds of some kind of processed clarinet (? ), machines, talking and strange statics and crackles. The humming gives a nice atmosphere and if stuff like Oval is your bag, this might be something for you. After a second track which is just 58 seconds of silence, the third and last track called "Terminal Pharmacy" start. This is mainly strings - but NOT Mantovani! Think Gyorgy Ligeti and more atonal music. Not as good as the first track "Cede" but it has something. The whole CD has "something" but I haven't figured out what it is yet...

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