Monk [Soundtrack]

monk [soundtrack]

On this CD:

Monk, television series score
Composed by Jeff Beal
with Grant Geissman

Editorial Reviews
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With apologies to Columbo's Peter Falk, there's never been a television detective with quite so many nervous, tic 'n' quirk quotient of Tony Shalhoub's neurotic, OCD-bedeviled Adrian Monk. Composer Jeff Beal (Pollock, HBO's Carnivale) picks up the many loose threads of the lovably obsessed gumshoe's personality and weaves them into one of contemporary television's most consistently pleasing jazz-rooted scores. Anchored by a jaunty, guitar-driven theme (featured here in versions that span the show's pilot, regular series and an extended mix) that invokes the carefree verve of Django Reinhardt, this generous, 36-track CD contains music from all of the program's original dozen episodes. Though he infuses his work here with a variety of cool jazz incarnations, Beal's bright, evocative musical cues also occasionally recall the modernist rhythmic inventions of such early, angular Stewart Copeland scores as Rumble Fish and Wall Street. --Jerry McCulley

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Monk [Soundtrack]

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The Last Kander and Ebb
All DAVID HYDE PIERCE FANS WILL LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!
Very Pleasant
Pure Entertainment
Curtains is hilarious

Curtains (2007 Original Broadway Cast)

Manufacturer: Manhattan Records
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ASIN: B000PC1QKQ
Release Date: 2007-06-05

Tracks:

Overture
Wide Open Spaces
What Kind Of Man?
Thinking Of Him
The Woman's Dead
Show People
Coffee Shop Nights
In the Same Boat
I Miss the Music
Thataway!
The Man Is Dead
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Wide Open Spaces
A Tough Act To Follow

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Sadly, Curtains is the final entry in the long and fruitful partnership of lyricist Fred Ebb (who died in September 2004) and composer John Kander. While the show doesn't reach the heights of the team's previous masterpieces, such as Cabaret and Chicago, it's certainly a lot better than, say, their middling 1997 offering Steel Pier. Deliberately old-fashioned (it even features a real overture, something that's fast becoming a rarity), Curtains is a whodunit rolled into a musical--or vice versa. Set in 1959 Boston, it takes place backstage at a singing-and-dancing Western corker titled Robbin Hood. Someone gets killed, and a show tunes-crazy homicide detective (David Hyde Pierce) is called in. The plot is just a pretext for a series of very entertaining, characteristically brass-heavy songs that may not have the bite of old Kander and Ebb but are still very catchy. Above all, Curtains is (both thematically and stylistically) a love letter to old-school showbiz, and it's delivered on a silver platter by a cast of pros that includes the aforementioned Hyde Pierce, Kander and Ebb habituée Karen Ziemba, endearing Jason Danieley and, a notch above the rest, Debra Monk. Unsurprisingly, she chews the scenery and spits it right back in a pair of rowdy numbers: "Show People" and "It's a Business." --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Album Description

Curtains is an entertaining play within a play, as well as a "whodunit" new musical comedy featuring one of the last scores by legendary, Tony Award-winning songwriters John Kander and Fred Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago, New York, New York). Starring David Hyde Pierce (Spamalot, "Frasier") and Debra Monk, the Curtains original Broadway cast album is produced by nine-time Grammy Award-winner Jay David Saks.

Customer Reviews:

The Last Kander and Ebb.......2007-07-13

Couldn't miss the opportunity to hear the last of the Kander and Ebb collaboration. This score has a familiar feel to it. The music is good but not great and the show seems as if it would be fun.

All DAVID HYDE PIERCE FANS WILL LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!.......2007-07-10

And even if you are not---the music is great!!!!!! This is the final collaboration between John Kander and the late Fred Ebb--plus throw in the efforts of Rupert Holmes (who wrote the underated MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD--and everyone's favorite guilty pleasure 70's tune--THE PINA COLADA SONG). Anyway, I always thought David was robbed of a TONY nod for SPAMALOT--so his win for this was quite overdue!

Every song is a winner---and it is not just because of Pierce--Deborah Monk also has one of the great show stoppers "IT'S A BUSINESS"!

All theatre buff will enjoy--I certainly did!

Very Pleasant.......2007-07-10

Nice, witty and pleasant music. Sadly, as the teams last work, it is not on a par with their earlier efforts. I kept expecting the big, gorgeous, soaring ballad of other shows, but it never really comes. I still think Steel Pier is their best work (tho the show didn't work). However when you are the composers of Cabaret, The Happy Time, Woman of the Year, Chicago, The Act and The Rink (among still more), you go down in theater history as one of the great songwriting teams in American theater.

The performers are all first rate, David Hyde Pierce and Debra Monk are hoots. KAren Ziemba, as always, is wonderful. A major disappointment is that Jason Danielly's beautiful tenor voice is not given more to do. Overall, pleasant fun!!

Pure Entertainment.......2007-07-10

Very entertaining. A fitting finale to the partnership of Kander & Ebb.
The story is immaterial to the music. A strong cast carries off what could be considered a nonsense piece. Plaudits all round to the cast, writers and producers.

Curtains is hilarious.......2007-07-09

David Hyde Pearce is excellent as the detective -- finally breaking away from his Niles Crane persona. He's not a great singer, but he sure can put over his songs. I was particularly impressed with Debra Monk who is delightfully catty and crude and she sings beautifully. The score is not Kander & Ebb's best, but the lyrics are clever and sometimes had be LMAOROTF.

The Big Lebowski: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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terrific!!
Not bad... but missing something.
8-miles high track... better in movie.
what the f*ck?!
camd908

The Big Lebowski: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Release Date: 1998-02-24

Tracks:

The Man In Me - Bob Dylan
Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles - Captain Beefheart
My Mood Swings - Elvis Costello
Ataypura - Yma Sumac
Traffic Boom - Piero Piccioni
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good - Nina Simone
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Die Tote Standt - Gluck Das Mir Verblieb
Lujon - Henry Mancini
Hotel California - Gipsy Kings
Technopop - Carter Burwell
Dead Flowers - Townes Van Zandt

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One of the most inspired cobbled-together-from-a-stack-of-records soundtrack albums since Pulp Fiction, The Big Lebowski matches the goofily ramshackle spirit of the Dude, the hero of its celluloid companion. While offering Bob Dylan's luv-addled "Man in Me" together with the Gipsy Kings' redefinitive "Hotel California" and the psychedelic-era Kenny Rogers nugget "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)," Lebowski also gives longer play to some cuts barely sampled in the film, including Elvis Costello's "My Mood Swings." Whether taken as a Coen brothers mix tape, a one-album CD carousel, or an apropos souvenir of one wiggy flick, this is a smart, eclectic buy. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

terrific!!.......2007-06-30

this is a fantastic album, if you like ecclectic music, that is. easily one of my favorites.

Not bad... but missing something........2007-04-17

This cd definitely has some good points. A great song by Dylan from the opening credits and my favourite, "Dead Flowers" done by Townes Van Zandt. But tremendously written by Jagger and Richards. Funny how my faves are from the start and end of the film. Between these two songs and a rousing "Hotel California" by the Gypsy Kings, I'm happy enough, but oddly, no Creedance. What am I gonna listen to while reaching for that joint I dropped in my lap in the car?

8-miles high track... better in movie........2007-03-19

The song that goes with the Treehorn dream sequence in the film (Kenny Rodgers et al "Tripped on a Cloud/ 8-miles high") was better in the movie, as the version on the cd is a poor original edit, with ackward reverses (and I like reverses, when not halfway through a measure...- for example, the reverse that opens it up is fine, the one three quarters through or so, you see, is not.), half measures chopping up the rhythm and in general either hastily done or naively... I've toyed with the idea of re-editing it myself in a track editor, but I'll just delete it from my player, because I'm lazy. The other tracks are good, but with a few odd ones like the feminist chant song- play this at your next Halloween party/[...]. I have loads of creedence, so not missing that. the Gypsy Kings' "Hotel California" is the best track, much better after first listen as anyone who has watched Lebowski more than a few times will be surprised by the new verses at first. "The Man in Me", if you don't already have it, isn't exactly representative of Dylan's work in large, but is a nice ditty. The Mancini song is filler. Elvis Costello's "My Mood Swings" rocks, and I'm glad it was included despite being minutely used in the film. Anyway, it's a good cd all in all, but only for "Hotel California", and "My Mood Swings"... otherwise the Kenny Rodgers' song is bad, should have been re-edited... Probably the reason it was obscure to begin with... The Man in Me is widely available. My advice... wait and find Gypsy Kings elsewhere. Same for Costello and Dylan. Not the best playing mix.

what the f*ck?!.......2007-03-06

No Tumblin' Tumbleweeds. That's a bummer, man, uh, you've got to have Tumbleweeds in there, the film f*cking OPENS with it, man, and it's in there again later with the Stranger. This is a f*ckin travesty. F*ck it. I'm goin bowling.

camd908.......2007-01-05

The Dude is the man for our times. John Goodman makes Walter the crazed Vietman vet a classic movie side kick. And what can you say about Donny except he loved to surf. Happy Trails.

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#1 Monk Fan
This album is by Jeff Beal. 2nd season theme is by Randy Newman. Duhhhhh...
Monk TV Soundtrack Album
Disappointed
Simply excellent for all longtime Monk fans.

Monk
Jeff Beal
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ASIN: B0002GTRWO
Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

Monk Theme (Extended Version)
Miming Mr. Monk
They're Killing Dr. Gould
A Clean Apartment
Finding The Pebble
Rejection
Trudy's Theme
I Think I Smell Gas
Keys In The Casket
Lucky Guy
Fat Suit Folly
Monk Visits The Garage
Counting Meters
Monk Interrogates Gavin
Remember Me?
There Was A Struggle
Monk Theme (Series Version)
Have Fun
Pebbles And Clues
Sharpening Pencils
Zen Monk
Monk's A Hero
Love These Snakes
My Hero
On The Beach
The Final Chase
Start The Watch
Losing It?
Monk Escapes
Worried Monk
Restaging The Murder
Running Away
Finding, Looking
Back Safe At Home
The Kiss
Monk Theme (Pilot Version)

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With apologies to Columbo's Peter Falk, there's never been a television detective with quite so many nervous, tic 'n' quirk quotient of Tony Shalhoub's neurotic, OCD-bedeviled Adrian Monk. Composer Jeff Beal (Pollock, HBO's Carnivale) picks up the many loose threads of the lovably obsessed gumshoe's personality and weaves them into one of contemporary television's most consistently pleasing jazz-rooted scores. Anchored by a jaunty, guitar-driven theme (featured here in versions that span the show's pilot, regular series and an extended mix) that invokes the carefree verve of Django Reinhardt, this generous, 36-track CD contains music from all of the program's original dozen episodes. Though he infuses his work here with a variety of cool jazz incarnations, Beal's bright, evocative musical cues also occasionally recall the modernist rhythmic inventions of such early, angular Stewart Copeland scores as Rumble Fish and Wall Street. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

#1 Monk Fan.......2007-03-22

Unlike some of the previous reviews, I found this soundtrack amazing. So who cares if there is not "It's A Jungle Out There"? It is a must for any Monk fan! The songs are well played out and fantastic. I think it qualifies for being as good as a movie soundtrack. It's zesty and jazzy. That is why I give this soundtrack 5 stars. Keep 'em comin' Jeff!!!!!

This album is by Jeff Beal. 2nd season theme is by Randy Newman. Duhhhhh..........2006-07-05

Very tasty guitar and professional film scoring.

Monk TV Soundtrack Album.......2006-04-18

To begin with, I am a big MONK fan from 'Day 1'.
Without a doubt, where would the show be without the music. And like with so many other Monk fans, I am disappointed that when the TV soundtrack finally came out that the 2nd. theme song wasn't included; by all rights it should have. It would be great if Jeff Beal Produced a second album to compliment the first & adding the other theme song--IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE.
Hopefully in the near future... Let us hope for we Monk fans the wait isn't too long. Perhaps the possibility of a special (Monk-CD? But while we're waiting around, we can watch out favorite detective--and a cute one at that; MONK. Don't make us wait too long, Jeff. We're Countin' on ya. And perhaps if we're able, we can put (IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE)on our cell phones as one of our ringers; hey--what a great idea!
Now everybody, let's hum our favorite theme song.... One, two, three...

P.A. Gross

Disappointed.......2006-02-26

On this CD the song I really wanted to hear was "It's A Jungle Out There" by Randy Newman. I was shocked that this CD didn't have the song because it's the THEME SONG for cryin' out loud! It's at the beginning of every episode! Very disappointing.

Simply excellent for all longtime Monk fans........2006-02-21

No, there is no Randy Newman on this album. This is the Season One soundtrack. I do like "It's A Jungle Out There", but not as much as the original theme, presented here in three versions! Jeff Beal's amazing jazz score for the first season ranged from peppy and fun to dark and moody and helped set the tone for some of the greatest scenes in the series. The main theme and "A Clean Apartment" are so much fun to listen to that they demand multiple replayings, and "Trudy's Theme" is hauntingly beautiful. Any true Monk fan should add this to their music collection immediately.

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Quite possibly Howard Shore's best work yet...
great film,just as great music!

Naked Lunch

Manufacturer: Milan Records
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Release Date: 2005-03-01

Tracks:

Naked Lunch
Hauser And O'Brien/Bugpowder
Mugwumps
Centipede
The Black Meat
Simpatico/Misterioso
Fadela's Coven
Interzone Suite
William Tell
Mujahaddin
Intersong
Dr. Benway
Clark Nova Dies
Ballad/Joan
Cloquet's Parrots/Midnight Sunrise
Nothing Is True: Everything Is Permitted
Welcome To Annezia
Writeman

Album Description

Naked Lunch showcases the collaboration between jazz artist Ornette Coleman and Academy Award winning composer Howard Shore(Lord of the Rings trilogy). This jazz soundtrack includes an ensemble collection of Coleman's musicians including J.J. Edwards, Aziz Bin Salem, David Hartley, Barre Phillips, Denardo Coleman and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Customer Reviews:

Quite possibly Howard Shore's best work yet..........2006-08-24

I've always enjoyed Howard Shore's work, even way before he became a household name with the mammoth scores for the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I personally feel that he is at his best when doing the scores for Cronenberg's works.

With Naked Lunch, I think Shore managed to create a perfect soundscape to go along with director David Cronenberg's crazed adaptation of William Burrough's cult novel. Shore, along with famed saxophonist Ornette Coleman, join together to create a strange hybrid of mood music and frenetic jazz that fits the film perfectly. This isn't typical jazz and is very free form but still, it's definitely one of the best film scores I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. It's not for everyone but if you appreciate a good, moody movie score, look no further for this is one of the absolute best.

Lastly, it reminds me a bit of the score that he did for "The Cell", due to the Middle East sounding bits laced throughout the album and out of all of his scores, I'd say it resembles that one the most. The lonely saxophone also reminds me of the score for "Angel Heart", the sax in which was played by Courtney Pine.

great film,just as great music!.......2005-11-20

coleman/shore together are like what miles davis and angelo badalamenti would've come up with!yes,it's that good!have a few stiff drinks,pop this in,and close your eyes...

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F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C.!
At LAST the complete series ORIGINAL soundtrack, the wait is over!

The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Manufacturer: Film Score Monthly
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Man from U.N.C.L.E.

ASIN: B0006SSQ8E
Release Date: 2005-01-04

Tracks:

First Season Main Title
Vulcan Affair
Deadly Games Affair
Double Affair
Project Strigas Affair
King of Knaves Affair
Fiddlesticks Affair
Meet Mr. Solo
First Season End Title
Second Season End Title
Alexander the Greater Affair

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Foxes and Hounds Affair
Discotheque Affair
Re-Collectors Affair
Arabian Affair
Tigers Are Coming Affair
Cherry Blossom Affair
Dippy Blonde Affair
Third Season End Title
Her Master's Voice Affair
Monks of St. Thomas Affair
Pop Art Affair
Fourth Season (Main Title)
Summit-Five Affair
"J" for Judas Affair

Customer Reviews:

F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C.!.......2006-02-02

I've got the original music (including v2 and v3), the books (the best is Heitland's The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Book; still in print);
the 22 VHS tapes issued in the early 1990's (a haphazard collection issued in no particular order of episodes that boasted famous guest stars). Can I please get the whole series on DVD? I have not seen Mother Fear toying with Illya (The Children's Day Affair) in over 40 years.

At LAST the complete series ORIGINAL soundtrack, the wait is over!.......2005-07-12

Many of us have always thought The Man From UNCLE had the best music for a TV series ever, and this three double CD release confirms this. Wow! I'd be just happy with one CD, but having SIX (three double CDs packages) is absolutely out of this world, I mean, a lifetime wait come true.

Indeed, this is an unbelievable collection of three double CDs packages with the complete series soundtrack, and I mean the complete music, not a tune is missing.

And this is the ORIGINAL Man From Uncle music. Let me stress the point: this is the four years ORIGINAL soundtrack with the original recordings as they were heard throughout the series, not a no-name orchestra doing personal versions of the stuff. The audio transfer is very, very good, the music from late episodes is even in stereo.

Each individual CD carries over 70 minutes of music. All in all there you have the four TV seasons main titles and all, absolutely all of TMFU unforgetable music.

This is not a chronological release, meaning, all CDs have a mix of music from all four TV seasons. Volume 1 is heavier on early TV seasons stuff, fans of Jerry Goldsmith will love it. Those of us who prefer what Gerald Fried and later Richard Shores did with TMFU music, then volume 2 is mandatory. If you are a fan, you can't miss any of these six CDs. However if buying all three double packages is too much for you, you must go with Volume 2, no questions asked. Volume three is the weakest of them as it brings "suites" and a whole CD with "The Girl From Uncle" soundtrack, but you have a bonus "Open Channel D" beeper.

Each package is gorgeous, each with a glossy color booklet with extensive liner notes with details on how each tune was written to a specific TV series episode and how it was used onwards. You have bios on the composers, on how the recordings were made, even an overview on how many instruments were available in each of the years the music was recorded.

So, throw away your Hugo Montenegro Man From Uncle CD, this is the REAL thing.

Straight No Chaser: Music From The Motion Picture

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monk

Straight No Chaser: Music From The Motion Picture
Thelonious Monk
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0000026VY
Release Date: 1989-09-12

Tracks:

Straight No Chaser (And Opening Narration)
Pannonica
Trinkle, Tinkle
Ugly Beauty/Rehearsal
Ugly Beauty
Epistrophy
Evidence
I Mean You (Stickball)/Rehearsal And Performance
Lulu's Back In Town
Don't Blame Me
Sweetheart Of All My Dreams
'Round Midnight

Customer Reviews:

monk.......2000-08-22

This could easily be the best collection of Monk songs that I have ever heard. It is a must to any jazz collection.

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Perhaps not *quite* what you want...
Nice imaginative collection

Film Noir

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ASIN: B00081U78G
Release Date: 2005-05-24

Tracks:

Turning Pages - Matthew Herbert Big Band
Godfather - Terence Blanchard
Silencio - Angelo Badalamenti
They Go Long - Edward Artemiev
Don't Be Worried - Cyril Morin
Suspense - Frederick Rousseau
Chop Shop - Alex Wurman
The Wrong Man - Bernard Herrmann
Simpatico/Misterioso - Ornette Coleman
House Of Silence - Angelo Badalamenti
Mansfield Crash - Howard Shore
Verbal Kint - John Ottman
The Swing - Hans Zimmer
Blues For Guylaine - Andre Hossein
Buckets Of Blood - Pino Donaggio
The Elephant Man - John Morris
Mourning - Claire David
Ballade - Joe Hisaishi
Taxi Driver Suite - Bernard Herrmann

Customer Reviews:

Perhaps not *quite* what you want..........2007-04-27

If you're like me and you have a hankering for "film noir music," you're probably thinking of a lonely sax playing an urban, 3 AM melodic line, backed by some bluesy chords from a small jazz ensemble. Like John Barry's excellent theme from "Body Heat," for example, or something like Jerry Goldsmith's theme for "Chinatown."

Never mind the fact that the great majority of films noir from the classic period (1941-1955) didn't have jazzy background music like that at all, but was usually scored with quasi-classical romantic string music (with a solo violin) or bombastic, brass-heavy instrumentals.

Anyway, this CD isn't the 3 AM sax stuff.

Not to say that there isn't some of that on here. You might like "Godfather" (not, however, the theme you're thinking of from the Francis Ford Coppola Godfather films), or "Blues for Guylaine," or even the bluesy passages from Bernard Herrmann's "Taxi Driver" suite.

But there's some odd stuff on here that causes me to wonder how, precisely, it qualifies as "film noir."

For instance, the dreamy carnival music from "The Elephant Man," or the angular string music in "Buckets of Blood" (from "Carrie," not the Roger Corman film). Seems like a reach. The first cut, "Turning Pages" had me unpleasantly surprised, and triggered my I've been ripped-off alarm. And "Chop Shop" has a wah guitar that sounds a lot more like a 70's blaxsploitation film than film noir.

The inclusion of Angelo Badalamenti helps redeem the collection; his music for "Twin Peaks," "Fire, Walk With Me" and "Mulholland Drive" redefines what a noir theme should sound like.

This CD is odd, no doubt about it. "Godfather," which sounds decidedly noirish, is from a comedy/drama film about a man who's paid to impregnate lesbians. "The Wrong Man" music is relentlessly perky but comes from a bona fide noir. (Okay, a Hitchcock noir, not quite the same thing.)

The key here, I guess, is to enlarge the scope of what you think noir film music ought to be... But perhaps a better title for this collection of music might have been "Neo-Noir!"

Still, credit must be given to liner notes writer Eddie Muller and his Film Noir Foundation for at least directing the current noir wave. His book "Dark City" turned me - and probably many others - to noir. Long may his tribe increase!

Summary: If you're looking for classic/sterotypical, 3 AM wet-pavements-in-the-Dark-City noirish stuff, try John Barry's "Body Heat," which I enthusiastically recommend. Barry practically *owns* that silky/sexy slow sax genre.

Nice imaginative collection.......2006-08-04

A collection of musical cues from various film noir scores, but imaginatively assembled to constitute a new score for a nonexistent movie. Cleverly done, choosing from excellent sources, and not going for the easy or the obvious. It's exciting to hear someone making a connection between Bernard Herrmann and Angelo Badalamenti.

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Hammer Film Music Collection, Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
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ASIN: B00002MU7G
Release Date: 2000-12-19

Tracks:

The Satanic Rites Of Dracula-John Cacavas
Demons Of The Mind-Harry Robinson
The Mummy's Shroud-Don Banks
Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell-James
Dracula Has Risen From The Grave-James Bernard
The Witches-Richard Rodney Bennett
The Vengeance Of She-Mario Nascimbene
The Evil Of Frankenstein-Don Banks
The Plague Of The Zombies-James Bernard
Fear In The Night-John McCabe
Frankenstein Created Woman-James Bernard
The Pirates Of Blood River-Gary Hughes
To The Devil A Daughter-Paul Glass
Quatermass 2-james Bernard
The Curse Of The Warewolf-Benjamin Frankel
The Abominable Snowman-humphrey Searle
Dracula AD 1972-Michael Vickers
The Hound Of The Baskervilles-James Bernard
Vampire Circus-David Whitaker
The Lost Continent-Roy Phillips
Slave Girls-Carlo Martelli
The Phantom Of The Opera-Edwin Astley
Crescendo-Malcolm Williamson
Rasputin The Mad Monk-Don Banks
One Million Years BC-Mario Nascimbene

Album Description

Collection of 25 digitally remastered original recordings from some of Hammer Films' finest horror movie themes. This second volume features music from motion pictures that starred Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Contains music from 'Plague Of The Zombies', 'Slave Girls', 'To The Devil A Daughter', 'The Abominable Snowman', 'Dracula AD 72', 'One Million Years BC', 'Hound Of The Baskervilles' and many others. 1999 release.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered. Includes: 'mummy's Shroud'& 'dracula Has Risen from the Grave'.

Average customer rating:

Very enjoyable
A Good Soundtrack To Buy

Bulletproof Monk
Eric Serra , and Olivier Schultheis
Manufacturer: Lakeshore Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008XERY
Release Date: 2003-04-08

Tracks:

Kung
End of Destiny
Temple of Sublime Truth
The Power of the Scroll
Enjoy Your Vacation
My Brother Monks
You are not Bulletproof
Double Chase
The Monk and the Thief
Bloody Tourist
Darklub
Karmonk
The Monk with No Name
The Golden Palace
Give Me A Report
Tricked Pickpocket
Eastwoo
Buttertea
It Is About Peace
I Am Not a Hero
The Noodle Soup Recipe
Kojima
Flytime
The Responsibility of the Scroll
Your Idea of a Joke
A Little Test
Checking the Distance
Jade's Mansion
Priceless
Shikanelp
Crazybitch
Struker and the Mirror
Annoyox
The Last Verse
Flying Tattoos

Customer Reviews:

Very enjoyable.......2006-03-13

It's funny but I love the soundtrack tons more than the movie itself. The music is a glorious mixture of a classical orchestra with Asian sounds and instruments of the Asian culture. In the song Kung, the main theme I can hear the wind rolling though high mountains, and what sounds like an approaching army with trumpets and drums. Certain parts, such as track #4 sound like a royal fairytale, simply gorgeous.
Track #8 for example has some computer music in it, simply adding to the action of the scene, while producing contrast to the folklore of the main theme.This soundtrack is truly a piece of art as I feel it really gave great support for the movie, with the expressive and fluid music.

I like to put this on when I'm busy doing work or for any art projects in my room, and sometimes I find myself dropping everything while I sit and listen, such as I was doing now. I was actually playing a simple computer game and the music distracted me to the point where I had to stop what I was doing and write a quick review to express my fondness of it. The tracks are pretty short but they blend very well together. I love movie scores, as I collect them, and I especially love listening to them as I draw. I remember reading about my favorite artists listening to certain types of music to help them get in the mood and this soundtrack certainly does the job.

What I like about this score is how melodic and adventurous it sounds, you know when you watch a movie and you hear the music, and the music makes the movie alive, well this soundtrack makes me feel alive, its gorgeous. It truly sounds like a grand heroic movie music.

A Good Soundtrack To Buy.......2003-04-19

This was a great soundtrack. It's a good cd to listen to when ever lol. I recommend it as well the movie:D Go buy it! It's well worth it!

Average customer rating:

great example of excellent 70's movie scoring!
THA SONGS
Absolutely Brilliant !
Good for its time but now somewhat outdated
TOTALLY (Karate) CHOPPED OUT

Enter the Dragon

Manufacturer: Wea International
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Game of Death/Night Games

ASIN: B00005B46S
Release Date: 2002-01-01

Tracks:

Theme from Enter the Dragon
Sampans
Monk
Gentle Softness
Big Battle
Han's Island
Human Fly
Bamboo Bird Cage
Broken Mirrors
Theme from Enter the Dragon (Reprise)

Album Description

Remastered reissue of Lalo Schifrin's genre defying score for the 1973 film. Includes new cover art, liner notes including an interview with Schifrin & a poster (approx. 18 inches x 14). Featuring classic tracks such as 'The Big Battle' & 'The Human Fly'. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews:

great example of excellent 70's movie scoring!.......2005-07-04

first off, let me say that the version i have of this score is taken from the dvd. the audio can be selected alone. so, i went through and recorded the cues to my cd burner manuall(yes it was tedious but worth it). this way you get all the cues, plus nice, dvd sound.
a great soundtrack in any format without a doubt!!!!!

THA SONGS.......2004-05-03

I really love owning the original movie soundtrack to Enter the Dragon but I really do wish that every single piece of music would be included on the album. Most of the score is included but they need more

Absolutely Brilliant !.......2004-04-15

Lalo Schifrin the composer had a real challenge scoring for Enter the Dragon due to its Chinese influence. The result is simply brilliant. Not only is this a great film, the sountrack is extremly well done. Definately buy the remastered version which is now available. Originally, the remastered CD version came out in 1997 along with the DVD box edition. There are several tracks not on the original release which is in MONO ! The new tracks are 1. The First fight 2. The Banquet 3. Headset Jazz 4. Into the Night 5. Goodbye O'Harra 6. Han's Cruelty 7. The Big Battle 8. Main titles (alternate take). Schifrin uses heavy orchestration including experimentation with new sounds but pays emphasis on double bass & tabla. For real film buffs, the score from this film sounds awfully similar to Joe Kidd done about a year ago (1972). For fans of film music esp from the 70's don't miss this one !

Good for its time but now somewhat outdated.......2004-03-20

The soundtrack from the film was great at the time it was first released on LP in 1973 but now it does appear outdated. Make no mistake about it, Lalo's track "The Human Fly" was a remixed version of a score used in the 1966 NBC series "T.H.E. Cat," for which Schifrin composed the theme music and episode scores. Worth owning for its nostalgic value to both Lee and Schifrin fans, but young people probably won't appreciate it a great deal, especially those to who Bruce Lee is a vague name.

TOTALLY (Karate) CHOPPED OUT.......2002-02-03

Excellently composed and synchronised to match the movie scenes spot on, Claudio "LALO" Schifrin must have been ALL FUNKED OUT whilst doing this score. Almost 30 years later, it still very much blows most of us away, those fortunate enough to own the extremely rare 25th anniversary remastered edition of the album will definitely dig the 6 or so additional tracks not found on the original, please check out the superb JazzFunk track "HEADSET JAZZ" (though a bit short but it still delivers) and also the marvelous bridging on the track titled "HAN'S ISLAND" (sounds oriental but done 100% with western instruments).

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