Lolita: Original Soundtrack [Soundtrack]
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Director Adrian Lyne's controversial update of novelist Vladimir Nabokov's classic meditation on morality and modern culture (which struggled to find a distributor because of its forbidden theme--a man's erotic obsession with a 12-year-old girl) found itself overshadowed in 1998 by a Washington morality play whose own human subtleties were relegated to the margins by politics. What shouldn't be overlooked is Ennio Morricone's masterful score. Many of the composer's familiar devices are present--stately melodies carried by elegantly mournful strings, subtle electronic colorations, chromatically adventuresome choral writing--but presented with such musical shading and emotional delicacy as to sound completely original. The main theme, set against subtly shifting piano arpeggios and gently welling strings, is generated by ethereal, nearly intangible electronic sources--another haunting masterpiece by a composer from whom we've come to expect nothing less. "Requiescant," another standout cue, revisits Morricone's penchant for choral writing, in this case a boy's choir set amid a sometimes atonal and overwhelming wash of strings and electronics--another composer might be as daring, but none would match il Maestro's gripping emotional efficacy. To underscore the story's late-'40s period and themes, several well-chosen pop tracks have been woven into Morricone's score (including Vera Lynn's "I'm in the Mood for Love," "Tain't What You Do" by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Prima's loopy "Civilization [Bongo, Bongo, Bongo]") and offer an unexpected--and amusing--contrast to the composer's own marvelous efforts. A must for Morricone lovers. --Jerry McCulley
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Lolita: Original Soundtrack [Soundtrack]
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- Riddle, Kubrick, And LOLITA
- The Ya Ya is addictive!
- A Great Soundtrack to a Classic Film
- Lolita Ya Ya
- Lounge Music Classic
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Lolita: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1962 Film)
Nelson Riddle
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ASIN: B000003431
Release Date: 1997-08-19 |
Tracks:
- Main Title (Love Theme From Lolita)
- Quilty (Quilty's Theme)
- Quilty as Charged
- Ramsdale (Arrival In Town)
- Cherry Pies
- Lolita Ya Ya
- Hula Hoop
- There's No You
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- A Lovely, Lyrical, Lilting Name
- Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)
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- Music to Eat By (Mother And Humbert At Dinner)
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Riddle, Kubrick, And LOLITA.......2006-09-24
Though it seems tame by today's standards, director Stanley Kubrick's film of Vladimir Nabokov's controversial book "Lolita" was an extremely risque film when it was released in 1962; and its story about the unconventional relationship between a middle-aged professor (James Mason) and a pre-teen "nymphet" (Sue Lyon) helped break down the censorship barriers that still existed in Hollywood back then.
One way to give this unconventional (and in the end, tragic) love story a resonance was for Kubrick to go out and get Nelson Riddle, the famed arranger for Frank Sinatra's classic 1950s albums, to compose the music score (this after Hitchcock's favorite composer, Bernard Herrmann, turned the director down over being forced to use a love theme composed by Bob Harris, the brother of Kubrick's producing partner James B. Harris). Riddle had more than a little film score experience already (e.g., his score for the original OCEAN'S 11 in 1960), but working on so unconventional a film as LOLITA, and with an iconoclastic director like Kubrick, provided him with a significant challenge.
As can be gauged by the finished result, remastered here by Rhino, Riddle's work on LOLITA is among the finest of his entire career. Besides the Rachmaninoff-influenced love theme, Riddle's score incorporates pretty much every style of music he'd ever be associated with: Latin mambo (the quirky "Shelley Winters Cha-Cha"); big-band; teenybopper pop (the slightly chintzy but outrageously infectious "Lolita Ya-Ya", with the "ya-yas" provided by Sue Lyon herself); and even some nods to Herrmann's work with Hitchcock ("The Strange Call"). Kubrick had insisted to Riddle that there be no hint of depravity in the score, since the film itself was already pushing the envelope in so many ways, and Riddle delivered on the goods. It is a shame that this aspect of the film wasn't rewarded with an Oscar, or at least a nomination.
Up until his final years, when he worked with rock icon Linda Ronstadt on a trilogy of classic American pop songs, and after his work with Sinatra, LOLITA was arguably Riddle's finest work in any of the fields he immersed himself in. This is a score that is to be treasured, quirks and all.
The Ya Ya is addictive!.......2003-07-13
Kubrick's classic film also provided audiences with one of the catchiest tracks in film history, the famous Lolita Ya Ya, which will stay imbeded in your brain for weeks, if not months. The viewer first hears the catchy refrain when Humbert initially spies Lolita in the Haze's backyard, and it's repised when Humbert is in the bathtub, following Charlotte's wonderfully fortuitous death from being hit by a car. What luck!
This soundtrack also contains various spoken dialogue from the film, including the classic encounter between James Mason and the quirky Peter Sellers: "Are you Quilty?" Mason intones with that beautiful rich, mellifulous voice. Another interesting piece is the Latin-influence Cha Cha where Shelley Winters vainly tried to seduce the wary Hum. The songs are enhanced if you have recently seen the movie again and they stand alone quite nicely.
A lovely soundtrack, dominated by the classic Ya Ya. To the uninitated, a word from the wise: once you are hooked on this silly song, you will listen to it to the point of nauseum. So beware!
A Great Soundtrack to a Classic Film.......2002-04-27
Being a lover of Stanley Kubricks' movies, I saw "Lolita" for the first time about a year ago and absolutely loved it!
The soundtrack is a great compliment to the film. It took me quite sometime to get "Lolita Ya-Ya" out of my head after seeing the movie. The soundtrack also includes dialogue diectly from the movie which I thought was great. "Shelly Winters Cha-Cha" remains one of my favorite songs ever, and I always picture that scene whenever I hear the song play.
The inlay of the CD is great and has extensive notes and pictures from the film and notes regarding the soundtrack. They really did a great job remastering the soundtrack. If you loved "Lolita" as much as I did, I would definitely pick up a copy of this soundtrack.
Lolita Ya Ya.......2001-01-21
I was so suprised to see that there was a soundtrack to this film. When I first saw the film, I fell in love with the music immediately just as much as I did with the film which I'll also give 5 stars. The music is just enjoyable, including the track called The Strange Call when it should've been The Strange Car because it was the music of the car following Humbert. That one was one of my favorites. The track with a very scary and a kind of "What happened?!" ending was The Last Martini which was also my favorite. The theme by Bob Harris was what made me fall in love with the music hearing the British piano. And I love to listen to the first Ya Ya theme than the second one which is longer and has less violin solos.
Lounge Music Classic.......2000-09-16
This is a great soundtrack; Nelson Riddle at his best. A must addition to any serious collection of "lounge music."
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- Thank you Mr. Morricone....
- This are the songs of the film?
- Gives me the chills
- Brilliant-the best film score of all time
- Lolita
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Lolita: Original Soundtrack
Ennio Morricone
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- Stardust - Artie Shaw
- Ladies And Gentlemen Of The Jury
- Lolita (Finale)
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Director Adrian Lyne's controversial update of novelist Vladimir Nabokov's classic meditation on morality and modern culture (which struggled to find a distributor because of its forbidden theme--a man's erotic obsession with a 12-year-old girl) found itself overshadowed in 1998 by a Washington morality play whose own human subtleties were relegated to the margins by politics. What shouldn't be overlooked is Ennio Morricone's masterful score. Many of the composer's familiar devices are present--stately melodies carried by elegantly mournful strings, subtle electronic colorations, chromatically adventuresome choral writing--but presented with such musical shading and emotional delicacy as to sound completely original. The main theme, set against subtly shifting piano arpeggios and gently welling strings, is generated by ethereal, nearly intangible electronic sources--another haunting masterpiece by a composer from whom we've come to expect nothing less. "Requiescant," another standout cue, revisits Morricone's penchant for choral writing, in this case a boy's choir set amid a sometimes atonal and overwhelming wash of strings and electronics--another composer might be as daring, but none would match il Maestro's gripping emotional efficacy. To underscore the story's late-'40s period and themes, several well-chosen pop tracks have been woven into Morricone's score (including Vera Lynn's "I'm in the Mood for Love," "Tain't What You Do" by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Prima's loopy "Civilization [Bongo, Bongo, Bongo]") and offer an unexpected--and amusing--contrast to the composer's own marvelous efforts. A must for Morricone lovers. --Jerry McCulley
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Thank you Mr. Morricone.... .......2006-03-01
What can i say...
Only Morricone in my opinion has the power to write such beautiful music that can make you cry... Cry of joy, of sadness, remembering something beautiful that is lost now...
His music can give such a power to a film !!
Thank you Ennio Morricone for all the happy moments your music has given to me for over 20 years.. Keep doing !!!
And it's a shame that the Academy never recognized his offer giving him an oscar.. Maybe it was so hard for the 'prestigious' academy to accept the fact that he is the best...
This are the songs of the film?.......2005-11-08
If you are thinking that this are all the songs of the film you are wrong. I had saen the movie recently and it was a surprise to hear a lot of song from Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X) - yes, the anime - composed by Noriyuki Asakura. What a shock! And, from far, that are the best songs of the film (Kaoru to Misao or Departure as an example).
Gives me the chills.......2005-08-26
I can't think of another movie's soundtrack that evokes such emotion in both the audience and the characters. The actual song samples sets the era for the movie. Those pieces composed by Ennio Morricone as the background to Humbert and Lolita's adventures are so right for this story. Scary but pretty, there's such fear in those piano keys. Whenever I hear it, I am overwhelmed with a feeling of something I can only describe as a peace. There is certainly something sad about it, but it also rocks you to sleep.
Brilliant-the best film score of all time.......2004-05-02
This is my favorite film score of all time-I literally kept watching the movie because of this score.No, not literally, I watched the movie, and was slightly moved by the movie. ONLY because of this score.The music in the film is so stunning, so brilliant and haunting and melodically luscious, so emotional and full of impact, that in can drive on to tears. It is highyl nuanced, and is a presence in the film within itself-it's completely nuanced and never goes for overdrive.It's subtle but stunning beyond all description.It's melancholic and wistful,and evokes great feelings of passion.If you like James Horner, or Hans Zimmer tripe, well then quit reading this reviews, because you will surely find no appreciation for the pure and intense melodic beauty of this soundtrack.
If a soundtrack can take a borderline bad film and make me keep watching it, allow to be even moved at some point, you know it's got to be pretty brilliant.I have always appreciated the power of music in a film, but never fully understood it's capacity until I came to this.I've never before stayed with a movie only for it's music-but that's exactly what I did here.Ennio Morricone is a genius-I'd watch a blue screen with his music for three hours if I had the opportunity.
Lolita.......2003-08-03
If I could describe to you the Soundtrack Lolita in two words, I would have to say breath taking! I mean when you listen to the music flow into your ears, you can't help but close your eyes to imagine what part of the movie is playing at that brief moment in time. I would totally recomend this soundtrack to any movie music lover, Me being a collector of soundtracks loves this Score by Ennio Morricone. He has created a masterpiece!
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Full Title- A Celebration of Ennio Morricone's 75th Anniversary. Asia exclusive compilation features 16 number one tracks from the Maestro's oeuvre. Slipcase. WEA. 2004.
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