Waterloo [Soundtrack]

waterloo [soundtrack]

Track Listings

1. Titoli-Ritorno Dall'elba

2. Medley: Marcia Scozzese/Saluto a Wellington E Promenade-Music

3. Waterloo-Waltz

4. Medley: Notte de Vigilia/Parata Delle Truppe Napoleoniche

5. Gli Scots Greys

6. Medley: La Voce Della Guerra/I Tredici Quadrati/How Can It Be?

7. Medley: La Vieille Garde/I Prussiani/Wellington (Now It's Your Time!)

8. Campo Dei Morti

9. E la Guerra Continua (Titoli Finali)

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Waterloo [Soundtrack]

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tis a chick flick
Crimson Petal - historical correctness
Now sleeps the crimson petal...
Indeed -- Crimson Petal in -what- year?
Crimson Petal in WHAT YEAR?

Vanity Fair
Mychael Danna
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William Makepeace Thackery's mid-19th-century meditation on the boundaries of class and gender gets a smartly sympathetic remake via Indian director Mira Nair and Reese Witherspoon, who imbues the story's social-climbing Becky Sharp with some of the same spunky spirit the actress brought to Legally Blonde's equally ambitious Elle. Composer Mychael Danna furthers that sense of era-bridging drama with an orchestral score that sets the story's time and place via effective pastiches of Schubert and Beethoven (that's Danna himself channeling a little Ludwig van on the evocative solo piano passages "Andante" and "Adagio"), yet often fuses them seamlessly with a modern sensibility that helps story's contemporary parallels resonate all the more. The soundtracks four songs revolve around poles of Romantic-era evocations (Danna's stately adaptations of Lord Byron's sonnet "She Walks in Beauty" and the standard "Great Adventurer") and the lively East Asian rhythms of Hakim's "El Salaam" and Mahadevan/Sharma's sprightly duet, "Gori Re." But Danna's masterful infusion of 19th century classical Romanticism with the dry, postmodern instincts of the 21st are the score's most compelling achievements, music that argues that while times and mores have changed, the human spirit remains as stubborn as ever. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

tis a chick flick.......2006-05-22

Vanity Fair..A feast for the eyes...and hardly a true period piece! SO the music is a bit out of sync...It is still fabulous and for the musical snobs..I too happen to a VERY learned "chantuese".. and in my opinion Custer Larues'. Crimson petal is anything But wimpy...It is meant to be whispery..and provocative..there is nothing uncertain at all about it...MUCH control there..!
Becky Sharp is a character that many women adore because she is STRONG and ruthless! Who cares if the movie was not dead on accurate..It was truly enjoyable...ANd I loved it!

Crimson Petal - historical correctness.......2005-11-13

I did like this movie... but I'm not going to pretend that it stuck to the book or was even remotely historically correct. I loved the song "Now sleeps the crimson petal," but I did want to clear up some things about it. I've been looking for the sheet music and it doesn't appear to exist. There are about 7 people who have written songs based on Tennyson's poem, but this version was written by Mychael Danna, does not even closely resemble Roger Quilter or Robert Young. Mychael Danna did nearly the entire soundtrack and he is wonderful. I just wish i could find the sheet music.

Now sleeps the crimson petal..........2005-08-10

Why bother about historical accuracy at all? The scene where Becky sings "Now sleeps the crimson petal" is probably the most memorable and moving scene of the whole film. I loved it.

Indeed -- Crimson Petal in -what- year?.......2005-04-03

I very much enjoyed the soundtrack (much, much more than the movie) for what it was -- some beautifully done music. I don't know enough about composition to relate different styles to different periods (my knowledge goes about as far as "dissonant=modern"), but I -do- know literature, and just want to note that "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal" is a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, published in 1847 -- which would be WELL after Becky Sharpe sung it in the movie, even with all the bizarre time-jumping going on in it. This in no way diminishes the song's beauty, and I love the poem for itself -- but just wanted to add a few grains of salt to the historical accuracy of the soundtrack, which remains, to my ear, quite beautiful.

A further quirk to me was the "Salaam" song, which is sung in Arabic. Still enjoyable (though it made NO SENSE in the movie), but I feel it's worth noting that it's not any dialect of Indian.

Crimson Petal in WHAT YEAR?.......2005-02-21

As a retired professional classical musician, I have strong attitudes about music. I greatly enjoyed this film version of Vanity Fair, and think Reese Witherspoon was wonderful, as were most of the actors. The music, though, was odd to say the least. For me the "Crimson Petal" song (and the whole movie scene in which it was heard) was a low point, because the song was obviously from the late twentieth century or the early twenty-first, and did not belong in the movie at all. I suspect that the reason the moviemakers got away with this is that with the general decline in interest in classical music, nobody knows any more what kind of music came from which era. Well, I think I do know - though I am ready to stand corrected if someone can explain that there really was a song from the Napoleonic era that had all this chromaticism, etc. in it. I did appreciate the fact that when Becky Sharp/Reese Witherspoon was supposed to be singing, her voice was rather wimpy and uncertain; it would not have been believable to have her singing with fabulous line and breath support. I agree with the other reviewer that Sissel's "She Walks In Beauty" was a high point.
I suggest that people might look into real period song collections and skip the movie music in this instance.

Follow The Boys (1944 Film) / Star Dust (1940 Film) / Waterloo Bridge (1940 Film) [3 on 1]

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Low Priced Fun

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Low Priced Fun.......2006-07-08

Very low budget, poor fidelity, no liner notes, cheap packaging....BUT....It's lots of fun if you enjoy old movies, big bands, and the obscure. The cut of "Am I Blue?"(featuring Hoagy Carmichael and a young & juicy Lauren Bacall), from the Bogart film To Have and Have Not, is easily worth the price. Take a risk! Live a little!

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Ray is a genius
Great companion piece to "Word of Mouth"
+ 1/2 stars...Ray Davies Explores Familiar Territory
A disappoiting set

Return to Waterloo
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Ray is a genius.......2005-12-01

My first concert was the kinks on the word of mouth tour and i seen them 4 times after that here in Chicago. I love Ray and the kinks and this album should be a must even for casual fans.It is brilliant if you appreciate the work of the eighties. Ray if you're out there someone in Chicago loves and supports you and all your endeavors.Get a new publicist because you are better than your're being led.

Great companion piece to "Word of Mouth".......2005-09-22

It's a shame that this soundtrack is so obscure because it contains some of the Kinks' best '80s work. "Return to Waterloo" and "Expectations" are beautiful laments to a lost England in the spirit of the "Arthur" album. Both would have been assets to "Word of Mouth" but thematically fit in better here. "Lonely Hearts" is a fun '50s-style ballad, "Not Far Away" rocks out in the same punkish vein as "Sold Me Out," and "Voices in the Dark" works well as an atmospheric closer. All fine efforts. "Going Solo," "Missing Persons," and "Sold Me Out" are repeats from "WOM" of course, though the latter is present here in a slightly different edit.

The relative scarcity of new material is troubling (even padded with the three "WOM" tracks, there's about 30 minutes of music here), but the title track and "Expectations" belong in any Kinks library, and the other tracks are solidly enjoyable, especially if you're a fan of "Word of Mouth." Recommended.

+ 1/2 stars...Ray Davies Explores Familiar Territory.......2005-03-01

This album, first released twenty years ago, is a Kinks album in everything but name. As such, it is the only solo studio album by Ray Davies. However, the musicians credited on the album comprise the then-current lineup of The Kinks: Ian Gibbons (synths & keyboards), Jim Rodford (bass), and Bob Henritt and original member Mick Avory on drums. [Although brother Dave is not credited, three of these songs--"Going Solo," "Sold Me Out" and "Missing Persons"--first appeared on 1984's WORD OF MOUTH.]

This only leaves five new songs that are from a long out-of-print soundtrack to a film written and directed by the Kinks' frontman. The title track is a terrific song tinged with nostalgia and regret. [One of Ray's favorite themes.] "Lonely Hearts" is a touching ballad, but not one of Ray's first-rate efforts. "Not Far Away" is a punchy rocker railing against the conformity of society. In "Expectations," Ray laments how England has let him down. "Voices in the Dark" has Ray exploring the feeling of loneliness. [Favorite line: "A voice that has no face/Is lost in time and inner space/Chasing dreams that got lost in the dark.]

Lyrically there's nothing really new here. Ray has explored these themes before on albums like VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY and ARTHUR. But if you passed on this album when it was first released, there is a hole in your Kinks collection. While it has a running time of just over thirty-one minutes, there are enough good songs to justify its purchase. RECOMMENDED

A disappoiting set.......2005-02-23

I would easily hand out 5 stars for the invidual songs of this CD because Ray Davies really believed in the "Return To Waterloo" television play he wrote and produced in 1983. The songs are very good but the reason I give 3 stars is the lack of bonus material.
Kinksfans had to wait for 20 years for this album to come out on CD and were hoping that Ray Davies could be persuaded to add some unreleased songs to the tracklist. The album was already relatively short on needle time and the original television play bolstered some songs that were not on the original vinyl album. Those songs could have fitted nicely on this CD. Instead we have a CD lasting some 30 minutes missing some very nice key tracks.

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The sound is rough and congested in places, but I still give this 5 stars
nino rota, pre godfather but post romeo and juliet

Waterloo
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Release Date: 1995-09-22

Tracks:

Titoli-Ritorno Dall'elba
Medley: Marcia Scozzese/Saluto a Wellington E Promenade-Music
Waterloo-Waltz
Medley: Notte de Vigilia/Parata Delle Truppe Napoleoniche
Gli Scots Greys
Medley: La Voce Della Guerra/I Tredici Quadrati/How Can It Be?
Medley: La Vieille Garde/I Prussiani/Wellington (Now It's Your Time!)
Campo Dei Morti
E la Guerra Continua (Titoli Finali)

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The sound is rough and congested in places, but I still give this 5 stars.......2006-04-01

This disc brings back memories. I pestered my dear mother to buy me the LP when it came out in August, 1971, via the Columbia Record Club she was enrolled in at the time. She paid something like $6.99 (worth alot more in 1971 than it is today!) for this 34 minute LP, and I listened to it again and again, until the surfaces were no longer playable: scratches, pops and ticks marred the surface from repeated listenings. I looked for Nino Rota's WATERLOO score on CD, but until now was not able to find it. This music should be more available - it is dramatic, intense, and very appropriate to the battle scenes, ball, or whatever scene the movie depicts.

The recording, made originally in 1971 and transferred to CD by Legends (an Italian company, presumably, since the titles are listed in Italian) is in stereo, but the sound is rough and congested. A sonic upgrade/remastering is in order. Still, there is much to enjoy here. The trombones and horns of the studio orchestra really rasp to heighten the drama - the din of the charge of the Old Guard, Napoleon's select troupe, and the defenses of the British forces under Wellington. The orchestra is a studio orchestra, and the musicians play well under Bruno Nicolai's direction. Some of Rota's film score is original, in other scenes he borrows from French military band music of the period, and the Handel chorus "See the Conquering Hero Comes" from JUDAS MACCABEAUS opens the track depicting Wellington and his officers at a ball a few days before the Battle of Waterloo happened.

I hope this film score will be offered in a remastered version, or perhaps an enterprising label like Naxos or Chandos will record this music in digital sound with a better, full orchestra. Another idea: perhaps an enterprising video company will release WATERLOO on DVD, with remastered sound and picture quality. I would think something made in 1971 would transfer well, and do service to the great acting of Rod Steiger (Napoleon), Christopher Plummer (Wellington), and Orson Welles (Louis XVIII) among the other actors in this film.

The current disc under discussion is recommended with reservations.

nino rota, pre godfather but post romeo and juliet.......2005-09-23

I owned the LP of the this CD in college. My friends thought I was a little peculiar for liking the music. (I'm also one of the few people who liked the movie). It's a pastiche, but stylishly done, and at times stirring. My only two gripes are the length (only 34 minutes) and, in places, the poor sound quality, which might be due to the relatively low regard people had for soundtracks in the 1960s.

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