The Caveman's Valentine [Soundtrack]

the caveman's valentine [soundtrack]

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Caveman's Valentine, film score
Composed by Terence Blanchard
Performed by Northwest Sinfonia, Terence Blanchard, Jay Weigel
with Awadagin Pratt, Joan Sutherland

Editorial Reviews
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With the encouragement of director Spike Lee, modern-jazz trumpeter-composer Terence Blanchard branched out into films, first as an actor and musician (including work in Do the Right Thing, School Daze, and Mo' Better Blues) then full-time scoring with Jungle Fever and Malcolm X. Lee's good judgment has paid off again with the score to this murder mystery revolving around a mentally ill classical musician (Samuel L. Jackson) and his efforts to unravel the crime. Blanchard's score is a true revelation, a sophisticated musical journey that seamlessly evokes classical flourishes, minimalism, jazz, and postmodernism, yet never succumbs to the mere mechanics of style or technique. From its clever opening (an orchestra tuning up, with the instruments playing snippets of the score's various themes), Blanchard evokes the film's musical foundations and background with largely piano-based compositions that essentially form two subtly distinct halves, taking the listener on a deeply satisfying musical journey from troubling madness to emotional triumph and hope. A gratifying argument that not only is the art of the film score still alive and well, it can often be some of the most rewarding and adventurous work to be found in contemporary music. --Jerry McCulley

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The Caveman's Valentine [Soundtrack]

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Shoddy
Good Movie Score

The Caveman's Valentine
Terence Blanchard
Manufacturer: Decca U.S.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Caveman's Valentine

ASIN: B00005A8K8
Release Date: 2001-03-06

Tracks:

Tuning - The Main Title
Moth Ballet
Clink, Clink, Stuyvesant's Tower
Valentine In The Tree
Caveman In The Trash
He Was Beautiful To Me
Help Me
The Bus
Bob And Betty
Rom On The Street
Rom And Arnold Ride
Sheila At The Farm
Regnava Nel Silenzo - Joan Sutherland
Does It Hurt
That's Where You Made It
Musical Rampage
Caveman Gets Off Track
Lovemaking
Into The Freezer
Rom And Lulu Drive
Caveman Outside The Cave
Another Life
Except Once
Rom On Balcony
The Letter
Now
Subway
Finale

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With the encouragement of director Spike Lee, modern-jazz trumpeter-composer Terence Blanchard branched out into films, first as an actor and musician (including work in Do the Right Thing, School Daze, and Mo' Better Blues) then full-time scoring with Jungle Fever and Malcolm X. Lee's good judgment has paid off again with the score to this murder mystery revolving around a mentally ill classical musician (Samuel L. Jackson) and his efforts to unravel the crime. Blanchard's score is a true revelation, a sophisticated musical journey that seamlessly evokes classical flourishes, minimalism, jazz, and postmodernism, yet never succumbs to the mere mechanics of style or technique. From its clever opening (an orchestra tuning up, with the instruments playing snippets of the score's various themes), Blanchard evokes the film's musical foundations and background with largely piano-based compositions that essentially form two subtly distinct halves, taking the listener on a deeply satisfying musical journey from troubling madness to emotional triumph and hope. A gratifying argument that not only is the art of the film score still alive and well, it can often be some of the most rewarding and adventurous work to be found in contemporary music. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Shoddy.......2001-08-03

Really disappointing and shoddy, full of extremely simple soundtrack cliches and unusually disappointing work on the part of T. Blanchard. When the lead character of this movie was supposed to have been some "genius pianist", too, you'd think they might put in at least a decent effort to get someone who could do something above a professional C- level. If you absolutely *must* have this for some weird reason, I'm sure there will be used copies aplenty soon enough.

Good Movie Score.......2001-03-18

I must admit, I have not seen this movie yet, but the soundtrack is good. I saw the trailer for this movie and was caught by the music. I began to search the web and found out that the music used in the trailer is actually part of the soundtrack(something that is not very common, for example: the "Pearl Harbor" trailer uses music from "The Thin Red Line" and both the "Seven Years in Tibet" and "Patch Adams" trailers use music from "Dragonheart"). Overall, the score for "The Caveman's Valentine" is good. It's haunting at times but for the most part it has a "jazzy" feeling. I would recomend it for those who collect movie scores in general.

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