Carrie: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD] [Soundtrack]

carrie: original mgm motion picture soundtrack [enhanced cd] [soundtrack]

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In 1976, Carrie made a star of Sissy Spacek, a bankable first-tier director of Brian DePalma, and a household name of horror writer Stephen King (on whose first novel the film was based). Newcomers John Travolta, Amy Irving, and Nancy Allen didn't do so bad for themselves either.

But like the solid efforts of many film composers, Pino Donaggio's work went largely unheralded at the time, though DePalma would reward him with no less than five more scoring assignments in the years to come. Ironically, Donaggio was the director's second choice; the first, Bernard Herrmann, died just hours after the final recording session for Scorsese's Taxi Driver in December, 1975.

For the Carrie, score, Donaggio descends from the breezy string and flute arrangements that introduce the innocence of the title character into a darkening orchestral maelstrom as the troubled telekinetic Carrie suffers increasingly harsh indignities at the hands of her schoolmates and madly fundamentalist mother. Like his peers Morricone and Rota, Donaggio often understates the most dramatic scenes of his projects; the famed school prom hell storm scene is accompanied merely by rumbling sustained chords from the strings beneath subtly disquieting electronic effects. Ryko's interspersing of dialogue clips is especially effective here, particularly the chilling rantings of Piper Laurie as Carrie's mother. --Jerry McCulley

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Music Composed and Conducted by Pino Donaggio

Based on Stephen King's first novel, Carrie is the story of a repressed teenage girl who uses her telekinetic powers to get revenge on her cruel schoolmates and crazy mother. The film features Sissy Spacek in the title role, an Academy Award winning performance by Piper Laurie, and the big screen debut of John Travolta. The beautiful soundtrack by Pino Donaggio evokes the right amount of terror, sympathy, and tension, in the style of the classic Bernard Herrmann score for Psycho. First time on CD, it includes bonus audio and visual material, as well as the original film trailer.

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Carrie: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD] [Soundtrack]

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Carrie: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD]
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Manufacturer: Rykodisc
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Carrie (Special Edition)

ASIN: B0000009TW
Release Date: 1997-11-04

Tracks:

Theme From 'Carrie'
I Never Dreamed Someone Like You Could Love Someone Like Me
Telekinesis (Incidental Dialogue From The Film)
And God Made Eve
The Raven Was Called Sin (Incidental Dialogue From The Film)
At The Prom
Contest Winners
Born To Have It All
Bucket Of Blood
They're All Going To Laugh At You (Incidental Dialogue From The Film)
School In Flames
Mother At The Top Of The Stairs
For The Last Time We'll Pray
The Devil Has Come Home (Incidental Dialogue From The Film)
Collapse Of Carrie's Home
Sue's Dream
Powers (Incidental Dialogue From The Film)
Theme From 'Carrie'

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In 1976, Carrie made a star of Sissy Spacek, a bankable first-tier director of Brian DePalma, and a household name of horror writer Stephen King (on whose first novel the film was based). Newcomers John Travolta, Amy Irving, and Nancy Allen didn't do so bad for themselves either.

For the Carrie, score, Donaggio descends from the breezy string and flute arrangements that introduce the innocence of the title character into a darkening orchestral maelstrom as the troubled telekinetic Carrie suffers increasingly harsh indignities at the hands of her schoolmates and madly fundamentalist mother. Like his peers Morricone and Rota, Donaggio often understates the most dramatic scenes of his projects; the famed school prom hell storm scene is accompanied merely by rumbling sustained chords from the strings beneath subtly disquieting electronic effects. Ryko's interspersing of dialogue clips is especially effective here, particularly the chilling rantings of Piper Laurie as Carrie's mother. --Jerry McCulley

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What's there and what's not..........2006-04-02

The producers of this soundtrack seemed to omit everything that wasn't done by Pino Donaggio. What IS there is excellent, especially the Theme from "Carrie" and "Mother At the Top of the Stairs," which is a brillant homage to those 200+ year old hymns found in church songbooks around the world. One song is only partially included; "I Never Dreamed Someone Like You Could Love Soneone Like Me." In the movie, there's an instrumental break where Tommy and Carrie talk about why he asked her to the prom. The version on this soundtrack omits this break, making the song shorter and, to me, not as enjoyable.

As others have mentioned, there are several pieces that are outright missing. The most notable one is that great song that's playing when Carrie and friends enter the gym; a song called "Education Blues" by Vance Or Towers. It's a party rock tune that foreshadowed the New Wave revolution that would come in the '80s, and slightly different in the movie than on their obscure 1975 LP. BIG oversight.

Also as some have previously mentioned, the Moog-style music when the guys are shopping for tuxedos and the girls are in detention are gone, presumably because they weren't the classical string arrangements that Donaggio seems to prefer. So the comic relief is also missing.

Due to the high cost of music licensure, I can understand why Martha & The Vandella's "Heat Wave" is missing, yet it was the backdrop for one of the movie's most memorable scenes with Nancy Allen and John Travolta. Still, this song is widely available. What is NOT, and is missing from this soundtrack, is the song playing in the background of that "other" Travolta / Allen scene, the notorious parking scene. In the background is a song that might be called "Pretty Lady" or "Pretty Baby," and is uncredited on the DVD of the movie. I've been trying to figure out what it is for years. If you happen to know, your e-mail would answer a now 30 year-old question.

With the running time that today's CDs afford, the omissions of these tracks is inexcusable, and I would have preferred them to the added dialogue snippets that differentiate this CD from the original vinyl product. Still, what IS present has never sounded better. Donaggio's brilliant, complimentary score demonstrates why he is one of the all-time great film composers!

The first 90 seconds are absolutely breathtaking.......2004-12-06

I can easily understand why some people hate Donaggio. Let's face it--he's a throbbing cliche of an Italian composer. From the 101-strings school of Italianate melodicism. There's too much of those soaring strings and not enough instrumental variety.

The first 90 seconds on this record is the most achingly scrumptious piece of music ever written. Unfortunately, it doesn't have its own name. It's subsumed under the title THEME FROM CARRIE. I refer to it as INTRO TO THE THEME FROM CARRIE.

Regarding I NEVER DREAMED. Sung by the breathadelic Katie Irving. Her vocal high-point is when she sings "I'm the girl with the strawberry hair in the photograph". Katie might have a technically wimpy voice (it's the exact opposite of an operatic voice), but I value her wimpfest more than anything ever sung by an opera singer.

MOTHER AT THE TOP is Herrmannesque to a fault. And as much as I begrudge CONTEST WINNERS for being a repetition of THEME FROM CARRIE, it really redeems itself at the end with a really sweet passage. FOR THE LAST TIME has that fab sinister motif. There's one dud track and it's a ham-fisted thing called COLLAPSE OF CARRIE'S HOUSE.

carrie.......2004-05-31

i am looking for names of other songs in the movie carrie

Best movie soundtrack ever........2003-11-20

I'm in love with the movie Carrie. It's such an intense experience to watch, and the performances are all amazing. So the movie was different than the book. Most movies are! This, in my opinion, is the ONLY Stephen King book that worked well on the big screen besides Misery. Brian De Palma's direction was excellent, and the instrumental soundtrack is just amazing. I wish i could rate this soundtrack cd much higher. It's great moody music to listen to when you're alone. It's very personal music and will not only remind you of the different scenes from the film, but it will also take you on a journey within yourself. The liner notes in the cd do an analysis of the tracks and what direction the composer was going in with each track. You also get dialogue clips from the film, and you also get the two beautiful songs sung in the background at the prom. Those songs should have gotten the woman who sung them a recording contract. Does she have an album or cd of songs out? I'd sure like to know. She has an amazing voice!! The sound of Pino's score is crisp and beautiful on the cd. The violins and flutes and cellos are so sharp and clear that you'd swear they were in the room with you playing. I can't imagine anyone who loved the film not being moved by this soundtrack score. It's beyond words how beautiful and haunting the tracks are. There is a sense of innocence and peace and beauty in some of the tracks. You can feel Carrie's innocence in those tracks. On the darker tracks you can feel the undercurrent of horror that is always present, sometimes subtle and sometimes in-your-face, but always there. Every track on the cd is important to those who have seen the film and love it. There are absolutely no filler tracks here. You can practically follow along with the events in the movie just by listening to the cd. I give this soundtrack ten stars. It's so beautiful and exciting and wonderful to listen to. I'm so glad Pino was chosen to score this movie. It would have not had the same emotional impact to the movie had someone else been chosen. I'm thrilled this is finally on cd. Anyone who is a fan of the movie NEEDS to buy this immediately. You will not regret it at all!!

I can't believe it !!.......2002-06-06

I have been searching for this soundtrack for 20 years !!I can't believe that I finally found it !! Although I actually haven't received it yet ,I know that i will love it !! When I want to here the songs from Carrie I have to put the movie on !!! This is fantastic! You guys are wondeful. I've found many obscure items from you and I will definately continue to shop here. Thank you so much !! Brad Musseau.

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