The War [Soundtrack]

the war [soundtrack]

Track Listings
1. Peace Train - Cat Stevens
2. Think - Aretha Franklin
3. Summertime - Janis Joplin
4. Daydream - The Lovin' Spoonful
5. Sunny - Bobby Hebb
6. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
7. Follow - Richie Havens
8. Up On Cripple Creek - The Band
9. Someday, We'll Be Together - Diana Ross and The Supremes
10. Juliette
11. Trolley
12. Main Title From 'The War'
13. Hornets
14. Resuscitation
15. Gone Again
16. Life Be A Bowlful
17. 2nd Vietnam
18. Junkyard Billy
19. Dare
20. Hospital
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The War [Soundtrack]
The Civil War - Traditional American Songs And Instrumental Music Featured In The Film By Ken Burns: Original Soundtrack Recording
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great Job
  • Very relaxing
  • A great peice of Civil War history.
  • Music Befitting This Most Tragic of Wars
  • Capitivating sounds for Confederate or Union Ancestors
 The Civil War - Traditional American Songs And Instrumental Music Featured In The Film By Ken Burns: Original Soundtrack Recording

Manufacturer: Nonesuch
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000005J0O
Release Date: 1990-12-29

Tracks:

  1. Drums Of War - Old Bethpage Brass Band
  2. Quote - Oliver Wendall Holmes
  3. Ashokan Farewell - NA
  4. The Battle Cry Of Freedom - NA
  5. We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder - NA
  6. Dixie/Bonnie Blue Flag - The New American Brass Band
  7. Cheer Boys Cheer - The New American Brass Band
  8. Angel Band - Russ Barenburg
  9. Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier - Jacqueline Schwab
  10. Lorena - Jay Ungar
  11. Parade - The New American Brass Band
  12. Hail Columbia - The New American Brass Band
  13. Dixie - Bobby Horton
  14. Kingdom Coming - Jay Ungar
  15. Battle Hymn Of The Republic - Matt Glaser
  16. All Quiet On The Potomic - Jacqueline Schwab
  17. Flag Of Columbia - Jacqueline Schwab
  18. Weeping Sad And Lonely - Jacqueline Schwab
  19. Yankee Doodle - The Old Bethpage Brass Band
  20. Palmyra Schottische - The New American Brass Band
  21. When Johnny Comes Marching Home - The Old Bethpage Brass Band
  22. Shenandoah - John Colby
  23. When Johnny Comes Marching Home - M. Manson
  24. Marching Through Georgia - J. Ungar
  25. Marching Through Georgia(Lament) - Jacqueline Schwab
  26. Battle Cry Of Freedom - Jacqueline Schwab
  27. Battle Hymn Of The Republic
  28. Ashokan Farewell/Sullivan Ballou Letter - Paul Roebling

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great Job.......2007-05-13

I can always count on Amazon to have products I can't find anywhere else.
I love it......
The Service with Amazon is excellent too.

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5 out of 5 stars Very relaxing.......2007-03-31

This CD is nearly as relaxing as a Deepak Chopra CD. I am a voice in the chorus in that I originally bought it for use in a U.S. History class, but the Cd is great in its own right. Especially with tracks like Ashokan Farewell, and Battle Hymn of the Republic, this CD really is an amazing peace of work (although Ashokan Farewell isn't actually from the Civil War).

4 out of 5 stars A great peice of Civil War history........2007-02-14

This CD is a good buy for any Civil War buff. Even though it was intended for use as a soundtrack I would recomend it. It has many of the time honored songs that we associate with the period and the sound quality is great. I bought this CD with the intention of useing it in a high-school U.S History class, but it as has good non-educational merit.

5 out of 5 stars Music Befitting This Most Tragic of Wars.......2007-02-12

Why does it seem that some music becomes intrinsically connected to an event? Perhaps I should have said why is there such an affinity between certain soundtracks and the subject material? One thinks of films as wide-ranging as Twelve Monkeys (Astor Piazzolla), Lonesome Dove (Basil Poledouris) or Schindler's List (John Williams) and the music seems as integral to the film as the dialogue. That's the way it is in this case. That soulful, rising and falling sound of the violin, the rustic tunes with rural roots - all accentuate those terrible times with beauty and pathos. To put it bluntly, I find it difficult to believe that there will ever be a greater match between the visual and audible than is the case here. My Grade - A

5 out of 5 stars Capitivating sounds for Confederate or Union Ancestors.......2007-01-10

If You Love America and would like to hear music that will haunt Your Soul forever then I recommend this CD. This music helps You form a better understanding of who we were in America over 100 years ago. I recommend this CD for all ages.
Everything Is Illuminated
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Marvelous
  • music
  • Interesting
  • Should have won an Academy Award!!!
  • Just Plain Fun
 Everything Is Illuminated

Manufacturer: Tvt
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AYEIMW
Release Date: 2005-09-06

Tracks:

  1. Paul Cantelon--Odessa Medley
  2. Leningrad--Zvezda Rok-N-Rolla
  3. Csokolom--Amari Szi Amari
  4. Leningrad--Dikiy Muzhchina
  5. Paul Cantelon--Prologue/Babushka
  6. Paul Cantelon--Little Jonathan/The Wall
  7. Gogol Bordello--Bublitschki
  8. The Con Artists feat. Peter Miser Ya-takoy
  9. Leningrad--Malen'kiy Mal'chik
  10. Tin Hat Trio--Fear of the South
  11. Paul Cantelon--River Of Collections
  12. Paul Cantelon--Tank Graveyard/Valse de Suzana/Dee-yed
  13. Paul Cantelon--Sunflowers
  14. Paul Cantelon--War Is Love/eta-Ya
  15. Paul Cantelon--Trachimbrod/Ressurection/Requiem
  16. Paul Cantelon--Inside-Out
  17. Gogol Bordello Start Wearing Purple

Album Description

"Everything Is Illuminated" is the directorial debut of actor Liev Schrieber and an adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's best-selling novel. A blend of high comedy and great tragedy, the film tells the story of a young American man, played by Elijah Wood (The Lord of The Rings trilogy), who journeys to the Ukraine to find the woman whom he believes saved his grandfather from the Nazis all those years ago.

The soundtrack features two new songs from high energy New York City based gypsy punks Gogol Bordello, including one track not on their current cd. (Note: Gogol Bordello's lead singer plays a role in "Everything Is Illuminated"). Also included are gypsy folk songs from Russia and the Ukraine by Leningrad, Arkadie Severmie, Csokolom and Tin Hat Trio. And finally, Paul Cantelon's ethnic score ties together this nicely cohesive soundtrack.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Marvelous.......2007-06-13

This is an amazing soundtrack that highlights the two prevalent emotions in the film: hilarity and tragedy. Paul Cantelon deftly mixes an Eastern European feel with pure, gorgeous soundtrack music. Along for the ride are songs by genuinely fun and original bands. I never get tired of it. Sometimes, indeed, there are tracks I can't listen to simply because they're too sad - but then I switch to the upbeat, funny tunes, which always manage to entertain.

1. Odessa Medley: 9/10 - Enjoyable, with fun instruments. It builds up into an intricate array of instruments and melodies, and really picks up at the end, tempting you to let it sweep you along into the movie's crazy world. A great overture to the movie.
2. Leningrad, Zvezda Rok-N-Rolla: 8/10 - Oh, the drama! Leningrad is a Russian band. All of their songs on this album are crazy and fun and fit the craziness of the movie to a T. The horns are wonderful.
3. Csokolom, Amari Szi Amari: 10/10 - Superbly catchy, with that quirky, old feel dominant in the film, this song is a laidback sort of fun. It's the only song on the album not in Ukrainian, Russian, or English: it's Hungarian. This doesn't matter, however, because it fits so perfectly with the feel of the movie.
4. Leningrad, Dikiy Muzhchina: 10/10 - I LOVE this song. It's one my favorites here. The title means "Wild Man" in Russian, and it is definitely a very wild and (dare I say it again?) fun song. The lyrics really are just plain fun to sing along to, even if you don't speak Russian. You can practically feel the energy. In fact, I just now started to sing to it again...
5. Prologue/Babushka: 9.5/10 - This is where a darker mood begins to edge in. It sinks into a waltz that is more bittersweet than tragic, and then slows down to make way for a sweeping, haunting tune. Lovely.
6. Little Jonathan/The Wall: 9/10 - Playful, but once more in a bittersweet sort of way. After awhile it switches gears, swooshing up with energy, befores changing back to that haunting feeling of "Babushka" that I like to think of as simply The Past.
7. Gogol Bordello, Bublitschki: 8/10 - Time for some fun again. This instrumental piece by an immensely talented band (actually, Eugene Hutz, who plays Alex, is the lead singer of Gogol Bordello) mixes an irresistible beat with a traditional Slavic sound.
8. The Con Artists, Peter Miser, Ya-takoy: 9/10 - This definitely brings one back to the silliness of Alex in the beginning of the film. With snippets of his unbelievably hilarious dialogue and an urban beat going in the background, you'll be sucked right in.
9. Leningrad, Malen'kiy Mal'chik: 9/10 - Great fun! Leningrad never fails to entertain with this lazy collection of horns and vocals.
10. Tin Hat Trio, Fear of the South: 8/10 - Here's a piece to relax to. It's lighthearted and fresh.
11.Paul Cantelon, River of Collections: 9/10 - With breathy strings, "River of Collections" urges you quietly but with instistence along the river of The Past.
12. Paul Cantelon, Tank Graveyard/Valse de Suzana/Dee-yed: 9.5/10 - Here is the tragedy I've been referring to. It's sad. Almost unbearably so. It sweeps you up in the conflict of the characters, teasing you with peaks at the truth before fading back into the darkness.
13. Paul Cantelon, Sunflowers: 10/10 - Ukrainian, I believe. Haunting, with strong vocals that cast a spell.
14. Paul Cantelon, War Is Love/eta-Ya: 9.5/10 - It begins with lazy simplicity, but toward the end bursts into a powerful and urgent message.
15. Paul Cantelon, Trachimbrod/Ressurection/Requiem: 10/10 - Simply beautiful. About halfway through, the urgency of the previous tracks finally builds up for the climax, whooshing over you bitterly, sadly, and with almost a sense of determination. Again, it's tragic. You don't hear the lightheartedness of previous tracks, but the slight nudging of a past that doesn't want to haunt: it just wants to resolve itself. To exist.
16. Paul Cantelon, Inside-Out: 10/10 - And it does resolve itself. Here is another bittersweet piece. But this time, it carries a touch of enlightenment (illumination?) with it.
17. Gogol Bordello, Start Wearing Purple: 10/10 - This was the absolutely most perfect song the movie could have ended with. It switches the film seamlessly back into that feel of silly hilarity, single-handedly managing to leave the audience uplifted - a sore necessity for such a partly bleak film!

Overall, one of my favorite soundtracks out there. Whether you've seen the (remarkable) movie or not, get this! It is gorgeous, beautiful, fantastic, powerful, uplifting, and itching to tell you something you've known all your life but just can't quite grasp. In short, a brilliant piece of work.

5 out of 5 stars music.......2007-06-02

does anyone know who sings the last song that plays on the movie trailer?

4 out of 5 stars Interesting.......2007-03-18

Elijah Wood was surprising in his portrayal of the main charecter, who is a bit of a "nebish" or dweeb, and a collector of multitudenous often unthinkable items. His search of his family's past which takes him to the Ukraine, and the people he meets are
funny, amusing and often very moving. It's got a shocking thread to it,
but not without humor. I also liked the surprise ending. The music was great!

5 out of 5 stars Should have won an Academy Award!!!.......2007-03-15

Funny, insightful, emotionally a rolling coaster and a must see.
Anita in Albuquerque Nm ....also a collector

4 out of 5 stars Just Plain Fun.......2007-02-02

One of the best soundtracks to any film I've seen recently. Fun, upbeat, and not overpowering in it's slavicness.
God of War II
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • God of Music too...
  • Good Soundtrack!
 God of War II

Manufacturer: System Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NJM6O6
Release Date: 2007-04-10

Tracks:

  1. God of War II-Main Titles 2:59 Gerard K. Marino
  2. The Glory of Sparta 3:10 Mike Reagan
  3. The Way of the Gods 2:13 Gerard K. Marino
  4. Colossus of Rhodes 2:22 Gerard K. Marino
  5. The Bathhouse 2:02 Mike Reagan
  6. Death of Kratos 4:12 Gerard K. Marino
  7. The End Begins 1:57 Gerard K. Marino
  8. Typhon Mountain 3:14 Mike Reagan
  9. Waking the Sleeping Giant 1:49 Cris Velasco
  10. Battle for the Skies 2:12 Mike Reagan
  11. Exploring the Isle 2:19 Gerard K. Marino
  12. The Isle of Creation 3:20 Cris Velasco
  13. The Summit of Sacrifice 2:35 Ron Fish
  14. An Audience with Cronos 2:07 Ron Fish
  15. The Barbarian King Returns 2:00 Cris Velasco
  16. Bog of Lost Souls 2:19 Ron Fish
  17. Battle in the Bog 2:00 Mike Reagan
  18. Crossing the Lowlands 2:07 Gerard K. Marino
  19. Atlas 3:37 Ron Fish
  20. Palace of the Fates 2:46 Ron Fish
  21. Phoenix Rising 2:16 Cris Velasco
  22. Ashen Spire 1:06 Gerard K. Marino
  23. Athena 0:56 Mike Reagan
  24. The Battle for Olympus 3:11 Gerard K. Marino
  25. Junkie XL Colossus Remix 4:24 Junkie XL
  26. Blood of Destiny 2:43 Shadows Fall
  27. God-Like 2:14 George "TraGiC" Doman

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars God of Music too..........2007-06-03

Wonderful, heavy, it's a complet class of soundtrack... punch since the beginning...the most impressive soundtrack from epic works... it really deserve an award for that...if you liked Conan, 300, Gladiator and Lord of the Rings, buy it now! but I warnning you...this is heaviest them all!!!

4 out of 5 stars Good Soundtrack!.......2007-05-18

This is one great cd. If you love this game, pick up the cd now! The bonus tracks are the best of them all.
Gears Of War
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Gears Of War
    Original Game Soundtrack
    Manufacturer: Sumthing Else
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000SO7OVQ
    Release Date: 2007-07-31

    Tracks:

    1. Gears of War
    2. 14 Years After E-Day
    3. Jacinto Prison
    4. Attack of the Drones
    5. Embry Square
    6. Fish In a Barrel
    7. House of Sovereigns
    8. Minh's Death
    9. Entering The Tombs
    10. Tomb of the Unknowns
    11. Ephyra Streets I
    12. Ephyra Streets II
    13. Miserable Wretches
    14. Stay in the Light
    15. Chap's Gas Station
    16. Fill 'er Up at Chap's
    17. I Will Kryll You
    18. Locust, Wretches & Kryll
    19. Imulsion Mines
    20. East Barracade Academy
    21. The Fenix Estate
    22. Locust Infestation
    23. Hidden Lab
    24. Running With Boomers
    25. Oh the Horror
    26. Train Wreck - Locust Theme
    27. Train Ride To Hell
    28. Gears of War Reprise

    Product Description

    The score for Epic Games' "Gears of War" was composed by Kevin Riepl and features over 60 minutes of orchestral music inspired by blockbuster movie soundtracks such as "Alien", "Predator" and "Starship Troopers".

    The recordings were performed by the Northwest Sinfonia (Halo, Medal of Honor) at the Bastyr University Chapel in Seattle.
    The Carl Stalling Project: Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons, 1936-1958
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Best compilation CD ever
    • Here we go.
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    		 The Carl Stalling Project: Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons, 1936-1958

    Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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    ASIN: B000002LJE
    Release Date: 1990-07-17

    Tracks:

    1. Putty Tat Trouble Part 6
    2. Hillbilly Hare
    3. Early WB Scores: The Depression Era
    4. The Good Egg
    5. Various Cues From Bugs Bunny Films
    6. There They Go Go Go
    7. Stalling Self-Parody: Music From Porky's Preview
    8. Anxiety Montage
    9. Stalling: The War Years
    10. Medley: Dinner Music For A Pack Of Hungary Cannibals
    11. Carl Stalling With Milt Franklyn In Session
    12. Speedy Gonzalez/Meets Two Crows From Taco
    13. Powerhouse And Other Cuts From The Early 50's
    14. Porky In Wackyland/Dough For The Do Do
    15. To Itch His Own

    Amazon.com

    For fans of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, et al., this is the essential cartoon soundtrack as well as a monument to surrealism. During his 22 years as a composer for Warner Bros. animated shorts, Stalling invented the musical vocabulary of cartoons. Producer Hal Willner has lovingly assembled a sonic collage that showcases Stalling's compositional genius and uncanny ability to borrow a tune. It's a whirling collection of random moments, chock full of music you never knew you knew, from Bugs Bunny's theme from "Rabbit Fire" to Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" to Stalling's own "Woo! Woo!" Also included in the mix: outtakes from recording sessions, and several complete scores. --Heidi MacDonald

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Best compilation CD ever.......2007-02-18

    Carl Stalling gave me the best musical education I ever had. I'm spending the rest of my life learning the titles and composers of all the hundreds of tunes I first heard in his cartoon scores. I've had this CD ever since it came out, and it still is one of my favorites.

    Only a handful of tracks are a complete score from one cartoon; most are snippets from several cartoons edited together with a common theme.

    This CD is about a composer and his music, more than about the cartoons for which he composed it. To drive home this point, it includes the score from, of all things, 1939's "The Good Egg." No one would consider "The Good Egg" to be among the best Warner cartoons, but the score, heard by itself, turns out to be a tour de force that is highly representative of Stalling's work. That's what makes this CD such a great listening experience: It was pieced together by musicologists who chose the music based on its auditory qualities, and not on the relative fame of the cartoon associated with it. It is not merely a trip down memory lane (although it is that, too), but is a great creative work in its own right.

    Despite the vast amount of Stalling music that exists, this CD provides as ambitious and exhaustive an overview as can be given, and its 1995 follow-up, while also worth having, is but a pale afterthought. There's no following this act.

    3 out of 5 stars Here we go........2006-11-16

    This CD features music from the Warner Brothers cartoon film scores by Carl Stalling. There are some complete scores and also some "medleys", with clips from various cartoons strung together. Carl Stalling was a master at writing music for cartoons, but something is lost when you just hear the music without seeing the cartoon.

    5 out of 5 stars Stallings CDs.......2006-11-10

    If you harken back to the days when you snuggled on the couch on a Saturday morning with your little ones, and ate donuts and drank juice and watched "Bugs Bunny" you will love these CDs. You'll recognize all the characters and their entrances and their pratfalls...and laugh and say "I've heard that!"...it's a walk down memory lane and a very special one, at that. I highly reccommend these to anyone who loves B Bunny.
    Not to mention these are some of the finest musicians you will ever hear...a lesson in classical music, and cartoons.

    4 out of 5 stars The Carl Stalling Project.......2005-09-12

    Music from Warner Brothers cartoons "Golden Years" (1936-1958).
    Carl Stalling was the chief music arranger for Warner Brothers cartoons from 1936 to 1958. He was one of the foremost composers of cartoon music. This disk is much better than "The Carl Stalling Project Volume II."

    5 out of 5 stars Warner Brother's King of Music.......2003-12-02

    Even if you do not recognize his name, Carl Stalling is a very familiar composer. He wrote the soundtrack for many of our young lives as the composer for Warner Bros.' "Merrie Melodies" and "Looney Tunes" cartoons from late 1930's to late 1970's. Hal Willner has compiled this CD that for the first time lets you hear the music on its own, and lets you realize just how much of the cartoons' impact came from Stalling's music.

    Willner sifted through hundreds of cartoons to choose about 40 with the most significant music. He presents the music in a variety of formats. A few tracks provide the soundtrack for a single entire cartoon. Others are medlies from a certain period in Stalling's career or pieces that set a particular mood (such as the "Anxiety Montage"). There are also tapes from recording sessions for 1951's "Putty Tat Trouble" that give insight on how this music was recorded. I couldn't recommend this CD any more highly. (After you've given it a listen, check out a Raymond Scott "best of" album like "Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights" to see just how many of its tracks are familiar from various cartoons.)

    Stalling's music, instead of following the traditional rules of musical structure (exposition, development, theme, variations, etc.), was written to follow the rapid action of cartoons. Stalling would not compromise on this, even if it meant having the 50-piece orchestra play fortissimo for five seconds and then having only one piccolo playing the next four seconds. To ensure a perfect correspondence between the sound and the image, Stalling and the cartoon's directors would agree on a few sketches and on the timing of the action. This enabled Stalling to compose and record the music without even seeing the movie. Carl Stalling was also a master at telling a story through music, with gestures so clear, that there is never any doubt as to his intentions.

    Stalling once said, "One problem with cartoons today is that they have so much dialogue the music doesn't mean much." Unfortunately, this statement rings true as we move into 2004. But keeping Carl Stalling from rolling in his grave is not why you need to buy this CD. You need it because it is IMPOSSIBLE to maintain a bad mood while this CD is playing. You need this to listen to as a stress reducer on those tough days. You need this because it is complete childhood in a disc.

    I challenge you to turn on your television and watch some Looney Tunes. Turn up the volume and listen while doing something else (wash dishes, write a paper perhaps.) I guarantee you will know exactly what is happening, and to whom. This was the comedic skill and genius talent of Carl Stalling.

    As Porky Pig would say: "abieh-abieh-abieh... That's All Folks!"
    Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • A good value
    • The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann
    • Good mix of film music
    • A mixed collection of movie music
    • Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens
    		 Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00008WI90
    Release Date: 2003-04-22

    Tracks:

    1. The Man from Snowy River (Bruce Rowland)
    2. The Winds of War (Bob Cobert)
    3. Blue Velvet (Angelo Badalamenti)
    4. Witness (Maurice Jarre)
    5. Raising Arizona (Carter Burwell)
    6. Pee Wees Big Adventure (Danny Elfman)
    7. Halloween (John Carpenter)
    8. A Nightmare On Elm Street (Charles Bernstein)
    9. The Fly (Howard Shore)
    10. RoboCop (Basil Poledouris)
    11. The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
    12. The Right Stuff (Bill Conti)
    13. The Final Conflict (Jerry Goldsmith)
    14. The Abyss (Alan Silvestri)
    15. Brainstorm (James Horner)
    16. Peggy Sue Got Married (John Barry)
    17. My Left Foot (Elmer Bernstein)
    18. The Dead (Alex North)
    19. Stanley & Iris (John Williams)
    20. The Milagro Beanfield War (Dave Grusin)
    21. Driving Miss Daisy (Hans Zimmer)

    Tracks:

    1. Steel Magnolias (Georges Delerue)
    2. Unforgiven (Lennie Niehaus and Clint Eastwood)
    3. Raggedy Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
    4. The Grifters (Elmer Bernstein)
    5. Green Card (Hans Zimmer)
    6. City Slickers (Marc Shaiman)
    7. Father Of The Bride (Alan Silvestri)
    8. While You Were Sleeping (Randy Edelman)
    9. Babe (Nigel Westlake)
    10. The Adventures Of The Great Mouse Detective (Henry Mancini)
    11. The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
    12. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Laurence Rosenthal)
    13. The Secret Garden (Zbigniew Preisner)
    14. A Little Princess (Patrick Doyle)
    15. Rudy (Jerry Goldsmith)
    16. Iron Will (Joel McNeely)
    17. Memphis Belle (George Fenton)
    18. Eye Of The Needle (Mikl)
    19. Total Recall (Jerry Goldsmith)
    20. Back To The Future Part III (Alan Silvestri)

    Tracks:

    1. To Die For (Danny Elfman)
    2. The Player (Thomas Newman)
    3. Black Robe (Georges Delerue)
    4. Medicine Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
    5. 2001 (Alex North)
    6. Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire (Joel McNeely)
    7. The Crow (Graeme Revell)
    8. Blade (Mark Isham)
    9. The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
    10. Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
    11. Scream (Marco Beltrami)
    12. The Sixth Sense (James Newton Howard)
    13. Xena: Warrior Princess (Joseph LoDuca)
    14. Air Force One (Jerry Goldsmith)
    15. Starship Troopers (Basil Poledouris)
    16. The Matrix (Don Davis)
    17. The Iron Giant (Michael Kamen)
    18. Youve Got Mail (George Fenton)
    19. A Little Romance (Georges Delerue)
    20. Pleasantville (Randy Newman)

    Tracks:

    1. Sunset Boulevard (Franz Waxman)
    2. L.A. Confidential (Jerry Goldsmith)
    3. Rounders (Christopher Young)
    4. The Score (Howard Shore)
    5. The Replacements (John Debney)
    6. Gone In 60 Seconds (Trevor Rabin)
    7. The Bourne Identity (John Powell)
    8. Rush Hour 2 (Lalo Schifrin)
    9. XXX (Randy Edelman)
    10. Die Hard (Michael Kamen)
    11. The Last of the Mohicans (Trevor Jones)
    12. Moby Dick (Christopher Gordon)
    13. The Mists Of Avalon (Lee Holdridge)
    14. Cleopatra (Alex North)
    15. Life As A House (Mark Isham)
    16. Emma (Rachel Portman)
    17. In The Bedroom (Thomas Newman)
    18. Cast Away (Alan Silvestri)
    19. One True Thing (Cliff Eidelman)
    20. Unfaithful (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek)
    21. Far From Heaven (Elmer Bernstein)
    22. Ice Age (David Newman)
    23. Shrek (Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell)

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars A good value.......2007-05-17

    I wasn't expecting to have 4 discs for this price, and the music is a quality selection of film music, giving a good scope of the genre, and a very listenable transfer.

    4 out of 5 stars The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann.......2006-07-25

    This collection is bound to capture your heart and evoke a tin ear on successive tracks. I found much to like and some duds - easy to skip over.
    Very good value.

    4 out of 5 stars Good mix of film music.......2006-07-02

    Good mix of films!
    I'm a big fan of this soundtrack music and will be looking for more CD's like this.

    4 out of 5 stars A mixed collection of movie music.......2006-02-23

    For the price, this CD is a great bargain. The musical selections, as you might expect, are mixed in quality ranging from extraordinary to so so, the balance being worthwhile and interesting. Sonically the CD is excellent.

    5 out of 5 stars Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens.......2006-01-06

    I have been listening to great scores for many years and this collection is truly inspirational in so far as the choice of different scores takes you on a journey of listening pleasure matched by only a few collections.The price is incredibly reasonable for hours of listening pleasure. Don't pass this one up
    Selections from Victory at Sea and Other Favorites
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • an excellent sampler of patriotic military music
    		 Selections from Victory at Sea and Other Favorites

    Manufacturer: Telarc
    ProductGroup: Music
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    ASIN: B000003CV1
    Release Date: 1990-10-25

    Tracks:

    1. The Song Of The High Seas
    2. Guadalcanal March
    3. Hardwork And Horseplay
    4. Beneath The Southern Cross
    5. Mare Norstrum
    6. Love Theme From The Winds Of War/War And Remembrance
    7. Casablanca Suite
    8. Colonel Bogey March
    9. Warsaw Concerto From Suicide Squadron
    10. Suite From The Valiant Years
    11. Main Theme From The Battle Of Britain
    12. Over There
    13. March From The Longest Day
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    15. Armed Forces Medley: The Air Force/The Marine Corps/The Coast Guard/The Army/The Navy

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars an excellent sampler of patriotic military music.......2003-02-17

    I love this CD because it combines into one disc many outstanding and well recorded (Telarc DDD) performances of a variety of patriotic military tunes. For someone who doesn't want to break down and buy the entire "Victory at Sea" set, along with soundtracks to "Patton," "Casablanca" and more, this is a fine choice. My only complaint would be that conductor Kunzel has a habit of adding his own flourishes to pieces. But the outstanding clarity of the Telarc sound and the grandness of the Cincinnati Pops counters this.
    War of the Worlds
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • A score that crawls up inside you and makes you shiver
    • Williams needs to revisit earlier successes!
    • Williams Displays Versatility
    • Great album with tense feelings
    • Part of a song?
    		 War of the Worlds
    John Williams
    Manufacturer: Decca
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    ASIN: B0009A3ZZI
    Release Date: 2005-06-28

    Tracks:

    1. Prologue (Narration: Morgan Freeman)
    2. The Ferry Scene
    3. Reaching The Country
    4. The Intersection Scene
    5. Ray And Rachel
    6. Escape From The City
    7. Probing The Basement
    8. Refugee Status
    9. The Attack On The Car
    10. The Separation Of The Family
    11. The Confrontation With Ogilvy
    12. The Return To Boston
    13. Escape From The Basket
    14. The Reunion (Narration: Morgan Freeman)
    15. Epilogue

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    John Williams continues his longtime collaboration with Steven Spielberg in this adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel of the same name (previously filmed in 1953). Considering that the movie depicts a gigantic Martian invasion, you'd think Williams would have fully gone into his familiar bombastic mode, but he's refrained from doing so. While the composer makes full use of the outsize orchestra at his disposal, he prefers juxtaposing layers and building atmosphere rather than hitting you over the head with dramatic arias. "The Intersection Scene," for instance, begins slowly and minimally, then progressively builds into an ominous pounding; Williams then inserts spooky, otherworldly banshee-like effects that escalate into a frenzied pitch before abruptly disappearing as the track begins its descent back towards calm. The sound is genuinely scary and could lead to a spike in blood pressure among impressionable listeners without the help of visuals. "Probing the Basement" is another example of Williams masterfully building anxiety. War of the Worlds culminates with "Escape from the Basket," in which Williams methodically builds tension over close to ten minutes. And refreshingly, even when the action picks up, he mostly avoids the clichéd thundering timpani that often plague this type of score. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

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    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars A score that crawls up inside you and makes you shiver.......2006-06-19

    For War of the Worlds, John Williams reached for something not of this earth and composed a score that you feel on your skin, even before you become aware that you are actually hearing it. He has laid down a musical foundation of atmospherics and textural events, achieving a rhythmic propulsion that is so utterly primal it crawls up inside you and makes you wonder how one composer could make such a radical departure of style from such masterworks of melodic phrasing as the flying theme from E.T., to the enduring themes of the Star Wars series and come up with a new sound that gives War of the Worlds much of its ultra-realism. But that is the genuine genius of John Williams and the many characters he has played throughout a musical career that will never be equaled.

    3 out of 5 stars Williams needs to revisit earlier successes!.......2006-03-17

    John Williams, like his contemporary, the late Jerry Goldsmith, is responsible for some of filmdom's more memorable scores ("Jaws," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Star Wars," "Superman-The Movie," the first three "Harry Potter" films, and so many others). Just the mention of the composer's name brings smiles to the movie fans worldwide and his album sales and critical acclaim attest to his popularity.

    Williams's three-decade association with Steven Spielberg has produced some of the aforementioned as well as other scores that have been the best collaborations between director and composer since the days of Hitchcock and legendary Bernard Herrmann.

    While John Williams has made beautiful and awe-inspiring music for Spielberg productions in the past, he's had a couple of subpar (for Williams) compositions; and, sadly, "War of the Worlds" falls into this category.

    The measure of a movie score lies in its ability to stand alone apart from the film for which it was composed. This particular work needs the movie's images and action to support its lack of listenability. Like the earlier "Minority Report," the music to Spielberg's adaptation of the Wells' classic does not feature any distinct melodies, little drama, or even thrills that are necessary to tell a story about malevolent aliens attempting to wipe out mankind.

    It's as if the composer took the term "incidental music" to heart and just provided little more than something in the background.

    Maybe he was attempting to be subtle, but the story deserved something a bit more dynamic and frightening.

    We, his fans, all know that he is more than capable to come up to the plate.

    Perhaps, on his next pairing with Steven...

    5 out of 5 stars Williams Displays Versatility.......2006-03-15

    This score is like nothing else I have heard from Williams and that is an awesome thing! I am always impressed with the work that Williams does but this score really surprised me. The score uses many modern and avant garde classical methods to truly convey an expression of fear. Rather than focusing on charactar based themes, as Williams generally does, he instead uses musical textures to convey the emotion of the film. This textural technique of composing reminded me of the works of Gyorgy Ligeti. Though this is a great listen, this score may seem "unpleasent" to listen to if you aren't used to heavy/modern classical music, which is a contrast to the usual scores that Williams composes. Though I must say, the unpleasant feeling score was exactly what a film like War of the Worlds needed. Bravo John Williams!

    5 out of 5 stars Great album with tense feelings.......2005-11-28

    For this soundtrack, it is real awesome. It is so good to listen to it. All the sound effects in this album are so good and fill with a lot of tense moments. The composer of this album is John Williams. He is always the best for the movie music. He makes a lot of good music in his past movies. This one is no exception at all. When I listen, I feel the tense moments. So, this album is good overall and you should get it.

    5 out of 5 stars Part of a song?.......2005-11-24

    Well im a kind of person if I like a small part of the song i will buy the whole album, but can anyone tell me if the following par of the film is included in the soundtrack.

    After the ferry scene you see people and them walking in an open field with a battle far away. Theres a calm sad violin part durin that scene, is it in the soundtrack?
    Mrs. Henderson Presents
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Mrs Henderson Presents
    • Absolutely infectious!!!
    • A Creation and Recreation of Nostalgia
    • Mrs. Henderson Presents
    • Upbeat and Fun!
    		 Mrs. Henderson Presents

    Manufacturer: Sony
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    ASIN: B000CC3SDC
    Release Date: 2006-01-03

    Tracks:

    1. Overture
    2. Bored with Widowhood
    3. Letting in the Sunshine
    4. Revuedeville
    5. Persuading Tommy
    6. Sweet Inspiration
    7. Vivian Van Damm
    8. Goody Goody
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    10. Shilling for the Hour
    11. Joyride
    12. Fall of France: La Marseillaise
    13. Blitz: Bombing/The Grecian Frieze/Defiance
    14. Babies of the Blitz
    15. Blue Nightfall
    16. Girl in the Fan
    17. All the Things You Are
    18. Elegy
    19. Sails of the Windmill
    20. Girl in the Little Green Hat

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Mrs Henderson Presents.......2007-05-16

    A very enjoyable and at times funny movie. Judi Dench gives one of her best perfomances with excellent support from the other cast members. This is a movie one could watch several times and never tire of it. AAA+++

    5 out of 5 stars Absolutely infectious!!!.......2007-03-28

    From start to finish, MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS is the finest collection of solid standards and George Fenton's own recreated time-period evocations,fully fleshed and skillfully performed and recorded.The talents of singer Will Young will not go unnoticed, especially in his heartbreaking rendition of ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE.Your toes will be tapping,your lips will be smiling and you will be glad that this soundtrack and wonderful film are yours!You will be transported to WW2 England and you will be humming these tunes day and night.

    5 out of 5 stars A Creation and Recreation of Nostalgia.......2006-04-23

    George Fenton has put together a musical score for the completely delightful MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS that is a combination of original music deeply influenced by the time of the film (London during WW II) and some of the best 'old favorite songs' from that time. In the film the music is always present, whether in the performances on the Windmill Theater stage or in the lyricism of the acting by Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins and crew.

    Fenton includes such terrific oldies as Johnny Mercer's 'Goody Goody', Charles Harris' 'After the Ball', Noel Gay's 'Letting in the Sunshine', Frank Loesser's 'Blue Nightfall', and Jerome Kern's 'All the things you are'. He segues these pieces with his own fine orchestrations and the result is a score that not only enhances the mood of the film, but one that stands alone as a recording. The various performers include Camille O'Sullivan, Charlene Ford, Ciaran Connolly, Elise Audeyev, Frances Garvey, Frank Lawson, Joseph McMurray, Kate Power, Matthew Hart, Melody Squire, Rachel Lawrence, Sir Thomas Allen!, Sophie Brown, The O'Brien Sisters, Vanessa Barmby, Vicki Davids, and Victoria Hay.

    This is a recording to conjure up memories not only of a successful film but also of a time when music conveyed a lot of emotion during times of stress. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, April 06

    5 out of 5 stars Mrs. Henderson Presents.......2006-03-24

    Met ALL my expectations, having seen/loved the film - especially the orchestration, arrangements, and vocals. Sound quality superb.
    I've played this CD for others - of all age groups - all agree it's a defininte winner.

    4 out of 5 stars Upbeat and Fun!.......2006-03-22

    Love this CD for the nostalgia! My favorite track is "All the Things You Are" by J.Kern and O.Hammerstein. This year's Oscar telecast produced a montage of film clips to this track including the last scene from "Mrs. Henderson Presents" and it was so emotion granting as is the song. Many of the other songs are from a time period right before WWII, but they are just fun and upbeat -- it was the depression, people needed to be uplifted with such such songs as "Letting in the Sunshine" and "Goody Goody." Judi Dench was asked by someone in the bleachers at the Oscars how it felt to be nominated this year for Mrs. Henderson, and she answered back, "just listen to the soundtrack darling!" How great is that???!!!!
    Once Upon a Time: The Essential Ennio Morricone
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Excellence!
    • "his domain of film scoring is legendary ~ Ennio Morricone"
    		 Once Upon a Time: The Essential Ennio Morricone

    Manufacturer: Silva America
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    ASIN: B0002V4YTU
    Release Date: 2004-10-05

    Tracks:

    1. Once Upon A Time In The West: Man With The Harmonica
    2. A Fistful Of Dollars
    3. For A Few Dollars More
    4. Days Of Heaven: The Harvest
    5. The Five Man Army
    6. Once Upon A Time In The West: Jill's Theme
    7. The Men From Shiloh
    8. Guns For San Sebastian: Overture
    9. Two Mules For Sister Sara
    10. A Fistful Of Dynamite: Duck, You Sucker
    11. My Name Is Nobody
    12. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly: Main Theme
    13. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly: The Ecstasy Of Gold
    14. Cinema Paradiso
    15. Once Upon A Time In America: Deborah's Theme

    Tracks:

    1. The Untouchables: Main Theme
    2. The Red Tent
    3. The Sicilian Clan
    4. Exorcist & The Heretic: Regan's Theme
    5. Moses The Lawgiver
    6. In The Line Of Fire
    7. The Thing
    8. Le Professionnel: Chi Mai
    9. Hamlet
    10. 1900: Romanza
    11. Casualties Of War: Elegy For Brown
    12. Marco Polo
    13. The Mission
    14. Gabriel's Oboe
    15. Ave Maria (Guarini)
    16. On Earth As It Is In Heaven
    17. Epilogue: The Falls

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Excellence!.......2007-04-22

    These recordings range back to 1994, with a number of tracks being from Silva Screen's "Music from the Films of Clint Eatwood" compilation, with Derek Wadsworth conducting the City of Prague Philharmonic.

    Those tracks are: "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly", "A Fistful of DOllars", "For a Few Dollars More", and "Two Mules for Sister Sara". "In The Line Of Fire' also appeared on that CD, performed electronically by Mark Ayres.


    The next bunch of tracks is from Silva Screen's 1996 compilation, "Cinema Paradise: The Classic Film Music of Ennio Morricone", which included the majority of tracks here such as the extensive The Mission Suite, The Untouchables, Casulaties of War, Once Upon a Time In America, 1900, Chi Mai, Marco Polo, Once Upon a Time In The West (two tracks), Cinema Paradise, and The Good the Bad and the Ugly - Ecstacy of Gold, mostly being conducted by Paul Bateman, with Nic Raine doing some of the conducting duties as well.

    Hamlet is from Silva's 1997 "Cinema's Classic Romances" compilation, while "The Thing" is from Silva's 2001 "Essential John Carpenter".

    A Fistful of Dynamite - Duck You Sucker is from 2002's Way Out West: Essential Western Film Music Collection Volume Two.

    The remaing tracks were newly recorded in 2004 for this release:
    Days of Heaven, Exorcist II, Guns for San Sebastian, Moses the Lawgiver, My Name is Nobody, The Five Man Army, The Red Tent, The Men From Shiloh and The Sicilian Clan.

    Highly recommended.

    5 out of 5 stars "his domain of film scoring is legendary ~ Ennio Morricone".......2004-10-07

    Silva America once again has outdone themselves with "Once Upon A Time:The Essential Ennio Morricone Film Music Collection", a double disc collection worth their weight in GOLD! ~ Morricone creates visual moods for each film he scores...action, adventure, mystery, romance, sentimental and suspense...the list could go on.

    Ennio Morricone was born in Rome on October 11, 1928...attended the Santa Cecilia Conservatory...worked in various jazz bands, later a staff arranger and composer...an orchestrator in the '50s...scored films in the early '60s, then the WESTERNS and his name became a household word in the film industry ~ a new kind of western was on the horizon and Morricone was commissioned to score "A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS" [1964] for Sergio Leone featuring Clint Eastwood, spaghetti westerns were born ~ next "FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE" [1965] ~ and a bigger budget film "THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY" [1966], again featuring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and a third Eli Wallach whose performance was magical to watch on the big screen ~ violence and revenge gives Morricone an opportunity to feature electric guitars, flutes and jew's harp blending with a non lyrical chorus mixed with brass, strings, percussion with full orchestration that simply took your breath away...example is "ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST" [1968], featuring Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards and our hero Charles Bronson the mysterious harmonica player, director Sergio Leone's tribute to the American Western, pulled out all the stops ~ the Western was just a small part of Maestro Morricone's career, in the next paragraph take a gander of just what our icon of film music accomplished.

    Our composer didn't stop there as "ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA" [1984], featuring Robert De Niro, James Woods and Elizabeth McGovern, another Sergio Leone film..."THE MISSION" [1986], featuring Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons and Aldan Quinn, is probably one of Morricone's crowning scores receiving an Academy Award nomination, very haunting and classical genre in substance..."THE UNTOUCHABLES" [1987], featuring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery and Robert De Niro during the Al Capone '30s crime organization, Morricone conjures a powerful and dynamic arrangement of his unmistakable theme..."CINEMA PARADISO" [1988], featuring Phillippe Noiret, Antonella Attili and Pupella Maggio from director Giuseppe Tomatore as he recalls his early childhood, the score immediately captures your heart, so tender and compelling as Morricone can only deliver.

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra featuring conductors Kenneth Alwyn, Paul Bateman, James Fitzpatrick, Nic Raine, Derek Wadsworth ~ Crouch End Festival Chorus featuring Choir Master David Temple ~ vocals performed by Charlotte Kinder, Marie Kopecka and Jill Washington ~ guitar, percussion and keyboards performed by Gareth Williams ~ all in all did a magnicent job in bringing the music of a composer who wrote for over 250 films, receiving recognition from the industry and fans which was long over-due ~ his work is in constant demand, scoring as many as over a half dozen films as year.

    This collection contains an overlay of each cue in Morricone's distinctive style of legendary scoring ~ the man who made this possible, a tremendous asset to every project he undertakes is James Fitzpatrick [producer of the album] ~ symphonic suites with full orchestra fullfilling the "film-score-buffs" cravings for more of the same, just the way we like 'em!

    Total Time: 2-CD-Set ~ Silva America 1165 ~ (10/05/2004)

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    9. 1965: The Soundtrack [Import]
    10. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Original recording remastered] [Soundtrack]

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