The Life and the Game

the life and the game

Track Listings
1. Better Than Me (the Pennyroyals)
2. I choose (Deagle)
3. Prayer for the Breathless (Keep Breathing)
4. Torn and Weathered (Yesterdays Rising)
5. Photograph (Dynamite Boy)
6. Sell Out (Trip)
7. Voicemail & 1 a.m. (Another Day Wasted)
8. This Energy is Evolving (Stillhaven)
9. Always the Crash (All Grown Up)
10. Make Me (L.E.I.)
11. Monkey on My Back (Mistie)
12. On that Stage (Mike Park)
13. Bitter (Acitone)
14. Weight of the Sun (Shikasta)
15. Glory Daze (Narchitect
16. Seven Numbers (Stradlatter)
17. Time to Fall (High Speed Chase)
18. Angel (Longspur)
19. I'll Make Her an Offer She Can't Refuse (Lost in Line)
20. Self Delusion (One Way)
See all 21 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
"The Life and the Game" is the third compilation album from Rock Out Records, featuring the best from both signed and unsigned artists from across the US, Canada and Europe. The follow up to "With Love" and "The Contest," "The Life and The Game" brings out the true flavor of all things rock from pop-punk, Indie acoustic and hard rock to the new sounds of experimental rock.

The Life and the Game,Life & the Game,Rock Out Records,22 Tracks Covering the best from Rock, Indie Rock, Hard Rock, Punk and Pop Punk from the US, Canada and Sweden .,Miscellaneous,Rock,Rock/Pop Collections

The Life and the Game
A Beautiful Mind: Original Motion Picture Score
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Haven't I heard this before?
  • a beautiful score
  • A Beautiful Mind
  • Haunting, lovely, majestic
  • Dark
 A Beautiful Mind: Original Motion Picture Score
James Horner
Manufacturer: Decca U.S.
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ASIN: B00005TPFV
Release Date: 2001-12-11

Tracks:

  1. A Kaleidoscope Of Mathematics
  2. Playing A Game Of 'Go!'
  3. Looking For The Next Great Idea
  4. Creating 'Governing Dynamics'
  5. Cracking The Russian Codes
  6. Nash Descends Into Parcher's World
  7. First Drop Off. First Kiss
  8. The Car Chase
  9. Alicia Discovers Nash's Dark World
  10. Real Or Imagined?
  11. Of One Heart, Of One Mind
  12. Saying Goodbye To Those You So Love
  13. Teaching Mathematics Again
  14. Prize of One's Life... The Prize of One's Mind
  15. All Love Can Be - Charlotte Church
  16. Closing Credits

Amazon.com

This Ron Howard film parlays the troubled story of Nobel laureate John Forbes Nash Jr., a gifted Princeton mathematics professor tormented for decades by paranoid schizophrenia, into something considerably richer than typical Hollywood triumph-against-all-odds fare. Howard has teamed here again with frequent collaborator James Horner, and it's the composer who deftly shades the film's difficult emotional landscape and helps impart a compelling humanity. Horner's first task is not inconsiderable: musically portraying the arcane realm of mathematical theorems that are the story's backdrop. In doing so, the composer leans heavily on modern minimalist technique, bright flourishes that recur briefly throughout an orchestral score that increasingly reflects Nash's bleak inner landscape in its quietly somber and brooding tones. And while Horner has frequently been accused of excessively repeating himself in his scores, the neo-minimalist gambit employed on this reflectively pastoral, postmodernist soundscape neatly nips such criticism in the bud. Nash's triumph is ultimately an intensely personal one, well reflected in Welsh soprano Charlotte Church's lilting performance of the Horner/Will Jennings ballad "All Love Can Be." This enhanced CD also features notes by the director and composer, as well as exclusive photos and the film's trailer. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Haven't I heard this before?.......2007-06-20

As other reviewers will tell you yes this is another Horner machine made soundtrack. But it still sounds good! If you are a Horner fan by all means buy it otherwise "at your own risk"!

And another thing that gets me is no one even bothered to mention "Alicia Discovers Nash's Dark World" I happened to like this one this is the song that plays when he is in the hospital.

5 out of 5 stars a beautiful score.......2007-02-09



James Horner's soundtrack for A BEAUTIFUL MIND is as psychologically intense as the film it so effectively embellishes.

Charlotte Church provides an appropriately eerie and largely non-verbal soprano to this remarkable motion picture score, yet one that would seem only quirky were it not so beautifully embedded in a musical stream that draws one inexorably and almost vicariously into the emotional turbulence of the Princeton mathematician John Nash.

There is an angelic nature to the shape and texture of this music, one that is able to turn demonic as the story line requires. Both by brilliance and by dementia, Nash seems the object of external forces, rising with supreme heroism (at least in the film's version of events) to conquer. The music is there at each score, coaxing the viewer into empathic solidarity with this deeply troubled man and his long-suffering and preternaturally beautiful wife.

This is mood music of the deeply engaging variety. Its lush tonal landscape is achieved under the baton of the composer himself. The score's vast range of volume and expression would certainly have made it a joy to watch in performance.

Alas, we don't have that.

But we have this.

An ethereal, compelling, even gripping tone poem. Buy it.

5 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Mind.......2006-08-09

Absolutely gorgeous - my husband keeps it in his car and listens to it whenever he's driving.

5 out of 5 stars Haunting, lovely, majestic.......2006-04-04

The sound track for "A Beautiful Mind" stayed with me long after the movie. The CD has all the themes that made the movie so emotionally powerfull. James Horner, composer and conductor, perfectly matches the excitement of genius and the terror of mental disability. Charlotte Church's clear and gentle voice compliments the music and used instrumentally creates a haunting refrain. I loved the movie and this music is wonderful.

5 out of 5 stars Dark.......2006-02-20

This is one of the darkest and most emotional soundtrack, and yet it is filled with more inspiring songs.
Best soundtrack ive ever heard.
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

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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)
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  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:

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  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)
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  17. The Iron Giant (Michael Kamen)
  18. Youve Got Mail (George Fenton)
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  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)
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  12. Moby Dick (Christopher Gordon)
  13. The Mists Of Avalon (Lee Holdridge)
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  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
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • The best soundtrack!
  • AWESOME!!!
  • The Best!
  • OH MY GOSH!
  • Game Over's the Best!
 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Milan Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00009YEXC
Release Date: 2003-07-22

Tracks:

  1. Game Over - Performed by Alexa Vega
  2. Thumb Thumbs
  3. Pogoland
  4. Robot Arena
  5. Metal Battle
  6. Toy Maker
  7. Mega Racer
  8. Programmerz
  9. Bonus Life
  10. Cyber Staff Battle
  11. Tinker Toys
  12. Lava Monster Rock
  13. The Real Guy
  14. Orbit
  15. Welcome To The Game
  16. Heart Drive - Performed by Bobby Edner and Alexa Vega
  17. Game Over (Level 5 Mix) Remix - Produced by Dave Curtin for DeepMix
  18. Isle of Dreams (Corez Mix) Remix - Produced by Dave Curtin for DeepMix

Album Description

Music from the motion picture from the writer/director/composer Robert Rodriguez, starring Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Ricardo Montalban, Steve Buscemi, Alan Cumming, Bill Paxton, Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo and Sylvester Stallone. Composed and recorded by Robert Rodriguez, the score is comprised of a hybrid sound of classic video game analog synth mixed with crushing orchestra and rock guitars. Features 18 tracks including 2 bonus tracks, 'Game Over' (Level 5 Mix) & 'Isle Of Dreams' (Cortez Mix). Milan Records. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The best soundtrack!.......2005-10-25

After seeing the 3rd spy kids film, I heard the soundtrack. The songs in the film ae great, including Alexa Vega doing that
duet with co-star Bobby edner, singing Heart Drive.
If you know the movie, you'll love the soundtrack!(14 year old)

5 out of 5 stars AWESOME!!!.......2005-07-08

I like, never listen to music, period, except Green Day. But I like, so totally loved the music that I went out and bought the CD right away!

5 out of 5 stars The Best!.......2003-11-27

My best soundtrack of all time. I have more than 8 soundtracks and this is the only one I play. I would say my favorites are #3 #5 #7 #11 #12 #1 and #18. Even though I listen to all of them, those songs are my favorites. It is also one of my newest cds that I have. I would recommend this CD to every kids that LIKED Spy Kids 3-D.

5 out of 5 stars OH MY GOSH!.......2003-11-15

Great music,Great songs by Alexa Vega,exsalentae.This is SUCH a great CD.TWO THUMBS UP.Buy it NOW!

5 out of 5 stars Game Over's the Best!.......2003-10-03

This soundtrack rocks!This is the best movieamong the two.Ilove the song Game Over best by Alexa Vega.
Beautiful Mind (Score) (Sl)
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • decieving
  • How Amazon screwed me this time
  • Put it on and hit the repeat button
  • Very surprised it didn't win an Oscar
  • Awesome Sound Quality
 Beautiful Mind (Score) (Sl)
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Decca U.S.
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ASIN: B00006WL5I
Release Date: 2002-10-29

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars decieving.......2006-07-08

I did not know I had to buy a special Cd player for this 16 dollar cd. They range from 300-500 dollers.

My bad. I guess I had to read the FINE PRINT.

bad description, especially when this cd format is not widely known.

1 out of 5 stars How Amazon screwed me this time.......2005-10-04

Amazon sent me some kind of funky CD "enhanced" version that did not play in a normal CD player. When I wrote about it some person made it very clear the it was my error -- I guess I should know that I am not very knowledgable. Of course they say that they will return it but they charged me for shipping. I know they will print this becuase they don't read anything that I send them. rob k in St. Thoams USVI

5 out of 5 stars Put it on and hit the repeat button.......2004-01-01

This soundtrack is like LOTR in that you can put it on in the background and play it over and over.
Highly recommended!

5 out of 5 stars Very surprised it didn't win an Oscar.......2003-09-26

This soundtrack is one of the most powerful soundtracks I've ever listen to. I believe Howard Shore won an Oscar for his soundtrack to Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring the same year that A Beautiful Mind came out... unfortunately, Horner was robbed that year, although I also too love Shore's score.

Horner opens with "A Kaleidoscope of Mathematics." It comepletely draws the listener, or watcher (if viewing the movie), in. The music literally sounds like a Kaleidoscope, as if one could litterally HEAR the different colors ... and yet not randomly, but in a cohesive mathimatical way. And then, approximately one and a half minutes into the piece, a sobering, more pensive movement, yet colored again with the interesting flurishes abundant in the first minute and a half.

I've never reviewed music before, but have been an avid listener to scores and soundtracks for years. This, along with the single piece from Castaway by Alan Silvestri, and both the scores from Empire of the Sun and Hook by John Williams, TOPS the list of all time favorites. Check 'em out!

5 out of 5 stars Awesome Sound Quality.......2003-06-02

I saw this movie and was very impressed with it. Russel Crowe and Jennifer Connelly put on wonderful performances. Although one of the best parts of this movie is the haunting soundtrack. There is a bit of mathematical precision to the music and because of the multichannel aspect of the SACD, the room is filled with music. One of the things I like about this format is the fuzzyness of the music. You can hear the reverberations and things and they aren't cleaned out by the clipping. Given all the interplay on this soundtrack, this is probably the best format to hear it on.
From Broadway to Hollywood
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • From Broadway to Hollywood.
  • One of the greatest singing artists of all time !
 From Broadway to Hollywood

Manufacturer: Nimbus Records
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Release Date: 1996-07-06

Tracks:

  1. Porgy and Bess: Summertime - Lawrence Tibbett/Helen Jepson
  2. Porgy and Bess: Summertime & Crap Game/A Woman Is A Sometime Thing - Lawrence Tibbett/Helen Jepson
  3. Porgy and Bess: My Man's Gone Now - Lawrence Tibbett/Helen Jepson
  4. Porgy and Bess: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
  5. Porgy and Bess: The Buzzard Song
  6. Porgy and Bess: Bess You Is My Woman Now - Lawrence Tibbett/Helen Jepson
  7. Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So
  8. Porgy and Bess: Where Is My Bess?
  9. Emperor Jones: Oh Lord!... Standin' In The Need Of Prayer
  10. Merry Mount: Oh, 'Tis An Earth Defiled
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  14. The Rogue Song: When I'm Looking At You
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  16. The Prodigal: Life Is A Dream
  17. Ballads: De Glory Road - Lawrence Tibbett/Stewart Willie
  18. Ballads: Old Black Joe
  19. Ballads: Goin' Home

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars From Broadway to Hollywood........2007-02-12

Tibbett had the talent and the way to express it. Would that I had been around to have enjoyed it in person. Who is out there today????????

5 out of 5 stars One of the greatest singing artists of all time !.......2006-01-29

The baritone Lawrence Tibbett was one of the first American artists (with Rosa Ponselle) to gain international fame and acknowledgement in opera. This disc documents his great artistry very well, although it does lack represantation of his great operatic roles.
Tibbett gives every song and aria his whole heart and mind. He may not always sing perfect techniquely, but the truthfulness and drama Tibbett brings to being is superb and has in my opinion never quite been equaled.
This record encompasses all Porgy and Bess recordings he made as well as some very impressive portrayals of ballads and songs. I would recomend this disc not only to the collector but to all who can tolerate a bit of surface noise inorder to hear one of the greatest singers of all time :
Good News (1947 Movie Soundtrack) (Rhino Handmade)
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    		Good News (1947 Movie Soundtrack) (Rhino Handmade)
    Ray Henderson , Peter Lawford , and June Allyson
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    ASIN: B0001LYFX6
    Release Date: 2004-01-01

    Tracks:

    1. Medley: Tait Song/Good News/The Best Things in Life Are Free (Main ...) - MGM Studio Chorus, Joan McCracken
    2. Be a Ladies' Man (He's a Ladies' Man) - Peter Lawford, Ray McDonald, Mel Torm
    3. Easier Way [#][Outtake] - June Allyson, , MGM Studio Chorus,
    4. Wedding of the Painted Doll [#] - MGM Studio Orchestra
    5. Lucky in Love - June Allyson, Peter Lawford, , MGM Studio Chorus, Pat Marshall, Joan McCracken, Mel Torm
    6. Lucky in Love (Reprise) [Outtake] - Mel Torm
    7. French Lesson - June Allyson, Peter Lawford
    8. Best Things in Life Are Free - June Allyson
    9. College Daze (The French Lesson) [#] - MGM Studio Orchestra
    10. Pass That Peace Pipe - MGM Studio Chorus, Joan McCracken
    11. Crenshaw Game (Good News/He's a Ladies' Man) [#] - MGM Studio Orchestra
    12. Just Imagine - June Allyson
    13. Just Imagine (Reprise) - Mel Torm
    14. Best Things in Life Are Free (Reprise) - Peter Lawford, Mel Torm
    15. Second Half (Tait College/He's a Ladies' Man/Lucky in Love) - MGM Studio Orchestra
    16. Touchdown (Touchdown/Good News/Lucky in Love) [#] - MGM Studio Orchestra
    17. Varsity Drag Finale - June Allyson, Peter Lawford, , MGM Studio Chorus
    18. June Allyson Interview With Dick Simmons/Songs from 1930 Version ... - June Allyson, Dicky Simmons
    19. Good News [#][*]
    20. Varsity Drag [*]
    Colouring Book
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      		Colouring Book

      Manufacturer: El Records
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      ASIN: B000A6AB7Q
      Release Date: 2005-09-26

      Tracks:

      1. She's Leaving Home
      2. Game
      3. I Love You Samantha
      4. Windmills of Your Mind
      5. After the Goldrush
      6. Life on Mars
      7. Watch Me
      8. Ask Yourself Why
      9. Michelle
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      12. I'm a Train
      13. Morning Has Broken
      14. Building a Wall
      15. My Colouring Book
      16. Orange Yellow Ochre
      17. Taste of Honey
      18. Strawberry Fields Forever

      Album Description

      From quintessentially English mid-sixties origins as select choral scholars at King's College, Cambridge the King's Singers are today one of the most influential and enduring vocal groups in the world. Colouring Book features 18 tracks. EL. 2005.

      Album Details

      The King's Singers were the First to Apply Choral Technique to Popular Material and 'colouring Book' Concentrates on their Unforgettable Arrangements of International Hits of the Sixties and Early Seventies. No Less Than Seven Selections Are Drawn from their Important 1972 George Martin Produced Album Including the Remarkable 'she's Leaving Home'. Their Success with Compositions of Lennon and Mccartney Culminated in One of their Most Popular Titles 'the Beatles Connection' which is Well Represented Here Alongside Songs Written by the Other Giants of Contemporary Pop; Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, David Bowie and Neil Young. To These Diverse Writers, the King's Singers Bring their Beautiful Tone, Balance and Synchronisation with Equally Marvellous Effect.
      The Game of Life by Florence Scovel Shinn
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • An uplifting, enlightening CD.
      		The Game of Life by Florence Scovel Shinn
      William Simpson
      Manufacturer: The Orchard
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B0007CEXH2
      Release Date: 2005-01-18

      Tracks:

      1. Chapter 6 Impressing The Subconscious (first half)
      2. Chapter 6 (second half)
      3. Chapter 7 Love (first half)
      4. Chapter 7 (second half)
      5. Chapter 8 Intuition or Guidance (first half)
      6. Chapter 8 (second half)
      7. Chapter 9 The Divine Design (first half)
      8. Chapter 9 (second half)
      9. Chapter 10 Denials & Affirmations (first half)
      10. Chapter 10 (second half)
      11. Example Affirmations
      12. Preview Announcement The Prophet
      13. Marriage
      14. Copyright Notice

      Album Description

      Abundance, prosperity, healing, vital health, wealth, increased creativity and attunement with Spirit are all results that Florence Scovel Shin experienced in her life and in her book, The Game of Life, she explains with real-life examples how our lives can be lived in a more positive and conscious way. The Game Of Life is the most popular of several books written by Ms. Shinn. Although not as well known today, this book was very influential in the 1920s and `30s during the trying times of the Depression. This book and its author remain outstanding proponents of the power of thought and of the necessity of reducing fear. Throughout this recording, examples of positive thoughts and the influence they have on our life's experiences are laid out in entertaining detail. As Dr. Norman Vincent Peale said, "The Game of Life is filled with wisdom and creative insights. That its teachings will work I know to be fact, for I've long used them myself." In this new, recording, narrated by William Simpson, the founder of The Conscious Living Foundation, a wonderful blend of vitality and insight are combined with a tone of authenticity that can only be expressed through genuine experience of the subject matter, rather than just a theatrical dramatic reading of it. Mr. Simpson's own wisdom and maturity radiate through the recording, touching the listener with a clarity of expression and compassionate awareness that are rare and inspiring. The voice of the narrator becomes the voice of the author - melding into one powerful, yet gentle, guide for the spiritual and personal growth of each one who hears this recording. "The object of the game of life is to see clearly one's good and to obliterate all mental pictures of evil. This must be done by impressing the subconscious mind with a realization of good. When man can wish without worrying, every desire will be instantly fulfilled... Fear is man's only enemy - fear of lack, fear of failure, fear of sickness, fear of loss and a feeling of insecurity on some plane... We must substitute faith for fear, for fear is only inverted faith; it is faith in evil instead of good..." Florence Scovel Shin - from "The Game of Life"

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars An uplifting, enlightening CD. .......2006-05-31

      I have 'The Wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn' and am wearing it out due to repeated reading of it. I saw this 2-CD set and had to have it. It was incredible! The only tiny nit I have on this, is it should've been read by a female, since these works were written by one. Nonetheless, I'm very happy that William Simpson did record this for our enjoyment. And..every word WORKS, in my opinion. Invaluable, priceless and powerful information.
      The Essential Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber
      Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
      • Okay, but kind of disappointing
      • Not quite what I expected...
      • Some great performances, some not so great...
      • Disappointed
      • Musical Talent at Its Best
      		 The Essential Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber

      Manufacturer: Metro Music
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00005Y47E
      Release Date: 2002-02-22

      Tracks:

      1. Any Dream Will Do
      2. Close Every Door
      3. Heaven On Their Minds
      4. Everything's Alright
      5. Gethsemane
      6. I Don't Know How To Love Him
      7. Jesus Christ Superstar
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      14. Memory
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      16. Mister Mistofeles
      17. Unexpected Song
      18. Last Man In My Life
      19. Rolling Stock
      20. U-N-C-O-U-P-L-E-D

      Tracks:

      1. Only You
      2. Starlight Express
      3. There's Me
      4. Pie Jesu
      5. Angel Of Music
      6. Masquerade
      7. Wishing Somehow You Were Here Again
      8. All I Ask Of You
      9. The Phantom Of The Opera
      10. Music Of The Night
      11. Love Changes Everything
      12. The First Man You Remember
      13. Seeing Is Believing
      14. As If We Never Said Goodbye
      15. Sunset Boulevard
      16. With One Look
      17. Too Much In Love To Care
      18. Half A Moment
      19. Whistle Down The Wind
      20. Our Kind Of Love

      Album Description

      Full title, 'Essential Songs Of Andrew Lloyd Webber'. UK budget-price compilation. 40 superlative performances featuring songs from every one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musicals. Guest artists include John Barrymore, Issy Van Randwyck, Dave Willetts, Maria Friedman, Kim Criswell, Graham Bickley and the National Symphony Orchestra. Housed in a slipcase. 2002.

      Customer Reviews:

      3 out of 5 stars Okay, but kind of disappointing.......2006-04-17

      This isn't a bad recording, but the tracks are not the actual performances off of any cast recording of any of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals. The reditions of the songs on the disc are of varying quality. Some are pretty good. Some are borderline awful.
      It is a good collection for inexpensively getting a lot of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most popular songs in one place and having them there to be able to listen to get the idea of what a certain song sounds like and is about. It isn't the collection of definitive recordings for certain roles. In fact in a couple examples, I wonder if the performer fully understood the context of the song he or she was singing &/or what it was about. Overall, the album is good, for the most part, if not excellent.

      However, the liner notes for "The Essential Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber" is another matter. I don't mean to be unkind, but the author of the comments on the different tracks (one Rexton S. Bunnett) is blatantly WRONG in multiple instances. I don't mean just in nit-picky details, but in major plot details/context of songs, like the fact that Bunnett identifies "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" as being sung by "our heroine" (who he does not even identify by name as Christine Daae) as she thinks about her lover, not as being sung about Christine's dead father. He also says that the Phantom has found his perfect love and "Angel of Music" in Christine... because HE is the Angel of Music who Christine believes has been sent to her by her dead father, and because although the Phantom is obsessed with Christine, that relationship is far from "loving" (even if Christine shows him compassion. I feel like these (and a couple other mistakes) are major plot points to get wrong. A good amount of the commentary reads as if Bunnett might have written it at the last minute, fudging his way through entries on musicals of which he had little knowledge; like what an essay I might write on a book I never read for my college class but had quickly looked up on Cliff's Notes would sound like. In terms of sheer editing, there are spelling mistakes, run-on sentences and spacing errors ("Any DreamWill Do")in the liner notes. Where was the copy editor?
      And the most frightening fact of all, under Bunnett's credentials, it says "Harper Collins has just published his revision and updating of the Collins Book of the Musical."
      I am being very critical, but I think that for a widely-released CD it is reasonable to expect the liner notes to be at a professional level, as they were most likely supposed to be.

      3 out of 5 stars Not quite what I expected..........2005-04-23

      I was looking for a CD of the original performances and this CD doesn't have them. I suppose it was my fault for not looking closer, but the songs just weren't the same. Personally, I was not impressed. If you don't care that they aren't the originals then it is nice to listen to.

      4 out of 5 stars Some great performances, some not so great..........2005-04-18

      This CD is actually pretty good, considering you get 40 songs for less than $16. Let's evaluate the pros and cons.

      Pros:

      Two classic songs that are performed excellently are Phantom of the Opera and I Don't Know How to Love Him.

      Of course you want to compare Phantom to the classic Michael Crawford/ Sarah Brightman version. Well, guess what? This version is BETTER. The woman has a deeper voice than Brightman, and her singing style is just awesome. The ending of this version (you know, the "Sing, my angel of music, sing for me!") is different, but in a good way... I think.)

      And of course, the standard for I Don't Know How to Love Him is Yvonne's version. This version is different, but it grew on me quickly. This version has a country feel to it, almost. Somehow it works and sounds great.

      There are a lot of great performances in this collection. My favorites include: Heaven on Their Minds, Everything's Alright, Could We Start Again Please, Another Suitcase in Another Hall, Buenos Aires, Rainbow High, Only You, Starlight Express, Angel of Music, Masquerade, All I Ask of You, Half a Moment, and Whistle Down the Wind. I think they're all great versions of their more famous counterparts.

      Cons:

      First of all, there are some technical problems that are kind of disappointing. A few of the songs have a very echoey sound. Any Dream Will Do, Another Suitcase in Another Hall, Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, and There's Me are the songs that come to mind that are the worst in this regard. It isn't really bad, just enough to be slightly annoying, more so when the volume is turned way up on your CD player.

      A few songs are worthy of skipping over when listening to this collection. In my opinion, Superstar, Sunset Boulevard, and Gethesmane are the biggest disappointments.

      Superstar just doesn't cut it for me. The singer really overdoes it, making it overstylized... really makes you yearn for Murray Head. I can't stand listening to it. Just my opinion.

      Sunset Boulevard is one of my very favorite musicals, so I was really hoping that the singer would do justice to its title song. Unfortunately I don't think he did. You can't help but compare it to Alan Campbell's fantastic version. This guy has a very choppy way of singing, when I'm used to it being sung so smoothly. Maybe it would grow on me, but I don't think I'll give it a chance to. However, that last note is much stronger than Alan Campbell's. It doesn't make up for the rest of the song, though.

      Finally, Gethsemane. The inevitable fact is that NO ONE can sing this song like Michael Ball. This guy tries, he really does. But he doesn't have the right voice or the right style. So please listen to Michael Ball's performance of Gethsemane if you want to know how breathtaking of a song it can be. It's on the Royal Albert Hall DVD, and I'm sure he's got it on one of his CDs.

      Anyway, overall, this is a good CD if you like quantity over quality. Don't buy it for the classics, you'll probably end up disappointed with many of them. Buy it for the lesser known songs. You probably won't like every song, especially if you're a big ALW fan, but for the price, it's worth it.

      If you want classic versions of classic ALW songs, you might prefer something like "The Very Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Broadway Collection".

      1 out of 5 stars Disappointed.......2005-03-11

      The singer(s)does not do justice for the lyrics. It was grating to the ears. Save your money for the originals.

      5 out of 5 stars Musical Talent at Its Best.......2003-01-03

      What a pleasure to hear a collection of Andrew Lloyd Webber's beautiful music from such wonderful voices accompanied by an outstanding symphony. This sensational CD is a treasure to own.
      20020220: Music From Final Fantasy
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • Better than most all the ordinary FF soundtracks
      • I love this CD.
      • For those who wanna get their FF orchestra groove on...
      • The Fantasy Continues...
      • One of the Best (non OST) Final Fantasy works
      		 20020220: Music From Final Fantasy
      Nobuo Uematsu , and Shiro Hamaguchi
      Manufacturer: Japanese Import
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000063VTH
      Release Date: 2003-07-08

      Tracks:

      1. Tuning
      2. Liberi Fatali (FF VIII)
      3. (FF IV)
      4. MC-1
      5. Final Fantasy I-III
      6. MC-2
      7. (FF VII)
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      14. (FF X)
      15. (FF X)
      16. MC-2
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      19. MC-3
      20. Melodies Of Life (FF IX)
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      22. (FF VII)
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      24. The Man With The Machine Gun (FF VIII)
      25. Final Fantasy

      Album Description

      Music From Final Fantasy recorded live at Tokyo's International Forum on February 20, 2002. The show was the first 'Final Fantasy' full orchestra concert (the Tokyo Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra). Guest performers include Emiko Shiratori and Rikki who performed the theme songs. The CD includes enhanced material with a comment from Nobuo Uematsu and backstage footage.

      Album Details

      Music from 'final Fantasy' at the Tokyo International Forum.

      Customer Reviews:

      4 out of 5 stars Better than most all the ordinary FF soundtracks.......2007-01-24

      First of all, people seem to be overly critical of the choir. They say that it sounds out of tune or whatever, but this is only because they were recorded live. In Advent: One-Winged Angel, the same choir sounds totally incredible. The choir itself isn't bad, it's the recording environment that was not so hot.
      That said, I can say that this is a very impressive two CD set, even though several of the songs I don't recognize. The music is professionally composed and arranged, and just goes to show that Final Fantasy music is proffesional level. The only cons are the lesser sound quality of being recorded live and the MC tracks, which can get to be a bit long. The way they keep talking makes me really want to know what they're saying. My favorite pieces are:
      1. One-Winged Angel: I do admit that the FFVII Reunion Tracks arrangement is better, but only because of the recording environment. This arrangement has a lot of cool new elements and an awesome sound. The only problems I see with this arrangement is the absent-minded microphone placement and a bit of background shuffling that is heard at one part. The shuffling is very quiet and you get used to it, but I'm just picky about these things. As for the microphone placement; whoever put one right next to the #%@$in' snare drum deproved the quality of the piece a bit much. The snare drum during the chorus is louder than any of the other parts, and the choir is already being a bit overpowered by the orchestra. This makes for a choral section that isn't heard well enough. Despite all these slight cons, however, this arrangement of the classic piece remains superb and awesome-sounding.
      2. Liberi Fatali: Same choir rant as before. This arrangement doesn't sound quite as good as the original, but it's not really that different, it's still an incredible piece.
      3. Melodies of Life: This arrangement is better, I think, than the original except for the singing. She sounded a lot more confident in the original. But aside from that, this song is a great classic.
      4. Suteki Da Ne: The original was quite a bit better, both in sound quality and in the singing. Rikki was nervous during the performance, it is shown by her incessant breath-taking in the middle of phrases and low confidence in her voice. However, the instrumentation does sound nicely different in some spots, and Rikki's singing is still beautiful.
      This album is a must-have for any FF freak, and is better than most all the ordinary FF soundtracks. Don't miss it.

      5 out of 5 stars I love this CD........2004-02-23

      Firstly, Mr. Gibbs -- why would anybody buy this if they haven't played Final Fantasy games?

      Secondly, this is an amazing CD. With the exception of One-Winged Angel, every track on this CD is (in my opinion) the best orchestral version of these songs ever done. And this is coming from somebody who owns Celtic Moon, Grand Finale, Fithos Lusec, and a smattering of Orchestral Game Concert CDs.

      Do yourself a favor and buy this CD. It really is excellent.

      4 out of 5 stars For those who wanna get their FF orchestra groove on..........2004-02-20

      Final Fantasy 20020220 is worth buying. It is a great CD to listen to if you want to hear orchestrated versions performed live, mistakes and all. That said, let me point out everything that is wrong with the performances, and why I did not give 20020220 a 5/5. As partial as I am to Final Fantasy music, I must criticize the singing in this performance. In both tracks that featured a choir (Liberi Fatali and One Winged Angel) it seemed like everyone was trying to outsing each other, the tenors in particular would sing awfully loud, while everyone else was drowned out. The soloists RIKKI and Emiko Shiratori did a fabulous job, in my opinon. Others said that they sounded nervous, I do not agree. The actual performance by the orchestra was brilliant. I especially liked Liberi Fatali, One Winged Angel, and Vamo' Alla Flamenco. I wish I could speak Japanese, because 8 of the 25 tracks on the 2 disc set are nothing but the concert MCs talking about stuff. All in all I would like to restate that FF20020220 is worth buying, but maybe you should play some of the FF games to hear these songs before you listen to the orchestra version, all the more to appreciate this masterpiece.

      4 out of 5 stars The Fantasy Continues..........2003-06-10

      Nobuo Uematsu truly holds true to the Final Fantasy music legacy he himself set down beginning with the Final Fantasy Symphonic Suite CDs. Although I do have a few complaints, my overall take on this album is extremely positive. I'd say my favourite renditions on this CD are "Vamo' Alla Flamenco", lush, rich arrangement for orchestra (which truly is the greatest symphonic rendering I've seen from almost any game composer [thanks to Shiro Hamaguchi]) and the brass-graced Final Fantasy VI's "Terra" / "Tina" (which almost lives up to the Grand Finale version). Basically, every single song on these two CDs were mind-blowing with the exceptions of the two most crucial ones, "Liberi Fatali" and "One-Winged Angel". Okay, fine... I've got to give credit where credit is due, Liberi Fatali isn't THAT bad. It falters near the end though, but the primary complaint isn't the symphonic elements (or even the annoying snare [?] drum... *grrr*), but rather the supposed choir they assigned. Not very harmonic or in-tune, but I still give it 4-stars.
      To sum it all up, all very nice arrangements with those little differences which make it all the more enjoyable. Cons? The choir voices and the MC segments (I don't speak Japanese, so my apologies if you do and find them entertaining).

      4 out of 5 stars One of the Best (non OST) Final Fantasy works.......2003-02-19

      There hasn't been a live CD since the ill-fated "Symphonic Suite" many years ago and now there is this - quite simply put a live version of some of the best Final Fantasy songs. The Tokyo Philharmonic is on every beat and adds alittle more to the Final Fantasy melodies. The MC's get annoying and their Japanese is very hard to understand. The choice of songs was superb yet there is no "live feel" as most of the songs are played just as you would have heard them on another Final Fantasy CD. All in all, this is one of the best and one can easily see by some of its few flaws to its real beauty - the epitome of Nobuo Uematsu's Final Fantasy work.

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