The 10th Kingdom - TV Score [Soundtrack]

Anne Dudley, 10th Kingdom | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 29, 2000)
• Original Release Date: February 29, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B00004NH99
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #94,987 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 4 Who Saved the 9 Kingdoms

2. Standing on the Edge of Greatness

3. Six Glorious Wishes

4. Addicted to Magic

5. The House of White

6. Troll Trouble

7. Flowers Only Grow Where There Are Seeds

8. The Dwarves of Dragon Mountain

9. Nothing Escapes the Huntsman

10. A Stepmother's Curse

11. The Dog Formerly Known as Prince

12. Blood on the Snow

13. Trolls in New York

14. A Travelling Mirror

15. Kissing Town

16. A Gypsy Incantation

17. These Are Dark Days

18. Seven Years Bad Luck

19. The Days of Happy Ever After Are Gone

20. When the Wild Moon Calls You

See all 23 tracks on this disc

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing haunting unique style., May 13, 2000

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This review is from: The 10th Kingdom - TV Score (Audio CD)

When I saw "The 10th Kingdom" on NBC, I not only enjoyed the story, I also enjoyed the music. I mainly got the soundtrack to hear the theme song and the harp music from the town scene (which is on track 15). I ended up really enjoying the whole soundtrack. It has a very unique electric style to it. It's kind of similar to the style of Mannheim Steamroller. It was often very eerie and suspending, which made it interesting to listen to. It sounded a lot like a fairytale! It created an interesting atmosphereic mood. I really enjoyed "Wishing On A Star" even though it was only 1:21 minutes long. It was performed by Miriam Stockley, a South African singer who is the lead singer of Adiemus. She is a very great singer! The are a number of other really good tracks such as tracks 1,3,8,10,14 and many others. These tracks also created very interesting moods in the movie, like the humorous mood of "Six Glorious Wishes", the romantic mood of "Kissing Town", the shocking mood of "A Stepmother's curse", and the extreme tense moods of most of the tracks, especially "The Traveling Mirror". If you loved the movie, you will really love the soundtrack!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A soundtrack that has unknowingly achieved greatness!, May 26, 2000

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This review is from: The 10th Kingdom - TV Score (Audio CD)

Anne Dudley has a natural gift for protraying the emotion you see on the screne. Her music gives all of the unspoken messages that are so important to a films depth. She succeeds in making one of the most amazing films ever, become something more..something with true heart and greatness. The song "Wishing on a Star" is quiet moving to, bad it wasn't longer. "Standing of the Edge of Greatness" is a masterful piece of work that proves this composer is going to be around a long time. See the movie which will make you speechless with its utter greatness and then buy the soundtrack to relive that greatness..especially its love story.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Simple Yet Enchanting Orchestration, May 11, 2009

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This review is from: The 10th Kingdom - TV Score (Audio CD)

"The 10th Kingdom" was an epic fantasy/modern fairy tale hybrid of a TV miniseries. At nearly seven hours in length, the soundtrack to such an ambitious project could have been any number of things, from epic and sweeping to campy and childish. The score to "The 10th Kingdom" is neither of these things; instead, it is a somewhat simplistic, pleasant orchestration that contains a little of both and manages to capture the story to great effect.

The theme song is featured as the closing track, and this was the song that many purchased this soundtrack for -- "Wishing on a Star" was a haunting, magical tune that Miriam Stockley's soaring vocals gave great power (it aided "The 10th Kingdom" in capturing an Emmy for Best Opening Sequence). Ms. Stockley was thankfully used in many instances as the vocalist on the rest of the score and she was never wasted.

There are simplistic tracks that are still emotive, such as "The 4 Who Saved the 9 Kingdoms" and "Addicted to Magic," as well as fun tracks such as "Troll Trouble" and the lovely harps featured in "Kissing Town." There are haunted, creepy themes such as "Nothing Escapes the Huntsman" or "Gypsy Incantation."

Anne Dudley's true strength as a composer, however, truly shines on the songs that dealt with Snow White, her wicked witch of a stepmother, or the current Evil Queen. Orchestrations such as "The Stepmother's Curse" and "The House of White" enthrall the senses with their sweeping themes; "Blood on the Snow" is suitably haunting, and the magic mirror themes ("Travelling Mirror") shimmer in emotive capability.

While the score to "The 10th Kingdom" might not have entirely reached the epic heights to which its rich source material ascended, it is a worthy addition to anyone's musical library and manages to enchant the listener with both the simple and the complex, the magical and the mundane, the sweeping and the pleasant.