Afterglow: Music From The Motion Picture [Soundtrack]

Mark Isham | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 3, 1998)
• Original Release Date: February 3, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Columbia/ Sony
• ASIN: B000002BTH
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,043 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. After the Glow Has Gone

2. Yeses, Noes and in-Betweens

3. A Life Suspended

4. Hope and Charity

5. For Charles

6. Yeses and Noes

7. Undecided

8. The Frenzy

9. Afterglow

10. Afterglow (Reprise)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Elegant, Seductive, Cool, August 6, 2002

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This review is from: Afterglow: Music From The Motion Picture (Audio CD)

Deeply felt, impeccably played, at times heartrendingly lovely--Mark Isham has produced what may be his best soundtrack. This may be something of an homage to Miles Davis; if so, it is beautifully done. However, on a more immediate level, this is music for love, for losing, for hoping. The saxaphone and vibes are perfect. Isham's trumpet is cool, blue. The piano is neither overbearing nor invisible. each player has something to add conversationally to the overall scheme. It is a shame to me that this album is likely to be forgotton as the movie was not a large success; the soundtrack can stand on its own, and deserves to be heard by a wide audience, as it is accessable to non jazz fans yet truly appreciable by the jazz afficianado. Play on.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best CD for a Rainy Day, May 6, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Afterglow: Music From The Motion Picture (Audio CD)

I've had this CD for 5 years, and it's still my favorite rainy day disc. I can sorta understand why consumers hoping to get ALL the music from the movie might feel gypped. But those people obviously aren't jazz fans. What you get instead with this remarkable CD are all the sessions featuring the great Charles Lloyd - some that wound up in the movie, a lot that didn't. Gary Burton's vibes rule. Without question, Mark Isham's best movie score.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The album's afterglow will burn far longer than the film's, January 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Afterglow: Music From The Motion Picture (Audio CD)

Lush, elegant and wistful is this soundtrack featuring the sax of Charles Lloyd, Geri Allen's piano, Gary Burton on vibes and Sid Page -- remember Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks? - on violin. Long after the film has faded from memory these sounds demand repeated play, on sunless days and times when you need to curl up and disappear into something.