All the Pretty Horses (2001 Film) [Soundtrack]

Marty Stuart (Composer), Larry Paxton (Composer), Marty Stuart (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Marty Stuart, Larry Paxton, Marty Stuart
• Audio CD (January 16, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000056KYJ
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,996 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #52 in Music > Country > Instrumental

Track Listings

1. Cowboy's Dream

2. Canyon Sonata

3. All The Pretty Horses

4. Purty Dad-Gum Good

5. After The Rain

6. Mild Cello Blues

7. Malarki Opus in D major

8. John Grady's Angel

9. Edge Of The World

10. Get My Boots

11. Strawberry Tango, parts 1 & 2

12. The King Of Horses

13. Far Away (Alejandra's Phone Call)

14. Porque (from All the Pretty Horses)

15. Waltz For Hope (from All the Pretty Horses)

16. Ain't That A Drag

17. My Last Days On Earth

18. What's It Like To Be Dead?

19. Long Journey Home

20. Candles and Lies

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

SOUNDTRACK ALL THE PRETTY HORSES

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware!!, January 8, 2002

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Weston C. Childers "Wes Childers" (San Angelo, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All the Pretty Horses (2001 Film) (Audio CD)

The "All The Pretty Horses" soundtrack boasts bevy of beautful and haunting melodies. Each song allows the listener to escape from the pressures of 21st century life, and to a time and place where the West was still wild and free, and chivalry was still very much alive. Most will recognize composer Marty Stuart from his work in the country music genre. He uses his influence in country when composing songs as it is apparent alot of time and effort went into each one. Kudos go out to him and director Billy Bob Thortan for crafting such emotionally-driven music. This is truly a great album, but....
I cannot in good conscience give this album the 5 stars it should have deserved for the simple fact of the matter that the album seems short. Many of the songs serve mainly as "teasers" as they last upwards to one minute in most instances. That is it. There are television commercials longer then that. The album itself runs around 50 minutes with 23 songs, so one can easily do the math here to figure out that most of the songs serve more as samplers. The length of the songs, or lack of, alone bring the quality of this album down. Why there wasn't a 2 CD set released is beyond me. For Old West enthusiasts, not unlike myself, this album fits like a glove, but still carries with it the mild-nauseating feeling of being having been cheated. For film scores buffs in general, I implore you to try your luck with Tombstone, BraveHeart or Gladiator instead.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great western soundtrack, February 27, 2004

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David E. Green (Phoenix, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All the Pretty Horses (2001 Film) (Audio CD)

This is a must buy for fans of western soundtracks.It mixes beautifully symphonic music with Guitar music and spices it up all together with a south of the border flavor. Haunting music that will make you want to never take it out of your cd changer. It also
Features two vocal pieces, the first a spanish song sung by the very talented Raul Malo of the country group the mavericks, the second song is a beautiful ballad sung by Marty Stuart. Though I never owned any cd's of Marty Stuart he earns my respect with composing this film score.(cowboy hats off to you Mr.Stuart)

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect score to enhance a beautifully shot film, January 15, 2001

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angst24 "angst24" (Hartsdale, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All the Pretty Horses (2001 Film) (Audio CD)

Marty Stuart has always been a country traditionalist and it shows in his score to "All the Pretty Horses". His use of mandolins, acoustic guitars and traditional fiddle set the mood and accompany the amazing landscape scenes beautifully. I usually don't leave the theater thinking more about the music than the movie, but this time I did. The spanish song "Porque" is absolutely gorgeous and is sung beautifully by Raul Malo of the Mavericks. He also has a cameo in the film as well. I would highly recommend this cd to anyone yearning for the music of the old west and simpler times.