The American President: Original Score From The Motion Picture [Soundtrack, Import]

Marc Shaiman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 7, 1995)
• Original Release Date: November 7, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack, Import
• Label: Mca UK
• ASIN: B000002OYY
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,014 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Main Titles From 'The American President'

2. Call Me Andy

3. I Like Her

4. It`s Meatloaf Night

5. The First Kiss

6. The Slow Down Plan

7. The Morning After/ Meet The Press

8. Politics As Usual

9. Never Have An Airline Strike At Christmas

10. 'I Have Dreamed' (The State Dinner)

11. Camp David

12. Gathering Votes

13. Make The Deal

14. Decisions

15. President Shepherd

16. End Titles

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hypnotic - A Gorgeous Soundtrack, December 1, 1999

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anneelise "anneliseirish" (Wyandotte, MI United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The American President: Original Score From The Motion Picture (Audio CD)

Movie soundtracks are some of my favorite recorded music, as it helps me relive a well-loved movie, and often provides a lovely background for me while I read or knit. The movie itself is wonderful, a romance you can really lose yourself in. The best music will do that, as this does. The main theme has become so popular in other movie trailers that it took me a long time to figure out where I'd originally heard it, so I'm delighted to be able to hear it whenever I like. I highly recommend this recording.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Big Fan!!!, November 21, 1998

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K. Maurine (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The American President: Original Score From The Motion Picture (Audio CD)

I loved the movie and the music lets me relive it, each time I listen to it! The main theme is beautiful and listening to old standards is a nice touch too. You will thoroughly enjoy this orchestration!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "American President" Score has Class and Eloquence, April 12, 2002

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Nancy M. Smith (Ellicott City, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The American President: Original Score From The Motion Picture (Audio CD)

Marc Shaiman's soundtrack for the movie "The American President" is the perfect complement to this classy film. Eloquent and simple in its scoring, Shaiman's music is lovely throughout the CD. His style brings simultaneously to mind the purity of American values amid Washington politics, and evokes the music of the late Aaron Copland, composer of the score to the ballet "Billy the Kid" and the movie "The Red Pony."

His wonderful instrumentation helps to further the American ambience and backdrop to the story of the Widower President Shepherd who falls unwittingly in love with lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade. Shaiman's score features noble tunes accompanied by Revolutionary period-style music that might make the listener think of such legendary American figures as Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington.

The album winds through the movie's plot in its presentation of the various themes and tunes, taking the listener for a musical journey reminiscent of the fine Romantic nature of the film. The soaring music of the final scene featuring President Shepherd entering an applauding Congress for his State of the Union Address brings tears to my eyes every time I see the movie, and pride to my heart as an American citizen, as I listen to this wonderful music.