Amistad: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

John Williams (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 9, 1997)
• Original Release Date: December 9, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Dreamworks
• ASIN: B000005AME
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #134,291 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dry Your Tears, Afrika

2. Sierra Leone, 1839 And The Capture Of Cinque

3. Crossing The Atlantic

4. Cinque's Theme

5. Cinque's Memories Of Home

6. Middle Passage

7. The Long Road To Justice

8. July 4, 1839

9. Mr. Adams Takes The Case

10. La Amistad Remembered

11. The Liberation Of Lomboko

12. Adams' Summation

13. Going Home

14. Dry Your Tears, Afrika (Reprise)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BE WARNED! The mp3 download is NOT THE ORIGINAL SCORE!, December 14, 2007

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Brenden S. Matthews - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Film Soundtrack Masters: Amistad (MP3 Download)

This is extremely misleading. The download is NOT the score. Do not be fooled! What it SOUNDS like is that someone ripped the vocals from the acutal soundtrack, and then used a standard onboard 128 voice midi synth to replace the score, and then somehow Amazon let them attach it to the soundtrack like it was a real product, so they can steal your money.

Great soundtrack, but do NOT BUY THE MP3 DOWNLOAD!!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good African score, January 7, 2003

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Brandon Cutro (Tyler, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Amistad: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

John Williams gives an effective and listenable African sounding score to Amistad which contains a wonderful African chorus, ethnic percussion, and great horn passages. The main theme is really good and really stands out in the first and last tracks. It utilizes the African chorus to great effect with the words "U yama mu yay, Afrika" repeatedly, which translates to "Dry Your Tears, Afrika", the title of the first and last tracks. This theme is repeated a few times in the middle tracks, such as in "Middle Passage" and "The Liberation of Lomboko". Another theme is found in "Cinque's Theme" which is a quiet and wonderfully played flute and string passage. The remainder of the tracks contain slow and more laid back music as in "Crossing the Atlantic", "Cinque's Memories of Home", and "July 4, 1839". Some other tracks contain bold horn solos such as in "The Long Road to Justice", "Mr. Adams Takes the Case", and "Adams' Summation". Overall, a good ethnic score that while it is not as good as some of Williams' other works, it still is worth listening to more than once. I think you will enjoy this.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Winning Williams Film Score, September 7, 2000

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Daniel G. Berk (West Bloomfield, Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amistad: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Although he had written a number of film scores prior, John Williams really began to score as a film composer with Star Wars. Since then he has composed a number of winning film scores, this score from Amistad certainly being no exception. As good as the film is, this music is good enough to stand on its own and is worth the listen, even if one has not seen the film.