Babe: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Nigel Westlake, Babe | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 15, 1995)
• Original Release Date: August 15, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000014XK
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #66,428 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. If I Had Words

2. This Is A Tale...

3. Fairground

4. I Want My Mum

5. The Way Things Are

6. Crime And Punishment

7. Anorexic Duck Pizzicati

8. Repercussions

9. Toreador / Mother & Son

10. Pork Is Nice Sweet Meat / Away In A Manger

11. Christmas Morning

12. Blue Moon

13. Round Up

14. Babe's Round Up

15. The Sheep Pig

16. Dog Tragedy

17. Hoggett Shows Babe

18. Maa's Death

19. Cantique De Jean Racine / The Cat

20. If I Had Words

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

This is the original motion picture soundtrack for the movie Babe. It includes 23 soundtracks from the movie.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars There is a major problem with this otherwise wonderful CD, March 13, 2004

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D. COLLIER "Top Guhzillion Reviewer" (Brownwood, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Babe: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

I'm not trying to disrespect the music of this movie in any way, shape, or form. The music (classical composed by Saint-Saens) is absolutely beautiful, if I may use an understatement. But if you purchase this CD, be aware that those who put it together almost succeeded in putting half the film script on there as well.

It was very irritating, because what I wanted to hear was the music from the film. Instead, I had to listen to the lines of the film during the music of the film. If that were what I wanted to hear, I would simply sit in front of a television and pop the tape into the VCR and watch the movie BABE. I can understand if the makers of this soundtrack wanted something in it to appeal to the children. Then, leave in the mice singing "Blue Moon" during the credits. And leave in James Cromwell's solo rendition of "If I Had Words" - but leave it at that. They should have left the rest of the music untainted.

What I'm probably going to do now is find the most comprehensive collection of Saint-Saens's music I can find on compact disc. At least then, my listening pleasure will not be interrupted by conversations between Babe the pig and Ferdinand the duck.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful music and a lot of talking, October 2, 2000

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Leon (Israel) - See all my reviews

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

I loved the movie babe and it's music is truely great, though i must confess that when I got the CD and started hearing it I was a bit disapponited, as I found out much of the running time of this CD is in fact not music but quotations from the movie... as much as I adore Ferdinand the Duck I didnt buy the CD to hear him talking, i bought it to hear the soundtrack.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars dissapointing, January 28, 2005

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Erin Wulff "dornie128" (Albany, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Babe: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

i should have read these reviews before i bought this cd. not only is there talking, which i am not interested in and find annoying, but they also cut the songs shorter! i was interested in a nice musical arrangement that i could play during the day for my family while the tv is off. if i wanted to hear the lines of the movie, i would put in the dvd that i already have. what a waste of money - you can find my copy of this cd on sale at ebay, used only once.