Baraka: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Michael Stearns | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 24, 1993)
• Original Release Date: August 24, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Milan Records
• ASIN: B0000015GX
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #97,336 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mantra/Organics

2. Wipala - Inkuyo

3. The Seraphim - Dead Can Dance

4. Village Dance

5. Wandering Saint

6. African Journey

7. Rainbow Voice

8. Monk With Bell

9. Broken Vows/A Prayer of Kala Rupa/An Daorach Bheag

10. Finale

11. End Credits

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This release is OK.... just OK., November 9, 1999

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bobby ([e-mail]) (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baraka: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

This SHOULD have been a great CD but when I listened to it I was very disappointed to find that the incredibly beautiful opening flute theme (from the movie Baraka) is omitted as well as other great material from the movie (i.e. the jewish chanting/singing part). Also, some songs like the conga-based "African Journey" and "Rainbow Voice" are severely truncated versions from the movie.... which is a shame.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not So Fast , Please ..., April 28, 2004

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Gerardo Martinez Casas "Gary" (Charlotte, North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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It's not even close to the soundtrak played on the movie , the reason I bought it . The music in the movie is 100 minutes and the CD only 48 . The editing is not worth it , sorry to say . But I did also get Michael Stearns Collected Thematic Works 77 - 87 , and it is a fine electronic album , up there with Michael Hoening and Klaus Schulze and Company . So , play the music of the movie in your DVD and forget about the CD ...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely love the music..., December 6, 2001

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A. Ort "aorto" (Youngstown, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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...but disappointed by its brevity, including the editing of certain songs including the Intro and especially Track 6, which is hypnotic and ecstatic from the video (try it with headphones).

This CD will give you a taste (or a tease) of the power of the film. Try recording the entire movie onto a cassette.

As for the music (speaking of it from the film) it is absolutely marvelous. The meshing of music and imagery becomes emblazened into the mind's eye (and ears).

Having seen the movie before owning the CD I can not say what would happen if you never saw the movie and merely listened to the CD alone but I can tell you that Dead Can Dance's Host of the Seraphim alone is a journey worth taking. Well, that and the David Hykes track.

Now that I think about it, get it. Be carried away from the cares of this world for a while.