Birdy [Limited Edition, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack]

Peter Gabriel | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 7, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
• Label: Umvd Labels
• ASIN: B000065V85
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #335,429 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best soundtracks ever made, August 27, 2002

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Distant Voyageur "Nicholas Computer" (Io) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Birdy (Audio CD)

This 1985 album is a soundtrack to the 1984 movie entitled 'Birdy' and what a haunting soundtrack! The album cover of the moonlight illuminating the dark room through a window sets the general mood of this album: Dark & Haunting. There are no lyrics anywhere on this soundtrack but there are some tracks that borrow elements from several tracks from the Melting Face & Security LPs. It's really something to listen to the sampled tracks in a totally different setting especially the one where the piano intro of Family Snapshot is sampled on the track Close Up. The Heat is simply The Rhythm Of The Heat as an instrumental. The opening track At Night though is my personal favorite. It's dark, haunting & very gloomy, totally opposite to such tracks as Sledgehammer or Big Time. Fans of SO, US or even of his first two albums might find the Birdy soundtrack to be a bit difficult to immediately enjoy but for die-hard fans or the more adventurous this soundtrack is a must have.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "This record contains re-cycled material and no lyrics", July 5, 2002

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Manny Hernandez "@askmanny" (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews
(HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)   

This review is from: Birdy (Audio CD)

This is the warning that Mr. Gabriel provides to listeners of this album when you first open its booklet...

Immaculately produced by Gabriel himself and Daniel Lanois, this album, which served as the musical background to the Alan Parker movie 'Birdy' contains 12 tracks, 5 of which are instrumental versions of the songs "Family Snapshot," "Not One Of Us," "Rhythm Of The Heat," "Wallflower" and "San Jacinto," from PG's third and fourth albums. The remaining tracks are instrumentals of incredible beauty, where Gabriel plays alongside his long time contributors Larry Fast, Tony Levin, Jerry Marotta and David Rhodes, among others.

This is one of those soundtracks that, more than standing by itself (which it does) is an essential component of the movie it was made to accompany.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent score! A bit depressing though., February 18, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Birdy (Audio CD)

This soundtrack is Peter Gabriel's first foray into movie scores but it is a really good soundtrack that stands on it's own. The movie itself is just amazing and the soundtrack perfectly fits in the weird tone of the movie.

Be warned: The soundtrack is very gloomy and may leave you depressed.

As some are aware of, five of the songs life up parts of tracks from Gabriel's third and fourth CDs and the album label arns that this record contains no lyrics. The remaining seven are extraordinarily haunting and beautiful. My favorite of the retooled older songs is "Birdy's Flight" which lifts up the fast-paced ending minute of "Not One of Us" and giving it a totally different feel altogether.

The best of the original tracks is "Floating Dogs" which is a very scary but beautiful track that becomes a very twisted trancy piece.

Do not let the fact that this is overshadowed by "PassioN". "Birdy" is a really excellent score and should be included in any Gabriel fan's collection.