Customer Reviews

Birth (Score)

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
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Music for the small hours of the night, grabs you to another world, enchanting and powerful.

I FINALLY got my CD in the mail from Amazon and it had been about a month since I'd actually seen the film (maybe longer) and as soon as it cued up and began to play, it was uncannily just as etherial and eerie sounding as it was the first time. I have a handful of music scores I listen to quite often (Gladiator, Jaws, American Beauty), but this one has quickly become my favorite. The two pieces "The Wedding" and "Elegy" are the ones I find myself listening to over and over. "The Kiss" and "Mr. Reincarnation" are right behind. I find myself falling asleep each night listening to this score on my Dell DJ and on those nights my battery is too low to run the player and has to recharge, I certainly miss the eerie lullabies. I think this score made the movie.....it set the mood and kept it in a somber and internalizing place. I am looking forward to hearing more of Alexandre Desplat's work.....most definately.

I don't know a thing about reviewing film scores. I wouldn't even know where to begin. I haven't a clue what any of the instruments are, so identifying one I like within a track is completely out of the question. The most I can do is point out that in my review of the film, I state that the opening sequence of it is the most beautiful piece of film I've ever seen, mostly because of the score going on behind it. Based on that one piece of music, Prologue, I bought the score after watching the movie for a second time.

What I'm surprised by, though, is that the piece of music I bought the score for is actually the weakest when taken out of the film. Prologue , when taken away from the gorgeous film accompanying it in the beginning of the movie, is actually not the best piece on the album. The rest of the score, however, shines brilliantly when taken out of the film. It's not often that I find myself sitting down listening to a score, most of the time I'll get bored of them, music needs vocals for me, but this score is different. There's something undeniably beautiful and brilliant about it, so full of life that it doesn't need the film to go along with it. Based on how I felt the second time I saw Birth, I'd have to say that I prefer the score by itself to how it sounds within the film.

If you consider yourself a fan of music in any way, I would recommend that you give this a listen. It's one of the most unique and hauntingly beautiful pieces of music I've heard in a very long time. I don't know how Alexandre Desplat came up with it all, it's more then my mind could even begin to comprehend.

This is one of the finest soundtracks in recent years. The entire album plays as a harmonious whole and is haunting and hypnotic. It is beautiful music that stands on its own whether you have seen the movie or not. It is at once minimalist like a Philip Glass piece and lush in places in the classical music sense. It goes back and forth between these two genres in a very satisfying way.
I was a bit perplexed by the movie and wasn't sure if I liked it or not but this sountrack is a gem.

This is a superb soundtrack, perhaps the strongest element for the feature film. I recommend this for all who collect highly listenable, mood-themed soundtracks.

This score is moving-exciting and dark but there are parts especially into Rendevous that become very repetitious and loud almost to the point of being painful.

My favorite parts are the Prologue-The Engagement and the end selection The Waltz. I ordered it because I had seen the movie and was captivated with the soundtrack- I could not get the music out of my head and wanted to own the CD so that when I am in the mood-I could listen.

The movie was great and captivating. The music spoke when there was no dialog.

A gorgeous symphonic score for Glazer's "Birth." Just like the film, the score casts a strange spell, at times whimsical and elegant and at other times moody and enigmatic. While some tracks are honestly a little repetitive and simplistic, the most note-worthy tracks are; Prologue, Rendezvous, Elegy, and The Birth Waltz. Even if your not familiar with the film itself, the scoring by Desplat has a rare classic beauty full of piano and swooning strings among other elements.
4/5.

By itself the score sounds a bit detached and moody, but if you have seen the film, you'd know how well the score helps define the film. The Philip Glass-esque soundtrack is fascinating to listen to while consuming the images on the screen. On its own, t's also a great collection for meditation.

Oddly enough I had an interest in this Score about 6 months ago when Amazon displayed that "others who bought this also bought this" blurb. I checked it out but wasn't interested enough at the time to purchase it. Then last December I watched The Door in the Floor and became a bit entranced with the score. One of my better purchases this year to date.