Brazil [Soundtrack]

Michael Kamen, Brazil | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 23, 1993)
• Original Release Date: December 18, 1985
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Milan Records
• ASIN: B0000015G8
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,372 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Central Services/The Office

2. Sam Lowry's 1st Dream/'Brazil' - Kate Bush

3. Ducts

4. Waiting For Daddy/Sam Lowry's Wetter Dream 'The Monoliths Erupt'

5. Truck Drive

6. The Restaurant (You've Got To Say The Number)

7. Mr Helpmann

8. The Elevator

9. Jill Brazil/Power Station

10. The Party (Part 1)/Plastic Surgery

11. Ducting Dream

12. Brazil - Geoff Muldaur

13. Days & Nights In Kyoto - The Party (Part 2)

14. The Morning After

15. Escape ?

16. The Battle

17. Harry Tuttle - 'A Man Consumed By Paperwork'

18. Mothers Funeral/Forces Of Darkness

19. Escape! No Escape!

20. Bachianos Brazil Samba

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweeping and soaring!, January 2, 2006

By 

Zach Pajak (Clarksville, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brazil (Audio CD)

Michael Kamen's score for Brazil is sweeping, soaring, and captures all of the hopeful longing of the protagonist dreamer of the film. Any fan of Erich Wolfgang Korngold will love Kamen's symphonic rendition of the title song, which plays throughout. I don't normally care for dialogue provided on a soundtrack (for instance, the overbearing voice-overs on Hans Zimmer's Hannibal soundtrack or the sometimes unnecessary dialogue on Vangelis' Blade Runner soundtrack), however I didn't mind so much for the dialogue on this soundtrack. Recommended for anyone who enjoys grand, sweeping film scores.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Speechless in a good way., June 4, 2005

By 

gordonblu (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brazil (Audio CD)

I bought this soundtrack shortly after hearing the news of Michael Kamen's untimely demise and thought it fitting to purchase one of his earlier works in memory of him. I didn't know what I was getting myself into.

Right away, BAM! I was in another world. I loved how realistically it depicted fantasy. You heard me right! If you've ever had a dream where you are flying, it feels exactly how some of this score sounds.

The score also illustrates how dreams are not enough to isolate you from the horrors of reality. As in the film you are taken to the heights of escapism and then mercilessly dragged back to the nasty truth.

Now you're all thinking that this is a negative review, but it is not. I absolutely LOVE this score! I even tolerate most of the dialogue that is present with the exception of the track called "The Party(Part 1)/Plastic Surgery", It didn't add to the overall listen and wasn't necessary.


In conclusion, I am more than pleased that this score is still available after twenty years and can only hope that they'll realize there is a market for this and re-release Munchausen. Please?

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The only thing better than this album is the movie, August 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Brazil (Audio CD)

Brazil, Brazil, Brazil. No longer a place of jungle and tree, but still a place of mystery, misery, and sudden, unexpected, horror. Maybe Brazil is really only like that in the movies, but nevertheless. Brazil is a poignant film of love, loss, and a statement as bold and as powerful as that of Huxley or Bradbury. No less is the soundtrack a work of art, carefully crafted to linger in the listener's mind not as an annoyance, but as a gentle, lilting memory that takes one back always to the heyday of BRAZIL.