Cirque du Soleil: "O" [Soundtrack]

Benoit Jutras (Composer), Elise Guay (Performer), Julie McInnes (Performer), Roxane Potvin (Performer), Toumany Kouyaté (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Elise Guay, Julie McInnes, Roxane Potvin, Toumany Kouyaté
• Composer: Benoit Jutras
• Audio CD (September 6, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Cirque Du Soleil
• ASIN: B000A2H9WU
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,845 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Jeux d'Eau - Cirque du Soleil

2. Mer Noire

3. Tzelma

4. Africa

5. Remous

6. Svecounia

7. Nostalgie

8. Simcha

9. Gamelan

10. Ephra

11. Désert

12. Terre Aride

13. O

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brings back memories, August 13, 2006

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Clarissa Bowen (Southern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cirque du Soleil: "O" (Audio CD)

Each time I listen to 'O' it brings back a wonderful sense of nostalgia. When the gorgeous, sorrowful longing of "Jeux D'Eau" starts playing I get tingles all over my body, just as I did when I first saw the show at the Bellagio in Las Vegas and the red velvet curtains dropped to reveal the most mesmerizing show I have ever seen on stage - or, in this case, in water.

The story itself is complex yet breathtaking (you can interpret its meaning whichever way you'd like), and the wide range of emotions the music emits only further enhances the sweeping away part.

The melodies are mournful, jubilant, and, as ever, magical...

In short, these beautiful compositions will make you FEEL. So buy this soundtrack, and go see the show if you haven't already!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 'Tis my favorite!, April 7, 2006

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Eric Jordan (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cirque du Soleil: "O" (Audio CD)

Funny thing is, I haven't even seen the show for "O," but I have had this album for 5 years now and it has quickly grown to become among my favorite albums of all time. This is probably my favorite cirque du soleil album. While it is versatile in different styles with a clash influence of popular and classical music, such sweet harmonious sounds and a tasteful blend of timbres create a colorful soundtrack to what I could picture to be an incredible show. If they will ever do the show "O" again I'm gonna see it. "Africa" and "Remous" are especially good, as they show much contrast in dynamics, texture, style, and timbre, as well as interpolating background effects to create a vision that one is in Africa during the night. "Gamelan," "Ephra," and "desert" are very well written songs, as well as the title track itself. If you love their music, this is definitely the cream of the crop.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Admittedly biased, June 25, 2008

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Shonna Gariepy "Shonna" (Las Vegas, Nevada USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cirque du Soleil: "O" (Audio CD)

I admit it...I am horribly biased. I worked for Cirque du Soleil "O" for the first oh, almost 3 years of it's running and married the sax player you'll hear on this CD. That said, I've heard this music over and over for the past ten years. It is still nowhere near old to me. It still stirs my blood and I find that I can conjure up visions in my mind's eye of just exactly what exactly should be happening in the show with each song and it makes me smile each time. This music, so beautifully written by Benoit Jutras, was played to perfection on the CD and if you do make it to the show, you'll be equally blown away by just how great it is in person. From start to finish what you get on this is "O" to go. So take it with you - see what you can conjure up with it. Will it be a scene from "O" or will it be something of your own imaginings? Listen and see! It's rare that music is written for something so specific yet has such wonderfully open possibilities!