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Don't Look Now (Original Soundtrack Recording)

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A masterpiece of melancholy, this first outing by Donaggio from 1973 for director Nicolas Roeg and his strange, troubling, deeper-than-glances masterpiece about grief and the tricks of space and time.

I've played this score probably a couple of thousand times and still find joys in its Venetian mists. There's the allusion to Mozart in the classic "Love Theme" to the notorious and sweet love scene between Christie and Sutherland, and of course, the red menace of Venice himself, Vivaldi. It's spare, austere even, until it hits the climax and that organ of doom comes crashing in on "The Last Farewell."

The only other Donaggio's scores that have the durability of "Don't" are "Body Double" and "Carrie", but "Blow Out" is amazingly orchestrated, even if a bit overly tragic. I'd argue that "Don't" reigns above the rest in the long haul. It's simple, severe, diabolique, enchanting... just like its setting of Venice.

Yes, take this to Venice with you on a CD Walkman and slink around at night after 2 AM when even the Piazzo San Marco flute player has gone home. Believe me, it's an experience.

Desde hace mucho tiempo he buscado este disco, casualmente lo encontré un dia aquí, y realmente es impresionante, como fan de la película he disfrutado cada track, especialmente el # 7, el sonido de los violines es estupendo, recrea lo que "Mr. Baxter" hace, es decir la visión que tiene de Laura en el gran canal ...

Impresionante, imperdible en toda colección de todo fan de los estupendos Soundtracks de los 70's.

Augusto Borja

As much as I love his work on "Carrie", "Dressed to Kill", "Blow Out", "Body Double" and "The Howling", Pino Donaggio's best score is, in my opinion, "Don't Look Now". Whether you are hearing it in the amazing film or by itself in your CD player, this score will force you to immerse yourself in it until the very final track. John's Theme (Love Scene) and Laura's Theme (The Last Farewell) are especially moving, and are my favorite tracks on the disc.

The quality of this CD is excellent; it is one of the best I've heard for a soundtrack. The stereo effects work brilliantly, particularly when wearing headphones, which is nice because the sound quality on the "Don't Look Now" DVD isn't all that great. Finally, we get to hear Donaggio's wonderful score in all it's glory! I can assure you, if you dig Donaggio's work or are a fan of "Don't Look Now", you will LOVE this soundtrack. Pick it up ASAP, while it is still available!

Pino Donaggio's rather limp score for the scarefest"Don't Look Now"has very little going for it..The music is ,for the most part,a mixture of new-age schlock and low grade lounge...One cannot really enjoy the soundtrack as a stand-alone commodity because the music itself is so forgetable...Imagine elevator music taken to the tenth power and you have this score...Sure,Donaggio does include the requisite number of "scare" cues(a must for any thriller or horror film),but given the superior quality of the film itself,this score is disappointing to say the very least...