Earthsea [Soundtrack]

Jeff Rona | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 7, 2004)
• Original Release Date: December 13, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0006A4B0Y
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #276,560 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Main Title - Jeff Rona

2. If Not Us

3. Ged and His Teacher

4. Follow Your Path

5. Isle of Roke

6. The Kings Plans

7. The Kings Plot

8. Time to Go

9. The Kargide Attack

10. Walk Along the Way

11. Sailing

12. Atuan

13. The Book of Spells

14. Sparrowhawk

15. Fireside

16. When We Meet

17. At Dawn

18. Halls of Wisdom

19. Wonderful Friend

20. A Discovery

See all 33 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Music, December 14, 2004

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Richard Einhorn "richardein" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Earthsea (Audio CD)

The Legend of EarthSea is a stunning collection of beautiful, thematic, fresh sounding orchestral music with hints of sounds from Celtic and Morrocan influences. At times grand, and others quiet, ethereal, moody, and even ambient. This CD is full of surprises that I have listened to over and over. An excellent addition to anyone's soundtrack collection or just into some very cool new sounds.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music just as good as LOTR maybe even better!, January 17, 2005

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Kirk E. Lauckner "Mike 'the fantasy lovin' La... (MI, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Earthsea (Audio CD)

AS I sat down to listen to the main title on the official site, my jaw dropped. I had never heard a TV Soundtrack that was so good! The themes are wonderful and, unlike most soundtracks, it is hard to find one song that you don't want to listen too. This music to me compares to Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings soundtrack and in my mind better! Many songs in LOTR are great, but their are many in it that are annoying and rarely listened too. With Earthsea all the tracks are wonderful and hard to even skip songs. Many wonderful artists and exotic instruments are found in this and the music is utterly amazing!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond my Expectations, February 2, 2005

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Anthony Toohey (Western US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Earthsea (Audio CD)

Before launching into my review of the music, let us please accept that SciFi's adaptation of LeGuin's transcendant Earthsea trilogy is nothing short of an abortion, an atrocious abuse of a beautiful and dangerous imaginary world.

However, being a big fan of fantasy and film and TV scores, I had heard a few things I liked while watching, and decided to plunk down for the score.

Wow, am I ever glad I did. Jeff Rona's soundtrack is far better than the mini-series itself. In fact, it may have subconsciously kept me tuned in longer.

Rona does a masterful job of blending orchestra, ethnic instruments, and electronic sounds. His sense of theme and melody in this score is better than any of his previous work. His growth and increasing skill is evident in the way he provides the exotic mood, intensity, and drama without losing the thread of his themes nor the general sense of place he establishes from the first note.

Definitely an over-achievement and extremely listenable score.