The English Patient: Original Soundtrack Recording [Soundtrack]

Gabriel Yared | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 19, 1996)
• Original Release Date: November 26, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Fantasy
• ASIN: B000000XET
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,590 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. English Patient

2. A Retreat

3. Rupert Bear

4. What Else Do You Love?

5. Why Picton?

6. Cheek to Cheek

7. Kip's Lights

8. Hana's Curse

9. I'll Always Go Back to That Churc

10. Black Nights

11. Swoon, I'll Catch You

12. Am I K. In Your Book?

13. Let Me Come In

14. Wang Wang Blues

15. Convento Di Sant'anna

16. Herodotus

17. Muzsikás-Szerelem, Szerelem

18. Ask Your Saint Who He's Killed

19. One O'Clock Jump

20. I'll Be Back

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

1. English Patient 2. A Retreat 3. Rupert Bear 4. What Else Do You Love? 5. Why Picton? 6. Cheek to Cheek 7. Kip's Lights 8. Hana's Curse 9. I'll Always Go Back to That Churc 10. Black Nights 11. Swoon, I'll Catch You 12. Am I K. In Your Book? 13. Let Me Come In 14. Wang Wang Blues 15. Convento Di Sant'anna 16. Herodotus 17. Muzsikás-Szerelem, Szerelem 18. Ask Your Saint Who He's Killed 19. One O'Clock Jump 20. I'll Be Back 21. Let Me Tell You About Winds 22. Read Me to Sleep 23. The Cave of Swimmers 24. Where or When 25. Aria 26. Cheek to Cheek 27. As Far as Florence 28. En Csak Azt Csodálom

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely stunning, February 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The English Patient: Original Soundtrack Recording (Audio CD)

Being the biggest soundtrack fanatic out there (I own over 200 soundtracks on CD/Tape/Vinyl), it is saying a lot that I consider "The English Patient" my absolute favorite. I purchased it the day after I saw the film, November 31, 1996. Ever since then, I have listened to the soundtrack every single day (give or take a few days for Christmas). I even play it at work at a bookstore where I work, where several customers each day would come up and ask what I was playing. not only is the music dream-like and poetic, it's hauntingly sad and quite depressing. Perfect for times you're pensive or need to write. Highly highly recommended.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love, love..., October 2, 2000

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EriKa "E" (Iceland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The English Patient: Original Soundtrack Recording (Audio CD)

I sat down (alone) in the cinema on Thanksgiving Day, 1996 to see this film, and from the very first moment, when the exotic (and familiar, for me) beginnings of "Szerelem, szerelem" ("Love, love") by Márta Sébestyen and Múzsikás played, I knew it would be a film I would love. Strange to base your opinion of a film on its opening moments of soundtrack, but having been a fan of Múzsikás for many years, I knew that any composer and compiler of a film soundtrack with the taste to select this Hungarian folk revival music was associated with something of subtlety and quality. I was not mistaken to put my faith in the hands of Gabriel Yared, whose scores have depth and convey a great deal about the film and its characters. Overall I have to say that this is one of the few PERFECT soundtracks I have ever heard. I listen to it again and again and never tire of it. You will too.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A mosaic of compositions full of passion., December 7, 1999

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Fabio Ornelas (Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The English Patient: Original Soundtrack Recording (Audio CD)

When director and writer Anthony Mighella invited Gabriel Yared to score The English Patient he was looking for a soundtrack that could follow the mosaic composition of his film, whose characters have different geographic and cultural roots. And he found it! The result is probably the most wonderful soundtrack of all times, a soundtrack full of passion that combines Hungarian sounds, blues, jazz and classic musics, not to mention the unforgettable score by Gabriel Yared for The English Patient, proving that in music, just as in memory, love lives forever.