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The Frog Prince: Original Movie Soundtrack

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Even compared to her work on "The Celts," this is different. I found it hard to hear much of her style in this, and there's a goofy synth sound that should have stayed out of the songs. Overall, the vocal tracks are the best, the theme is nice, but gets slightly repetitive. A good disc, and a very interesting part of Enya's history. I recommend trying it before you buy it.

All right, it didn't have Enya's later ambient or Celtic style. It had more of a jazz and sometimes French style. However, it was very beautifully done! Each of these tracks by Enya and even the jazz tracks by other artists were very well done. The musical instruments played very smoothly and calmly. Enya also sang "The Frog Prince" and "Dreams" very lovely. The music was not over done and created an interesting mood. This is a very well made early work.

The CD is not all Enya. There is four jazz songs by other people on there, and a French song. Enya's songs do not sound like her. I think it has a lot to do with the main instrument being a saxophone, but it probably just needs getting used to.

I bought this CD because it seems to be Enya's first post-Clannad album and I thought I'd just try it out.
You get a 16 track recording, only 11 of which appear to be Enya's work, 4 are some Jazz Club something and one is by Edith Piaf. It doesn't really sound anything much like her later work which I found to be disappointing. Two songs have her singing, a couple more have vocalizations but it all has a less polished sound compared to The Celts onward. It all manages to come across as early 80's romantic soundtrack stuff, not bad but not really what I wanted.

I first picked this CD up when I was picking through the bargain bin, and to my surprise it was one of Enya's earlier works. I listened to it expecting to hear something akin to her later works, such as Shepard Moons or maybe Watermark. This is not the case here. The music she actually does perform is light and airy, similar to her later work. Her voice doesn't reach the depth or near the strength that she has in her later works. In all this CD is still pretty good. As for the saxophone tracks, I actually thought they were very well done. This CD is excellent for driving music.

Completists will probably tell you otherwise: Ignore them!

If you're looking at this because you enjoy the multi-layered vocal and keyboard sounds Enya usually brings to bear on songs like "Only Time" and "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)", you should look elsewhere.

First, Enya's voice is only heard on 2 of these tracks: the title tune and "Dreams", neither of which is particularly memorable. Second, another 4 tracks are taken up by a competent if uninspired jazz combo along with 1 from French ingenue Edith Piaf ("Les Flons-Flons du Bal"). That leaves 9 instrumental Enya tracks of which nearly all end up resembling the interludes of G.E. Smith and his Saturday Night Live orchestra thanks to showy saxophone work.

BOTTOM LINE:
"The Train to Paris" is probably the best tune here. From there, it's all downhill.

This, of course, doesn't come across as the Enya we know and love, but it is a beautifully done sound track. She only sings two songs (and it's a short--37 minutes--CD), but it definitely belongs in every true Enya fan's collection. Besides the 11 cuts that she composed, there are four pleasantly done jazz standards, and a song from Edith Piaf. By the way, those two songs are beautiful...not like her present work, but beautiful in their own right.

Even considering this a very early work of Enya, I must critize it. Especially when you love ANYWHERE IS, ORINOCO FLOW or ONLY TIME don't you even bother to buy it. The mid-80's soundtrack consist (except of few non-Enya tracks) just of songs of a very simple melody and synthetic arrangements. The two songs which are sung by Enya are poor and she sings it with a very unnatural, high voice:( Only Enya collectors should buy this...

When I saw this CD I just said "I have to have it". It certainly sounds like Enya's early work since it is soft and tender. Her voice doesn't reach the depth it does on the new songs but still is an excellent job. I would say it helps somehow to understand Enya's evolution through her music.

OH, ENYA IS A GREAT ARTIST, WHEN YOU HEAR "THE PRINCE FROG" SOUNDTRACK , YOU WANDER : HOW COULD SHE MAKE IT? I LOVE IT. SELUIS14@YAHOO.COM FROM MEXICO