The Golden Compass [Soundtrack, Import]

Alexandre Desplat (Composer), Kate Bush (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Kate Bush
• Composer: Alexandre Desplat
• Audio CD (January 6, 2009)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack, Import
• Label: Universal Can/Zoom
• ASIN: B000YPMQJY
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #569,101 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The Golden Compass (Der Goldene Kompass) (CD Album) by Alexandre Desplat - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Featuring Kate Bush singing Lyra - 26 Tracks:1. The Golden Compass 2:20, 2. Sky Ferry 2:42, 3. Letters From Bolvangar 2:32, 4. Lyra, Roger And Billy 1:28, 5. Mrs. Coultier 5:19, 6. Lyra Escapes 3:43, 7. The Magisterium 1:58, 8. Dust 1:09, 9. Serafina Pekkala 1:49, 10. Lee Scoresby's Airship Adventure 1:18, 11. Iorek Byrnison 5:27, 12. Lord Faa, King Of The Gyptians 2:18, 13. The Golden Monkey 2:03, 14. Riding Iorek 4:39, 15. Samoyed Attack 1:21, 16. Lord Asriel 2:08, 17. Ragnar Sturlusson 6:19, 18. Ice Bear Combat 2:16, 19. Iorek's Victory 1:27, 20. The Ice Bridge 1:32, 21. Rescuing The Children 2:19, 22. Intercision 2:48, 23. Mother 3:34, 24. Battle With The Tartars 4:29, 25. Epilogue 3:32, 26. Lyra 3:19

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "musically exploring meaning and insignificance", December 18, 2007

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Horatio Guttersnipe (London, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Golden Compass (Audio CD)

The Golden Compass lifts your spirits musically. Though I found the film to be less than perfect, hardly adding anything new to Pullmans work, he has praised it's inventiveness and clarity in depicting his worlds, so this does render critics mute and despite what you may think about the film this score is beautifully put together. I am sure as soon as the dvd is out with all the scenes extended there will be more music to come, there is clearly going to be extra scenes to put back into the film because there is so much scope to add more giving clarity to what is a very richly complex film. This is probably one of the finest recordings this year!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fine Film Score for A Fine Fantasy Film, December 29, 2007

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John Kwok (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Golden Compass (Audio CD)

I haven't heard of Alexandre Desplat before, but he's composed a thoughtful, often exciting, film score that seems quite removed from anything composed by John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith and Howard Shore, among others. Indeed, I believe that Desplat's film score is a fine musical accompaniment to the film itself, without overshadowing either the plot or the fine performances given by a uniformly excellent cast. Acclaimed British singer Kate Bush sings a lovely, but rather banal, song over the film's end credits; here, alas, is the only comparison with Howard Shore's work that Desplat falls a bit short. Yet this is but a relatively minor complaint in what is otherwise a truly fine, quite compelling, symphonic film score.