How To Make An American Quilt: Music From The Motion Picture [Soundtrack, Import]

Thomas Newman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 24, 1995)
• Original Release Date: October 24, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack, Import
• Label: Mca UK
• ASIN: B000002OYQ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,369 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Quilting Theme

2. The Life Before

3. Swinging On A Star - Bing Crosby

4. Hyacinth & Gladiola

5. Night Orchard

6. He Never Came Back

7. Cherry, Cherry - Neil Diamond

8. You Belong To Me - Patsy Cline

9. Sophia

10. The Sensation Of Falling

11. Foolish Things

12. Riffin' At The Ritz - Benny Goodman

13. At Last - Etta James

14. Anna Loves / Leaves

15. Crow

16. An American Quilt

17. I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire - The Inkspots

18. Portraits / Pond

19. Where Love Resides

20. The Diver

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Newman's most masterful pieces ever!!, August 14, 2002

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Joel Munyon "Joel Munyon" (Joliet, Illinois - the poohole of America.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How To Make An American Quilt: Music From The Motion Picture (Audio CD)

This cd is, simply put, one of the most wholesome cd you'll find today. The songs will make you think of good things and there is only one semi-depressing tune on this cd, track #4, but that too becomes delightful. If you're a Newman fan, you'll enjoy hearing his positive songs, unlike some of the music from Green Mile, Shawshank, and Road to Perdition, which were very fitting for those films.

How To Make An American Quilt's music was actually better than the film that embodied it. Out of my collection of nearly fifty musical scores, this is one of my top five. Tracks #1,2,5,6,15,16,18, and 20 are delightful. This is a great cd to read a book to. You will not be dissapointed with this one.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Newman's Own, August 19, 2000

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G. Thomas "directorG" (San Carlos, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How To Make An American Quilt: Music From The Motion Picture (Audio CD)

This CD evokes a smile, and perhaps a tear as well. I'll have to admit, I haven't even seen the actual film that this soundtrack belongs to. Yet, I recently became a fan of Thomas Newman's after seeing "American Beauty". Newman definitely has his own unordinary and extraordinary style, being unparalleled by any other composer to date. A sense of astonishment and amazement is felt when listening to this beautifully written CD. Actually, I was reminded of my trip to Colonial Williamsburg a few years back. I know that the movie has nothing to do with that location, but, the point is that Newman is able to project a musical "setting" for the listener to exist in for the moment. Creativity at it's best. Kudos for Tom! My favorites are "The Life Before" and "The Crow", which share some of the same themes, as well as "Night Orchard", but I enjoy the entire CD's passionate cues, as well as the other vocal songs inserted in between. You actually feel as if wrapped within a warm blanket when listening to "Quilting Theme". If you like any of Thomas Newman's work, or would simply like to travel back in time to a historical world of awe, purchase this CD. You won't regret it.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and dreamlike, December 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: How To Make An American Quilt: Music From The Motion Picture (Audio CD)

When I watched the film, "How to make an American Quilt," I cried, more because of the heartbreaking musical score than the movie's content. I can only describe the 'Quilting Theme' as gentle and serene. This sounds corny, but the soothing music almost makes you imagine putting a warm quilt around your shoulders and going to sleep. It is too bad this soundtrack will probably forever go unnoticed by most people.