Last Valley - O.S.T. [Soundtrack]

John Barry | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 23, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Silva America
• ASIN: B00005Q6NU
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #498,369 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Last Valley: Main Titles (part 1)

2. The Rape Of Khutai

3. The Plague Pit

4. Entry Into The Last Valley

5. "Who Not Winter In The Valley?"/The Death Of Eskesen

6. An Evening Song

7. Captain Meet Erica/Winning Erica

8. The Villagers Fight For The Shrine

9. The Priest Prays For Guidance/The Shrine

10. Vogel's Dream/The Last Valley

11. The Giving Away Of The Women/An Offertory Chant

12. Hansen Tries To Murder Captain

13. A Children's Song

14. Graf Returns/Mountain SKirmish/The Village Attack

15. Departure For Ehinefelden

16. A Christmas Song

17. Witchcraft/Erica Is Burned At The Stake

18. Vogel Leaves The Valley

19. Night Battle At Rhinefelden

20. Death Of Captain/End Title

See all 21 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 Long awaited...not disappointed!, October 9, 2006

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N. Strickland (mid West, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Valley - O.S.T. (Audio CD)

I first saw this exceptional film as a young fella in the 70s, and its impact has never been forgotten. What makes this film so unforgettable is a soundtrack that is perfect to the premise of the movie, written by the greatest film composer of all time. There are brooding, somber tracks as well as aching beautiful ones. In addition, silvascreen has put together a superb insert that details many interesting facts about the film and John Barry. There are even English translations of the German words to the main title, plague pit, evening song, offeratory chant, children's song and the Christmas song! Hats off to silvascreen for doing the homework on an exceptional album. As far as it not being the original orchestra, I wouldn't have known it were it not for the only negative review posted here at Amazon. The sound is faithful and identical in every respect, and to me, the music is as amazing in Prague as it was in London!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "King of film-music-themes...Barry's finest score", November 26, 2001

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Valley - O.S.T. (Audio CD)

From James Clavell who wore three hats on this project as Screenwriter, Producer and Director...based on a novel by J. B Pick...featuring two top stars from the film scene Michael Caine and Omar Sharif...but the prize goes to our composer with probably one of his finest scores...the legendary icon of film music ~ JOHN BARRY.

Conductor Nic Raine...The City Of Prague Philharmonic...Crouch End Festival Chorus...David Temple(choir master)...what a great line up for our classic score, recorded on HDCD...new digital recording of the COMPLETE SCORE...and a big plus of previously unrecorded material.

James Fitzpatrick(producer) and Silva Screen Records putting quality and excellence as always FIRST...Barry's darker score has considerable melody, always clinging to beautiful counterpoints within each measure...take for instance "AN EVENING SONG"..."AN OFFERTORY CHANT"..."A CHILDREN'S SONG"..."A CHRISTMAS SONG", voices ring pure, clean and true, this is Barry at his finest hour.

You might try other John Barry on Silva Screen Records, all worthy of a good listen ~ "The Lion In Winter"(SSD-1131)..."Raise The Titanic"(SSD-1102)..."Robin And Marian"(SSD-1133)..."John Barry:The Collection 40 Years of Film Music"(4-CD-Set)(SSD-1128) (...)

Total Time: 56:51 on 21 Tracks ~ Silva Screen Records SSD-1134 ~ (2001)

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice re-recording, January 22, 2012

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Scott (Chatsworth, CA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Valley - O.S.T. (Audio CD)

This was a difficult Barry score to find. I owned it originally on vinyl when it first came out, way back when. This re-recording was released in 2001 and I bought it because I love the music. Then in 2007, Intrada released the original soundtrack recording. THAT is the one to own, even if it has slightly less music on it. John Barry was always the best person to interpret John Barry's music, and this score is no exception. Nice try, Nic, but there's just something missing. NOTE: The same goes for The City Of Prague Philarmonic's version of "The Lion in Winter." Close, but no cigar. Get the original if you can.