Little Buddha: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Little Buddha (Related Recordings), Ryuichi Sakamoto | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 14, 1994)
• Original Release Date: June 14, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Milan Records
• ASIN: B0000015I2
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,250 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #67 in Music > Rock > Progressive > Electronic

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heart-melting music, April 21, 2002

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H. L. L. (CA, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Little Buddha: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

I am listening to LITTLE BUDDHA as I write this. Magnificent. Tender. Up-lifting. Expansive. Meditative. Music that stands on it's own, without the film, but music that gives the film the majesty and spirituality it was expressing, in depicting scenes from the life of Buddha.

Each melody brings tears to my eyes and full body chills. It lifts the hair on the back of my neck and arms. Whether cut #3, "The First Meeting" or # 12, "The Middle Way" or # 17, "Acceptance", this music instantly finds its way into my heart.

# 5, "Nepalese Caravan" and # 8, "Red Dust", conjure an inner picture of far away India; jeweled elephants, sparkling Rajas wearing ropes of pearls, clouds of incense, wandering monks in ochre robes...a pageant of the enigmatic, sphinxian Orient. The music creates this vision with every note.

If you have a fondness for eastern music, Indian specifically, and sumptuous strings, solo violins, flutes, tablas, and chords in that eternal fifth, like Gregorian chants or Indian ragas...this is the CD for you.

I didn't know the composer, Ryuichi Sakamoto, before I saw this film. I've since learned he received an Academy Award for his score of THE LAST EMPEROR, which he also acted in. I am now a devoted fan of this extraordinary composer, musician, actor and artist.

Bravo, Mr. Skamototo -- keep the music flowing. And thank you.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Original and moving, November 9, 2000

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"joto25" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Little Buddha: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Ryuichi Sakamoto is a musician with vision. This work for Bertolucci's Little Buddha is a work on its own. From the Main Theme, it sweeps you away into the very soul of what's to come.

Fabulous styling that combines all types of music, peaking with Enlightenment. And before you think you are saturated, Catherine Bott's stunning vocals come in......such sensations!

The images stirred up by this composer here leave you with strange longing. If you have caught the film, then this music takes you back to fantastic cinematography.

One of Sakamoto's best since Last Emperor and Sheltering sky. Beautiful vocals by The Ambrosian Singers too.

joto25

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More moving than the Last Emperor., November 27, 1998

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This review is from: Little Buddha: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

One of Sakamoto's best. If you liked Peter Gabriel's Passion (from the Last Temptation of Christ film), then this is more spiritually involved, glorious orchestration, and sucks you right into the music. One of my favorite soundtracks of all time!