Love's Labour's Lost: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000 Film) [Soundtrack]

Patrick Doyle | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 23, 2000)
• Original Release Date: May 23, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00004TB8E
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,062 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Love's Labour's Lost

2. I'd Rather Charleston [Medley]

3. Arrival of the Princess

4. I Won't Dance [Medley]

5. I Get a Kick Out of You [Medley]

6. With That Face.../No Strings (I'm Fancy Free) [Medley]

7. The Way You Look Tonight [Medley]

8. I've Got a Crush on You [Medley]

9. Beauty of a Woman's Face [Segue]

10. Cheek to Cheek

11. Let's Face the Music and Dance

12. "Trim Gallants..."

13. There's No Business Like Show Business

14. "Twelve Months and a Day..."

15. They Can't Take That Away from Me

16. "You That Way, We This Way..."

17. Cinetone News

18. Victory

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bad Singers Sing Good, June 26, 2001

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Adam E. Silbestein (Durham, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love's Labour's Lost: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000 Film) (Audio CD)

It's hard to explain why I bought this album. I saw the movie and I was, shall we say, entranced by the actors, who mostly aren't very good at singing, doing their own singing of famous Broadway musical songs. It kind of has the appeal of watching a high school play. The actors aren't that bad, and a couple are great; Nathan Lane of course gives the whole thing credibility. There is something just strangely captivating about listening to bad versions of famous songs, when there are obviously very good versions out there. I was actually worried that the soundtrack would be these professional versions. Thankfully, the actors are on the soundtrack. I'm not really sure why, but maybe a lot of other people were mesmorized like I was. I bet the movie has subliminal messages in it or something.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The musicals are back, July 19, 2000

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Mr. Villeo Y. Soon (Dover, England, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love's Labour's Lost: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000 Film) (Audio CD)

When it was annouched that Shakespeare's 'Love's Labour's Lost' is being adapted into a musical, I begin to wonder can Kenneth Branagh pull it off and amaze us like he did with 'Much Ado About Nothing' and 'Hamlet'. Well, Mr.Branagh has successfully transformed a lesser known play into a brilliant musical that takes place in the 1930's. Transported a complicating play into a fullscale musical film is indeed a brave and daring endeavour in today's movie industry. Instead of writing new material for the songs, director Kenneth Branagh has cleverly use popular standards by Cole Porter,George Gershwin,Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern for the musical numbers. It is intriging to know that the songs used are neatly and cleverly interwoven in the plot and it's a joy to witness songs and dances nicely chereographed on the big screen. As for the soundtrack, I must admit that most of the performers are not trained for the musical theatre but they are not too bad. I am impressed by the performance by Branagh himself and Adrian Lester and of course Mr.Lane. What actually saves the entire soundtrack are the original score by Patrick Doyle ( a long time collobrator with Branagh), the arrangements of the standards and the overall songs chosen for the soundtrack. It does recall the heyday of a bygone era where musicals were kings of the box office. The incidental music by Doyle does conjures up quaint English scenes ans it also serves as an introduction to the songs. Clever! I really enjoy this entertaining soundtrack and it's nice to hear those good old standards. Let's hope that more musicals would gradually make it's way back to the silver screen. Furthermore the movie poster and CD cover for the European market is so much more appealing than the American one. My thumbs up for this once in a few soundtracks.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A magical score, June 29, 2000

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Mr. Christian Lauliac (Paris France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love's Labour's Lost: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000 Film) (Audio CD)

This latest soundtrack from Patrick Doyle contains some of the most gorgeous mix of songs and original score to be heard in the movies in recent years. That this unabashedly romantic effort should come from the pen of the composer of "A Little Princess" "Hamlet" and "Henry V" (among others...) does not surprise me a bit. I consider Patrick Doyle to be one of the most gifted melodists of the past twenty years. Fans of classic musicals and Mr.Doyle are in for a treat, for this sparkling soundtrack skillfully weaves evergreens by Gershwin, Porter and Kern (arranged by the composer himself) to Patrick Doyle's soaring melodies."Arrival of the Princess" and "Twelve Months and a day..." are particularly noteworthy, bubbling with a seductive, infectious English lyricism and regal fanfares (a la "Much Ado About Nothing"). Here is the kind of soundtrack album I pop in my CD player everytime. Its sheer beauty is altogether soothing and infectious. One almost feels like dancing in his (or her) own living room. I have a few remarks: the artowrk featured on the British release is a much more evocative than the rather bland one featured on the US release. Also, I have noticed several customers complaining about the rather poor vocal performances by the cast members: this is not true ! I have watched and listened carefully to a lot of musicals and believe me, Adrian Lester, Kenneth Branagh and Nathan Lane DO know how to carry a tune! Orchestral Performance and enginneering are also first rate. I now hope that Patrick Doyle will take home the Oscar he fully deserves. An enchanting soundtrack to be treasured by every fan of great film music.