Marley & Me

Theodore Shapiro | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: December 16, 2008
• Label: Lakeshore Records
• Total Length: 39:48
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• ASIN: B001LIOZTW
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,140 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Lab Lover, December 19, 2009

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Lois Covell "Lab Lover" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marley & Me [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

I enjoyed the music very much I just wished all the songs from the movie were on the CD.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Undemanding fluff, February 12, 2009

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Jon Broxton (Thousand Oaks, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marley & Me [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

A light romantic drama based on the hugely popular best selling novel by John Grogan, Marley & Me is the story of the ups and downs in the relationship of a married couple, John and Jenny Grogan (Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston), told from the point of view of their boisterous, mischievous golden retriever, Marley. The film is directed by David Frankel, and has a score by Theodore Shapiro, who scored Frankel's previous film, The Devil Wears Prada in 2006. As one would expect, considering the film's subject matter, Shpiro's score is generally light, romantic and contemporary, consisting mainly of upbeat orchestral themes augmented by electric and acoustic guitars and various urban percussion items. The opening cue, "Parents of Two", is pretty, and later cues such as "The Hardest Job", "When It's Time" and the admittedly rather lovelt "It All Runs Together" accentuate the tender, romantic side of the score with soft cues that sometimes feature intimate harp and piano writing and warm muted brasses. Cues such as "Off and Running", "Walking the Plank", "Two Year Montage" and "Boy and Dog" are livelier, incorporating more energetic rock elements into the framework of the score, while cues such as "Obedience School" and "Leg Love" even raid the classics for inspiration, with a touch of Ravel's Bolero, and even some traditional Spanish flamenco music. When the film relocates to Ireland, Shapiro's music goes with it, with sparkling fiddle-de-dee jigs and pennywhistles that are very pleasant, but enormously predictable and somewhat clichéd. It's all very enjoyable, and certainly illustrates Shapiro's versatility and acumen for writing orchestro-rock music, but I have to admit that I'm beginning to worry about the direction his career is taking; he impressed he greatly early in his career, and I assumed that within a few years he would have moved away from the light romantic comedy genre and onto more meaty projects, but this hasn't happened; with the exception of Tropic Thunder, which required more action music, he his music has been stuck firmly in the parody/silly comedy/romance arena, and it's starting to become repetitive.