Match Point [Music from the Motion Picture] [Soundtrack]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 20, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Milan Records
• ASIN: B000BU0C7K
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #125,352 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Match Point tells the story of social-status climber Chris, a modest tennis instructor. His marriage to Chloe gains him comfort and prestige in society, but his passion leads his astray into the arms of his soon-to-be sister-in-law, the very sexy American, Nola. In Match Point, which deals with luck, ambition and guilt, writer/director Woody Allen draws on the talent of actors Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Emily Mortimer, and in the role of Nola, Scarlett Johannson.

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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and haunting..., February 7, 2006

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This review is from: Match Point [Music from the Motion Picture] (Audio CD)

This music has haunted me ever since I saw the film a few days ago. So sad, plaintive and beautiful, the old recording, complete with "tape hiss" is just perfectly appropriate. In fact, I think older pre-digital recordings capture the full tonal range of the human voice better even if they aren't as "clean". And with the great Caruso's voice, who could want more?

The track from The Pearl Fishers, "mi par d'udir aspro" is just stunning. Try if you can to only listen to it once! Just as good is the first track, "una furtiva lagrima" . The lyrics translate to mean this in English:

One secret tear welled up in her eye:
she seemed to envy those carefree girls:
why should I look any further?
why should I look any further?
She loves me, yes, she loves me,
I can see it, I can see it.

For just one moment to feel the beating of her dear heart!
To blend my sighs for a little with hers!
The heartbeat, to feel the heartbeat!
To blend my sighs with hers.
Heavens, I could die;
I ask for nothing more, for nothing.
Ah, heavens, I could die;
I ask for nothing more,
I could die, I could die of love.

AAArrrrgh, just chilling in the context of the film's story. Perfect.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For Those so Engrossed by the Film, Here are the Excerpts that Molded It, April 27, 2006

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Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Match Point [Music from the Motion Picture] (Audio CD)

This soundtrack is a fun little exercise in discovery for those who loved the film MATCH POINT and want to know more about the music that accompanied the story in such an integrated way. It is also a terrific souvenir for opera fans who do not yet own the recordings of the legendary Enrico Caruso!

Woody Allen created his character Chris as a lover of opera and integrated that love for opera into the family of wealth he 'enters'. The story is so well written and Allen is so well versed in opera that his selections for excerpts greatly added to the depth of the film.

Here are the old recordings of Enrico Caruso singing arias from 'Il Trovatore', 'Salvator Rosa', 'Les Pecheurs de perles', 'Macbeth', and 'L'elisir d'amore'. In addition to these are excerpts from contemporary singers performing arias form 'La Traviata' (performed by Monika Krause and Georg Tichy), 'Rigoletto' (sung by Alida Ferrarini with Alexander Rahbari conducting), 'William Tell' and 'Otello' (performed by Igor Morozov and Janez Lotric with Johannes Wildner conducting the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra). Probably copyright laws prevented the use of the 'live performances' at Covent Garden we heard in the film with very fine young singers, here substituted with Slovak recording artists. But the mood is still there.

This soundtrack recording makes for nice reminiscing about a fine film while adding a bit of flavor to the usual classical music collection! Grady Harp, April 06

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unsuspected gems, December 22, 2005

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Brockvond (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Match Point [Music from the Motion Picture] (Audio CD)

Found this quite by accident while browsing a bin for the soundtrack of "Manhattan," but what a find! Woody Allen's taste in classic (which is to say, really old) opera recordings is at least as good as his selection of jazz and swing numbers in his other movies. Don't listen to these for the sterophonic hi- etc. etc. but for the stunning performances. I haven't been able to get this CD off my set for days.