The Mosquito Coast: Original Soundtrack Recording [Soundtrack]

Maurice Jarre (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Maurice Jarre
• Audio CD (October 17, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Fantasy Spec. Prod.
• ASIN: B000000XEV
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,743 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mosquito Coast

2. Goodbye America (And Have A Nice Day)

3. Gimme Soca

4. Up the River

5. Jeronimo

6. Fat Boy

7. Destruction

8. The Storm

9. Allie's Theme

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Getting Away From It All, February 10, 1999

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[e-mail] (Midwest Riot Scene) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mosquito Coast: Original Soundtrack Recording (Audio CD)

One of the best Harrison Ford soundtracks. It's long enough to enjoy and short enough to make you feel like you're on a mood trip for nearly 40 min.(maybe longer). Up the river and Allie's Theme are great. Most of the music makes you forget you're listening to a film score. I felt like I was listening to inspirational/mood music. The electronic sounds are great.

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice smooth sound throughout..., February 1, 2009

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Anthony Vera - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mosquito Coast: Original Soundtrack Recording (Audio CD)

I like the title track or "Allie's theme". Maurice Jarre is very talented. His special blend of electronics/keyboards adapt well to the eerie scope of the Mosquito Coast. Not many stand out tracks on this CD. Still, this is a movie soundtrack, not a solo project so it works for me. Let your mind coast to The Mosquito Coast.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A memorable soundtrack to a flawed film, March 8, 2000

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David Kaminsky (Edmonton, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mosquito Coast: Original Soundtrack Recording (Audio CD)

I finally have this great work on CD, after listening to it on scratched, overplayed vinyl for many years. Every listen confirms this is one of Jarre's greatest works. The interplay between the music of Jarre pere and fille is always interesting, and this work makes a great companion to Jean Michel Jarre's calypso-splashed "En attendant Cousteau". My favourite track is "Goodbye America (And Have a Nice Day)," which conveys the sense of emotional and geographical separation of the characters' leaving their materialistic North American lives behind for the wilds of Nicaragua. Exotic and brooding, this CD rewards the patient listener with every new listen.