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Music from the Motion Picture The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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Having not seen the movie yet, I'm sure my interpretation of the music will change. The score is beautiful and different than I expected - it's not brooding or as achingly melancholic as the score for 'Atonement,' but there's a delicate quality about the music here. Early tracks play a little more upbeat and almost have a mysterious quality to them, like the track 'Love in Mourmansk." As the story of Benjamin and Daisy unfolds, the music grows more complex and sad - in parallel to the emotional journey that the two lovers go through. Well, I've said enough. It's a beautiful soundtrack, there are many great tracks throughout, "Meeting Again" is simply but beautiful track with intricate piano work that I strongly recommend.

'Sunrise on Lake Pontchartrain', 'Benjamin and Daisy', 'Love in Mourmansk', 'Postcards' and 'Alone at Night' are achingly wistful, exquisite pieces. Such beauty should not be overlooked.

Whether or not you see the movie, which is also beautiful (by the way), this is a soundtrack you MUST NOT MISS. Without going into detail of each piece, let me say, it is delicious and splendid. Make sure you can enjoy it with as much "noise-reduction" as possible, so as not to miss the delicate, yet powerful, tones of each instrument. You will find yourself softly humming the haunting theme over and over. This is a masterpiece.

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT SPEAKS WITH HIS OWN UNIQUE MUSICAL VOICE, WHICH IS A GREAT PLEASURE TO HEAR, BOTH WITH THE MOVIE HE ENHANCES AND ON ITS OWN.
IF YOU TREASURE MELODY AND CRISP, CLEAN ORCHESTRATION, YOU CANNOT DO MUCH BETTER. I APPLAUD THE FILM'S DIRECTOR, DAVID FINCHER, FOR LETTING HIS VOICE AND VISION STAND EQUALLY WITH THOSE OF MR. DESPLAT.

I'll resist the temptation to glow about how happy I am with this music and simply state: this is the best film score I have heard in years.

I am not the least bit surprised to see words like "haunting" and "aching" in the other reviews here. Desplat's score is the music of the lonely and of the dreamers. It's musical and shies away from being manipulative and bombastic like most of today's film music...it compliments the film yet is highly listenable on its own.

A haunting and beautiful score from a composer with some interesting ideas. Seeing it within the film was also an experience. This is one of the most muted, yet dramatic scores in a film this year. It definitely deserves an Oscar nod.

Lovely orchestration and beautifully played, particularly the harp solos. The last track is one of the album's highlights.

The second disc is worth listening to for the film's source cues. Some fun stuff, but nothing earth-shattering. I give it four our five for this reason. It would have been more interesting to put more of Alexandre Desplat's score on the second disc!

Since the movie this comes from is well worth seeing, listening to the soundtrack is another joy. I'm one who often listens to the music during a movie as much as the story itself. When themes can stand alone or when the music is as beautifully written as this one is, I thoroughly enjoy listening to the soundtrack to enhance whatever I'm doing. Usually I'm driving in the car listening so the miles and distance only seems to be more enjoyable when music like this fills the background.

This is a double CD that recreates all those magical moments from the movie in a beautiful and authentic soundtrack prodection. "Sunrise on Lake Pontchartrain" is a delicate composition that you'll want to listen to over and over again. And I never tire of the period songs,"Skokiaan" and "That's How Rhythm was Born." The characters "introduce" many selections on CD 2 which can be bothersome, however, I found that I actually enjoyed their sentiments after awhile.

Two disc CD with composed music on first one and previously composed music on second disc. Very nice listening. Should win Academy Award for best score.

Lovely original score with accompanying disc that features many original vintage recordings that especially evoke the New Orleans of our memory.