Murder on the Orient Express (Original Soundtrack) [Original recording remastered, Soundtrack]

Richard Rodney Bennett (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 21, 2003)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
• Label: Drg
• ASIN: B00007J4RL
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #242,456 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Brilliant Score Beautifully Recorded, November 29, 2005

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NMdesapio - See all my reviews

This review is from: Murder on the Orient Express (Original Soundtrack) (Audio CD)

For MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, Richard Rodney Bennett could have arranged a 1930's pastiche score and left it at that. Instead, he created an entirely original score, by turns melodious and atonal, to enhance the classic murder mystery on screen. The Overture certainly does, to quote Bennett himself, "give one the sense of excitement and anticipation that one felt in the theatre, as a child, before the curtain went up," while the main theme of "The Orient Express" combines a joyous waltz with an ominous woodwind motif that tells of dark deeds to come. "The Reenactment" and "The Murder" consist of some of the eeriest music ever heard in a film (as frightening - if not more so - as much of Bernard Herrmann's score for PSYCHO). At other times, the score is impressionistically beautiful, as in the Puccini-esque "Stamboul Ferry." Bennett impressively handles both music under dialogue (in "The Orient Express," for example, or "Princess Dragomiroff") and leitmotifs (the nervous string motif associated with the villain of the piece, acted by Richard Widmark). In short, this is a brilliant score. But what truly raises the soundtrack to the highest level is the grandly scaled playing of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, led by Marcus Dods. The 1974 recording matches the orchestra in quality, with each instrument clearly audible. Thus, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS is a remarkable original soundtrack recording in more ways than one.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally!!!!!!, October 6, 2003

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Julio Castro Karg (Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Murder on the Orient Express (Original Soundtrack) (Audio CD)

Back in the mid seventies my parents bought the soundtrack album of this great film. I immediately liked the music and played that record over and over again, along such contemporary soundtracks as Ammarcord, Papillon, Earthquake, King Kong and Jaws!

That old and fairly worn out record is now mine and to be able to play it (among some other few titles that have never been released on CD) had been one of the reasons why I've kept my old phonograph in good condition.

Now, I've just found out that it has finally been released on CD and that brings me immense joy! It contains really beautiful music, so much so that I think that it should be rated as one of the best soundtracks of the seventies!...I can't hardly wait to buy it!!!

Now I will only have to wait for the DVD to be released too!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous! A rare find!, April 29, 2003

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Victor L. Petersen "Victor" (san ramon, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Murder on the Orient Express (Original Soundtrack) (Audio CD)

I have collected many sound track aboums over the years on vinyl. I've looked in stores for this on on CD for 20 years! The music is superb, and this CD transfer is prefect! I first thought this was a re-recording of the original score beccause the recording sounded too good. A quick comparision with the original vinyl album comfirmed this is the real McCoy. This is a soundtrack worth having in your collection.