Nyman: The Libertine [Import, Soundtrack]

Michael Nyman Orchestra (Artist, Orchestra), Michael Nyman (Artist, Composer, Conductor, Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Michael Nyman
• Orchestra: Michael Nyman Orchestra
• Conductor: Michael Nyman
• Composer: Michael Nyman
• Audio CD (May 1, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Soundtrack
• Label: MN Records
• ASIN: B000BLI3AW
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,544 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Libertine, Filmscore/History of the Insipid

2. The Libertine, Filmscore/Upon Drinking in a Bowl

3. The Libertine, Filmscore/Impromtu on an English Court

4. The Libertine, Filmscore/Upon Nothing

5. The Libertine, Filmscore/The Maimed Debauchee

6. The Libertine, Filmscore/The Wish

7. The Libertine, Filmscore/The Submission

8. The Libertine, Filmscore/A Ramble in St. James's Park

9. The Libertine, Filmscore/The Mistress

10. The Libertine, Filmscore/Signior Dildo

11. The Libertine, Filmscore/Against Constancy

12. The Libertine, Filmscore/My Lord All-Pride

13. The Libertine, Filmscore/The Imperfect Enjoyment

14. The Libertine, Filmscore/A Satire Against Reason

15. The Libertine, Filmscore/Rochester's Farewell

16. The Libertine, Filmscore/A Satire Against Mankind

17. The Libertine, Filmscore/Upon Leaving His Mistress

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Final song IS on this CD!!!, April 7, 2007

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Beaugarou (Ky,USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Nyman: The Libertine (Audio CD)

Im really glad I didn't read the reviews before buying the CD because I bought the CD just for that beautiful song called "If" in the closing credits of the movie. It IS on the Cd listed as Rochester's Farewell. And it is sung by Hilary Summers exactly as in the movie.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice eclectic score from Nyman, May 4, 2006

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remmev (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nyman: The Libertine (Audio CD)

Please note: the last song that everyone is talking about NOT being on this CD, IS on this CD. It's called Rochester's Farewell.

Anyway... this score, for which Michael Nyman again uses the strategy of variations on a few themes to build each section, provides a pretty full spectrum view on the composer's overall sound (at least regarding his film scores). There are movements based on simple piano figures that build emotionally with the aid of lush strings. That's one style. Then there is Signour Dildo, a jaunty and hysterical operatic period song. Another song called Rochester's Farewell is beautiful and, oddly enough, based on Nyman's "If" from his score to "The Diary of Anne Frank" (this, again, is the song everyone is talking about.)

Best of all is Against Constancy, a wildly energetic Nyman Band classic that is worth the price of admission, if you ask me. It's good to see he can still get away with including such music in his film scores nowadays.

18 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The last song in the movie, July 21, 2006

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M. French "aggiornamento" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nyman: The Libertine (Audio CD)

That last song in the movie, the one that's not on the soundtrack, is called "If" and was originally written by Nyman for a Japanese film about Anne Frank. You can find the song on the album "The Very Best of Michael Nyman - Film Music 1980-2001." The vocal is by opera singer Hilary Summers.