8 1/2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Import, Soundtrack]

Nino Rota, Otto E. Mezzo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 25, 1999)
• Original Release Date: June 25, 1963
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Soundtrack
• Label: Cam Records Italy
• ASIN: B00000IKJE
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #433,016 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Passerella Di Otto E Mezz

2. Cimitero/Cigolette/Cadill

3. E Poi

4. L'illusionista

5. Concertino Alle Terme

6. Nell'ufficio Di Produzion

7. Ricordo D'infanzia Disces

8. Guido E Luisa Nostalgico

9. Carlott's Galop

10. L'harem

11. Rivolta Nell'haremcavalca

12. Passerella D'addio

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fellini-Rota masterpiece, April 4, 2001

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James M. Shertzer (Winston-Salem, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 8 1/2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

*81/2" is Fellni's masterpiece as a film director, and with "La Strada," "La Dolce Vita," "Juliet of the Spirits" and "Amarcord," one the finest scores Rota composed for Fellini during his 30-year collaboration (ended only by the composer's death) with the director. I've enjoyed this recording since RCA issued in the U.S. in 1963 and also have the earlier stereo CD version produced by CAM in 1991. The selections are the same here as on the earlier issues. Regrettably, some major cues are missing. La Saraghina's dance, for instance, is heard not from the famed beach sequence, but only in a snippet reprised in the even more famous harem scene. Sadder, the nostalgic underscore, principally for guitar, to Guido's rememberance of one magic night from his boyhood and the wordless vocalise sung over the film's final credits aren't here either. Still, Rota's collage (including everything from music for circus band to some wittily employed selections from Rossini, Tchiakovsky and Wagner) remains potent, amusing and a complete delight.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfectly Sublime!, June 25, 2000

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Adam Joachim Goldman (new york, new york United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 8 1/2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Nina Rota and Classical music combine to create one of the greatest soundtracks ever. The music will have you reliving fellini's masterpeice every time you hear it. like the film, this score is truly unforgettable.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic soundtrack, March 16, 2003

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Kirk (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 8 1/2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Nino Rota is, in my mind, the best composer of the latter half of the 19th Century. You don't have to see the films to enjoy the music he composed for them; and much of his classical music has been considerably neglected. The audio to the soundtrack to 8 1/2 is outdated and if you want a version of La Passerella di addio to impress, you're better off with the Riccardo Muti conducted version on Music for Film or the Carla Bley arrangement on the recent Bravo Nino Rota CD by the Australian group the Umbrellas, or the original on Amarcord Nino Rota. Despite there being a wide range of improved interpretations of the main theme, the original soundtrack to 8 1/2 still has major importance to the Rota and Fellini emphusiast. Variations such as L'Harem, and tracks such as Guido E Luisa Nostalgico Swing and E Poi (Valzer) make for a delicious soundtrack, that would become a passion of Elmer Bernstein's. In terms of today's audio quality, you'd be unimpressed. But this is of no deterrance to a collector of classic film scores, a category which 8 1/2 indisputably falls under.