Wilde (Original Soundtrack Recording) [Soundtrack]

Debbie Wiseman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 8, 1998)
• Original Release Date: September 8, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Sonic Images
• ASIN: B00000AG8N
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,885 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Wilde

2. Wild West

3. I Do Need an Audience

4. Almost as Beautiful as His Mother

5. Nothing Should Reveal the Body But the Body

6. He Loves

7. Gates Thrown Open

8. Love Goes Round

9. I Will Kiss Thy Mouth, Jokanaan

10. The Wounds of Love

11. Constant Constance

12. The Selfish Giant

13. Mr. Wilde, You Must Go

14. Cast into Outer Darkness

15. Don't Ever Change Your Love

16. What Is the Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name

17. Angel at My Side

18. Who Has Dared to Wound Thee?

19. De Profundis

20. So Wildly Worshipped, and So Madly Kissed

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The high aesthetic, September 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Wilde (Original Soundtrack Recording) (Audio CD)

This is a beautiful CD that perfectly mirrors the artifice and surface beauty of the Victorian age in which Oscar Wilde lived. Yet underneath, there is a current of secretive discord. This album portrays the double-standard of life with majestically orchestrated string pieces and desolate solo pieces arranged for piano and oboe.

The main themes running throughout (the Constance/home life, the Bosie "Ah, Leave Me Not To Pine", the desolation/trial theme) all return intermixed with each other, creating a fantastic panorama of sound.

Why four stars? Ms. Wiseman's work is wonderful, yet towards the end becomes a bit repetitive. However, for any fan of the movie "Wilde," this soundtrack is a must have!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very beautiful and very appropriate soundtrack, June 8, 2000

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"zara_azari" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wilde (Original Soundtrack Recording) (Audio CD)

I like this CD much more than I actually like the film. This musical score is highly appropriate for the historical setting of WILDE and for the un-ending discussion about beauty, aesthetics, and art [the essence of Oscar Wilde's life-long search, after all]. It is nice to put this CD on, simply to relax and to encounter beauty one more time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful tribute to Oscar Wilde, November 8, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Wilde (Original Soundtrack Recording) (Audio CD)

Oscar Wilde deserved better in his time. It is a wonderful tribute to him that a soundtrack of such beautiful music is named in his honor. An excellent film, the Wilde soundtrack is truly my favorite soundtrack of all time.