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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

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I'm totally puzzled by the negative tone of the "official" Amazon reviewer. This is really a very fine score, rather hard to categorize but certainly effective -- even when played out of the context of the movie -- with a certain darkwave or noir atmosphere that I find very appealing.

It's also rather amazing when you consider this is the same team that created the frenetically energized Eurobeat score for "Run Lola Run."

As soon as I saw the film, I fell in love with its beautiful, romantic, atmospheric music and ordered the soundtrack right away. It is as moody and exotic as the film as it follows the story of one of the most unusual and original characters ever created by fiction, focusing on his very well developed sense of smell, something almost in the super-hero genre, if it wasn't for the character's macabre obsession. The music to this thus, had to be a perfect translation in notes and chords, which is a tremendous task more than brilliantly achieved. Track after track of intoxicating beauty, as the most exquisite perfume. I'm surprised this hasn't attracted more attention than it deserves. For me, it's right up there with Herrmann's "Vertigo".

One of the most BEAUTIFUL symphonic scores I have EVER heard. I can't stop listening to this music! It's so beautiful. The movie was strange, but the soundtrack is what kept it moving and alive for me. If you are a fan of classical music and love emotional scores at LEAST sample the songs here on amazon. This score is one of the best musical findings of my year so far! I love it!

Tom Tykwer, Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker did a brilliant job in navigating us emotionally through the film and showing us the depth of Grenouille's tormented soul. If you like Classical Music as well as Soundtracks in general, you'll be very, very pleased with this piece. It's beautiful. It's even breathtaking at some points! Buy it!

I agree with many people that "Perfume" is a very unique, unusual film/book (loved the movie, I still have to read the novel), the haunting, breathtakingly gorgeous soundtrack floored me upon first hearing it. While I am not the type of person who rushes out and purchases the score to every film I've ever seen, I knew I had to own this one. Intoxicating, lush, sensual, romantic, ethereal, emotional, and at times sinister, it captures perfectly the atmosphere of 18th century France, as well as the inner turmoil of the obsessed/tortured main character. I will listen to this score again and again when I want to drift away in my own thoughts, or jump start my creative muse. Among my favorite tracks are "The Girl with the Plums", "Distilling Roses", "Lost Love", "Meeting Laura", The Perfume", and the heavenly "The Crowd embrace"...but the whole disc is truly incredible, from start to finish.

I have been listening to this soundtrack all over the internet. It makes the pit of my stomach flutter with emotion and my nerves twitch in a strange satisfaction.

So truly brilliant this soundtrack is.

So very perfect.

PERFUME was one of the most original and unique pieces of literature written in the last half of the 20th century. The film which was released twenty years after the novel's publication was absolutely true to both the narrative and the mood of the work. It is an exceptional and incredibly unique work of art.

The romantic musical score is superb, at once langorous, sinister and mysterious - think Goldenthal's excellent mood score to INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE and you have the equivalent mood of it.

Scoring is primarily for horns and strings over harp glissandos with wordless choirs helping to draw you into the mysteries. MEETING LAURA is the high point musically for me.

No one has yet caught the bit of homage to ONE STEP BEYOND - the four note theme of that television series is stolen intact for THE GIRL WITH THE PLUMS.

One of the best scores of the current decade. The film deserved multiple Oscar nominations but was shut out for reasons I cannot fathom.

As I know, Stanley Kubrick claimed the book was unfilmable... Nonetheless, with this musical effort it has been proven that this great novel can be transferred into an astonishing music score that transports the listener to other dimensions.

I have attempted to read the book by using this soundtrack as a background musing... and it was mind-blowing...

A travel into the ocean of perfumes...

Excellent !!!!
Perfect !!!
Bravo !!!

Perfume - The Story of a Murderer - Original Soundtrack composed by Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimer & Reinhold Heil - Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic

If you've seen this move, you'll love the soundtrack just as equally. Beautiful, melodic tracks will make you recall each scene you've heard them in. Even if you never saw the movie, the tracks themselves can lull you into places in your own imagination.

I am completely enthralled by this film score. The visuals and the music of the film compliment each other so perfectly and create the most amazing emotional experience. All the tracks are like tastes of different smells of different scenes of the story. Even if you haven't seen the film, this is the most beautiful symphonic music, and even so; I'm quite sure the film will only enhance the experience.
I am a great fan of film scores and this one certainly ranks among my top three.
Highly recommended!