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Phantom Of The Opera: Original Soundtrack Recording (1998 Film)

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Everyone thought that Dario Argento would produce another horror movie when the news about this adaptation of Gaston Leroux's book first spread out. How wrong they were. And as "Il Fantasma Dell'Opera" is more a dark romantic tale than a series of splattering images, so the music by Ennio is suitably etherial, full of vibrant, warm colours. This is to class, though I admit that his work on Dario's "Stendhal Syndrome" was slightly better.

After watching the film, I had to find the soundtrack. After purchacing it and listening to it, I must say that this is one of the most beautiful musicle scores to a movie I have ever heard! The first track "Sighs and Sighs" is so romantic and moving that it almost brought me to tears.

The movie speaks a beautiful message, but the music is powerful and moving so i would recamend to listen and buy!

I bought this soundtrack BEFORE I saw the movie because it looked great!Ennio Morricone scores a Dario"DEEP RED" Argento film!Well,the score is awesome.Very dark and poignant in all the right places.I saw the movie and was baffled!How the mighty have fallen,sorry to see.

I'll say at the beginning that movie soundtracks don't always make for good listening. The jolts and explosive sounds are appropriate when watching the movie. If you like to hear them by themselves, you may like this just fine. I find them quite jarring. One track is really pleasing and I could listen to it over and over. That one is called "Circunderunt me fluctus mortis." "Playing Alone" is also compelling. These are free of the sound effects that I find so obtrusive. I have a music editor on my computer and I edited the jolts out of some of the tracks. I put the whole thing together, leaving out a few of the tracks. The resulting CD is about 35 minutes of lovely music.

... but didn't understand what the guy that gave it 1 star wanted to say.

This CD is fine and swell, but don't waste your time and money buying the Cd. Just stick with the movie!