The Pillow Book (1996 Film) [Soundtrack, Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 2, 2003)
• Original Release Date: June 6, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack, Import
• Label: Laban
• ASIN: B000007WSV
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #401,142 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rose, Rose, I Love You

2. Blonde

3. Taimu-Mashin No Nai Jidai

4. Abfall und Aufstieg [Je Suis la Resurrection]

5. Offering to the Savior Gompo [From Tibetan Ritual Music]

6. A Buddhist Prayer [From Tibetan Ritual Music]

7. Wedding Song [Aqcha. Afganistan]

8. La Marquise

9. Invocations of Gompo [From Tibetan Ritual Music]

10. Lonely Planet Girl

11. Reality Is U

12. Valse

13. Qui Tolis Extract from Roma

Editorial Reviews

Soundtrack to the 1996 erotic drama written and directed by Peter Greenaway and starring Ewan McGregor. 12 tracks. 1997 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A rare Soundtrack for a rare Film, June 26, 2000

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Ignacio Rodriguez - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Pillow Book (1996 Film) (Audio CD)

This is a really eclectic soundtrack, just like the movie where this comes from. If you liked the movie, you MUST have this CD. Tibetan chants, choral arias, japanese folk and rock songs and french pop is what you'll find here. This is almost Pandora's box... "Blonde", "La marquise", "Wedding song" and "Valse" are absolutely outstanding, but the whole album is wonderful if you approach to it in an open-minded state.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Greenway's Difficult Listening Hour, May 13, 1999

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Abe J. Flores "htuttle" (Culver City, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Pillow Book (1996 Film) (Audio CD)

Like Greenway at his best, which Pillow Book certianly is, This cd is not for the faint of heart. The disc jumps promiscously from euro-pop, chinese songs, and Tibetian chants to more classical works. This is a chalenging work, which is as it should be for Greenway has never been one to let his audience fall asleep at the stick. All the material here is source music however, and if one is expecting the unifying grace of his usual collaborations with Nyman, one won't find it here. This is much less elegant and cultured but also more insightful in some ways.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Eclectic Mix, December 8, 2008

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Jason Scott - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Pillow Book (1996 Film) (Audio CD)

If you've already seen this movie then you'll know mostly what to expect from the soundtrack. Like the film it's a brave mix of ancient and modern, familiar and exotic.
The french song 'Blonde' seems to be the track which is most featured in the film and for most will be the highlight of this cd. Very ambient with a beautiful soaring vocal! However this is not any kind of set standard on this soundtrack. We have everything from arias to buddhist chants, asian and euro pop, instrumental, folk music and more!
Whether or not this cd is worth the high prices that it often seems to sell for (no longer made and hard to find) is up to you. If you're a music afficionado with eclectic tastes or a true Greenaway fan it may be worth it.
The only complaint that I have is that there seems to be some music featured in the film that doesn't appear on this cd. I would've liked to have seen everthing here.
Recommended.