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Playing by Heart (1998 Film)
 
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Playing by Heart (1998 Film) [Soundtrack]

Chet Baker, John Barry, Chris BottiAudio CD
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
listen  1. Remembering Chet [Playing By Heart]Chris Botti 4:10$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. Playing By Heart [Playing By Heart]Orchestra 5:34$0.99 Buy Track
listen  3. Game of Hide and Seek [Playing By Heart]Orchestra 3:15$0.99 Buy Track
listen  4. TenderlyChet Baker 6:38$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. I Didn't Love You [Playing By Heart]Orchestra 1:28$0.99 Buy Track
listen  6. A Place Inside Alive And Well [Playing By Heart]Orchestra 3:30$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Remembering Chet [longer version] [Playing By Heart]Chris Botti 4:17$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. Scene Unseen [Playing By Heart]Orchestra 2:32$0.99 Buy Track
listen  9. You Go To My HeadChet Baker 5:54$0.99 Buy Track
listen10. I Want To Stay The Night [Playing By Heart]Orchestra 3:16$0.99 Buy Track
listen11. Goodnight Moon [Playing By Heart]Orchestra 2:55$0.99 Buy Track
listen12. Mark's Graveyard Site [Playing By Heart]Orchestra 2:27$0.99 Buy Track
listen13. These Foolish Things Remind Me Of YouChet Baker 4:43$0.99 Buy Track
listen14. Playing By Heart - Vows Renewed [Playing By Heart]Chris Botti 6:39$0.99 Buy Track


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Product Details

  • Audio CD (January 25, 2000)
  • Original Release Date: January 25, 2000
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack
  • Label: Decca
  • ASIN: B0000256HQ
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,026 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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In a 1996 review of the indie film Caught, movie critic Rex Reed paid the ultimate compliment to trumpeter Chris Botti, (who wrote the score and whose horn graced the soundtrack), comparing the young upstart's smoky style to that of a young Chet Baker. Botti has since gone on to great success in smooth jazz by combining a laid-back demeanor with attitude-filled grooves and picture-perfect melodies. Enter legendary composer John Barry--whose resume runs from Born Free to Dances with Wolves and, more jazzily, Body Heat. He loved director Willard Carroll's idea of lacing the soundtrack to Playing by Heart with a handful of 1956 Baker-quartet originals. Botti was an obvious choice when Barry chose to extend that vibe into the orchestral score, and the haunting album cover--featuring a pensive Barry between Botti and a young Baker, both holding their horns, over a black background--perfectly epitomizes the passing of the generational torch. The opening tune, "Remembering Chet," captures the essence of the whole album; Botti's balmy trumpet wafts over Lee Musiker's elegant piano meditation as the orchestra breezes in and out of the background. There's not a whole lot of rhythmic variation as the tracks progress, but Barry wisely mixes in a few other colorful elements throughout, most notably Daniel Higgins' romantic alto (trading riffs with Botti on the title theme) and Tommy Morgan's lonesome harmonica on "A Place Inside Alive and Well." The classic smooth, delicately bittersweet tones of Baker (on "Tenderly," "You Go to My Head" and "These Foolish Things" are interspersed between the Botti tunes, creating a contrast between the two horns. Arranged this way, it's almost like listening to a one-of-a-kind lesson between a legendary mentor and a student primed to carry on his legacy. -- Jonathan Widran

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Genre: Soundtracks & Scores
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Release Date: 25-JAN-2000

 

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars music to dream by......, February 8, 2000
This review is from: Playing by Heart (1998 Film) (Audio CD)
Well, Chris Botti has done it again. He has created trumpet music that is relaxing,suggestive,and warm. This is a must CD for any jazz fan. In fact,this is a great CD to introduce a friend to the wonderful world of jazz.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Beauty, Romance, Botti, Baker...., July 10, 2000
This review is from: Playing by Heart (1998 Film) (Audio CD)
"Playing by Heart" never fails to induce a depth of emotion in the listener from its yearning, twilight-evening feel; watching the ripples on a pond in the night time, dreaming of past and future moments with the cherished one that we hold in our heart.

A dear friend introduced me to Chris Botti, but he warned me not to listen to too much all at once for fear of an overwhelming melancholy that would surely befall me. Whether melancholy is the right word, I'm not sure - it's perhaps the sweetness of a lingering memory, the dreamlike quality of Botti, Baker et al that makes an impression. To coin an overused phrase, it is a hauntingly beautiful collection of pieces that soar somewhere between the unspoken mystery of the heart and the ethereal no-mans-land between body and spirit. Listeners beware its overt romantic influence.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely stunning, January 28, 2003
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This review is from: Playing by Heart (1998 Film) (Audio CD)
John Barry just seems to get better and better. This music deserves to be included among his best. Chris Botti's trumpet playing only adds to the haunting beauty and brilliance of this very special music. I thank John Barry, Chris Botti and Chet Baker for their wonderful talents.
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