Pride and Prejudice: The Original Soundtrack from the A&E Special Presentation [Soundtrack]

Carl Davis (Artist), Melvyn Tan (Artist), Nicholas Bucknall (Artist), Jonathan Barritt (Artist), Timothy Brown (Artist), Levine Andrade (Artist), Nicolas Busch (Artist), Joseph Frohlich (Artist), Martin Gatt (Artist), Rusen Gunes (Artist), Michael Harris (Artist), Keith Harvey (Artist), David Juritz (Artist), Peter Lale (Artist), Pauline Lowbury (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 21, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Angel Records
• ASIN: B000002SJ5
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,391 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Pride And Prejudice: Pride and Prejudice (Opening title music)

2. Pride And Prejudice: Dance Montage

3. Pride And Prejudice: Elizabeth Observed

4. Pride And Prejudice: Piano Summary (Episode one)

5. Pride And Prejudice: Canon Collins

6. Pride And Prejudice: Piano Summary (Episode two)

7. Pride And Prejudice: The Gardiners

8. Pride And Prejudice: Winter Into Spring

9. Pride And Prejudice: Parting

10. Pride And Prejudice: Rosings

11. Pride And Prejudice: Piano Summary (Episode three)

12. Pride And Prejudice: Telling The Truth

13. Pride And Prejudice: Farewell to the Regiment

14. Pride And Prejudice: Pemberley

15. Pride And Prejudice: Darcy Returns

16. Pride And Prejudice: Piano Summary (Episode four)

17. Pride And Prejudice: Thinking about Lizzy

18. Pride And Prejudice: Lydia's Elopement

19. Pride And Prejudice: Piano Summary (Episode five)

20. Pride And Prejudice: Lydia's Wedding

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

81 of 84 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Only very slightly disappointing! - Feeling incomplete..., February 29, 2004

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This review is from: Pride and Prejudice: The Original Soundtrack from the A&E Special Presentation (Audio CD)

I had hoped when I bought this soundtrack that I would hear all the wonderful songs played in the film. I eagerly opened it and listened through and heard... mostly repetition!
The chapter summaries included bits of some dance songs, like transposed snippets of Mr Beveridge's Maggot for piano, but there was not one complete song to be had, and I was disappointed.
Don't get me wrong! I love the sparkling, quick-paced Pride and Prejudice theme! But I thought it would have been nice to have included the songs played and sung in the film - maybe more professionally than some of the characters, say, Mary, had performed, but having it on the soundtrack, even if only orchestrally, would have been nice.
Where was the first dance song at the Red Lion on this soundtrack? I loved those country dances! Where was Lizzy's pianoforte performance of Mozart's aria "Voi Che Sapete"? Where was Georgiana's performance of Beethoven's charming "Andante Favori"?
It would have made the soundtrack so much richer and more complete if only they had included these songs!

As it is, this soundtrack absolutely sparkles, especially with Melvin Tan's fabulous performance at the pianoforte. The use of a pianoforte is a detail that I highly praise. I am a big "period instrument" enthusiast and love that Carl Davis chose to use the proper piano appropriate to the era. His music is lively, playful, dark at times, but never despairs, and is all around excellent. We get all the character themes nicely displayed in this soundtrack, so we do not miss out of that, at least.
An extremely fine score, but a somewhat lacking, though enjoyable, CD.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A rare case of the soundtrack fitting the story, June 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Pride and Prejudice: The Original Soundtrack from the A&E Special Presentation (Audio CD)

I have owned a copy of this soundtrack for some time now, and have listened to it countless times. From the delightful opening theme to the finale, every note of the score seems to fit Jane Austen's wonderful story perfectly. The orchestration is superb and the recording itself is outstanding. My favorite sections include the "Canon Collins," which has that wonderful bassoon obbligato, befitting of the bumbling Mr. Collins. And who can help visualizing Lady Catherine de Bourgh upon hearing the "Rosings" theme? An added bonus is experiencing the wonderful musicianship of pianist Melvyn Tan. As far as soundtracks go, this is one of the best!

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, bland P&P music, May 20, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Pride and Prejudice: The Original Soundtrack from the A&E Special Presentation (Audio CD)

With all the great dance music in the BBC's fabulous production of P&P, you'd think this would be a great CD. Unfortunately, and suprisingly, none of the dance music is included! Instead, the entire CD is the background music used throughout the series which, after a very little while, all sounds pretty much the same. This is very tame, fairly bland fare -- may be OK as background music for a tea party, but otherwise not worth the effort, or price.