Raging Bull [Soundtrack, Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 1, 2005)
• Original Release Date: December 19, 1980
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Soundtrack, Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B0009X75AQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,714 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

2. Jersey Bounce

3. Prisoner of Love

4. Just One More Chance

5. Cow-Cow Boogie

6. Vivere

7. Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees)

8. Two O'Clock Jump

9. Drum Boogie

10. All or Nothing at All

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Silvano: Barcarolle

2. Stone Cold Dead in the Market

3. Nao Tenho Lagrimas

4. Heartaches

5. A New Kind of Love

6. Till Then

7. Mona Lisa

8. That's My Desire

9. Guglielmo Ratcliff: Intermezzo

10. Bye, Bye, Baby

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Aural Landscape Into Scorsese's World And Life.., January 10, 2006

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Original Mixed Up-Kid "jg" (New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Raging Bull (Audio CD)

Perhaps the music, all of it glorious,will eventually lead you away from the film altogether,and back into your own life..so penned Martin Scorsese in the liner notes on this tremendous 2 CD set dated August 2004....Gee, was not this the great film
of 1980? How come a soundtrack now?
Probably, because this collection is a representation of Martin Scorsese's world not limited to the greatness of the the film itself but his total film output in his mind of the genre of music that encapsulates his art and film making that started with Mean Streets,through The Last Waltz,Raging Bull...
From the opening chords of the Orchestra Of Bologna Municop Thetra, I thought I was listening to The Last Waltz theme once again only to discover Robbie Robertson's(from The Band)pivotal role in creating the source music to the score with ex-band mates .While the greatness of The Band was an allmost anachronistic sound rooted in classic r&b,rock with an atmospheric strain of universal brotherhood harking back to warm times conveyed in their pastoral imagery the relationship. Scorsese and Robertson is a definite match made in heaven now clearer conveyed in the song selection contained here.
Gone are the Rolling Stones from Mean Streets, we have here usually the "White" bandleaders such as Harry James.BG,Artie Shaw, Gene Krupa swinging with some tracks by the likes of Ella Fitzgerald,The Ink Spots,The Mills Brothers..what is honest, is that the unpretentious clarity and focus of the music is a true representation of the world of Scorsese's film's..I meant there is no Count Basie,Duke Ellington,Louis Armstrong here, all which one could argue could have fitted in as well but not really on a deeper level of the world these film characters existed in..The tough New York Italian streets where an occasional nod to Billie Holiday was not in keeping with the emotions and musical tastes of the basic protagonist's view of life portrayed in his films is made clear here.
The Italian opera,Frank Sinatra, etc, the authenticity of these tracks are indeed all glorious harking back to an earlier era as a snapshot of a particular experience but is universal in scope..No matter ones background it allows one to enjoy great music conveying successfully a springboard for people to explore their own conditioned past with all the highs and lows.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great soundtrack, May 24, 2008

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Carol Cole - See all my reviews

This review is from: Raging Bull (Audio CD)

I have been looking for the Soundtrack to this movie since the movie came out. I think it has a a little bit of everything that evokes the time that the movie took place in, and also has alot of nostalgia for me. I have never been disappointed with a soundtrack from Martin Scorsese, and this one is no exception. I recommend it for everyone who enjoyed the movie and can identify with the times and the ethicity of the characters. Not one bad track, and well worth the wait.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great American Movie, Great American Soundtrack, May 7, 2006

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different drummer 63 (Lawrence, KS, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Raging Bull (Audio CD)

For some reason or reasons this monumental 2-disc collection of compositions from one of Martin Scorsese's finest movies took a quarter-century to materialize. The wait was worth it, through and through. This set is worth owning just to have consistent access to the Mascagni opera music that Scorsese used to stunning effect in telling his version of Jake La Motta's life as a brawler in and out of the ring. But there's so very much more, all of it collected and presented with care and respect by The Band's Robbie Robertson. In addition to the Mascagni selections, my favorites are the incidental performances by Robertson and two of his former Band colleagues, both on keyboards--Garth Hudson and the late Richard Manuel (1943-1986). This extraordinary soundtrack deserves to be as well-known as the movie it accompanies.