Reel Love: The Cinematic Romance Album [Soundtrack]

Max Steiner (Composer), Maurice Jarre (Composer), Miklos Rozsa (Composer), Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer), Bernard Herrmann (Composer), John [1] Barry (Composer), Barry / Botkin, Perry Jr. DeVorzon (Composer), Erroll Garner (Composer), Herman Hupfeld (Composer), Francis Lai (Composer), Rachel Portman (Composer), Patrick Doyle (Composer), Carl Davis (Composer), Luis Enrique Bacalov (Composer), Jean Claude Petit (Composer), Michel Legrand (Composer), Pierre Bachelet (Composer), Gato Barbieri (Composer), Nino Rota (Composer), Ennio Morricone (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Max Steiner, Maurice Jarre, Miklos Rozsa, Dimitri Tiomkin, Bernard Herrmann, et al.
• Audio CD (April 12, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Silva America
• ASIN: B0007R8ESQ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,373 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars "themes & cues savor the romantic that dwells in all of us", April 12, 2005

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This review is from: Reel Love: The Cinematic Romance Album (Audio CD)

What a crowning achievement to bring "Reel Love: The Cinematic Romance Album", released by Silva America and featuring The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and the Crouch End Festival Chorus ~ conductors are Kenneth Alwyn, Paul Bateman, James Fitzpatrick, Nic Raine and David Temple director of the chorus ~ one can only expect the highest quality of performances and quench the thirst of all "film-score-buffs".

Sit back and unleash the first disc with composers taking each film score cue in alphabeltical order:

"CASABLANCA (AS TIME GOES BY)" (Herman Hupfeld)
"DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (MAIN TITLE & LARA'S THEME)" (Maurice Jarre)
"EL CID (LOVE THEME)" (Miklos Rozsa)
"EMMA (MAIN THEME) (Rachel Portman)
"GONE WITH THE WIND (TARA'S THEME)" (Max Steiner)
"IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE" (Dimitri Tiomkin)
"LOVE STORY (WHERE DO I BEGIN)" (Francis Lai)
"PLAY MISTY FOR ME (MISTY)" (Errol Garner)
"PRIDE & PREJUDICE (MAIN THEME)" (Carl Davis)
"RYAN'S DAUGHTER (ROSY'S THEME)" (Maurice Jarre)
"SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (THROW THE COINS)" (Patrick Doyle)
"SOMEWHERE IN TIME (MAIN THEME)" (John Barry)
"THEME FROM A SUMMER PLACE" (Max Steiner)
"VERTIGO (SCENE D'AMOUR)" (Bernard Herrmann)
"YOUNG & THE RESTLESS (NADIA'S THEME)" (Barry DeVorzon/Perry Botkin Jr)

Arrangements that soar and then simmer into pure meditation of grandeur ~ classic film music prevails, as orchestration comes to the surface with pure originality ~ one masterpiece after another is long last presented as it should have been, is cause for celebration ~ each cue is a distinctive gift for striking modernism, touching on the transition of the period in this planets history.

Second disc is waiting in the wings are the composers and selections also in alphabeltical order:

"A MAN AND A WOMAN (UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME)" (Francis Lai)
"BRAVEHEART (END TITLES)" (James Horner)
"CINEMA PARADISO (LOVE THEME)" (Ennio Morricone)
"EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (MAIN TITLE/ICE DANCE)" (Danny Elfman)
"EMMANUELLE" (Pierre Bachelet/Herve Roy)
"ENGLISH PATIENT (AS FAR AS FLORENCE)" (Gabriel Yared)
"FINDING NEVERLAND (IMPOSSIBLE OPENING)" (Jan A. P. Kaczmarek)
"GHOST (UNCHAINED MELODY)" (Alex North)
"IL POSTINO (MAIN THEME)" (Luis Bacalov)
"INDECENT PROPOSAL (MAIN THEME)" (John Barry)
"JEAN DE FLORETTE (MAIN TITLE)" (Jean Claude Petit)
"LAST TANGO IN PARIS" (Gato Barbier)
"ROMEO AND JULIET (LOVE THEME)" (Nino Rota)
"SUMMER OF '42 (THE SUMMER KNOWS)" (Michael Legrand)
"TITANIC (MY HEART WILL GO ON)" (James Horner)

Each composer has the passion and skill for exploring human emotions, coupled with a unique gift for striking exotic orchestral colors, make this with all it's splendor unforgettable ~ themes that ring with familiarity as each film comes to mind through music.
Silva America gives the collector a treasure of thirty film cues that any "film-score-buff" would die for ~ in the past James Fitzpatrick (producer), Reynold da Silva (executive producer), mastered by Rick Clark and David Stoner (release co-ordinator) have given us compilation with such expertise and this one is no exception ~ keep up the outstanding limited editions and deluxe package releases, with your signature tidbits for all film music fans that's in all of us...gotta love it!

Total Time: 2-CD-Set ~ Silva America 1177 ~ (4/12/2005)

5.0 out of 5 stars REAL LOVE, November 30, 2011

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This review is from: Reel Love: The Cinematic Romance Album (Audio CD)

WHAT A GREAT CD OF MOVIE LOVE SONGS. CAN LISTEN TO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND STILL NOT GET ENOUGHT.

5.0 out of 5 stars As Good as Movie Music Symphonic Recordings Get!!, August 28, 2011

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This review is from: Reel Love: The Cinematic Romance Album (Audio CD)

Bar none, this extraoardinary Symphony recording and outstanding 'Mix' of the best Movies Music of the late 50s 60s,70s, is jaw-droppingly wonderful, from the quality of the musicians, the excellent choice of famous movie music, to the stellar Conducting and arrangements. KUDOS (even this long after), to all who put this 2 CD Compilation, together.

It's as much great music as you can find at this price point, and with quick&safe delivery courtesy of Amazon and their 3rd party sellers, its a clear WINNER and 'Best Deal', period. If you enjoy great smphonic movie music (that is very similar to the original soundtrack recordings yet perhaps even crisper and more 'grandiose'/thanks to modern sound/recording technology), you will love this 'Set' as much as we do. I only wish i had had this in my DJ CD-Library, back when i was doing lot's of private party Functions.

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