Romeo & Juliet [Soundtrack]

Nino Rota, Romeo & Juliet (Related Recordings) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: October 8, 1968
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B00000DR9R
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,048 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

ROMEO & JULIET contains dialogue highlights and the original score from Franco Zeffirelli's movie.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

44 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More talking than music, July 4, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Romeo & Juliet (Audio CD)

This Romeo and Juliet has always been one of my favourite movies, so I was thrilled when I found this CD. But, upon playing it I came to find that there is very few songs on the CD that are not covered up by dialogue- good if you want to hear the movie recited to you, not so good if you got the CD simply for thw music- it's usually covered up. Neat to listen to but don't buy it for the music!

45 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Look here for soundtrack without dialog, February 24, 2006

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Charlie Parker "forestdweller" (Ashville, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Romeo & Juliet (Audio CD)

(There is another soundtrack CD listed by Amazon. I guess that Amazon doesn't want links in here, so do a search on "Nino Rota romeo juliet". There will be several listed. Find the one that has Label: Silva). It has no dialog from the film. It's also conducted by Nino Rota. Two or three of the tracks are sung by various people.

Amazon does not stock it, although they list it. It seems to be "out of print". However there are various ways that people have been able to 'share' theirs. You may also be able to find one for sale by searching on the internet. It's worth trying to find.

43 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Music...but..., February 9, 2005

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Randy Martens (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Romeo & Juliet (Audio CD)

...the problem is that 95% of this "soundtrack" is Shakespearian dialogue from the film - with the actual music playing subtly in the background.

I bought the CD presuming it was like virtually all other movie soundtracks - the original music from the film WITHOUT any dialogue, so I was disappointed. If I'd wanted the dialogue with the music as a mere backdrop, I'd have bought the DVD of the film.