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The Russia House: The Motion Picture Soundtrack

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A great soundtrack album of an equally great film.
Enchanted music that beautifully flows throughout the film scenes, and yet can be enjoyed by itself. Delicate bitter-sweet Jazz music that will give you great moments.

Highly recommended !

This music is so incredible. Although Katya and Alone In the World are two of my favorites, I truly enjoy every single track. The entire musical score flows together so beautifully. I received this CD a few days ago and cannot stop playing it. A haunting melody that will truly haunt you!

One of the most beautiful, quite and sweet scores ever writen. A complete delight. Katya's theme is great. The rest of the tracks wonderful. Goldsmith's back.

A perfect blend of Russian flavour, Jazz, together with a haunting Old World charm. It's that Jerry Goldsmith magic again. You'll want to play the tracks Katya & Alone in the World over & over & over again.

Amazing soundtrack. Fabulous jazz numbers by Goldsmith. One of his best. This CD, however, does seem a bit repetitive.

With the combined talents of Jerry Goldsmith, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Wynton Marsalis and Patti Austin, this is a jazzy class-act from beginning to end. A great soundtrack CD from an unlikely movie. (And, if you like it, you may want to check out the soundtracks to "Siesta" and "Afterglow".) Enjoy.

though the music written for this film is certainly not on par with the scores of such films as casablanca, i do agree that we shouldn't judge goldsmith's score solely on the basis of it's quality as a stand alone piece.

goldsmith's score is poignant, and it captures the bleak romanticism that is imbued in all aspects of russian life. as i happened to spend much time in moscow, i'd say that this score, in conjunction with schepisi's stolid cinematography, does a remarkable job transporting me back to that world.

the music in all of the "cia/spy" scenes (mostly taking place in washington, london, lisbon, and leningrad) are a little corn ball. but i do not think these sections of music distract from the scenes themselves.

all things being said, i love this movie. i am obsessed with this film. and the music, however good or corny, does stick in a good way.

This is a brilliant score. In the context of the film, it adds powerfully to the tension and suspense. But more than that, it contains fantastic performances by Branford Marsalis on saxophone, John Patucci on bass, and Michael Lang on piano.

As a longtime fan of Instrumental movie soundtracks, I can say without a doubt, this is one of my all time favorites...the melody and variations are superb, I can't get this wonderful music out of my head, nor do I want to.

This movie & score is beautiful my favorite with my wife being Russian i can picture her in my mind when i hear it..it has an otherwordly beauty.