The Scarlet Pimpernel: Music from the BBC TV Series (1998) [Soundtrack, Live]

Michal Pavlicek | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 16, 1999)
• Original Release Date: November 16, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack, Live
• Label: BBC Legends
• ASIN: B00002EQ8B
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #214,227 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #67 in Music > Indie Music > Soundtracks > Television Soundtracks

Track Listings

1. Episode I: The Scarlet Pimpernel (Theme)

2. Episode I: Margheritte's Flash Back

3. Episode I: The Fall of the Monarchy

4. Episode I: In the Street of Revolution/The Pimpernel Frees Danby

5. Episode I: The Pimpernel's Escape I

6. Episode I: On the Waves of Love and Death

7. Episode I: The Scarlet Pimpernel (Theme)

8. Episode I: Margheritte's Return

9. Episode I: The Net Tightens

10. Episode I: The Pimpernel's Escape II (Foiled Again)

11. Episode I: Suspicions

12. Episode I: Ca Ira

13. Episode I: Setting the Trap

14. Episode I: The Pimpernel's Escape III

15. Episode I: In the Shadow of the Guillotine

16. Episode I: Imprisonment

17. Episode I: The Scarlet Pimpernel (Theme)

18. Episode I: Massacre

19. Episode I: To the Guilotine

20. Episode I: In the Name of Love

See all 57 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Music For A Not-Entirely-Perfect Retelling, December 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Scarlet Pimpernel: Music from the BBC TV Series (1998) (Audio CD)

If critics complain about the BBC version of "The Scarlet Pimpernel", it certainly isn't for the music, which provides an excellent backdrop to the age old tale of double identities, intriegue, and lying to your husband about having his friend beheaded because he hung your parents, which sends him into a spree of saving French aristocrats from the guillotine. The movie itself does deviate from the novel quite a bit in parts, but is overall a pretty fun movie. Watch it, then read the book. And buy the CD while you're at it. PS For some reason, the soundtrack dubs the main female lead as "Margheritte". I don't know if this was a horrible spelling error, but the correct name is "Marguerite". Just to let you know.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The essence of the Scarlett Pinpernel is perfectly captured, February 18, 2000

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This review is from: The Scarlet Pimpernel: Music from the BBC TV Series (1998) (Audio CD)

The scarlett pimpernel is an amazing film that is based on equally amazing novels! the BBC series score is no less wonderful. It captures the spirit and utter charm of the pimernel and does it with marvalous easy. the score is as witty and full of life as the very character it represents. the composer helped bring to life the grace and wit of the scarlett pimernel in a way. so that ever time you hear it you can't stop smiling about the most elusive man in all of england. the composers brought out the adventure of the pimpernel but most amazingly of all he seemed to strick the right cord and with no effort at all bring to life the true love between Margurite and Sir Percy(the scarlett pimpernel)!