Scent Of A Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK]

Thomas Newman (Artist), Jose Padilla (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 19, 1993)
• SPARS Code: AAD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000002ON6
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #57,452 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good original score, though better old melodies, October 7, 2002

By	Juan Alberto Diaz Wiechers (Santiago Chile) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As a matter of fact I bought this CD not as much due to Mr. Newman's original scrore, but since I liked very much the treatment of the beatiful Spanish song "La Violetera" in key moments of the film. Mr. Newman's music is very good, but the Spanish and Argentine music he used was much better. The performances of "The Tango Project" are superb. "La Violetera" is probably the nicest Spanish song, talking of a florist; it is widely known in its original version in Spain and Latin America, and moreover, came to international light thanks to Charles Chaplin's "City Lights" where it was the Leitmotif of the blind florist girl (a very adequate use indeed). The tango "Por una Cabeza" is probably the highlight of the score, because it is the piece danced by Al Pacino; unfortunately the other tango "Caminito", played by the orchestra at the restaurant, does not appear here. It is a petty. As a whole, I like the CD very much, especially the two performances of "The Tango Project", but just because they are more touching to my cultural heritage. Nonetheless, I praise both Mr. Newman's personal compositions as well as his perfect use of other's melodies.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars GETS LOST IN ITSELF TOO EASILY, July 19, 1999

By A Customer

I have heard a variety of soundtracks by many different people and I must say that Thomas Newman's soundtracks are the strangest. He sometimes finds a nice melody but frequently loses it again in a mess of sounds. The CD starts out nice but quickly falls into non-melodic songs that make no sense to me what-so-ever. I'm afraid to admit that the only song I found enjoyable on the CD was "Por Una Cabeza" which is not even written by him. When I first heard that song in the movie during the famous tango scene, I couldn't wait to hear it again on the soundtrack and hoped the rest of the CD would be as good. I was very disapointed in the melody lacking soundtrack. The only reason why I give it two stars is because of the tango song. I just have one thing to say. I'm glad that I borrowed it from a friend first and didn't waste my own money on it.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Contains a GREAT song, January 18, 2000

By A Customer

Por Una Cabeza is a great song. I could listen to it all day. This is the first cd I found with a good version of it.