Sherlock Holmes: Classic Themes From 221B Baker Street (Television And Film Score Anthology) [Soundtrack]

Various Artists - Soundtracks (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 18, 1996)
• Original Release Date: June 18, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000014Y7
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,184 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 221b Baker Street [From Granada TV Series]

2. Suite [From The Seven Percent Solution]

3. Main Title from "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"

4. Moriarity - Genius of Evil [From The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]

5. A Study in Terror

6. The Universal Holmes

7. Moriarity - The Game Is Afoot [From The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]

8. Riddle Solved [From Young Sherlock Holmes]

9. Red Circle [From Granada TV Series]

10. I Never Do Anything Twice [From The Seven Percent Solution]

11. Moriarty - Elementary [From The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]

12. Masks of Death [From Tyburn/channel Four TV Program]

13. Main Title/The Legend of the Hound from "The Hound of Baskerville"

14. Music Box [From Dressed to Kill]

15. Suite [From The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes]

16. End Title [From Without A Clue]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, otherwise unavailable music, January 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sherlock Holmes: Classic Themes From 221B Baker Street (Television And Film Score Anthology) (Audio CD)

This is a soundtrack that no lover of good film scores should be without. Virtually none of the music is otherwise available. Thanks to Sherlock Holmes' affinity for the violin, much of the music here features that instrument prominently. None of the cues disappoint.

There are two cues from the Granada TV series (which ran on PBS from the mid-80s to mid-90s, starring Jeremy Brett). Patrick Gowers' music is available on a CD collection, but this is out of print and becoming increasingly difficult to find.

Similarly, the score excerpts from The Seven Percent Solution (Addison) and A Study in Terror (Scott) are lovely, lyrical, and melancholy. Ditto for Young Sherlock Holmes (Broughton) -- it is a crying shame that this wonderful score is not available on CD, but this cue is an excellent gloss on the best themes of the score.

I am also fond of the suite from The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Rozsa); though the score is derived from Rozsa's violin concerto (which exists on a very fine coupling featuring Jascha Heifetz, with the Korngold violin concerto, and Waxman's Carmen Fantasie), it is different enough to be worth hearing on its own.

The other cues are also worthwhile listening. The interruption of the Sondheim song midway through the tracks is something of an annoyance (even though I like the song itself); given that it was available elsewhere it seemed sort of pointless to include it in this collection, which is otherwise all-orchestral.

Highly recommended.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great music to accompany your favorite detective stories!, September 12, 2001

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Gwyn Gwyrdd "geek" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sherlock Holmes: Classic Themes From 221B Baker Street (Television And Film Score Anthology) (Audio CD)

I'm going to say this upfront because I wish I had known it before purchasing this cd. The music on this cd is not original. In other words, a single orchestra has redone the selected pieces. For the most part, they are loyal to the originals - however, there is a difference between what you've heard in these programs or films and what is on this cd. The Granada piece, which I was most excited about, did use an annoying bass drum which, in my opinion, was a bit over the line (a bit too much of a "rock" feel, if you will), but it is very brief and used in a musical bridge. The violin part is intact and impressive.

The Young Sherlock Holmes suite is nearer the original film score than anything on the cd and is very enjoyable. I could have done without the Sondheim vocal piece all together as it breaks the instrumental flow and feeling. The "aztec flute" piece (from the Woman in Green I believe) that is visted three times is slightly annoying - particularly since it is very short in a couple of places and again, interrupts the flow of the album.

Surprisingly, I will say that overall, I'm pleased as a Sherlock Holmes fan and happy to add the album to my Holmes collection. It will make superb reading music when I pull out my Holmes books again this fall - granted, I may put the vocal piece on skip. However, I'm am more anxious to own the TV soundtrack to the Granada/Jeremy Brett show - as, I suspect, it is probably the superior album.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Collection of Pieces from Many Sources, May 31, 2001

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Dan Sherman (Alexandria, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sherlock Holmes: Classic Themes From 221B Baker Street (Television And Film Score Anthology) (Audio CD)

This is an excellent compilation of music from various Sherlock Holmes movies, with the addition of music from the Granada TV series that starred the late Jeremy Brett. The excerpts are really very enjoyable,and cover films from the 1930s onward, so represent a mix of film music styles. Particular favorites of mine are the music from "Young Sherlock Holmes" (when is this going to be on DVD??) and a suite from the underrated Billy Wilder film "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes." The latter derives from a gorgeous violin concerto by Milos Rozsa, which seems to be appropriate for our violin playing detective. An item some people may like is the Stephen Sondheim song "I Never Do Anything Twice," heard here with its full set of lyrics.

All of the music is very well played (and the one sung well sung) in this well-filled CD. It is definitely a treat if like Sherlock Holmes and have seen any of the movies for which the music was written or the Granada TV series.