Washington Square: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Jan A. P. Kaczmarek | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 14, 1997)
• Original Release Date: October 14, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B00000152N
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,102 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Washington Square

2. Catherine in the Window

3. Catherine and Morris/Tu Chiami Una Vita

4. First Kiss

5. That Must Be Love

6. Lavinia

7. No to Morris

8. No to Catherine

9. Catherine and the Mirror

10. Catherine's Nocturne

11. Romance Quaartet

12. Please Wait for Me

13. L' Absence

14. Lavinia and Morris

15. The Alps

16. Reunion

17. Unfinished Nocturne

18. Despair

19. Lullaby

20. Father Is Dying

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breath Taking, February 14, 2002

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HolaKat (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Washington Square: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

I am a piano teacher and student. I also sang opera for a while. When I played Tu Chiami Una Vita for my piano teacher, we both decided that I should sing it at one of our concerts. My teacher would play the piano and I would sing. We desperatley tried to find the sheet music and no one heard of it. I was astonished that such a gorgeous song was unheard of. It is definately the most beautiful piece of music I have heard, as a music major, that is saying a lot.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I cannot believe that such great music went unnoticed!, July 23, 1998

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Lincoln Karim (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Washington Square: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

This music, like the movie, was so great, so refreshing and so wonderfully composed I cannot believe it did not get the press recognition it deserved. I shall die before I ever understand why such a great piece of artwork, both the music and film, should go unnoticed, ungraced, and unrespected, while a tacky, plastic, and tasteless film like Titanic should be raved about as it was. This truly indicates the power of film promotion and the guliability of the public.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The movie is good, the music is striking!, March 8, 2006

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randomartco "period film aficionado" (Greater Washington D.C. area) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Washington Square: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

The MUSIC of "Washington Square" is exquisite...charming...stunning...beyond words! I thought the movie of "Washington Square" was well-done, although I must admit to having a preference for the 1949 version called "The Heiress"...I must say, though, that the music for "Washington Square" is what keeps me watching this film again & again, and especially listening to the soundtrack!

It is poignant, lingering, striking, dazzling: the piano & strings are amazing: the singing is incredibly well done! My favorite is "Tu Chiami Una Vita," the beginning version "Catherine & Morris - Tu Chiami Una Vita" and the absolutely exquisite ending version "Please Don't Come Here Again - Tu Chiami Una Vita"...the delightful "L'Absence" and "L'Absence Again" is pleasing as well, haunting and superb! The cute & child-like "The Tale of the String," the superb "Catherine's Nocturne" which is repeated in the final version of "Tu Chiami Una Vita"...amazing!

I must say that the music of "Washington Square" is sincerely what won me over: the storyline is fine, it is difficult to watch (with Catherine so inept), but the music just absolutely made the movie for me: even if you don't for the movie at all, this music stands alone: decidedly recommended!