The Wheel of Time [Soundtrack]

Robert Berry | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 10, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Magna Carta
• ASIN: B00005LARZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #193,005 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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60 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars If your vision of the Wheel of Time involves Bon Jovi..., August 11, 2003

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Thomas Simpson "gameraboy" (Scenic Woodbridge, New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wheel of Time (Audio CD)

Then rejoice! The opening track on this CD sounds like an 80's big hair band. "The Wheel of TIIIIIME!!!!" Man, this is not what I'd listen to while reading the books. I was expecting some sort of classical music, maybe some chorals, a work in the vein of Basil Poledouris and his fabulous Conan the Barbarian soundtrack. This first track alone made me nearly want to break the cd in half and use the edges of it to harm myself in some way.

Do yourself a favor and check out soundtracks from fantasy films. Anything by Basil Poledouris, the soundtrack from Last of the Mohicans, Dances With Wolves... those are albums that will put you more in mind of the series.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable from a fan of the book series point of view., July 27, 2001

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Thomas Garvin (College Station, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wheel of Time (Audio CD)

I am a big fan of the book series so I decided to give this CD a go. I am a fan of celtic music so I find the "soundtrack" to fit my tastes nicely. Personally though I prefered the instrumentals over the vocal songs, with the exception of Dahl.

One thing to note, if own the Wheel of Time PC game most of this music will sound familiar. Robert Berry wrote the soundtrack to the game and positive responce to it spurred on the release of the official Wheel of Time soundtrack. All the songs from the game are here as well as many new ones.

All and all a good buy for fans of the book or people intrested in neo-celtic music.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Eh..., November 2, 2001

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Greg Havlicsek - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wheel of Time (Audio CD)

This CD wasn't terrible, just isn't the normal thing I'd listen to, and certainly not a good musical representation of the Wheel of Time novels. The inclusion of vocals was in and of itself, a flawed idea. Not only that, but there are too many cultures represented both subtly and overtly in the novels (renaissance era culture, pre-Norman, crusades-era christianity, Taoism, gypsy and gaelic, among others) that you couldn't possibly pin it down to one influence in the music. In other words, it seems like a mistake to put such emphasis on gaelic influence in the music, when in order to give a good representation of the books, you'd have to include so many other cultures as well. To be honest, if you want a soundtrack to go with the novels, I'd go for the soundtrack to the computer game. It's on the game CD as an hour or so of mp3's.