Possession [SOUNDTRACK]

Gabriel Yared (Composer), Harry Rabinowitz (Conductor), Ramon Vargas (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Ramon Vargas
• Conductor: Harry Rabinowitz
• Composer: Gabriel Yared
• Audio CD (August 20, 2002)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B00006FI7K
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #184,581 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Possessio - Aria

2. British Museum

3. Discovering the Letters

4. Gentle Possession

5. Reading the Letters

6. Christabel's Room

7. Maud and Roland

8. Let Down Your Hair

9. Possession

10. Blanche's Diary

11. (G5)

12. Renewed Correspondence

13. Dolly Hides a Secret

14. Maud and Roland in North Yorkshire

15. Blanche's Suicide

16. Exile in Brittany

17. You Have a Daughter

18. Journey to Whitby

19. Hotel Toom in Whitby

20. (G5)

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll find yourself in Possession...., September 28, 2002

By	"egyptsqueen" (Murray, UT USA) - See all my reviews

...of a wonderful score if you take the plunge and decide to buy "Possession." This is a score that is lush with haunting poetry, the perfect backdrop to the poetry of the two pairs of lovers in the film. It beautifully captures both the mutual passion of the Victorians' poetry romance and the promise of awakening love taking possession of the modern-day academics.

The love theme echoes the sea where Ash and Cristabel both consumated, then canned their affair, and the ebb and flow of Maud and Roland as they retrace the Victorians' footsteps and try to discover exactly what they want their own relationship to be.

"On the other side of attraction lies repulsion," Roland says to Maud, echoes of which are contained in the music of Blanche's Suicide and Exile in Brittany, where we discover the consequences of the Ash/Cristabel affair, the echoes of the pain that passion can sometimes bring.

Gabriel Yared has created a moving score that will touch your soul, and make you crave some possession of your own.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The music that lasts with you long after the movie ends....., September 24, 2002

By	Mark Anderson (Utah, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Passionate romance. Reflective beauty. Mysterious longing. This is orchestral music at its best.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hauntingly soft and moving, January 16, 2003

By	Claire (East coast, USA) - See all my reviews

Beautifully orchestrated! Loved the recurring, poetic theme throughout the music. Very soothing, relaxing and thought provoking.

I particularly liked the tracks, "The British Museum", "Maud and Roland", "Renewed Correspondence", "Discovering the Letters", and "Poignant Thoughts".