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Witness: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

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Maurice Jarre was the French born composer, best known for his film scores for Lawrence of Arabia, Dead Poets Society and Ghost.

He studied music composition at the Conservatoire in Paris, before moving on to the post of Musical Director at the French National Theatre. His career as a film score writer commenced in 1951, although he had his international breakthrough when he was asked to write the… Read more in Amazon's Maurice Jarre Store

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  • Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
  • Original Release Date: February 8, 1985
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack
  • Label: Varese Sarabande
  • ASIN: B00000153P
  • Also Available in: Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #45,616 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Witness (Main Title)/Journey to Baltimore
2. Murder
3. Book's Disappearance
4. Futility of an Inside Job/Delerious John
5. Building the Barn
6. Book's Sorrow
7. Rachel and Book (Love Theme) /Beginning of the End
8. Amish Are Coming

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5.0 out of 5 stars How unexpected!, September 24, 2001
By Ben Riddle (Cuyahoga Falls, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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I've been collecting movie music now for almost eight years. So why haven't I noticed before how talented a composer Maurice Jarre is? The music which he brings to "Witness", flowing like a waterfall of kaleidescopic colors from the synthesizers, seems to me to be filled with awe and reverence for the Amish people depicted in the movie and their culture. This is evident in tracks like the Main Title theme (variations of which are heard throughout the CD)and "Building the Barn", which provides a light-hearted, classical air to what might be an ardurous task for anyone else; yet the track accentuates the people's goal of working for the greater good. Toward the end of the disc is what sounds like a chase sequence which has to be heard to be believed. I guess I just never saw Jarre as being capable of creating such drama and beauty in sound before.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Buy the Barn!, May 3, 2000
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The movie's great. The soundtrack, on the whole, is reasonable - although, like most soundtracks, it generally doesn't stand up by itself; it needs the film.

There is one very major exception to this, though: the track Building the Barn. This is wonderful music and well warrants buying this CD. Absolutely beautiful!

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very lush and beautiful electronic music, September 22, 2001
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During the 1980's Maurice Jarre picked up on a somewhat popular concept (and perhaps inspiration from his son, Jean-Michel) and scored a few films using mostly synthesizers and what he called an "electronic ensemble" featuring Nyle Steiner, Michael Boddicker, Ian Underwood and others. Some of the scores worked very well on film (Fatal Attraction) while others did not (Dead Poet's Society).

Witness is one of the scores on the positive end. It contains some the most lush and beautiful passages ever heard from electronic instruments, and some nice themes. I would rate the film 5 stars (instead of 4) except that there really isn't that much music to listen to when just putting the CD on the stereo and listening. Though not a single track on here will annoy anyone, and the Main Theme and Building the Barn are both worth the price of admission, and make this album well worth owning.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Witness
Can someone please tell me what song is being played in the Happy Valley and where I can get it?
Published 12 months ago by D. L. Curren

4.0 out of 5 stars Jarre of Music...
Bad Pun. Sorry. Like The Mosquito Coast, Maurice Jarre stamps his Brand of moody electronics all over WITNESS and the result is a success. Movie and music blend well. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Anthony Vera

5.0 out of 5 stars witness review
Excellent - new - product - fast shipping, well packed - excellent service
Published on August 15, 2005 by John W. Telford

1.0 out of 5 stars Barn music
The version of "(What A) Wonderful World" in the movie was not by Sam Cooke, it was the Greg Chapman cover. Which defies all reason.
Published on December 11, 2004 by Nom de Plume

1.0 out of 5 stars wonderful world
Thank you thank you thank you to the people who named the Sam Cooke song Wonderful World on their reviews, I've been trying to find that song FOREVER and couldn't figure out who... Read more
Published on March 7, 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars "Witness"
I've watched this movie a dozen times and never, never do I lose my love for the movie. It's an endearing, but riveting, classic I've come to include in "My Top Ten... Read more
Published on August 17, 2003 by Suzanne

5.0 out of 5 stars Lyrics to Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Wonderful world

Don't know much about history
Don't know much biology
Don't know much about a science book
Don't know much about the French I took
But I... Read more

Published on May 22, 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars The song they dance to in the barn is called.....
.....What A Wonderful World by Sam Cooke.
Published on November 25, 2001 by Louis R. Vincze Jr.

3.0 out of 5 stars NEED HELP
CAN SOMEONE PLEASEEEEEEE TELL ME THE NAME OF THE SONG IN THE MOVIE, WITNESS.......THE ONE SUNG IN THE BARN, WHERE HARRISON FORD AND KELLY MCGILLIS ARE DANCING?????.... Read more
Published on November 3, 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding score
Peter Weir's "Witness" is one of the finest movies of the '80s, and Maurice Jarre's soundtrack is every bit as good. Read more
Published on February 11, 2000 by William L. Dockery

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