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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Selection...but where are the movie titles...composers...anything??, June 28, 2009
So when I saw this, I got pretty excited. I love film scores and classical music, so the two together seemed like a great buy. I, however, like most buyers, was disappointed to find that none of the tracks had the title of the movie they came from or the composer/conductor/orchestra. Basically nothing but the title of the song itself. Doesn't this seem odd for an album called, "50 Essential Film Music Moments"?
To calm my frustration, I decided to do a little research and find the movie source myself.
Here's the list. If you think some of the info is wrong, please correct it! I would hate to pass on false information!
Enjoy:
Disc 1:
"2001: Space Odyssey" - Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 - Richard Strauss
"10" - Bolero - Maurice Ravel
"2001: A Space Odyssey" - On the Beautiful, Blue Danube, Op. 314 - Johan Strauss, Jr.
"Apocalypse Now" - Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries - Richard Wagner
"Raging Bull" - Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo - Pietro Mascagni
"Fantasia" - The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Paul Dukas
"Somewhere in Time" - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio Sostenuto - Sergei Rachmaninov
"Death in Venice" - Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto - Gustav Mahler
La Forza del Destino: Overture - Giuseppe Verdi
Disc 2
"Gallipoli" - Les Pêcheurs de Perles: Au Fond Du Temple Saint - Georges Bizet
"Out of Africa" - Clarinet Concerto in a K. 622: II. Adagio - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Alien" - Serenade No. 13 in G, 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' K. 525: I. Allegro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Amadeus" - Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor K. 466: II. Romanze - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"The Joy Luck Club" - Flute and Harp Concerto in C K. 299 / 297c: II. Andantino - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Elizabeth" - Variations On An Original Theme, 'Enigma', Op. 36: VIII. W.N. (Allegretto) - IX. Nimrod (Adagio) - Edward Elgar
"Alien" - Serenade No. 13 in G, 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' K. 525: IV. Rondo (Allegro) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Trading Places" - The Marriage of Figaro: Overture, K. 492 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"The Right Stuff" - The Planets, Op. 32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity - Gustav Holst
Disc 3
"Bridget Jones's Diary" - Messiah HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus - George Frideric Handel
"Lorenzo's Oil" - Ave Verum Corpus K. 618 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Face/Off" - Préludes, Op. 28 No. 15 in D-flat Major "Raindrop" - Sostenuto - Frederic Chopin
"Elvira Madigan" - Piano Concerto No. 21 in C K. 467: II. Andante - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"The Truman Show" - Piano Sonata No. 11 in a K. 331: III. Rondo Alla Turca - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Immortal Beloved" - Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor Op 27, No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio Sostenuto - Ludwig van Beethoven
"The Music Lovers" - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23 - I. Allegro non troppo e molto Maestoso - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
"Man on Wire" - Trois Gymnopédies: I. Lent Et Douloureux - Erik Satie
"Rosemary's Baby" - Bagatelle in A Minor WoO 59 "Für Elise" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
"The Truman Show" - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: II. Romance: Larghetto - Frederic Chopin
Disc 4
"The Living Daylights" - Symphony No. 40 in G Minor K. 550 - I. Molto allegro - Alexander von Pitamic
"Alien" - Serenade No. 13 in G, 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' K. 525: II. Romanze (Andante) - Warchal
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor, Op. 43 - Sergei Rachmaninov
"Excalibur" - Carmina Burana: O fortuna - Carl Orff
"JFK" - Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat K. 417: III. Rondo - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Ocean's Eleven" - Suite Bergamasque: Clair de Lune - Claude Debussy
"Captain's Corelli's Mandolin" - Rigoletto La Donna È Mobile - Giuseppe Verdi
"Miss Congeniality" - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) K. 620: Der Hölle Rache - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Callas Forever" - Carmen, Act 1: L'amour Est un Oiseau Rebelle (Habanera) - Georges Bizet
Disc 5
"Moonstruck" - La Bohème: Che Gelida Manina (Rodolfo) - Giacomo Puccini
"The Aviator" - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565: II. Fugue - Johann Sebastian Bach
"Children of a Lesser God" - Double Violin Concerto in D Minor BWV 1043: II. Largo Ma non Tanto - Johann Sebastian Bach
"Gallipoli" - Adagio in G Minor (arr. Giazotto) - Tomaso Albinoni
"The Silence of the Lambs" - Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Aria - Johann Sebastian Bach
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl" - Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 12 in B Minor: III. Larghetto e Piano - George Frideric Handel
"Runaway Bride" - Suite No. 3 in D Major BWV 1068: Air - Johann Sebastian Bach
"Ordinary People" - Canon in D - Johann Pachelbel
"The Other Sister" - The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 4 in F Minor (L'inverno / Winter) RV. 297 (Op. 8, No. 4): II. Largo - Antonio Vivaldi
Disc 6
"Meet the Parents" - Cantata No. 147: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Johann Sebastian Bach
"Tomb Raider" - Keyboard Concerto in F Minor BWV 1056: II. Largo - Johann Sebastian Bach
"Hannibal" - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G BWV 1048: I. Allegro - Johann Sebastian Bach
"A Clockwork Orange" - 'Ode to Joy' from Symphony No. 9 in D Minor 'Choral', Op. 125 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Movie Classics, June 27, 2009
I can remember almost every one of these tracks. This will bring back movie memories. Great price and well worth it for movie buffs. Only reason it got 4 stars is because I wish the title tracks would show the actual artists that wrote/ played these songs and not just 'various artist'. Or even show what movie it's in. Maybe this is the case with only the digital downloads and buying the CD with booklet will have the details.
ADDENDUM: Reader D.H. Freeman gave a good link:[...]
The track composers etc. is there...took about 30 mins for me to copy & paste into iTunes...well worth it. Now I can sound 'cultured'
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Yeah!, June 28, 2009
What a great deal! 50 memorable tracks for 2.99! Way to go Amazon.
Fisher, you just got 50 tracks for 2.99. Whatever you need to know about each track can be found online - For the price it is totally worth it.
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