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Under the Tuscan Sun
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The Island
from: Milan Records
: :After supplying something known as 'additional music' to many films since the late 1990s, Steve Jablonsky seems to have become the go-to composer for director-producer Michael Bay. Jablonsky's score for Bay's sci-fi thriller The Island shows the influence of its producer, Hans Zimmer. 'The Island Awaits You' sets up the mood, which is oddly muted for a movie directed by explosion-master Bay. Even a track titled 'Mass Vehicular Carnage' is merely ominously low-key, oddly sounding like something by dank trip-hopper Tricky. Elsewhere, the electronic number 'Starkweather' successfully creates a feeling of oppressive tension ...
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The Fiddle Concerto
from: Warner Bros / Wea
: :After supplying something known as 'additional music' to many films since the late 1990s, Steve Jablonsky seems to have become the go-to composer for director-producer Michael Bay. Jablonsky's score for Bay's sci-fi thriller The Island shows the influence of its producer, Hans Zimmer. 'The Island Awaits You' sets up the mood, which is oddly muted for a movie directed by explosion-master Bay. Even a track titled 'Mass Vehicular Carnage' is merely ominously low-key, oddly sounding like something by dank trip-hopper Tricky. Elsewhere, the electronic number 'Starkweather' successfully creates a feeling of oppressive tension ...
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King Kong: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
from: Decca
:Album Description:Known for his robust orchestral scores laced with lush sounds, James Newton Howard's compelling music for King Kong is a treasure destined to become another classic in his rich catalogue. Tracks such as 'A Fateful Meeting' and 'Defeat Is Always Momentary' take the listener on an urgent voyage to an undiscovered land, while 'It's Deserted' and 'Beautiful' evoke the lyrical beauty of the landscape created by Jackson and inhabited by the films memorable characters. Howard perfectly compliments the feeling of suspense, love and compassion the film so powerfully conveys.James Newton Howard is ...
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The Legend of Zorro
from: Sony
:Album Description:Known for his robust orchestral scores laced with lush sounds, James Newton Howard's compelling music for King Kong is a treasure destined to become another classic in his rich catalogue. Tracks such as 'A Fateful Meeting' and 'Defeat Is Always Momentary' take the listener on an urgent voyage to an undiscovered land, while 'It's Deserted' and 'Beautiful' evoke the lyrical beauty of the landscape created by Jackson and inhabited by the films memorable characters. Howard perfectly compliments the feeling of suspense, love and compassion the film so powerfully conveys.James Newton Howard is ...
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Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1985 Original London Cast)
:Album Description:Known for his robust orchestral scores laced with lush sounds, James Newton Howard's compelling music for King Kong is a treasure destined to become another classic in his rich catalogue. Tracks such as 'A Fateful Meeting' and 'Defeat Is Always Momentary' take the listener on an urgent voyage to an undiscovered land, while 'It's Deserted' and 'Beautiful' evoke the lyrical beauty of the landscape created by Jackson and inhabited by the films memorable characters. Howard perfectly compliments the feeling of suspense, love and compassion the film so powerfully conveys.James Newton Howard is ...
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The Terminal (Score)
from: Decca
: :Those who thought the three-decade collaboration between director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams couldn't possibly yield any more musical surprises will find themselves warmly rebuffed here. Based on the true story of an exiled man-without-a-country who made Paris' Orly airport his home, director Steven Spielberg's storytelling liberties have transformed it into an unlikely comic romance between Tom Hanks' mythical Krakhozian refugee Viktor and Catherine Zeta-Jones' Amelia. Williams' captures the wistful tone with an airy, oft-impressionistic score that recalls a winning marriage of Michel Legrand's elegant piano-jazz conceits and Rachel Portman's delicate, introspective ...
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One Hundred Greatest TV Themes
from: Silva America
: :Those who thought the three-decade collaboration between director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams couldn't possibly yield any more musical surprises will find themselves warmly rebuffed here. Based on the true story of an exiled man-without-a-country who made Paris' Orly airport his home, director Steven Spielberg's storytelling liberties have transformed it into an unlikely comic romance between Tom Hanks' mythical Krakhozian refugee Viktor and Catherine Zeta-Jones' Amelia. Williams' captures the wistful tone with an airy, oft-impressionistic score that recalls a winning marriage of Michel Legrand's elegant piano-jazz conceits and Rachel Portman's delicate, introspective ...
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War of the Worlds
: :John Williams continues his longtime collaboration with Steven Spielberg in this adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel of the same name (previously filmed in 1953). Considering that the movie depicts a gigantic Martian invasion, you'd think Williams would have fully gone into his familiar bombastic mode, but he's refrained from doing so. While the composer makes full use of the outsize orchestra at his disposal, he prefers juxtaposing layers and building atmosphere rather than hitting you over the head with dramatic arias. 'The Intersection Scene,' for instance, begins slowly and minimally, then progressively ...
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Steamboy
from: Domo Records
: :John Williams continues his longtime collaboration with Steven Spielberg in this adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel of the same name (previously filmed in 1953). Considering that the movie depicts a gigantic Martian invasion, you'd think Williams would have fully gone into his familiar bombastic mode, but he's refrained from doing so. While the composer makes full use of the outsize orchestra at his disposal, he prefers juxtaposing layers and building atmosphere rather than hitting you over the head with dramatic arias. 'The Intersection Scene,' for instance, begins slowly and minimally, then progressively ...
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