Joe Simon & J.J. Johnson • Dominic Frontiere – Cleopatra Jones (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

 

Cleopatra Jones is a 1973 American blaxploitation film directed by Jack Starrett. Tamara Dobson stars as an undercover government agent who uses the day job of supermodel as her cover and an excuse to travel to exotic places. Bernie Casey, Shelley Winters and Antonio Fargas also feature. The film has been described as being primarily an action film, but also partially a comedy with a spoof tone.

The movie is accompanied by a rhythm and blues soundtrack featuring Joe Simon singing "Theme from Cleopatra Jones" and Millie Jackson singing "Love Doctor" and "It Hurts So Good." Instrumentals on the soundtrack include "Goin' to the Chase," "Wrecking Yard" and "Go Chase Cleo". The soundtrack was a popular success, selling well over 500,000 copies.

This 2-disc version also includes the music from the sequel "Cleopatra Jones and The Casino of Gold" plus several bonus tracks.

Cleopatra Jones (1973) Original Soundtrack 35:37

1-01 Theme From Cleopatra Jones 3:43

1-02 The Wrecking Yard 3:36

1-03 Love Doctor 2:54

1-04 Airport Flight 2:15

1-05 Emdee 2:31

1-06 Desert Sunrise/Main Title Instrumental 2:55

1-07 It Hurts So Good 3:26

1-08 Goin' To The Chase 0:29

1-09 Go Chase Cleo 3:26

1-10 Cleo And Reuben 2:04

1-11 Wrap Up 3:02

1-12 Theme From Cleopatra Jones/Instrumental 4:53

Dramatic Score And Source Music 42:55

1-13 Port Burn/Mommy/Police Raid 1:08

1-14 Jimmy Pleads 1:18

1-15 Airport Flight 2:52

1-16 Emdee 3:01

1-17 Elevator/Cleo And Captain 1:58

1-18 Ambush 1:38

1-19 Doodle Apartment 0:39

1-20 Soul Food 3:06

1-21 Karate Gag 0:52

1-22 Motorcycle Funk 3:50

1-23 Cleo And Reuben Love Theme 2:05

1-24 Chase Cassette 1:08

1-25 Cleo Chase 5:06

1-26 Before Crash 0:14

1-27 Snake Crib 1:50

1-28 Verbatim, Simon/Man From Glad 3:02

1-29 The Wrecking Yard/More Wrecking Yard/Wrap Up 8:38

Cleopatra Jones And The Casino Of Gold (1975) 47:03

2-01 Playing With Fire 3:33

2-02 Oymia 0:48

2-03 Here Comes Cleo 1:29

2-04 Cleo Leaves 0:58

2-05 Downtong 2:20

2-06 Room Of Mirrors 1:21

2-07 Les Orgie 2:46

2-08 Fatman Stomp 1:41

2-09 You Must Believe Me / My Regulars 1:14

2-10 Hoe Down Car 1:47

2-11 Mr. Ling´s Apartment / Enter The Studs 2:47

2-12 She´s My Mother 2:42

2-13 Pool Hall Rock 2:41

2-14 Banjo Bike 1:00

2-15 Juke Box Blues. Pt. 1 & 2 1:16

2-16 Alley Rock 2:07

2-17 Turn Him Loose 0:42

2-18 Chopped Meat 0:55

2-19 Casino Source 2:11

2-20 Catch Cleo / Car Crash 4:19

2-21 Casino Fight 2:41

2-22 Dead Dragon Lady 3:23

2-23 End Title 1:17

Bonus Tracks 10:52

2-24 Main Title (Instrumental) 3:35

2-25 Take Me Away (Main Title, Alternate Lyrics, Version #1) 3:36

2-26 Take Me Away (Main Title, Alternate Lyrics, Version #2) 3:36

Cleopatra Jones Bonus Tracks 18:17

2-27 Theme From Cleopatra Jones (Extended Version) 4:46

2-28 Am I Blue 5:14

2-29 Swing Down Chariot 3:23

2-30 Theme From Cleopatra Jones (Extended Version, Alternate Vocal Take) 4:46

Cleopatra Jones (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Hans Zimmer – CHAPPiE (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

 

Chappie (stylized as CHAPPiE) is a 2015 American dystopian science fiction action film directed by Neill Blomkamp and written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell. It stars Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Ninja, Yolandi Visser, Jose Pablo Cantillo, and Sigourney Weaver. The film, set and shot in Johannesburg, is about an artificial general intelligence law enforcement robot captured and taught by gangsters, who nickname it Chappie.

The score was written and performed by Hans Zimmer with additional music by Steve Mazzaro and Andrew Kawczynski.

1 It's A Dangerous City 2:09

2 The Only Way Out Of This 4:59

3 Use Your Mind 4:05

4 A Machine That Thinks And Feels 3:03

5 Firmware Update 3:53

6 Welcome To The Real World 3:53

7 The Black Sheep 4:29

8 Indestructible Robot Gangster #1 3:11

9 Breaking The Code 4:49

10 Rudest Bad Boy In Joburg 2:42

11 You Lied To Me 4:07

12 Mayhem Downtown 3:57

13 The Outside Is Temporary 3:09

14 Never Break A Promise 7:44

15 We Own This Sky 4:20

16 Illest Gangsta On The Block 2:45

Hans Zimmer – CHAPPiE

John Williams – Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (40th Anniversary Remastered Edition)

 

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the film score to the 1977 film of the same name, composed and conducted by John Williams. The original soundtrack album was released on vinyl album (with a gatefold sleeve), 8-track tape and audio cassette by Arista Records in 1977, with a total running time of 41 minutes (it was later released on compact disc in 1990). The soundtrack album was a commercial success, peaking at #17 on the US Billboard album chart in February 1978 and was certified Gold by the RIAA for 500,000 copies shipped. It also peaked at #40 in the UK album charts.

Following the twentieth anniversary re-release of the film in 1998, a new expanded soundtrack was released on compact disc by Arista. The "Collector's Edition Soundtrack" was made using 20-bit digital remastering from the original tapes, and contained 26 tracks totaling 77 minutes of music. The CD also comes with extensive liner notes, including an interview with Williams. Cues are given new titles, and it also contains previously unreleased material, as well as material that was recorded but never used in the film. La-La Land Records reissued the soundtrack on November 28, 2017, in recognition of the film's fortieth anniversary.

The score features some of Williams' most complex and modernistic writing, making use of extended orchestral techniques and atonality.

Expanded Soundtrack Presentation   
1-1        Main Title And The Vision     1:29
1-2        Navy Planes     2:15
1-3        Lost Squadron     2:34
1-4        Trucking     2:09
1-5        Into The Tunnel And Chasing Ufos    3:56
1-6        Crescendo Summit    1:25
1-7        False Alarm And The Helicopter    4:20
1-8        Barry’s Kidnapping    6:22
1-9        Forming The Mountain    1:58
1-10        TV Reveals / Across Country    2:53
1-11        The Mountain    3:36
1-12        The Cover-up And Base Camp    3:56
1-13        The Escape    2:20
1-14        Climbing The Mountain    2:36
1-15        Outstretched Hands    2:50
1-16        The Light Show    3:47
1-17        Barnstorming    4:31
1-18        The Mothership    4:35
1-19        The Dialogue     4:28
1-20        The Returnees    3:58
1-21        The Appearance Of The Visitors 4:56
1-22        Contact    3:22
1-23        End Titles 4:27

        Alternates And Additional Music   
2-1        Main Title    1:18
2-2        Roy’s First Encounter     2:44
2-3        Encounter At Crescendo Summit    1:25
2-4        Chasing UFOs    1:22
2-5        Watching The Skies     1:20
2-6        Vision Takes Shape     0:42
2-7        Another Vision     0:42
2-8        False Alarm     1:45
2-9        The Abduction Of Barry    4:36
2-10        The Cover-up    2:31
2-11        TV Reveals    1:52
2-12        Roy And Jillian On The Road    1:20
2-13        I Can’t Believe It’s Real    3:25
2-14        Across The Fields    1:20
2-15        Stars And Trucks    0:49
2-16        Who Are You People?    1:38
2-17        The Escape (Alternate)    2:41
2-18        Climbing Devils Tower    2:11
2-19        Dark Side Of The Moon     1:34
2-20        The Approach     4:32
2-21        Night Siege    6:27
2-22        The Conversation    2:23
2-23        Inside 2:34
2-24        Contact (Alternate)     2:51
2-25        Eleventh Commandment     2:00
2-26        TV Western     1:06
2-27        Lava Flow     1:47
2-28        The Five Tones     2:25
2-29        Advance Scout Greeting     2:58
2-30        The Dialogue (Early Version)     3:12
2-31        Resolution And End Title    6:55

 Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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A Charlie Brown Christmas...complete TV soundtrack...original score by Vince Guaraldi Trio

 

Here's a perennial favorite, A Charlie Brown Christmas [Expanded TV Soundtrack] (1965).

The soundtrack was composed by jazz piano impresario genius Vince Guaraldi,
along with Fred Marshall on double bass and the great Jerry Granelli on drums. Christmas Time Is Here and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing were sung by
a choir of children, culled from St. Paul's Episcopal Church in San Rafael.

This complete soundtrack contains all of the Vince Guaraldi songs, including "Surfing Snoopy" , "Charlie Brown Theme" and "Fredia", some which have been omitted from the various "Charlie Brown Christmas" incarnations over the years.

01. Christmas Time Is Here (vocal)  (02:48)
02. Christmas Time Is Here (instrumental, new-extended)  (06:09)   
03. Skating (new-extended)  (02:42)
04. Christmas Time Is Here2 (01:45)   
05. Surfin' Snoopy (originally Air Music) (01:13)
06. Christmas Time Is Here3 (00:58)   
07. Christmas Is Coming (03:27)
08. Charlie Brown Theme (04:25)   
09. Linus and Lucy (2nd break matches TV) (03:09)
10. Charlie Brown Theme2 (00:36)
11. Charlie Brown Theme3 (01:01)
12. Linus and Lucy2 (00:09)   
13. Freida (with the Naturally Curly Hair)  (00:42)
14. Happiness Is  (03:42)
15. Charlie Brown Theme5 (00:38)
16. Linus and Lucy3 (00:16)
17. Linus and Lucy4 (00:11)
18. Oh, Tannenbaum  (new-extended)   (05:13)
19. Fur Elise (Beethoven, arr. by Guaraldi)  (01:06)
20. Linus and Lucy5 (00:27)
21. Jingle Bells (traditional, arranged by Guaraldi; three arrangements) (00:25)
22. Christmas Time Is Here4 (00:37)
23. Oh, Tannenbaum2 (01:47)
24. Oh, Tannenbaum3 (00:41)
25. Hark, the Herald Angels Sing (humming, singing) (01:55)

 

A Charlie Brown Christmas

 

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Crash....original motion picture soundtrack...music by Mark Isham

Mark Isham ‎– Crash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Genre: Electronic, Stage & Screen
Style: Ambient, Modern Classical, Score
Release Date: 7 Jun 2005

 Tracklist
–Mark Isham     Crash     3:21
–Mark Isham     Go Forth My Son     0:57
–Mark Isham     Hands In Plain Sight     3:48
–Mark Isham     ... Safe Now     1:04
–Mark Isham     No Such Things As Monsters     3:59
–Mark Isham     Find My Baby     4:24
–Mark Isham     Negligence     2:56
–Mark Isham     Flames     7:59
–Mark Isham     Siren     4:41
–Mark Isham     A Really Good Cloak     3:29
–Mark Isham     A Harsh Warning     2:51
–Mark Isham     Saint Christopher     1:56
–Mark Isham     Sense Of Touch     6:44
–Bird York     In The Deep     5:56
–Stereophonics     Maybe Tomorrow     4:34

 CRASH

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Circle of Friends...music from the original soundtrack...composed and orchestrated by Michael Kamen

This now rare release from 1995 features exquisite themed music composed by Micheal Kamen plus traditional Irish music from The Chieftains, Shane MacGowan and Maire Brennan.

  1. You're The One - Shane MacGowan and Maire Brennan
  2. Ireland 1949
  3. The Cottage
  4. Dublin - The Chieftains
  5. Knock Glen
  6. Air "You're The One" - The Chieftains
  7. Bo Weevil - Fats Domino
  8. Sean
  9. Benny AND Jack
  10. Father's Death
  11. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing - Long John Jump Band

 Circle of Friends

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1492 Conquest of Paradise music from the original soundtrack..composed and performed by Vangelis

Vangelis ‎– 1492 – Conquest Of Paradise (Music From The Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Electronic, Classical, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack, Score, Instrumental, Modern Classical, Ambient
Year: 1992

1492: Conquest of Paradise is the 1992 music score to the film of the same name by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis. The film, a recount of the voyage to America in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, was directed by Ridley Scott, for whom Vangelis had previously composed the music score for Blade Runner, in 1982. The album and the single "Conquest of Paradise" enjoyed a revival in 1995 for various reasons and broke many sales records. Due to the soundtrack's success, Vangelis won an Echo Award as "International Artist Of The Year", and RTL Golden Lion Award for the "Best Title Theme for a TV Film or a Series" in 1996. The album was nominated for "Best Original Score - Motion Picture" at the 50th Golden Globe Awards in 1993.

Vangelis plays together with a number of performers, including two Flamenco guitarists and vocalists, violin, mandolin and flutes. As on a number of previous albums by Vangelis, the English Chamber Choir, directed by Guy Protheroe, performs the choral parts.

The sound engineering was done by Philippe Colonna and coordination by French musician Frederick Rousseau (also known for his collaborations with Jean-Michel Jarre), who has been Vangelis's studio partner since the 1980s till the recording of the Alexander soundtrack. Vangelis plays all synthesizers, using mainly string patches but also several ethnic ones, to reflect the character of the film, and electric piano and harp patches. Some calmer, atmospheric pieces (tracks 3, 7, 11 and 12) are entirely performed by Vangelis, using pianos, strings and harp. For the ethnic music, Vangelis consulted with French specialist Xavier Belanger, who has advised other artists on similar issues, including Jean-Michel Jarre.

Tracklist:
Opening     1:21
Conquest Of Paradise     4:30
Monastery Of La Rabida     3:24
City Of Isabel     2:08
Light And Shadow     3:31
Deliverance     3:20
West Across The Ocean Sea     2:44
Eternity     1:53
Hispanola     4:39
Moxica And The Horse     6:42
Twenty Eighth Parallel     4:47
Pinta, Nina, Santa Maria (Into Eternity)     12:37

1492

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Cry, the Beloved Country...original motion picture soundtrack...music composed and conducted by John Barry

Original soundtrack recording to the 1995 movie "Cry, the Beloved Country" with music composed and conducted by John Barry and also featuring The Havana Swingsters, Dorothy Masuka and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. 

"Cry the Beloved Country" was quite possibly the most underrated film of 1995. It was well produced and directed with superbly acted leads by James Earl Jones and Richard Harris. The score by John Barry was vastly overlooked, as well. Africa has been good to Barry. One of his first chances to score a film was "Zulu"(1964), more of which must be said later. Barry also won Academy Awards for both the song and score for "Born Free" (1966), and for the score for "Out of Africa" (1985). His music for "Cry the Beloved Country" is somber, dramatic and in places quite tragic, but like the story there is a claim to dignity and a quiet form of heroism. 

A main theme runs throughout the score with secondary themes emerging along the way, and they are all substantial. Barry also pulled a surprise by utilizing his main theme to "Zulu." This would seem, at first glance, to be a form of self-plagiarism, but it is not. The theme in question is a heroic standard in "Zulu." Here, it is haunting and subtle, but clearly was to remind one of the heroism of a people, not the heroism of spear and shield, but of their undying dignity which remains in spite of the troubles that engulf them. This theme is first heard as a train makes its way across the South African landscape to Johannesburg and appears again in several tracks. The temptation to complain about Barry stealing from his own music actually never emerges, instead one is amazed by how he integrated it into what must be regarded as one of his best scores, and that is high praise, indeed. (Amazon review)

 Cry, the Beloved Country

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The Constant Gardener..original motion picture soundtrack...music composed by Alberto Iglesias

Original music composed by Alberto Iglesias and featuring music performed by acclaimed Kenyan percussionist and Real World recording artist Ayub Ogada. Alberto Iglesias' ("La Mala Educacion," "The Dancer Upstairs," "Todo Sobre Mi Madre") lush score evokes the film's compelling African and European landscapes.

Alberto Iglesias composed the bulk of the music that accompanies "The Constant Gardener". His score is moody and dark, reflecting the screen adaptation of John le Carré's novel about the death of a British diplomat's wife in Kenya and the surrounding conspiracy. The energy in the "Constant Gardener's" score is punctuated by Ayub Ogada's spirited Kenyan folk music. Iglesia's music contrasts with Ogada's vignette's of poor villagers who are victimized not only by AIDS but also by a truly evil Swiss drug company. The ambiance in the film is a successful amalgam of polished cinema orchestration with the simple, raw power of Afro-Caribbean world music. 

The Constant Gardener

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Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange music from the soundtrack by Walter Carlos and various artists

Stanley Kubrick's demanding perfectionism in all aspects of the film making process has led to some of the most memorable soundtracks of the modern era. Kubrick's taste for the classics led to his scrapping Alex North's original score for 2001: A Space Odyssey in lieu of the "temporary" tracks he had used for editing, turning Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra into an unlikely 20th-century pop icon. For his 1971 adaptation of Anthony Burgess's cautionary future-shocker, Kubrick once again turned to the classics. Malcolm McDowell's protagonist Droog Alex's taste for Beethoven is given a nice tweaking by Moog pioneer Walter (now Wendy) Carlos's synthesized take on the glorious Ninth Symphony. Some have complained that the now-primitive electronics involved give it a dated feel. Disturbingly--and effectively--other-worldly is more like it. Kubrick also imbues repertory standards by Rossini and Elgar with dark, frequently hilarious irony, and makes Gene Kelly's sunny reading of "Singin' In The Rain" the underscore to an all-too-accurate prediction of societal nightmares to come. --Jerry McCulley (Amazon)

Track Listings:

  1. Title Music From A Clockwork Orange - Walter Carlos - Walter Carlos

  2. The Thieving Magpie (Abridged) - A Clockwork Orange ST - A Clockwork Orange ST

  3. Theme from A Clockwork Orange (Beethoviana) - Walter Carlos - Walter Carlos

  4. Ninth Symphony, Second Movement (Abridged) - A Clockwork Orange ST D - A Clockwork Orange ST D

  5. March From A Clockwork Orange (Ninth Symphony, Fourth Movement, Abridged) - Walter Carlos - Walter Carlos

  6. William Tell Overture (Abridged) - Walter Carlos - Walter Carlos

  7. Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 - Stanley Kubrick - Stanley Kubrick

  8. Pomp And Circumstance March No.4 (Abridged) - Stanley Kubrick - Stanley Kubrick

  9. Timesteps (Excerpt) - Walter Carlos Listen Listen - Walter Carlos

  10. Overture To The Sun - Terry Tucker

  11. I Want To Marry A Lighthouse Keeper - Ericka Eigen - Ericka Eigen

  12. William Tell Overture (Abridged) - A Clockwork Orange ST - A Clockwork Orange ST

  13. Suicide Scherzo (Ninth Symphony, Second Movement, Abridged) - Walter Carlos - Walter Carlos

  14. Ninth Symphony, Fourth Movement (Abridged) - A Clockwork Orange ST - A Clockwork Orange ST

  15. Singin' in the Rain - Gene Kelly - Gene Kelly

A Clockwork Orange

Casablanca Original Motion Picture Soundtrack music by Max Steiner

Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison's unproduced stage play Everybody Comes to Rick's. The film stars Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid; it also features Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Dooley Wilson. Set during contemporary World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate who must choose between his love for a woman and helping her and her husband, a Czech Resistance leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Nazis.

Although Casablanca was an A-list film with established stars and first-rate writers, no one involved with its production expected it to be anything other than one of the hundreds of ordinary pictures produced by Hollywood that year. Casablanca was rushed into release to take advantage of the publicity from the Allied invasion of North Africa a few weeks earlier. It had its world premiere on November 26, 1942, in New York City and was released nationally in the United States on January 23, 1943. The film was a solid if unspectacular success in its initial run.

Exceeding expectations, Casablanca went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, while Curtiz was selected as Best Director and the Epsteins and Koch were honored for writing the Best Adapted Screenplay—and gradually its reputation grew. Its lead characters, memorable lines, and pervasive theme song have all become iconic, and the film consistently ranks near the top of lists of the greatest films in history.

Casablanca

The music was written by Max Steiner, who was best known for the score for Gone with the Wind. The song "As Time Goes By" by Herman Hupfeld had been part of the story from the original play; Steiner wanted to write his own composition to replace it, but Bergman had already cut her hair short for her next role (María in For Whom the Bell Tolls) and could not re-shoot the scenes which incorporated the song, so Steiner based the entire score on it and "La Marseillaise", the French national anthem, transforming them as leitmotifs to reflect changing moods. Even though Steiner didn't like "As Time Goes By", he admitted in a 1943 interview that it "must have had something to attract so much attention." The "piano player" Dooley Wilson was a drummer, not a trained pianist, so the piano music for the film was played offscreen by Jean Plummer and dubbed.

Particularly memorable is the "duel of the songs" between Strasser and Laszlo at Rick's cafe. In the soundtrack, "La Marseillaise" is played by a full orchestra. Originally, the opposing piece for this iconic sequence was to be the "Horst Wessel Lied", a Nazi anthem, but this was still under international copyright in non-Allied countries. Instead "Die Wacht am Rhein" was used. The "Deutschlandlied", the national anthem of Germany, features in the final scene, in which it gives way to "La Marseillaise" after Strasser is shot.

The Cold Equations...Original Motion Picture Soundtrack...music by Josh Urist..on CD, vinyl and download

The Cold Equations soundtrack is very real. Inspired by a 1954 science fiction short story by Tom Godwin, the film follows a worker drone on a distant planet who hunts down the corrupt officials responsible for the death of his little sister. The music is emotional, evocative, and riveting—the movie, however, is fake. 

Composer Josh Urist isn’t the first musician to use the soundtrack-to-an-imaginary-film conceit, but he and his close-knit crew of musicians breathe new life into the idea. For his goal isn’t kitsch or homage, but instead, the soundtrack concept gives the music an emotional tug that is as real as the film is fake. 

Working with co-producer/arranger Stuart Bogie (Superhuman Happiness, Antibalas, Arcade Fire, Iron and Wine, TV on the Radio), Urist uses the visual language of film music to conjure moments with visceral impact. A Morricone-esque standoff; a frenetic Quincy Jones-style chase scene; cosmic soul in the vein of Air. While analog synths and drum machines give you the interstellar textures, the acoustic guitars and wind instruments provide the warmth and humor of a human heart beating in the airless vacuum of a distant galaxy. 

Urist assembled a team of crack studio musicians to perform, many of them old friends from Urist’s time as a music student in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Contributors include regular Urist collaborator and Masters of Reality bandmate John Leamy (Masters of Reality, Surgery) drums; Colin Stetson (Ex Eye, Bon Iver) saxophones and french horn; David Cook (Taylor Swift, Lizz Wright, Alan Ferber, Jennifer Hudson) organ and pianos; Adam Roberts, bass; Jeff Plankenhorn, weissenborn guitar; Sarah Neufeld (Arcade Fire, Bell Orchestre) violin; and Rachel Webster (Bernie Worrell) vocals. Urist plays guitars, bass, pianos, vocals, banjo, jaw harp, trumpet, and the Roland GR-500 guitar synthesizer. Bogie plays saxophones, clarinets, drum machines, bass, piano, flute, harmonicas, jaw harps, and drums. Album art and design by John Leamy. 

Download via iTunes or Amazon or purchase the vinyl record here.

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Marty's review: this soundtrack to the "movie that isn't a movie" is a very convincing and impressive cinematic soundscape. Utilising elements from classic soundtrack composers with contemporary and original creativity from multi-instrumentalist Josh Urist and his collective of equally creative musicians, it conjures up images in the mind of dreamy space travel and places that are not really there. It is very listenable as an album on its own yet you can easily connect it with motion picture sequences from your own imagination.

City Of Angels: Music From The Motion Picture..various artists and Gabriel Yared score

Soundtracks traditionally mix styles of music and this one is no exception. The eclectic selection of tracks on this release is a mixture of genres from blues to rock to indie and the mellow style of Gabriel Yared for the actual movie score. Many well known artists here to please the most avid music collector as well as soundtrack aficionados.

1. If God Will Send His Angels- U2  
 2. Uninvited - Alanis Morissette
 3. Red House - Jimi Hendrix  
 4. Feelin' Love - Paula Cole  
 5. Mama, You Got A Daughter - John Lee Hooker  
 6. Angel - Sarah McLachlan
 7. Iris - The Goo Goo Dolls  
 8. I Grieve - Peter Gabriel  
 9. I Know - Jude  
10. Further On Up The Road - Eric Clapton
11. An Angel Falls (Remix) - Gabriel Yared  
12. The Unfeeling Kiss - Gabriel Yared  
13. Spreading Wings - Gabriel Yared  
14. City Of Angels - Gabriel Yared

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Cabaret..Music from the Original Soundtrack Recording..1972

Cheated out of playing nightclub canary Sally Bowles on Broadway in director Hal Price's Cabaret, Liza Minnelli nevertheless delivered an Oscar-winning star turn in Bob Fosse's cinematic reinvention of the show (which had the good sense to retain perverse imp Joel Grey from the stage production). Although the 1972 film discarded several songs from the original score, the new ones sound even better: Minnelli's breast-beating "Maybe This Time," the sultry "Mein Herr," and the salaciously satirical "Money, Money." By placing almost all the pertinent musical action on the stage of the decadent Kit Kit Club, the Kurt Weill-like compositional nuances and political underpinnings bask in the spotlight...that is, when Minnelli stops eclipsing it with her no-holds-barred performance. --Kurt B. Reighley...Amazon.com review

1. Wilkommen
2. Mein Herr
3. Maybe This Time
4. Money , Money
5. Two Ladies
6. Sitting Pretty
7. Tomorrow Belongs To Me
8. Tiller Girls
9. Heiraten ( Married )
10. If You Could See Her
11. Cabaret
12. Finale

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The Passion of the Christ...original soundtrack score...music by John Debney

Amazon.com review:
Mel Gibson staked $30 million and his superstar reputation on this painstakingly bloody interpretation of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, all the while dodging charges of anti-semitism and fostering excruciating cinematic gore at the expense of Christ's message (a notion that also begs some uncomfortable questions about this version's S&M undertones). But because the film's dialog plays out in ancient authentic language dialects, John Debney's musical score takes on an even more central dramatic role. In some ways an unlikely choice as composer (having cut his teeth on many a lightweight comedy and kidflick) Debney nonetheless rises to the challenge, first conjuring up a synth-laden soundscape whose gothic moodiness should be familiar to admirers of the work of Lisa Gerrard, then seasoning it with indigenous instruments, booming percussion and ancient modalities that give the score an almost palpable sense of time and place. 

As did Jeff Danna on his earlier score for the gentler, de facto companion piece, The Gospel of John, Debney eventually gets 'round to genuflecting towards some Hollywood choral and melodic traditions (the Gospels themselves having arguably helped lay the original foundations for Tinseltown's venerable three-act structure), but there's nothing cheap about his music of triumph and redemption, rooted as ever in roiling currents of ancient spiritual mysticism. Gibson's vision of the Passion has had many second-guessing his motivations and choices, but Debney's rich, evocative score proves there's nothing wrong with his ears. -- Jerry McCulley

The Passion of the Christ

           

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button..music from the motion picture

This soundtrack is over 2 discs. Disc 1 is composer Alexandre Desplat's score which is just so beautiful and has a delicate quality about the music. Early tracks play a little more upbeat and almost have a mysterious quality to them, like the track 'Love in Mourmansk." As the story of Benjamin and Daisy unfolds, the music grows more complex and sad - in parallel to the emotional journey that the two lovers go through. There are many great tracks throughout, such as "Meeting Again" which is a simply beautiful track with intricate piano work, also 'Sunrise on Lake Pontchartrain', 'Benjamin and Daisy', 'Love in Mourmansk', 'Postcards' and 'Alone at Night' are achingly wistful, exquisite pieces. Such beauty should not be overlooked.

Whether or not you have seen the movie, which is also beautiful, this soundtrack must be heard. It is delicious and splendid with delicate, yet powerful, tones on each instrument. You will find yourself softly humming the haunting theme over and over. This is a masterpiece.

Disc 2 contains music from the different eras of the movie with includes classic music by Louis Armstrong, The Platters and Bix Beiderbecke, plus dialogue from several scenes.

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Benjamin Button 002

                                      

Cinema Paradiso...original soundtrack

This 1988 classic from director Guiseppe Tornatore is certainly one of the greatest movies about movies ever made, and features a rich score by Ennio Morricone.

The initial effort in what's become an ongoing collaboration between filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore and composer Ennio Morricone (in this instance assisted by his son Andrea) remains one of the Italian musician's most internationally beloved works. The bittersweet tale of a young boy's friendship with the local cinema projectionist and the profound, almost magical influence the movies have on both their lives won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes and the Best Foreign Film Oscar, and netted Morricone a BAFTA (U.K. equivalent of the Oscar) for Best Score. In the late '90s, the music also received one of America's other great "honors"--it was adapted for a car commercial! The score is among Morricone's most elegant and memorably melodic, effectively evoking a rich cinematic legacy; it's a virtual musical love letter to the power of films and their music. --Jerry McCulley (Amazon review)

This is the limited edition soundtrack version with bonus track

1. Cinema Paradiso
2. Maturity
3. While Thinking About Her Again
4. Childhood And Manhood
5. Cinema On Fire
6. Love Theme
7. After The Destruction
8. First Youth
9. Love Theme For Nata
10. Visit To The Cinema
11. Four Interludes
12. Runaway, Search And Return
13. Project For Two
14. From American Sex Appeal To The First Fellini
15. Toto And Alfredo
16. For Elena
17. Cinema Paradiso (bonus track..String Version)

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Control...2007 movie...various artists

2007 release of the soundtrack to the Ian Curtis biopic directed by photographer/videographer Anton Corbijn and based on the book Touching From A Distance by Curtis' widow and co-producer of the film, Deborah Curtis. The film stars Sam Reilly in the title role and was first shown at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and received vast critical acclaim. All of the live scenes in the film are performed by the actors, while the American group The Killers contributed a cover of 'Shadowplay'. Music from other bands in the film are original recordings by the original artists, including David Bowie, Roxy Music, Buzzcocks, The Velvet Underground, John Cooper Clarke, Kraftwerk, Supersister and Iggy Pop. The surviving members of Joy Division, now known as New Order, recorded the incidental music for the film and other finishing touches.

1) Exit-New Order
2)What Goes on-The Velvet Underground
3)Shadowplay -The Killers
4)Boredom-Buzzcocks
5)Dead Souls-Joy Division
6)She Was Naked-Supersister
7)Sister Midnight-Iggy pop
8)Love will tear us apart-Joy Division
9)Hypnosis-New Order
10)Drive in Saturday-David Bowie
11)Evidently Chickentown- John Cooper Clark
12)2HB-Roxy Music
13)Transmission-Joy Division
14)Autobahn-Kraftwerk
15)Atmosphere-Joy Division
16)Warszawa-David Bowie
17)Get Out-New Order

CONTROL

                                                      

The Cat's Meow...original motion picture soundtrack...1920's style music by various artists

This rarity is a delight for lovers of vintage nostalgia. The music is a combination of covers and originals so true to the 1920's style of music. You won't keep from tapping your feet to these classic tunes. Kirsten Dunst sings "After You've Gone" and does a fabulous job. Highly recommended.

1. Avalon - Al Jolson
2. Wild Cat Blues - Clarence Williams' Blue Five
3. Stumbling
4. Whispering
5. Everybody Loves My Baby - Eva Taylor
6. Hesitation Blues
7. How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm?
8. Ain't We Got Fun
9. April Showers
10. Charleston - Paul Whiteman
11. Breeze
12. A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody
13. If You Were The Only Girl In The World
14. When I Lost You
15. After You've Gone - Kirsten Dunst
16. California Here I Come - Al Jolson

 The Cat's Meow