A Martin Scorsese picture...Kundun...music from the original soundtrack...composed by Philip Glass

 

For the second of 1997's dueling Buddhist epics (the other being Seven Days in Tibet, scored by John Williams), director Martin Scorsese made a wise--if commercially challenging--choice in tapping noted minimalist composer Philip Glass to score Kundun. Glass is the perfect choice here; his own Buddhist beliefs play a key role in meshing image and music. Glass's familiar compositional techniques are wedded on Kundun to a sensitive use of ethnic instruments and the voices of the Gyuto Monks, adding an aura of spiritual power missing from most Hollywood fare.

Eighteen tracks traverse a wide stylistic field, accumulating a symphonic sweep.... Glass is no stranger to Tibetan culture: portentous, processional, but never pompous, he proves himself an ideal choice for this work. 

 Kundun

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Kate & Leopold...music from the motion picture...composed by Rolfe Kent

 

Rolfe Kent provides an outstanding score for this James Mangold(director/screenwriter) story from Steve Rogers(original story/screenwriter). 

With shades of Henry Mancini, various cues take a fun, quirky and comedy with sprinkles of romance, like "Charade" or "Man's Favorite Sport", much like Mancini, Rolfe lends a flavor of JAZZ, WALTZES and even MARCHES, that seems to fit and work...just give a listen to "YOU DID SO GREAT"(Kate's Theme), like something out of another Mancini film "The Great Race". What Rolfe has done for this picture is to give it texture and fabric that pulls off many scenes. So "film-score-buff" collectors, if it's good listening...you've come to the right place for comedy, light and whimsical music...as Henry Mancini lives through Rolfe Kent.

 Tracklist
1     –Rolfe Kent     A Clock In New York     1:25
2     –Rolfe Kent     I Want Him Resplendent     1:25
3     –Rolfe Kent     Leopold Chases Stuart To Brooklyn     1:54
4     –Rolfe Kent     That Was Your Best?     1:17
5     –Rolfe Kent     Let's Go!     3:03
6     –Rolfe Kent     Leopold Sees The Completed Bridge     0:48
7     –Rolfe Kent     "You Did So Great" (Kate's Theme)     1:18
8     –Rolfe Kent     Galloping     1:21
9     –Rolfe Kent     "Dearest Kate..."     2:13
10     –Rolfe Kent     Prolixin / Leopold & Charlie Buy Flowers     2:20
11     –Rolfe Kent     Charlie Wins Patrice, Leopold Wins Kate     3:41
12     –Rolfe Kent     Secret Drawer     2:00
13     –Rolfe Kent     Time For Bed     2:14
14     –Rolfe Kent     Charlie Realizes Leopold Was For Real - 1876     1:31
15     –Rolfe Kent     Kate Goes To The Awards     2:24
16     –Rolfe Kent     Kate Sees The Pictures - "I Have To Go"     2:53
17     –Rolfe Kent     "You Have To Cross The Girder"     1:51
18     –Rolfe Kent     Back In 1876 - Waltz     2:11
19     –Jula Bell     Back Where I Belong     2:49
20     –Sting     Until...     3:08

 Kate & Leopold

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Anatomy of A Murder..from the sound track of the motion picture..music by Duke Ellington

 

With DUKE ELLINGTON and Billy Strayhorn at the helm, there is no question that the soundtrack to one of the most controversial Hollywood films of its time will take the listener's breath away. 

Released in 1959, the film, Anatomy Of A Murder, was banned in various American cities because of its language and sexual and violent references. But the soundtrack to the film stood out at the very beginning, being one of the best jazz compositions out of all: it lures deep, seductive and eloquent, like the scent of a femme fatale. 

 Anatomy of A Murder

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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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