Gangs Of New York - Music From The Motion Picture - music by Howard Shore and various artists

 

Gangs of New York is a 2002 American epic historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on Herbert Asbury's 1927 book The Gangs of New York. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz, with Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, Stephen Graham, Eddie Marsan and Brendan Gleeson in supporting roles.

The film is set in 1862, when a long-running Catholic–Protestant feud erupts into violence, just as an Irish immigrant group is protesting against the threat of conscription.

Scorsese spent twenty years developing the project until Harvey Weinstein and his production company Miramax Films acquired it in 1999. Made in Cinecittà, Rome and Long Island City, New York City, Gangs of New York was completed by 2001 but its release was delayed due to the September 11 attacks. The film was theatrically released in the United States on December 20, 2002, and grossed over $193 million worldwide. It was met with generally positive reviews and Daniel Day-Lewis's performance was highly acclaimed. It received ten nominations at the 75th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Scorsese and Best Actor for Day-Lewis.

Howard Shore– "Brooklyn Heights" 1 2:17

Afro Celt Sound System– Dark Moon, High Tide 4:07

Silver Leaf Quartet– Gospel Train 2:31

U2– The Hands That Built America 4:36

Othar Turner And The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band*– Shimmy She Wobble 3:37

Sidney Stripling– Breakaway 3:32

Peter Gabriel– Signal To Noise 7:39

Finbar Furey– New York Girls 4:04

Jimpson And Group– The Murderer's Home 0:48

Jocelyn Pook– Dionysus 4:53

Howard Shore– "Brooklyn Heights" 2 2:01

Mariano De Simone– Morrison's Jig / Liberty 1:46

Shu-De– Durgen Chugaa 0:53

Maura O'Connell– Unconstant Lover 2:35

Vittorio Schiboni, Massimo Giuntini, Rodrigo D'Erasmo And Mariano De Simone– Devil's Tapdance 1:47

Da-Can Chen And Anxi Jiang– Bejing Opera Suite 3:28

Linda Thompson– Paddy's Lamentation 2:53

Howard Shore– "Brooklyn Heights" 3 3:15

Gangs Of New York

Peter Gabriel – Passion - Music For The Last Temptation Of Christ

 

Passion (re-released as Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ) is an album released in 1989 by the English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel. It was the first Peter Gabriel album to be released on Real World Records. It is his second soundtrack and eighth album overall. It was originally composed as the soundtrack album for the film The Last Temptation of Christ, but Gabriel spent several months after the film's release further developing the music, finally releasing it as a full-fledged album instead of a movie soundtrack. It is seen as a landmark in the popularisation of world music, and won a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 1990. 

As the soundtrack for the film, Gabriel used the resources of WOMAD, an organization he founded, to bring together musicians from the Middle East, Africa, Europe and South Asia. He worked with them to create music meant to enhance the mood of the film, but he also added a modern ambient musical touch to the original pieces, producing a musical work that has influenced many musicians. Passion introduced many listeners to such artists as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Youssou N'Dour, L. Shankar, and Baaba Maal.

Released: Jun 6, 1989

Genre: Electronic, Rock, Stage & Screen

Style: Soundtrack, Tribal, Ambient

1 The Feeling Begins 3:59

2 Gethsemane 1:25

3 Of These, Hope 3:55

4 Lazarus Raised 1:25

5 Of These, Hope (Reprise) 2:44

6 In Doubt 1:32

7 A Different Drum 4:40

8 Zaar 4:53

9 Troubled 2:55

10 Open 3:27

11 Before Night Falls 2:19

12 With This Love 3:39

13 Sandstorm 3:02

14 Stigmata 2:27

15 Passion 7:38

16 With This Love (Choir) 3:20

17 Wall Of Breath 2:29

18 The Promise Of Shadows 2:13

19 Disturbed 3:35

20 It Is Accomplished 2:55

21 Bread And Wine 2:19

Passion - Music For The Last Temptation Of Christ

see also: https://soundtrackheaven.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-passion-of-christoriginal.html

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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