| 1. Hero (Radio Edit) |
| 2. Be With You (Thunderpuss Remix) |
| 3. Heroe (Spanish MetroMix) |
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Aussie single off his album, 'Escape'. 3 tracks 'Hero'(Radio Edit), 'Be With You'(Thunderpuss Radio Mix) & 'Heroe'(Spanish Metro Mix). 2001.
If you haven't bought Hero yet. Get it now! You will not be disappointed.
ive had the oppertunity of meeting kirk on a couple of events, and i must say, im happy to see him doing well and not acting Arrogant, and i cant wait to see him agin.
This is the fourth major career overview for Lennon, after Shaved Fish, the John Lennon Collection, and the embarrassingly named Legend, a title which Lennon himself would have undoubtedly forbade. With thirty-eight tracks on two discs, it surpasses the latter two in comprehensiveness, and benefits from better remastering detail to any of the earlier sets.
George Harrison has stated that he thought Lennon's writing went a bit off in his later years. His melodic sense resurfaced by the Double Fantasy sessions, perhaps recharged by his five-year hiatus from recording. Given the lackluster songs populating much of his album output from 1972 to 1975, however, Harrison's assessment is quite apt. If Lennon's struggles to compose enough good material to fill up an entire record made his post-Imagine albums rather spotty, his singles certainly were not. Having grown up and worked with the Beatles during a time when the single ruled rock and roll, like his colleagues Lennon always paid special attention to their quality. Working Class Hero collects every non-Beatles 45 that Lennon issued in his lifetime for the first time since the 1970s singles compilation Shaved Fish. Including five of the six posthumous singles (not counting reissues), this is welcome indeed.
"Greatest Hits" packages often get short shrift from some quarters. In what was for a long time one of the main alternatives to [...] for on-line pop music album review sites, Wilson & Alroy refuse to even consider reviewing compilations, greatest hits or otherwise. Trapped in an album-oriented classic rock mentality, this only displays the depth of their ignorance regarding the history of the music about which they issue authoritative pronouncements. Many greatest hits comps might indeed be superfluous, but singles packages are another story altogether. Some of the greatest work by many artists, such as those affiliated with the Motown or Stax labels in the 1960s for instance, came in the form of singles. You'd be far better off with a good Supremes hits collection than any one of their albums issued during the group's operational life.
Similarly, Lennon's singles are the best items in his solo catalogue, Plastic Ono Band and Imagine aside. This package includes them generously, making up about half of the total number of tracks. For instance, it's good to see "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" return to an official Lennon comp, a jarringly effective feminist anthem of which the title alone probably gives most people hives, which is precisely the point. Lennon wasn't driven solely by a need to make his audience comfortable, the desire to make a statement politically or socially often a main source of his vitality as an artist.
Interestingly, the Wingspan compilation by his ex-partner from five years earlier, also a double-disc overview with an equivalent number of tracks, covers roughly the same period of time. They make an intriguing comparison of the duo's accomplishments from the 1970s while both were still very much in the commercial spotlight. Whether this set is an answer to that one is known only to EMI, Yoko, and the Apple front office.
Of the flaws in Working Class Hero, one is presented in contrast to Wingspan. It would have been better had the producers echoed the format from the McCartney comp, placing the hit singles on one disc, and the assembled album cuts and lesser hits on the second. Also, some non-singles cuts were poorly selected: while still a good balladeer, Lennon's solo strengths were often in other areas. We don't necessarily need "Love", and "Oh My Love," *and* "Oh Yoko!" here, as all are from the two must-have albums. Better cuts from the Lennon Anthology, such as the superior "I'm Losing You" backed up by Cheap Trick that *is* included, the non-album b-side "Move Over Ms. L," and excerpts from the live material with Frank Zappa no longer available on the Some Time in New York City reissue would have been preferable to "Intuition," "Out the Blue," and "You Are Here."
These minor caveats aside, this is the best career retrospective for one of the best rock and roll artists of any era. The assembly of all those great Lennon singles is easily worth the purchase price. Thank you, John.
Even in hindsight, I don't even think most of us who lived through Beatles era completely appreciate the impact that John Lennon had on their own lives. Richard Nixon understood Lennon's impact on the peace movement. Nixon lived in fear of Lennon and fought a long battle in court to have him deported as an undesirable alien.
After the breakup of the Beatles, Paul, and Ringo retreated into the cocoon of domestic bliss and the bland irrelevance of by-the-numbers rock stardom. George became a devotee of Krishna Consciousness and had a fleeting moment of social consciousness when he put together two benefit concerts for the refugees of war torn Bangladesh in 1971.
John was the keeper of the flame and the unapologetic activist, and despite all of his personal flaws John was indeed the "brilliant Beatle."
The two CD, 38 song anthology, "Working Class Hero" demonstrates how profoundly relevant Lennon's music remains to our own lives in 2006, three decades after his death.
John was the visionary and the dreamer, even as he told us that "the dream was over." John's music embraced existential ambiguity and contradiction. Lennon's exploration of the human condition was uncharted territory for a pop musician to explore the "boggie down" climate of the American music business in the early Seventies. Not even Dylan was writting songs that were as emotionally resonant and flat-out honest as John's "Mother", "Imagine", or "God."
No other musician has significantly changed the lives of those who heard his message, as John Lennon has. John's message was simple: no matter how long you live, or how dire the world appears to be, never give up on your dreams. To his critics who called him naieve John said, "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." John was right. Without our dreams we might as well be dead.
"Working Class Hero" is sole anthology of Lennon's work that defines Lennon the artist, the man, the philosopher and charismatic leader of a movement for world peace. Lennon's magnificent story is embedded in the content of the 38 songs in "Working Class Hero."
Pay no attention to the naysayers who have various hairs-splitting complaints about "Working Class Hero." One reviewer complains the album has been "remixed" but it's a specious claim because the pristine digital sound quality is actually far better than the early 1970s state of the art studio mixes. The biggest improvements are on the Phil Specter produced tracks in which Mr. Specter, for the first time in his career, seemed oddly disengaged from the artist he was producing.
As far selection of the 38 songs that comprise this anthology, they couldn't be better. If there was an important song from Lennon's legacy left out of this collection, nobody has pointed it out to me. These are the exact songs I would select if I were burning my own CD of John Lennon's songs. All previous Lennon collections have significant omissions of some of John's best songs. This anthology does justice to the complete trajectory of John Lennon's solo career from "Live Peace in Toronto 1969" to "Live in New York City" his posthumous live release in 1986. There isn't a single song that is filler here.
The presentation of the songs isn't in any rigid chronological order but there is a pattern of presenting the songs in reverse chronology. It benins with "Starting Over" in a journey backwards in time end up with John's earliest Plastic Ono Band recordings, like "Cold Turkey" and "Give Peace a Chance". The reason why some songs are presented out of order is, perhaps, an effort to equitably distribute Lennon's best music over the run length of both CDs.
If you are a causal fan of John Lennon's the only other way you'll get a more complete profile of John's career is to purchase the 4 CD box set "Anthology" (1998) which is grossly overpriced at $67.49. "Anthology" is more complete but not better than "Working Class Hero", because "Anthology degrades the quality of selections by including outtakes, alternative takes, studio chatter, home recording sessions and rarities that weren't good enough to be included in any of John's catalog of releases.
By contrast, "Working Class Hero" is Lennon's top-shelf material and you don't have to suffer through the 2 hours of filler cuts to harvest the bounty of these essential 38 songs that defined Lennon as an artist. The price of "Working Class Hero" is $22.99, which is a steal by comparison
But CD2 . . . oh baby! First we get this delicious alternate cut of "I'm Losing You". That alone makes this "yet another" greatest hots package worth it. But as I progressed further down the track list on CD2, I wondered what I was going to get when "Real Love" played (I do not have the John Lennon Anthology). Would it be the home-made scratch demo of the Imagine soundtrack? NO - it was the final arrangement of the song, a wonderful, beautiful rendition featuring John and the piano. I was thrilled to hear that the Beatles Anothology version was not the Threetles spinning of John's concept. All they did was layer instruments and background vocals onto a completed product. What a thrill to learn that the introduction and breaks are all John. John writes beautiful melodies with massive hooks, without Paul - and sometimes it is so good that even Paul will not mess with it!
But that's not all . . .
Again, with "Grow Old With Me", I wondered what I would be getting. The version that I know already, is the scratch demo from Milk and Honey, a syrupy, almost affected sappy thing that I thought John wrote to show how timeless and classic his love for Yoko was (more John and Yoko blah blah blah). I could picture John quickly writing it at the Dakota some afternoon, in between folding laundry and watching soaps.
But wait! Produced by George Martin? I dared to hope that it would sound good! And indeed - like "Good Night" on the White Album, this is definitely a Beatles-era George Martin production. And what a way to end this mega-set!
Did I sense some ice thawing? A George Martin production on a John Lennon album? A first-time (almost) release of essentially a Beatles song, on a Lennon album? Folks, this arrangement is so beautiful musically, that when you realize that Yoko is tipping her hat to the Beatles and Martin, with the closing song of this set, it almost seems like a missing track from the Anthology. And it shows what can happen to a John Lennon composition when someone other than himself or Phil Spector gets a ahold of it!
Grow Old With Me is like a little Beatles reunion, in a sense. I just love the way it closes out this anthology!
These three tracks gave me my money's worth.
And now - I am wondering how many other Beatles or near-Beatles songs are STILL hidden away down in some vault?
The bonus dvd with this soundtrack was the reason I purchased. I enjoy film soundtracks, and science fiction, but this dvd was a real highlight for me. I got the soundtrack cd out of the local library. The cd was missing from the case, but I found this wonderful dvd instead that I went out to purchase later.
With optional segments of dialog from Ian McDiarmid, this film is a stunning visual and musical overview of the full epic story of episodes I-VI of Star Wars. For those of us who felt that eps. IV-VI fell short of our expectations, this film presents them well as parts of the whole story. The Musical Journey also stands as a summary of the entire SW opus for someone who is not familiar with the Star Wars characters and plot. Highly recommended.
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My favorite tracks are "Battle of the Heroes," "Anakin's Betrayal," Palpatine's teachings, "Anakin vs. Obi-Wan," and the "Immolation Scene."
The others are very good as well, but these are especially nice. "Battle of the Heroes" is Dual of the Fates for Revenge of the Sith. "Anakin's Betrayal" is a very sad track that is, in my opinion, one of William's most powerful pieces. "Palpatine's Teachings" is really, really neat. It's very dark and moody, a perfect piece for the evil emperor. The only weird thing is the end. "Anakin vs. Obi-Wan" is the action piece that plays during the battles of Anakin and Obi-Wan, and Yoda and the Emperor. Finally, "The Immolation Scene" is another sad piece, even more so than "Anakin's Betrayal."
Although I really like this CD, there are some things that are missing (as usual). First, the whole sequence where the droids are looking for Obi-Wan after he was shot. You see Obi-Wan in his ship with Senator Organa on the Hologram (or whatever it is), and Obi-Wan says that his clones turned on him. That was some pretty awesome music that OF COURSE was left out of the CD. Then there was Dual of the Fates in the movie, but completely absent from the CD. And probably the most annoying was that whole piece of music before Obi-Wan and Anakin fight. It was so touching and sad and I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY LEFT IT OUT! Absolutely amazing. Also, did anyone notice that some little bits were cut out? For example, in Anakin vs. Obi Wan, they cut out about a second or two of choir. What?! What the heck is with that? It's when Anakin is running on the long thing and jumps on the droid on the lava. Also, there was some pretty cool drumming when you see Yoda and the Emperor fighting, and you can see the whole stadium (the big room). There's also drumming in "Enter Lord Vader" that is muted in the soundtrack.
Oh well...if I'm going to collect movie scores, I'm going to have to get used to the fact that in almost all cases there's not going to be every bit of music. I've experienced this in both Pirates of the Caribbean, Jurassic Park I (there was very little left out on this score), and almost everything else. At the moment, I'm just waiting for the 22nd, for the Pirates of the Caribbean 3 soundtrack. It's gonna be amazing.
See Yu
Having said that, I will say that few soundtracks have ever so perfectly captured the underlying emotional currents of their respective movie; in the case of ROTS, the contemporaneous tragedies of Anakin's fall to the Dark Side, the extermination of the Jedi, and the rise of the oppressive Empire. The listener is confronted with the depth and totality of the evil that has beset the entire galaxy to a degree that the film could not reach in only 2 hours.
Bravo, Dan Mohr, and BRAVO John Williams!
tunes for my MP3, which I use in the
gym. Good way to exercise listening
to good music. Quality is great!
I recommend it to anyone who likes R. Strauss as I do (my favorite classical composer).
Being so far off in my assessment when compared to received opinion, I've come to believe that there is something wrong with my ears. With that in mind, I picked up this recording/mastering for $5 at the Tower close-out yesterday, hoping to have my reaction to these recordings changed. Sorry to say I'm again gravely disappointed in these recordings on every level (as mentioned above).
If you really want to hear Richard Strauss in all his glory - both sound-wise and interpretively - than I suggest you turn to Karajan's non-digital DG recordings, Mehta's set with the LA Phil or Kempe's recordings on EMI (though I'm not fond of Kempe's Alpine Symphony).
I think I'm finally ready to give up on these over-rated recordings.
After purchasing the soundtrack, I was reminded of many of the scenes I enjoy, especially the tracks for the fight in the chess house ("In the Chess Court"), and in the yellow wood ("Gone with Leaves"). "Longing" is one of the most hauntingly serene pieces of film music I have heard.
This is not, obviously, a CD to listen to while you do step aerobics.
The theme is repeated and varied often, evoking the way the film's story is repeated from different perspectives, but those with short attention spans may perceive it as merely repetitive.
Beyond its association with the film, this soundtrack is an incredibly calming work of art. To be enjoyed with a good cup of hot tea.
5 stars.
One of the real draws is the music. Tan Dun's compositions are beautiful, sad and celebratory at the same time, and haunting. I think it was pure genius to pair his compositions with Perlman. I had to wait a few months for the DVD, but I went out and bought the music CD immediately after seeing this gem of a movie.
However, if you liked the music as it was played by the little band featured in the movie, you will not find that music on this CD.
And that is what a soundtrack should be.
All of the music, esp. if it's good, from the movie on a CD.
This soundtrack is more a Mark Knopfler CD and not the complete soundtrack from the movie "Local Hero".
A good example of a great soundtrack CD is the Tom Petty music from the movie "She's the One".
That CD has all of the music from that movie without exception.
The other reviewers here talking about the great "scottish folk music" on this CD are just wrong.
In the movie "Local Hero" there are fine examples of it, but on this soundtrack, there are only little snippets of it.
Knopfler's theme to the movie re-creates the utopian vibe of the movie. The theme is done in a variety of styles and tempos.
I would imagine that anyone that owns this is in a somewhat cult of enthusiasts for this beautiful yet quirky film.
"Local Hero" (14 tracks, 43 min.) creates the atmosphere of the Scottish scene in which the movie is set, in which a US expat is sent to convince a small seaside town to sell their interest in a beach so that a "big bad" US oil company can explore ir for oil. The mostly instrumental soundtrack is superb from start to finish, creating a wonderful mood. The opener "The Rocks and the Water" sets the stage, just superbly brought of what the Scottish seaside is like. Knopfler's guitar virtuoso gets a workout in a couple of tracks, but it never deteriorates from the overall mood. Other outstanding tracks include "The Mist Covered Mountains", gently bringing in a local band playing a sorrowful yet hopefull tune, and "Stargazer", in which you can just see and smell the open Scottish sky. There isn't a single weak track on the album, frankly. This album remains a soundtrack by which others should be measured by.
The best known track remains the very last one "Going Home (Theme of Local Hero)", which is as close as you'll get to the Dire Straights' sound, and it inevitably appears on Dire Straight live and compilation CDs. But it is the anamoly on this gorgeous soundtrack. This album was originally released in 1983, when I bought it on vinyl, and I bought it when the CD came out in 1990. Isn't it about time for a re-release on remastered sound?
Aussie single off his album, 'Escape'. 3 tracks 'Hero'(Radio Edit), 'Be With You'(Thunderpuss Radio Mix) & 'Heroe'(Spanish Metro Mix). 2001.
Hero,Enrique Iglesias,Sony Int'l,5"CD Singles,Latin,Latin Pop
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Underclass Hero
Sum 41 Manufacturer: Island ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  General
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ASIN: B000RIHBIE Release Date: 2007-07-24 |
Tracks:
- Underclass Hero
- Walking Disaster
- Speak Of The Devil
- Dear Father
- Count Your Last Blessings
- Ma Poubelle
- March Of The Dogs
- The Jester
- With Me
- Pull The Curtain
- King Of Contradiction
- Best Of Me
- Confusion And Frustration In Modern Times
- So Long Goodbye
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Underclass Hero marks a step in a bold new direction for the group, whose three full length album's, 2001's All Killer, No Filler, 2002's, Does this Look Infected and 2004 Chuck have sold over 7 million units worldwide. 'You Can't help buy grow a little', says Whibley about the band's musical and lyrical maturity. 'We now see the artistic side of music. We wanted to make this the most artistic punk-rock record we could. We approach music differently now. Things now have a purpose. We care about the craft of it now.' The is Sum 41, better than ever...and this time no regrets.
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Hero
Kirk Franklin Manufacturer: Gospocentric ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000AOJ9XA Release Date: 2005-10-04 |
Tracks:
- Intro
- Looking For You
- Hero
- Interlude
- Let It Go
- The Process
- Imagine Me
- Could've Been
- Better
- Afterwhile
- Brokenhearted
- Without You
- Keep Your Head
- Why
- First Love
- The Appeal
- Brokenhearted (Reprise)
- Interlude
- Sunshine
- Outro
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If you know anything about Kirk Franklin, you'll know he's not one to sit still. With an emphasis on his early career classic Gospel leanings, Franklin rang the bell with his magnificent Rebirth of Kirk Franklin (2002), a release widely awarded and one that helped make him the best-selling gospel artist of all time. But Franklin has once again shifted his musical landscape. Hero is a lengthy and revealing masterpiece unparalleled in Christian music. The Dallas native has crafted his own musical tapestry masterfully combining elements of 70s era soul, classic Gospel, and contemporary urban hip-hop. Hero is full of admissions of struggle and challenges but Franklin always weaves a message of hope and encouragement to take the focus off the negative. You want in-your-face confession? Try not to be moved while listening to Franklin laying sins down on the table like cards in "Let It Go" or Franklin teaming with Marvin Winans in the soul-shaking, roof-raising "Brokenhearted." The title track - featuring Dorinda Clark-Cole - along with "Imagine Me" are classic examples of how Franklin balances the hard realities of real life against the hard faith about which he so readily sings.One is hard pressed to not remember the Love Unlimited Orchestra when hearing "Looking for You" and the 70s references are reinforced with Stevie Wonder's guest appearance on "Why." The latter track is classic Franklin as he challenges every Christian to stop worrying about building churches and start building people. It also includes a delightful harmonica touch at the end from the great Stevie Wonder. At 20 songs and more than an hour, Hero might seem overwhelming. But there is rarely a dull moment here and you'll be better for the time well spent. --Michael Lyttle
Customer Reviews:
Uplifting.......2007-05-16
Kirk Franklin.......2007-05-14
Hero Review.......2007-05-10
If you haven't bought Hero yet. Get it now! You will not be disappointed.
Great Cd.......2007-05-04
ive had the oppertunity of meeting kirk on a couple of events, and i must say, im happy to see him doing well and not acting Arrogant, and i cant wait to see him agin.
Wow!.......2007-04-14
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TV Land Presents: Favorite TV Theme Songs
Cyndi Grecco , and Jones, Jack Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks
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ASIN: B00006EXIL Release Date: 2002-08-20 |
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- I Love Lucy Theme - Wilbur Hatch
- Dragnet - Ray Anthony
- The Twilight Zone - Rod Open
- Bonanza - Al Caiola & His Orchestra
- The Andy Griffith Theme - Earle Hagen
- The Ballad Of Jed Clampett - Earl Scruggs
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- The Ballad Of Gilligan's Isle - Morton Stevens
- Green Acres - Eddie Albert
- Jeannie - Hugo Montenegro
- Batman Theme - Neal Hefti
- (Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
- Star Trek (Main Title & Closing Theme) - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Mannix - Lalo Schifrin
- Hawaii Five-O - Mort Stevens & His Orchestra
- Theme From The Brady Bunch - The Brady Bunch
- Come On Get Happy - The Partridge Family
- Those Were The Days - Carroll O'Connor
- And Then There's Maude - Donny Hathaway
- Good Times - Jim Gilstrap
- Movin' On Up - Oren Waters
- The Rockford Files - Mike Post
- Them From S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage
- Happy Days - Pratt & McClain
- Making Our Dreams Come True - Cyndi Grecco
- Chico And The Man - Jose Feliciano
- Welcome Back - John Sebastian
- What's Happening!! - Henry Mancini
- Barney Miller - Jack Elliott
- Charlie's Angels - Jack Elliott
- Love Boat Theme - Jack Jones
- Angela (Theme From 'Taxi') - Bob James
- It Takes Diff'rent Strokes - Gloria Loring
- Theme From Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) - Waylon
- Theme From Magnum, P.I. - Mike Post
- The Theme From Hill Street Blues - Mike Post
- Theme From Dynasty - Bill Conti
- Theme From 'Greatest American Hero' (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury
- Thank You For Being A Friend - Cynthia Fee
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TV Land brings you 40 of your favorite evening show theme songs. Highlights include 'Happy Days', 'The Greatest American Hero', 'Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)', 'Laverne & Shirley', 'I Dream Of Jeanie', 'I Love Lucy', 'Welcome Back, Kotter', 'The Love Boat', 'Hawaii Five-O', 'The Golden Girls' and many, many more. 2002. Rhino.Customer Reviews:
good memories for me and fun "new" songs for my children.......2007-06-27
memories.......2007-02-22
TV Theme Songs.......2007-01-13
TV themes.......2006-07-05
Deja Vu.......2006-02-17
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Halo 2, Vol. 1
Various Artists Manufacturer: Sumthing Else ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B00067RF6E Release Date: 2004-11-09 |
Tracks:
- Halo Theme Mjolnir Mix
- Blow Me Away - Breaking Benjamin
- Peril
- Ghosts Of Reach
- Follow (1st Movement Of The Odyssey) - Incubus
- Heretic, Hero
- Flawed Legacy
- Impend
- Never Surrender - Nile Rodgers
- Ancient Machine
- 2nd Movement Of The Odyssey - Incubus
- In Amber Clad
- The Last Spartan
- Orbit Of Glass
- 3rd Movement Of The Odyssey - Incubus
- Heavy Price Paid
- Earth City
- High Charity
- 4th Movement Of The Odyssey - Incubus
- Remembrance
- Connected - Hoobastank
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Further proof that the 15-year-old male is the nexus of contemporary popular entertainment, this anthology of music from and "inspired by" the sequel to the earth-conquering Halo saga also showcases how capably the video game industry can trump even Hollywood's vaunted production values. The original synth-heavy underscore by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori is filled with enough brooding, mock-Goth atmospherics, and pulsing exotica of indeterminate ethnicity to give the Hans Zimmer stable a run for their money, while a slate of (mostly) worthy rock star guest turns give it a welcome edge. Legendary axe-slinger Steve Vai's sinewy riffing punches up the reworked main theme and "Never Surrender," while alt.metal contenders Breaking Benjamin serve up the suitably dramatic inspired-by cut "Blow Me Away." But it's Incubus' four-part "Odyssey" suite that's the centerpiece, bridging 1970s prog and modern rock with its moody aura and evocative musical dramatics. --Jerry McCulleyCustomer Reviews:
BUY! BUY! BUY!.......2007-03-05
Great game - great music.......2007-01-10
Hug your pillows girls.......2006-08-06
best video game soundtrack ever........2006-08-03
classical music listeners stop complaining.......2006-05-10
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Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon
John Lennon Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000AV2G3I Release Date: 2005-10-04 |
Tracks:
- (Just Like) Starting Over
- Imagine
- Watching The Wheels
- Jealous Guy
- Instant Karma!
- Stand By Me
- Working Class Hero
- Power To The People
- Oh My Love
- Oh Yoko
- Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out
- Nobody Told Me
- Bless You
- Come Together (Live)
- New York City
- I'm Stepping Out
- You Are Here
- Borrowed Time
- Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Tracks:
- Woman
- Mind Games
- Out Of The Blue
- Whatever Gets You Thru The Night
- Love
- Mother
- Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
- Woman Is The Nigger Of The World
- God
- Scared
- #9 Dream
- I'm Losing You (Anthology Version)
- Isolation
- Cold Turkey
- Intuition
- Gimme Some Truth
- Give Peace A Chance
- Real Love
- Grow Old With Me
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On October 9, 2005, John Lennon would have turned 65, if only...Instead, the former Beatles leader and endlessly complex rock icon remains forever frozen in time, basking in the warm reception of his 1980 return to recording after a long, self-imposed exile from the music business. But this two-disc, 38-track collection does more than merely commemorate the landmark birthday Lennon tragically never celebrated; it's arguably the best compact overview of his often conflicted post-Fabs career. Considering he spent fully half the decade chronicled here in semi-retirement, it's a remarkably robust and diverse body of work, whether focused on sloganeering agit-prop ("Power to the People," "Woman is the Nigger of the World," "Give Peace a Chance," "Working Class Hero"), semi-autobiographical musings that ranged from the harrowing ("Cold Turkey," "Mother") to the unabashedly sentimental ("Oh Yoko!," "Watching the Wheels," "Starting Over"). "Imagine" and "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" may showcase one of the era's most wide-eyed idealists, but the range of emotions cataloged in much of his other work argue that John Lennon was a bundle of emotional and philosophical complexities. As Yoko One once noted, "People have wanted to box him in..But he was a very human, three-dimensional person... Sometimes he was angry, sometimes he was sad, sometimes he was very vulnerable and sweet. All of that was going on in every period of his life." This set never sidesteps those complications; indeed, the songs collected here thrive on them. --Jerry McCulley
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Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon.......2007-01-20
finally the singles package awaited arrives.......2007-01-19
This is the fourth major career overview for Lennon, after Shaved Fish, the John Lennon Collection, and the embarrassingly named Legend, a title which Lennon himself would have undoubtedly forbade. With thirty-eight tracks on two discs, it surpasses the latter two in comprehensiveness, and benefits from better remastering detail to any of the earlier sets.
George Harrison has stated that he thought Lennon's writing went a bit off in his later years. His melodic sense resurfaced by the Double Fantasy sessions, perhaps recharged by his five-year hiatus from recording. Given the lackluster songs populating much of his album output from 1972 to 1975, however, Harrison's assessment is quite apt. If Lennon's struggles to compose enough good material to fill up an entire record made his post-Imagine albums rather spotty, his singles certainly were not. Having grown up and worked with the Beatles during a time when the single ruled rock and roll, like his colleagues Lennon always paid special attention to their quality. Working Class Hero collects every non-Beatles 45 that Lennon issued in his lifetime for the first time since the 1970s singles compilation Shaved Fish. Including five of the six posthumous singles (not counting reissues), this is welcome indeed.
"Greatest Hits" packages often get short shrift from some quarters. In what was for a long time one of the main alternatives to [...] for on-line pop music album review sites, Wilson & Alroy refuse to even consider reviewing compilations, greatest hits or otherwise. Trapped in an album-oriented classic rock mentality, this only displays the depth of their ignorance regarding the history of the music about which they issue authoritative pronouncements. Many greatest hits comps might indeed be superfluous, but singles packages are another story altogether. Some of the greatest work by many artists, such as those affiliated with the Motown or Stax labels in the 1960s for instance, came in the form of singles. You'd be far better off with a good Supremes hits collection than any one of their albums issued during the group's operational life.
Similarly, Lennon's singles are the best items in his solo catalogue, Plastic Ono Band and Imagine aside. This package includes them generously, making up about half of the total number of tracks. For instance, it's good to see "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" return to an official Lennon comp, a jarringly effective feminist anthem of which the title alone probably gives most people hives, which is precisely the point. Lennon wasn't driven solely by a need to make his audience comfortable, the desire to make a statement politically or socially often a main source of his vitality as an artist.
Interestingly, the Wingspan compilation by his ex-partner from five years earlier, also a double-disc overview with an equivalent number of tracks, covers roughly the same period of time. They make an intriguing comparison of the duo's accomplishments from the 1970s while both were still very much in the commercial spotlight. Whether this set is an answer to that one is known only to EMI, Yoko, and the Apple front office.
Of the flaws in Working Class Hero, one is presented in contrast to Wingspan. It would have been better had the producers echoed the format from the McCartney comp, placing the hit singles on one disc, and the assembled album cuts and lesser hits on the second. Also, some non-singles cuts were poorly selected: while still a good balladeer, Lennon's solo strengths were often in other areas. We don't necessarily need "Love", and "Oh My Love," *and* "Oh Yoko!" here, as all are from the two must-have albums. Better cuts from the Lennon Anthology, such as the superior "I'm Losing You" backed up by Cheap Trick that *is* included, the non-album b-side "Move Over Ms. L," and excerpts from the live material with Frank Zappa no longer available on the Some Time in New York City reissue would have been preferable to "Intuition," "Out the Blue," and "You Are Here."
These minor caveats aside, this is the best career retrospective for one of the best rock and roll artists of any era. The assembly of all those great Lennon singles is easily worth the purchase price. Thank you, John.
Enjoy what we were given.......2006-09-28
The Lennon Anthology That Says It All.......2006-09-02
Even in hindsight, I don't even think most of us who lived through Beatles era completely appreciate the impact that John Lennon had on their own lives. Richard Nixon understood Lennon's impact on the peace movement. Nixon lived in fear of Lennon and fought a long battle in court to have him deported as an undesirable alien.
After the breakup of the Beatles, Paul, and Ringo retreated into the cocoon of domestic bliss and the bland irrelevance of by-the-numbers rock stardom. George became a devotee of Krishna Consciousness and had a fleeting moment of social consciousness when he put together two benefit concerts for the refugees of war torn Bangladesh in 1971.
John was the keeper of the flame and the unapologetic activist, and despite all of his personal flaws John was indeed the "brilliant Beatle."
The two CD, 38 song anthology, "Working Class Hero" demonstrates how profoundly relevant Lennon's music remains to our own lives in 2006, three decades after his death.
John was the visionary and the dreamer, even as he told us that "the dream was over." John's music embraced existential ambiguity and contradiction. Lennon's exploration of the human condition was uncharted territory for a pop musician to explore the "boggie down" climate of the American music business in the early Seventies. Not even Dylan was writting songs that were as emotionally resonant and flat-out honest as John's "Mother", "Imagine", or "God."
No other musician has significantly changed the lives of those who heard his message, as John Lennon has. John's message was simple: no matter how long you live, or how dire the world appears to be, never give up on your dreams. To his critics who called him naieve John said, "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." John was right. Without our dreams we might as well be dead.
"Working Class Hero" is sole anthology of Lennon's work that defines Lennon the artist, the man, the philosopher and charismatic leader of a movement for world peace. Lennon's magnificent story is embedded in the content of the 38 songs in "Working Class Hero."
Pay no attention to the naysayers who have various hairs-splitting complaints about "Working Class Hero." One reviewer complains the album has been "remixed" but it's a specious claim because the pristine digital sound quality is actually far better than the early 1970s state of the art studio mixes. The biggest improvements are on the Phil Specter produced tracks in which Mr. Specter, for the first time in his career, seemed oddly disengaged from the artist he was producing.
As far selection of the 38 songs that comprise this anthology, they couldn't be better. If there was an important song from Lennon's legacy left out of this collection, nobody has pointed it out to me. These are the exact songs I would select if I were burning my own CD of John Lennon's songs. All previous Lennon collections have significant omissions of some of John's best songs. This anthology does justice to the complete trajectory of John Lennon's solo career from "Live Peace in Toronto 1969" to "Live in New York City" his posthumous live release in 1986. There isn't a single song that is filler here.
The presentation of the songs isn't in any rigid chronological order but there is a pattern of presenting the songs in reverse chronology. It benins with "Starting Over" in a journey backwards in time end up with John's earliest Plastic Ono Band recordings, like "Cold Turkey" and "Give Peace a Chance". The reason why some songs are presented out of order is, perhaps, an effort to equitably distribute Lennon's best music over the run length of both CDs.
If you are a causal fan of John Lennon's the only other way you'll get a more complete profile of John's career is to purchase the 4 CD box set "Anthology" (1998) which is grossly overpriced at $67.49. "Anthology" is more complete but not better than "Working Class Hero", because "Anthology degrades the quality of selections by including outtakes, alternative takes, studio chatter, home recording sessions and rarities that weren't good enough to be included in any of John's catalog of releases.
By contrast, "Working Class Hero" is Lennon's top-shelf material and you don't have to suffer through the 2 hours of filler cuts to harvest the bounty of these essential 38 songs that defined Lennon as an artist. The price of "Working Class Hero" is $22.99, which is a steal by comparison
Exclamation Point!.......2006-07-25
But CD2 . . . oh baby! First we get this delicious alternate cut of "I'm Losing You". That alone makes this "yet another" greatest hots package worth it. But as I progressed further down the track list on CD2, I wondered what I was going to get when "Real Love" played (I do not have the John Lennon Anthology). Would it be the home-made scratch demo of the Imagine soundtrack? NO - it was the final arrangement of the song, a wonderful, beautiful rendition featuring John and the piano. I was thrilled to hear that the Beatles Anothology version was not the Threetles spinning of John's concept. All they did was layer instruments and background vocals onto a completed product. What a thrill to learn that the introduction and breaks are all John. John writes beautiful melodies with massive hooks, without Paul - and sometimes it is so good that even Paul will not mess with it!
But that's not all . . .
Again, with "Grow Old With Me", I wondered what I would be getting. The version that I know already, is the scratch demo from Milk and Honey, a syrupy, almost affected sappy thing that I thought John wrote to show how timeless and classic his love for Yoko was (more John and Yoko blah blah blah). I could picture John quickly writing it at the Dakota some afternoon, in between folding laundry and watching soaps.
But wait! Produced by George Martin? I dared to hope that it would sound good! And indeed - like "Good Night" on the White Album, this is definitely a Beatles-era George Martin production. And what a way to end this mega-set!
Did I sense some ice thawing? A George Martin production on a John Lennon album? A first-time (almost) release of essentially a Beatles song, on a Lennon album? Folks, this arrangement is so beautiful musically, that when you realize that Yoko is tipping her hat to the Beatles and Martin, with the closing song of this set, it almost seems like a missing track from the Anthology. And it shows what can happen to a John Lennon composition when someone other than himself or Phil Spector gets a ahold of it!
Grow Old With Me is like a little Beatles reunion, in a sense. I just love the way it closes out this anthology!
These three tracks gave me my money's worth.
And now - I am wondering how many other Beatles or near-Beatles songs are STILL hidden away down in some vault?
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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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ASIN: B000850IS6 Release Date: 2005-05-03 |
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- Star Wars and The Revenge Of The Sith
- Anakin's Dream
- Battle Of The Heroes
- Anakin's Betrayal
- General Grievous
- Palpatine's Teachings
- Grievous and the Droids
- Padme's Ruminations
- Anakin vs. Obi-Wan
- Anakin's Dark Deeds
- Enter Lord Vader
- The Immolation Scene
- Grievous Speaks to Lord Sidious
- The Birth Of The Twins and Padme's Destiny
- A New Hope and End Credits
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John Williams' lovely and moving score for the sixth Star Wars film brings thirty years of collaborating on George Lucas' beyond-popular intergalactic franchise to a close. (Is this really the end of Star Wars? Can't Lucas and Williams work together on a prequel to these prequels? Let us hope so, and that Jar Jar Binks is nowhere near it.) As this music accompanies the most exciting Star Wars film in many a moon, the soundtrack itself is more fun, more evil, more nasty and bumpy. Many of the heroic, anthemic themes woven throughout Episode Three: Revenge of the Sith will necessarily be familiar to any fan of the series, from the "Imperial March" to the main theme. It's remarkable how stirring the latter can be, no matter how many times you've heard it, and even for those who do not have all their money invested in S.W. memorabilia. There is a lot of new music here, and the lush, extensive range of both Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra is on display, most notably in the menacing, percolating "General Grievous" and the rousing "New Hope" end theme. --Mike McGonigal
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Star Wars: A Musical Journey (2005) (V).......2007-06-21
The bonus dvd with this soundtrack was the reason I purchased. I enjoy film soundtracks, and science fiction, but this dvd was a real highlight for me. I got the soundtrack cd out of the local library. The cd was missing from the case, but I found this wonderful dvd instead that I went out to purchase later.
With optional segments of dialog from Ian McDiarmid, this film is a stunning visual and musical overview of the full epic story of episodes I-VI of Star Wars. For those of us who felt that eps. IV-VI fell short of our expectations, this film presents them well as parts of the whole story. The Musical Journey also stands as a summary of the entire SW opus for someone who is not familiar with the Star Wars characters and plot. Highly recommended.
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Not one of his bests, but very close.......2007-05-21
My favorite tracks are "Battle of the Heroes," "Anakin's Betrayal," Palpatine's teachings, "Anakin vs. Obi-Wan," and the "Immolation Scene."
The others are very good as well, but these are especially nice. "Battle of the Heroes" is Dual of the Fates for Revenge of the Sith. "Anakin's Betrayal" is a very sad track that is, in my opinion, one of William's most powerful pieces. "Palpatine's Teachings" is really, really neat. It's very dark and moody, a perfect piece for the evil emperor. The only weird thing is the end. "Anakin vs. Obi-Wan" is the action piece that plays during the battles of Anakin and Obi-Wan, and Yoda and the Emperor. Finally, "The Immolation Scene" is another sad piece, even more so than "Anakin's Betrayal."
Although I really like this CD, there are some things that are missing (as usual). First, the whole sequence where the droids are looking for Obi-Wan after he was shot. You see Obi-Wan in his ship with Senator Organa on the Hologram (or whatever it is), and Obi-Wan says that his clones turned on him. That was some pretty awesome music that OF COURSE was left out of the CD. Then there was Dual of the Fates in the movie, but completely absent from the CD. And probably the most annoying was that whole piece of music before Obi-Wan and Anakin fight. It was so touching and sad and I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY LEFT IT OUT! Absolutely amazing. Also, did anyone notice that some little bits were cut out? For example, in Anakin vs. Obi Wan, they cut out about a second or two of choir. What?! What the heck is with that? It's when Anakin is running on the long thing and jumps on the droid on the lava. Also, there was some pretty cool drumming when you see Yoda and the Emperor fighting, and you can see the whole stadium (the big room). There's also drumming in "Enter Lord Vader" that is muted in the soundtrack.
Oh well...if I'm going to collect movie scores, I'm going to have to get used to the fact that in almost all cases there's not going to be every bit of music. I've experienced this in both Pirates of the Caribbean, Jurassic Park I (there was very little left out on this score), and almost everything else. At the moment, I'm just waiting for the 22nd, for the Pirates of the Caribbean 3 soundtrack. It's gonna be amazing.
See Yu
John Williams' finest work.......2007-04-20
Having said that, I will say that few soundtracks have ever so perfectly captured the underlying emotional currents of their respective movie; in the case of ROTS, the contemporaneous tragedies of Anakin's fall to the Dark Side, the extermination of the Jedi, and the rise of the oppressive Empire. The listener is confronted with the depth and totality of the evil that has beset the entire galaxy to a degree that the film could not reach in only 2 hours.
Bravo, Dan Mohr, and BRAVO John Williams!
A Great Conclusion to the Prequel Trilogy.......2007-04-07
Williams is slumming it.......2007-04-01
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ASIN: B0002TKFQI Release Date: 2004-09-14 |
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- Sunrise - Fritz Reiner
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- Of The Great Longing - Fritz Reiner
- Of Joys And Passions - Fritz Reiner
- Dirge - Fritz Reiner
- Of Science - Fritz Reiner
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- The Hero's Adversaries - John Weicher
- The Hero's Companion - John Weicher
- The Hero's Battlefield - John Weicher
- The Hero's Works Of Peace - John Weicher
- The Hero's Retreat From The World And Fulfillment - John Weicher
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When Musicans were Musicians alas gone forever.......2007-07-10
Great music!.......2007-06-13
tunes for my MP3, which I use in the
gym. Good way to exercise listening
to good music. Quality is great!
WHAT A PERFORMANCE!.......2007-03-08
Best Ein Heldenleben I have ever heard.......2007-01-22
I recommend it to anyone who likes R. Strauss as I do (my favorite classical composer).
I guess I just don't get the whole Reiner-worship cult.......2006-12-09
Being so far off in my assessment when compared to received opinion, I've come to believe that there is something wrong with my ears. With that in mind, I picked up this recording/mastering for $5 at the Tower close-out yesterday, hoping to have my reaction to these recordings changed. Sorry to say I'm again gravely disappointed in these recordings on every level (as mentioned above).
If you really want to hear Richard Strauss in all his glory - both sound-wise and interpretively - than I suggest you turn to Karajan's non-digital DG recordings, Mehta's set with the LA Phil or Kempe's recordings on EMI (though I'm not fond of Kempe's Alpine Symphony).
I think I'm finally ready to give up on these over-rated recordings.
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Hero
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ASIN: B0002S945W Release Date: 2004-08-24 |
Tracks:
- Hero: Overture
- For the World - Theme Music
- Warriors
- Gone with Leaves
- Longing
- At Emperor's Palace
- In the Chess Court
- Love in Distance
- Spirit Fight
- Swift Sword
- Farewell, Hero
- Sorrow in Desert
- Home
- Above Water
- Snow
- Yearning for the Peace
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Tan Dun straddles the very different worlds of concert music and film scores, winning admirers in both. He's perhaps best known for his score to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which shares with Hero a visual poetry that transcends the sword-filled action film genre. In Crouching Tiger, Tan Dun's music was often striking. In Hero he often lapses into repetition and cliché, a failing compensated for by several appealing cues. The Overture, for example, begins with the mournful wail of ancient Chinese instruments set against pounding drums, a promising start that evokes ancient China and the struggles to come. There's a mournful soprano vocalise in "Gone With the Leaves," and the "Warriors" cue recalls Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky. The plucking of the ancient Chinese lute in "In the Chess Court" evokes a timeless, peaceful mood, contrasting with the thrilling kodo drummers showcased in "Swift Sword." Itzhak Perlman gets cover billing for violin solos any competent studio fiddler could have handled. Tan Dun's admirers will want this, and audiophiles will love those kodo drummers. --Dan DavisCustomer Reviews:
A dream.......2007-05-29
Perfection at its Best.......2007-01-05
Tranquil Beauty.......2006-08-08
After purchasing the soundtrack, I was reminded of many of the scenes I enjoy, especially the tracks for the fight in the chess house ("In the Chess Court"), and in the yellow wood ("Gone with Leaves"). "Longing" is one of the most hauntingly serene pieces of film music I have heard.
This is not, obviously, a CD to listen to while you do step aerobics.
The theme is repeated and varied often, evoking the way the film's story is repeated from different perspectives, but those with short attention spans may perceive it as merely repetitive.
Beyond its association with the film, this soundtrack is an incredibly calming work of art. To be enjoyed with a good cup of hot tea.
5 stars.
Beautiful!.......2006-03-19
One of the real draws is the music. Tan Dun's compositions are beautiful, sad and celebratory at the same time, and haunting. I think it was pure genius to pair his compositions with Perlman. I had to wait a few months for the DVD, but I went out and bought the music CD immediately after seeing this gem of a movie.
Tranquility, Serenity, Beauty, and Superb Asian Movie Soundtrack.......2006-02-25
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She Watched the Sky
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ASIN: B000LP5FM2 Release Date: 2007-01-23 |
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- Ability To Create A War
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- The All Star Diaries
- Hey Nightmare Where Did You Get Them Teeth
- The Past The Love The Memory
- A Reason For Broken Wings
- According To Columbus
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Out of the desert Manifest Destiny uncovered comes the next big thing in post-hardcore. Sacramento's A Skylit Drive expertly blends the musical stylings of bands like Chiodos and Thursday with the layered vocals and naiive lyrics of Taking Back Sunday. A Skylit Drive's debut EP, She Watched the Sky, is at times raucus and irresponsible only to give way to introspection and self-immolation moments later. While this may be appropriate for a band so young, the spectrum of emotion displayed is remarkable. At its best it brings innovation and invention in an often times stale genre and at the very least it's promising.Customer Reviews:
Adorable!.......2007-03-11
The next screamo superstars.......2007-03-09
Awesome.......2007-03-06
Another Faceless Hardcore Band.......2007-02-19
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ASIN: B000002KYZ Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
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- The Rocks & The Water
- Wild Theme
- Freeway Flyer
- Boomtown
- The Way It Always Starts
- The Rocks & The Thunder
- The Ceilidh & The Northern Lights
- The Mist Covered Mountains
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- Whistle Theme
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- Stargazer
- The Rocks & The Thunder
- Going Home (Theme Of The Local Hero)
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This soundtrack (along with Ry Cooder's for Paris, Texas and Ennio Morricone's for Once Upon a Time in America, to name two other examples) is the kind of music that CDs were made for. Some of it is so delicate, so quiet, that it could disappear underneath the rumble and noise of a vinyl LP. You'd never know this was the score to a comedy--even a gentle wisp of a comedy like Bill Forsyth's picture. Some of it could pass for Scottish- flavored ambient music by Brian Eno. "The Rocks and the Water" seems to rise up like the tide with electronic calls that suggest the music of whales or dolphins. The sound of the sea whispers behind several atmospheric tracks, but Knopfler's guitar is also featured up-front some of the more overtly melodic tunes. The overall impression is luminous and evanescent as the Northern Lights. --Jim EmersonCustomer Reviews:
not all of the music from the film is on this CD.......2007-04-14
However, if you liked the music as it was played by the little band featured in the movie, you will not find that music on this CD.
And that is what a soundtrack should be.
All of the music, esp. if it's good, from the movie on a CD.
This soundtrack is more a Mark Knopfler CD and not the complete soundtrack from the movie "Local Hero".
A good example of a great soundtrack CD is the Tom Petty music from the movie "She's the One".
That CD has all of the music from that movie without exception.
The other reviewers here talking about the great "scottish folk music" on this CD are just wrong.
In the movie "Local Hero" there are fine examples of it, but on this soundtrack, there are only little snippets of it.
I have paid for the product, but not received it.......2007-01-21
Local Hero .......2006-08-23
only good if you like the film.......2006-08-19
Knopfler's theme to the movie re-creates the utopian vibe of the movie. The theme is done in a variety of styles and tempos.
I would imagine that anyone that owns this is in a somewhat cult of enthusiasts for this beautiful yet quirky film.
One of the best soundtracks... EVER.......2006-03-14
"Local Hero" (14 tracks, 43 min.) creates the atmosphere of the Scottish scene in which the movie is set, in which a US expat is sent to convince a small seaside town to sell their interest in a beach so that a "big bad" US oil company can explore ir for oil. The mostly instrumental soundtrack is superb from start to finish, creating a wonderful mood. The opener "The Rocks and the Water" sets the stage, just superbly brought of what the Scottish seaside is like. Knopfler's guitar virtuoso gets a workout in a couple of tracks, but it never deteriorates from the overall mood. Other outstanding tracks include "The Mist Covered Mountains", gently bringing in a local band playing a sorrowful yet hopefull tune, and "Stargazer", in which you can just see and smell the open Scottish sky. There isn't a single weak track on the album, frankly. This album remains a soundtrack by which others should be measured by.
The best known track remains the very last one "Going Home (Theme of Local Hero)", which is as close as you'll get to the Dire Straights' sound, and it inevitably appears on Dire Straight live and compilation CDs. But it is the anamoly on this gorgeous soundtrack. This album was originally released in 1983, when I bought it on vinyl, and I bought it when the CD came out in 1990. Isn't it about time for a re-release on remastered sound?
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