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Last of the Mohicans

Advantages: Trevor Jones
Disadvantages: Randy Edelman

...the 1936 screenplay adaptation, The Last of the Mohicans was a powerhouse movie, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as the frontier scout Hawk-eye, a white man raised amongst the Delaware Indians. With the help of his Mohican friends Chingachgook and Uncas he now helps the two daughters of a military commander to their father in the middle of warfare with the French and their recruited Indian allies the Hurons, headed by the wicked Magua. Directed by Michael ...
...empty dialogue stretches. The Last of the Mohicans is one of those strange occurrances when a composer has been replaced by another in mid-production. Trevor Jones was originally hired for the job for which he wrote his arguably best known theme. After completing a lion's share of the work he was suddenly replaced by Randy Edelman whose more lightweight music provided a completely different feel to the more orchestral Jones part. I'm not exactly ...

berlioz 30.04.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Last Of The Mohicans, The (Original Score) - Original Score

Follows Me At All Times & Flies When I Pursue It

Advantages: Highly Addictive - Makes You Want To Time Travel
Disadvantages: Highly Addictive - People May Think You Have Joined A Cult

...actual piece of writing by Elizabeth I herself!) Admittedly, you do have to be in a certain mood for this kind of music, and the less open-minded of us may be inclined to shun you in fear of you being some sort of religious nut. That is the slight downside - if there could be one - that the Medeival Baebes inevitably sound somewhat like a Church Choir albeit one transported from a renaissance faire and high off LSD. Yet, I am an out and out non-beleiver ...
...this style of music. I suggest you play it loud and proud out of car windows, or in the garden whilst barbequeing - though not if you wish to keep your neighbours ;-) Enough describing it you can't read anything to do it justice anyway- go and listen! And while you do look out for tracks such as Miseri Nomine, Essex and A Legacy Of Comfort (Just hear those violins...heaven!) Oh, and by the way, the drama itself is pretty damn good too... But that's ...

huntressofthenight 26.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Elizabeth I - The Virgin Queen - Various Artists

Downtempo & Breakbeat Matrix Anthology

Advantages: higly complementary with animated movie, carefully chosen tracks
Disadvantages: not for everyone

...has NOTHING to do with MATRIX OST, because ANIMATRIX is whole different project. Although it grounds tastily in MATRIX, this one spins around Matrix's major plot. But we got to get down to its music. :) When I saw Animatrix for the first time I was stunned by its music. As a great fan of Japanese animation and instrumental tunes I just couldn't break away from its atmospheric and carefully chosen tracks. As in The Second Renaissance sequence, where ...
...Supermoves just rock. Human bodies ripped by androids with massively fast paced breakbeat puts you there :] Opening sequence Final Flight of the Osiris, screened by Wahowski Brothers and deveopled by Square Co. with Juno Reactor's Conga Fury during the action it's just impossible not to cling to! Like in A Detective Story with Blind Tiger by Layo & Bushwacka, after seeing which, I just find their album i got it for myself:) In my opinion The Animatrix ...

luka2501 26.10.2009 · Read full review

Review of Matrix - The Animatrix, The - Original Soundtrack

Beautiful and melancholy.

Advantages: beautiful piano, wonderful soundtrack to the movie
Disadvantages: none for me!

Amélie is one of the most beautiful and uplifting films of recent times, and it soundtrack reflects that perfectly. This album has been on my favourites playlist since the second I heard it; certain tracks, such as Comptine d'un autre été - L'après-midi and of course the main theme, La valse d'Amélie (particularly the piano version) make my breath catch in my throat. Though it is the melancholy piano tracks that stick out for me, there's an eclectic ...
...accordion, which makes some tracks curiously joyous and makes the whole album very distinctly French - as it should be. If you love Amélie, you could not fail to love this album, as it immediately summons up the spirit of the film. But even if you are unfamiliar with it, it might be worth a look; the piano tracks alone might persuade you to watch it, and if you love French music it is sure to be a pleasure. ...

AnyaET 07.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Amelie - Original Soundtrack

les choristes

Advantages: beautiful, haunting, lighthearted, relaxing
Disadvantages: none

After seeing the delightful film on DVD, I knew I simply must purchase the soundtrack, which is worth every penny! This soundtrack, with music written by the film's director and another composer and performed by a real French boy choir, is great fun to listen to. Though the music is slightly repetitive, nontheless enjoyable to listen to. I found the cues to be addictive with the highlight being "LA NUIT", english translation "Night", "O night, come ...
...mystery, the darkness that escorts you is so gentle, so sweet is the concert of your voices singing of hope, so great is your power transforming all into a happy dream"...Jean-Baptiste Maunier, the lead singer, has such a pure and beautiful voice. Anyone would want to listen to it over and over again. ...

superduperstardjdj 21.01.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Chorus, The (Les Choristes) - Various Artists