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Soundtrax
DOWSE Guide to the
Movies
by Tony Lee editor of
Pigasus
Press
Cinema Cafe: The European Film Music Album
various, Silva Screen, 2CD, FILMXCD 302
Film music has gained a lot of respectability in recent years, thanks to the
high quality compositions by the likes of Hollywood composers John Williams,
Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann and many others. However, European
filmmakers have an equally high caliber of composer working on their movies
too, and this double CD is a superb showcase for their talents. As always
the Silva Screen production team and musicians have excelled themselves in
recording 37 tracks of music that will stir the soul. The excellent City of
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra perform most of the tracks, with Mark Ayres
handling the electronic music used on some films. There's even a guest
appearance by soprano Lesley Garrett on the Diva track.
Over 150 minutes of movie themes from Euro art house hits such as Diva,
Jean De Florette, A Man and a Woman, Bilitis, Subway, Day For Night, The Tin Drum,
Z, Death in Venice and a host of others. And apart from the memories of the
films this CD will evoke you can also enjoy the music for its own sake. Many of the
compositions here are damn fine examples of modern orchestral composition in
their own right and well worth listening to even if you've never heard of
the movie. The sound quality of this CD is superb, just the thing to show
off a new hi-fi system! This is a must for any soundtrack collector.
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