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| 1. Death Or Glory - Grimethorpe Colliery Band |
| 2. A Sad Old Day - Trevor Jones |
| 3. Floral Dance - Grimethorpe Colliery Band |
| 4. Aforementioned Essential Items - Trevor Jones |
| 5. En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor - Paul Hughes |
| 6. Years of Coal - Trevor Jones |
| 7. March of the Cobblers - Grimethorpe Colliery Band |
| 8. There's More Important Things in Life - Trevor Jones |
| 9. Cross of Honour - Grimethorpe Colliery Band |
| 10. Jerusalem - Grimethorpe Colliery Band |
| 11. Florentiner March - Grimethorpe Colliery Band |
| 12. Danny Boy - Grimethorpe Colliery Band |
| 13. We'll Find a Way - Trevor Jones |
| 14. Clog Dance - Grimethorpe Colliery Band |
| 15. Colonel Bogey - Grimethorpe Colliery Band |
| 16. All Things Bright and Beautiful - Grimethorpe Colliery Band |
| 17. William Tell Overture - Shaun Randall |
| 18. Honest Decent Human Beings - Trevor Jones |
| 19. Pomp and Circumstance - Grimethorpe Colliery Band |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Mark Herman's tragi-comedy set among the fictional coal-mining community of Grimley revolves around the exploits of the local colliery's brass band and its struggle to survive imminent pit closure. Among the film's virtues are a bitter-sweet (with an emphasis on "bitter") script, strong performances all round--including Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald and Ewan McGregor--and a superb soundtrack. Grimley's real-life counterpart is the Penine town of Grimethorpe, and, entirely uncoincidentally, the Grimethorpe Colliery Band were chosen to perform the music. Having themselves survived pit closure to become one of the top brass bands in Britain, the Grimethorpe band know all about playing from the heart. But the script's subject-matter aside, the album is actually an uplifting, entertaining selection of classic "lollipops", including the Floral Dance, Colonel Bogey, and a meltingly good arrangement of Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez ("That's Orange Juice to you", says Postlethwaite in the movie) for solo flugelhorn. Trevor Jones contributes an attractive and pleasingly low-key score, but it's the band tracks that are the real selling-point here, making Brassed Off an ideal introduction to popular brass band music. --Mark Walker
CD Description
Music from the Original Soundtrack, featuring The Grimethorpe Colliery Band. With Original Music Composed by Trevor Jones.
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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If you have seen the film then you will understand where this music comes from, the heart and soul of those involved. You may think that the music echoes back to grim days in Yorkshire with flat caps and fish and chips, with chirpy little ditties to keep your spirits up. You will be disappointed, the music is much more than that, it is beautifully performed and executed and moving to listen to, especially when you know the background to the Band is similar to that in the film.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The Grimethorpe Colliery Band has always been one of my favourites, and this soundtrack 'hits the bulls-eye'. As far as I'm concerned, music is primarily a story telling tool, and this score certainly captures the tragi/comedy atmosphere of the film 'Brassed Off'.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a beautiful cd, to accompany the film brassed off.
The film is one based on the mining era in briton, and tells how brass brought people together.
This is a brillient collection. The music is stunning, the pieces are riviting and the instruments are spin tingaling.
Whether Brassed Off is one of your film collection of not, you want this lovely album.
10/10
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Brassed off soundtrack
If you like brass band music this is the perfect cd. Brassed off is my favourite film so I'm a bit biased but anyone who who enjoys the sound of brass will find it great. Read more
Published 2 months ago by granny d
excellent cd
Bought this cd as a gift and they love it. I have listened to it as well and it is really good and enjoyed each track
Published 8 months ago by lyndilooloo
Uplifting
I wouldn't say I was a brass band fan, but I bought the soundtrack after watching a repeat of Brassed Off and seeing the Grimethorpe Colliery band in concert. Read more
Published 11 months ago by G. Ryder
Inspirational and moving music, taking me back to my playing days
Grimthorpe Colliery Band are absolutely phenomenal on this track! Brassed Off is one of my favourite films, it is so inspirational. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Sophie271
excellent
Great set of numbers from the film. But whatever you do don't miss Trevor Jones'snippets of incidental music from the film. Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2008 by S. Harbord
Brassed Off Sound Track
Excellent product. I really love brass band band music and this CD brought a lump to my throat.
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