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| 1. O Verona (Pete Postlethwaite) - Romeo & Juliet |
| 2. Escape - Plunkett & Macleane |
| 3. Main Theme - The Quiet American |
| 4. One Day I'll Fly Away (Nicole Kidman) - Moulin Rouge |
| 5. Rise - The Negotiator |
| 6. The Balcony Scene (Clare Danes) - Romeo & Juliet |
| 7. Glasgow Love Theme - Love Actually |
| 8. The Ball - Plunkett & Macleane |
| 9. Will You Come Back To Me - The Quiet American |
| 10. Rebecca - Plunkett & Macleane |
| 11. This Love - Cruel Intentions |
| 12. Della's Theme - Ray |
| 13. Main Theme - The Clearing |
| 14. Main Theme - Orphans |
| 15. New York City - The Bone Collector |
| 16. Nature Boy (Ewan Mcgregor & David Bowie) - Moulin Rouge |
| 17. The Final Scenes - Romer & Juliet / Moulin Rouge |
| 18. Clair De Lune - Chanel No. 5 |
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Pop maven, classical composer, scorer of preposterously expensive perfume commercials: Craig Armstrong is your genuine Renaissance musician. But it's his film soundtracks that really do the business.
Armstrong's signature sound is funky and flamboyant, mixing gigawatts of electronics with massed choirs and orchestras. Take the baroque opening to Baz Luhrman's Romeo and Juliet, or the Gothic-pop sentimentality of his arrangements for Moulin Rouge -Nicole Kidman's voice floundering woefully below his flights of fancy.
But there's a more minimal, darker strain too, revealed in his work for The Quiet American, Ray and The Negotiator, featuring spooky keyboard and electronic pulses. It may be less fun, but it's sometimes more affecting.
Whatever your preference, this disc includes some of the most distinctive mainstream film music of the last decade: incontestable reason to have it on your iPod. --Morag Reavley
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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Excellent compilation of Craig Armstrongs film music.
Armstrong truly is a rare talent in film music scoring - these days, each composer whose name you might recognise has their own tricks that crop up time and again. Hans Zimmer has the 'soulful voice as instrument and Wagnerian epic themes', Jerry Goldsmith has the 'lush string sound with simple effective meolodies', Vangelis has the epic soaring themes market cornered...
But Craig Armstrong truly uses a large repertoire of tools to achieve whatever is needed for a certain film. This album contains romantic soft melodies gently played (Love Actually Glasgow Love theme), Driving modern dance style beats ('Ball' from Plunckett and Maclean), epic Carl Orff style choir and orchestra theatrics - (Romeo and Juliet - 'O Verona'), plus others which are intimate piano pieces, soulful solo violin motifs - basically, anything a musician can use to get the desired effect. And the beauty is, it is all original, and all instantly memorable.
Much film music can become quickly tiresome, but Armstrong is so inventive and memorable, that this CD bears repeated listening - indeed, you have almost certainly heard many of the tracks before and not realised who the composer was.
Armstrong has achieved that rare thing, of creating film music that stands squally proud by itself without the film. But for sure, this CD will both make you want to go and watch the films again paying more attention to the nusic, and secondly make you want to go and discover more of Craig Armstrongs work.
You wont be disappointed on either count. Highly recommended for lovers of both film music, and music for musics sake.
Armstrong truly is a rare talent in film music scoring - these days, each composer whose name you might recognise has their own tricks that crop up time and again. Hans Zimmer has the 'soulful voice as instrument and Wagnerian epic themes', Jerry Goldsmith has the 'lush string sound with simple effective meolodies', Vangelis has the epic soaring themes market cornered...
But Craig Armstrong truly uses a large repertoire of tools to achieve whatever is needed for a certain film. This album contains romantic soft melodies gently played (Love Actually Glasgow Love theme), Driving modern dance style beats ('Ball' from Plunckett and Maclean), epic Carl Orff style choir and orchestra theatrics - (Romeo and Juliet - 'O Verona'), plus others which are intimate piano pieces, soulful solo violin motifs - basically, anything a musician can use to get the desired effect. And the beauty is, it is all original, and all instantly memorable.
Much film music can become quickly tiresome, but Armstrong is so inventive and memorable, that this CD bears repeated listening - indeed, you have almost certainly heard many of the tracks before and not realised who the composer was.
Armstrong has achieved that rare thing, of creating film music that stands squally proud by itself without the film. But for sure, this CD will both make you want to go and watch the films again paying more attention to the nusic, and secondly make you want to go and discover more of Craig Armstrongs work.
You wont be disappointed on either count. Highly recommended for lovers of both film music, and music for musics sake.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Having heard quite a few of his albums over the past few years, I knew roughly what to expect of this CD. However, I have to admit, even I was suprised at how good it really is. There are tracks on here that some people will recognise, either from the films themselves, or from Adverts & TV programmes (such as BBC's Top Gear). My particular favourites are "Escape" & "The Ball" from Plunkett & Macleane, a film I didn't know he scored.
I'm not disappointed with this album, and neither will you be. It's a good starting point to sample some of his best works, before going deeper into his Discography, which won't disappoint either.
I'm not disappointed with this album, and neither will you be. It's a good starting point to sample some of his best works, before going deeper into his Discography, which won't disappoint either.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
On this disc are selections of music that you know but you don't know who by.This is a good point to start to to get to know Craig Armstrong - if you are fed up with atonal music listen to this man.
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Moving Music from Moving Pictures
Most people don't know Armstrong the way they do John Williams (Star Wars, ET), but most will recognise his music from many of their favourite recent movies. Read more
Published 8 months ago by The Kinniburgh Kid
Good........but not great
Never really heard about Craig Armstrong until I heard a piece of his music on Classic FM. Overall it's not a bad little compilation of work, but can't really stand up to the... Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2009 by O. MADLOM
You might have heard these elswhere
Bascially a collection of pieces of film music that this guy has done.
I was after the Chanel film advert music with Nicolle Kidman. Read more
I was after the Chanel film advert music with Nicolle Kidman. Read more
Published on 25 May 2009 by Herts Review
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