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A drama about a gay lawyer (played in an Oscar-winning performance by Tom Hanks) living with AIDS and battling unfair dismissal from his law firm, Philadelphia (1993) was the first major Hollywood film to address the social controversies surrounding the disease. The soundtrack album offers an eclectic selection of songs, book-ended by a pair of specially written tracks by two giants of American rock: Bruce Springsteen opens with the heartfelt "Streets Of Philadelphia", while Neil Young's contributes the haunting "Philadelphia". (Springsteen has since provided music for Dead Man Walking and The Wedding Singer, while Young scored the western Dead Man). Peter Gabriel, who himself wrote powerful scores for Birdy and The Last Temptation of Christ (the album is Passion), offers "Lovetown", while ever the smooth operator, Sade asks "Please Send Me Someone To Love". Elsewhere the great diva Maria Callas performs the aria "La Mamma Morta" by Giordano. The album concludes with "Precedent" from Howard Shore, who also composed the music for director Jonathan Demme's previous film, The Silence of the Lambs. His Philadelphia score is available on a companion release, which also includes more of the opera selections that feature significantly in the movie. Hank's follow-up would be the even more successful Forrest Gump. --Gary S. Dalkin
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This soundtrack is one of the best mixes of music, from classical to pop. I would recommend seeing the film before buying the soundtrack because then you can appreciate the power of each song.
Great film, great soundtrack :)
Great film, great soundtrack :)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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If you have seen the film then the soundtrack CD is a must. Apart from the title track by Bruce Spingsteen being absolutely fantastic, the one in which Maria Callas sings cannot fail to bring tears to your eyes, it's worth buying the CD just for this track.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Liked the film but didn't buy this because of it. Bought it because I'd just heard Peter Gabriel singing Neil Young's closing song. As an album, it doesn't hang together. It's inconsistent. But the Springsteen and Young tracks are good - the only ones I'll be playing again - and the Indigo Girls and Spin Doctors do reasonable covers of familiar songs.
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