- Audio CD (2 April 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Soundtrack
- Label: Unitone
- ASIN: B000058DXM
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 202,982 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Alone In A Crowd |
| 2. Beauty From Pain |
| 3. One Man Show |
| 4. The Window |
| 5. Stroke Of Genius |
| 6. Plant Your Garden |
| 7. Stroke By Stroke |
| 8. Breaking The Rules |
| 9. Art Of This Century |
| 10. The Look |
| 11. A Life's Work |
| 12. Empty |
| 13. A Letter From Lee |
| 14. The World Keeps Turning |
| 15. Unfinished |
| 16. The Mural Goes On And On (The Mural Remix) |
| 17. She Played The Banjo (Main Title Remix) |
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5.0 out of 5 stars
a most effective score,
By Camberwick Green is Puppets (somewhere in England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pollock (Audio CD)
This is Jeff Beals' music for the excellent Ed Harris film on the life and work of the American painter and alcoholic Jackson Pollock. The music makes no attempt to match the complexity of Pollock's work; instead we have simple, and luminously played, fragments of minimalist hoedown played by strings, banjo and percussion, with piano and trumpet offering equally simple melodic lines. It's extraordinarily effective in situ, and works well as driving music. There's also a moving song by Tom Waits, delivered at his most lugubrious. Highly recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews) 11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The score that is a work of art,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Pollock (Audio CD)
I bought this soundtrack after seeing Pollock and being completely moved by Jeff Beal's original score. Beal's music captures the manic joy of Pollock's painting, with rhythmic intensity and soaring strings. Beal's lonely jazz trumpet also mirrors Pollock's moments of desperation. Gene Krupa, Billy Holiday and other jazz masters were part of the source music for this film, but this CD represents the amazing original music created for Pollock by Beal and Tom Waits.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The music that was an 'actor' in the film...,
By John Meadows - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Pollock (Audio CD)
This is a great piece of work from Jeff Beal. In his own style he injects a new piece to the puzzle, through his music. His combination of jazz and orchestration creates moments as tangible during the movie as another character. Scenes like the 'breakfast table argument' (if you've seen the film) are given needed levity when the dialogue ends, by the 'head' of the soundtrack. Then finally, from the raspy and hateful voice of Tom Waits, comes the line "On our anniversary, there will be someone where you used to be," from "The World Keeps Turning," which he wrote expressly the film. -- A great tune from a true master, and an aptly cynical contribution to the Valentine's Day release of the disc! Definitely a piece to have, and to begin a collection of Jeff Beals works.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Fine Soundtrack,
By Chris - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Pollock (Audio CD)
I got hold of this soundtrack after seeing the film. I'm a big fan of Jackson Pollock's art and this soundtrack seems to be most fitting. It has both inspiring uplifting moments and reflective sentimental moods, both of which are done well. The title theme is a modern classic, an addictive weave of melody and rhythm. It also has what I'd call "paint tin" percussion sounds in it. If you see the movie, then the tune is likely to stick in your head. The only track that I did not enjoy was "the world keeps turning". To me, this seemed out of place and broke the momentum of an otherwise brilliant CD. Overall, this soundtrack is a very fitting tribute to Jackson Pollock.
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