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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
The cd enables you to conjure in your mind the very images of the movie the songs were accompanying. Atmospheric and emotional, the oppression of the prison is captured in track 3: Shawshank Prison(Stoic Theme) and the tragedy of Brooks in track 7. You can feel the triumph of Andy's escape and the new chapter Red must face in his life as he embarks to find Andy.
This is a superb compilation which succeeds where many soundtracks have failed, for it includes all the essential tracks that created the very mood and essence of this truly amazing film.
Even if you have not seen the movie this is a superb compilation of original instrumental, classic opera and popular music which can be appreciated for simply what it is, great music!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Worth buying for the track 'Brooks Was Here' alone - surely one of the most moving, memorable pieces of music composed in recent years. Achingly beautiful.
By Weespuggie
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Repeatedly watch the film so enjoy the music, especially the opera.
Can not fault it, associate music with film. Great.
Can not fault it, associate music with film. Great.
By Rhia
Format:MP3 Download|Amazon Verified Purchase
The Shawshank Redemption MP3 download: A Beautiful soundtrack thats high quality, love Thomas Newmans music and would recommend this album very much.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love Thomas Newman scores and have bought quite a few of his soundtrack CD's. The only one I didn't have that I wanted was The Shawshank Redemption. So I recently purchased it but unfortunately I was dissapointed.. Not because the music is poor, it isn't. It is up to the very high standard I have come to expect from this composer. It is the quality of the recording that is poor.
Several tracks are so quiet that you have to use LOTS of volume to hear them and there is a quite a lot of backround hiss which is then audible through the speakers. There really is no excuse for noise like this on a digital format in this day and age. Track 19. Compass and Guns is a great track that is spoilt by this irritating hiss. Frankly the sound quality on the Blu-ray movie is miles better than the CD.
If you really like this Thomas Newman score, get it but don't expect fantastic audio quality, it just isn't there.
Several tracks are so quiet that you have to use LOTS of volume to hear them and there is a quite a lot of backround hiss which is then audible through the speakers. There really is no excuse for noise like this on a digital format in this day and age. Track 19. Compass and Guns is a great track that is spoilt by this irritating hiss. Frankly the sound quality on the Blu-ray movie is miles better than the CD.
If you really like this Thomas Newman score, get it but don't expect fantastic audio quality, it just isn't there.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I bought this as a prenent and the person loved it!! Great service for a us import!!!
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By DaveW
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
"The Shawshank Redemption" is a superb film and this soundtrack evokes many memories from it. However, unlike other Thomas Newman soundtracks such as "Road To Perdition" and "American Beauty", this one can be difficult to listen to simply because it contains fewer "whole" songs and many more snippets of incidental music to go with events in the film itself. Of course, this is the purpose of a soundtrack and Thomas Newman maintains the main musical themes throughout but I'm not convinced this works as a stand-alone album. Without the images, the music is a little too disjointed to provide satisfying listening.
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