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Lawrence of Arabia [Soundtrack] [Import]

~ Maurice Jarre
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  • Audio CD (22 Jun 1992)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack, Import
  • Label: Silva America
  • ASIN: B000004BP3
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 198,105 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Overture - London Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Main Titles
3. First Entrance to the Desert/Night and Stars/Lawrence and Tafas
4. Miracle - London Philharmonic Orchestra
5. That Is the Desert - London Philharmonic Orchestra
6. Nefud Mirage/Sun's Anvil
7. Rescue of Gasim/Bringing Gasim into Camp
8. Arrival at Auda's Camp - London Philharmonic Orchestra
9. On to Akaba/Beach at Night
10. Sinai Desert
11. Voice of the Guns - London Philharmonic Orchestra
12. Horse Stampede/Ali Rescues Lawrence/Lawrence and His Bodyguard
13. End/Playoff Music

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Darling of the concert hall, Jarre's Arabia theme is a landscape portrait demonstrating film music at its finest. In tune with the composer's roots, this is actually a score dominated by percussion--something that might surprise listeners expecting nothing more than the one infamous theme. This re-issue of an expanded soundtrack album enlarges upon what was previously available, and makes for sometimes shockingly powerful listening as the predominant sound becomes the pounding of drums. It's a crisp performance, helped by an overseeing eye from the composer. Whether this will remain the definitive presentation is hard to say since, like the concert hall programmers, it's a favourite that folks just love to keep recording. This does, however, come with packaging that takes the eye and is crammed with facts from producer and Jarre fan James Fitzpatrick. --Paul Tonks

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Music Appreciation version of Jarre's classic score, 23 Feb 2004
By Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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As the cover proudly proclaims, this is a completely New digital recording with additional music, not to be confused with the original 1962 soundtrack album of Maurice Jarre's atmospheric score for David Lean's classic film. Five of this album's 13 tracks have music not featured on the original soundtrack album, including "First Entrance To the Desert/Night and Stars/Lawrence and Tafas" and "The End/Playoff Music." The music is performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Tony Bremner and consists of revised orchestrations made under the direction of Jarre by Christopher Palmer.

What makes this an outstanding album for those of us who love a good film score are the notes. Bremner provides a concise appreciation of Jarre's music for "Lawrence," explaining how the score is based upon three key elements: the famous "Lawrence" theme itself, a great group of "Arabian" melodies, and various atmospheric pieces. Bremner explains how each theme functions at key points in the film, so that the "Lawrence" theme represent not only the man as hero-in-isolation, but also the character's romantic perception of the East. Each track has appropriate notes detailing both the action on film and the specific themes and motifs used by Jarre. My music appreciation classes in college should have been this insightful. The booklet also contains a lengthy musical biography of the composer. This new version of "Lawrence of Arabia" will simply spoil you because this is the way all film scores should be presented. I would love to see them do the same thing with Jarre's score for "Doctor Zhivago." Final Note: What a weird spelling of the title character's name.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A classic film score, 21 Jul 2003
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This review is from: Jarre: Lawrence of Arabia (Audio CD)
This is a 1989 rerecording of Maurice Jarre's splendid score and includes over 20 minutes of music not on the original soundtrack album. Having extra music is, perhaps, less important than the much better sound quality but, even though it lasts for 51 minutes, it is seldom boring. On the contrary, this is one of the greatest film scores ever written: thematically diverse, noble, atmospheric and exciting. The most memorable track is the overture, a complex piece incorporating all four major themes, but there are many other wonderful moments, including passages featuring the Ondes Martenot and the cithara. The performance is excellent. Highly recommended.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars an exellent desert-tastic mixture of many kinds of music, 15 May 2001
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This review is from: Jarre: Lawrence of Arabia (Audio CD)
this is one of the greatest soundtracks ever. the overture is superb and it instills many emotions and feelings. Maurice Jarre shows his outstanding talent from the beginning by mixing tradidional arabic styles with the western style of music. the main theme is one of the most instantly recocnisable pieces of music ever written along with Hey Jude and Beethovens fifth
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