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Wonderland [Soundtrack]

~ Michael Nyman
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  • Audio CD (30 Aug 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack
  • Label: Venture
  • ASIN: B00002DEBI
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 12,310 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

The music here may not be as colourful as the gaudy packaging and film, but it's certainly further proof of a maturing filmic style from Nyman. Like Gattaca there's a lot of reliance on strings within the Band. It makes for a sense of melancholia that lasts the 40-minute running time. "Molly" to "Franklyn" is a gentle ride. They both feature Nyman on piano leading his endearing rolling motif, which pops up through many of the other tracks--all of which are named after characters in the film. Of them, "Dan" gets the most upbeat version of one of the secondary themes. All of Nyman's scores feature that distinctive Nyman sound, but this one is perhaps best described as taking the non-piano melodiousness of The Piano and going that little bit further. --Paul Tonks

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Orchestrated Melancholia, 24 Jan 2004
By Jonathan James Romley (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This is somewhat different to Nyman’s other soundtracks, only in as much that the use of music throughout Winterbottom’s masterpiece is conceptual… in that each character has their own tune assigned to them, which then reoccurs in various re-arrangements whenever that character appears throughout. This is pretty obvious from the titles of the selections featured herein. However, this means that many of the tracks don’t gel as well as say, the soundtrack to The End of the Affair, in which we actually get a sense of the film’s themes through the continual playing of Nyman’s music.

Here the compositions are, for the most part, much shorter than what Nyman is know for (thinking specifically about works like Miranda from Prospero’s Books or Memorial from the Cook the Thief...) often clocking in at around the three of four minute mark. This makes the composer’s melancholic production easier to take, as the music becomes a reflection of the misery of the film with its reliance on mournful string arrangements built around a minimal piano composition. Though it’s is epic in it’s own right, this is a much more intimate work than the score for say, The Piano, and certainly reflects more of the lyrical poetry found in Winterbottom’s film.

This is a lovely collection of compositions following on in the more humanistic design established on his soundtrack for the early Gattaca that are certainly worth you’re attention. It may be more demanding than the early (fun) works such as A Zed & Two Noughts and the Draughtsman’s Contract, but it’s certainly an important part of Nyman’s evolution as a one of the greatest neo-classical composers of the last century... and a worth addition to your CD collection. P.S. don’t forget to see the film as well.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Nyman's Sublime Wonderland, 18 Oct 2001
The score written by Michael Nyman for Michael Winterbottom's film "Wonderland" is one of the most simple and yet sublime pieces I've ever heard. It is incredible the way that Nyman expresses such intense emotions from seemingly so simple and probably unpromising materials.

This is mature Nyman at his best, far from the dazzling neo-baroque exercises for the Greenaway films (great they were indeed), the british composer writes now in a less spectacular manner but defintively in a deeper and more senstitive way. His orchestrations are here delightfully thin, almost ethereal (relying mostly on strings), while some piano solo's become pristine poetry.

With Wonderland Nyman has achievd beauty in simplicity, with music that goes, rather than to our ears ... straight to our hearts.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent stuff!, 24 Mar 2000
I have a slight bias towards Michael Nyman - I worship the ground he walks upon and enjoy all of his music almost before I have had time to think about it. However, this score has wide-reaching appeal, unlike some of Nyman's more obscure works. Basically, his work falls into two categories: music for everyone, and music for Nymanites like myself. This particular work is lush and stringy, and never harsh-sounding or difficult to appreciate. For other examples of Nyman's more accessible work, try Gattaca, the even-newer End of The Affair, Carrington and of course The Piano.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best album ever
Quite simply this is the most sublime and heart achingly beautiful soundtrack I have ever heard. It will transport you completely. Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2004 by JC

5.0 out of 5 stars Heart rendering stuff
I an not one to usually buy film soundtracks ... they rarely have the same impact away from the context they were originally used in. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2000 by Paul McLoughlin

4.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful soundtrack which greatly enhances a fine film
Nyman's lush strings-based soundtrack provides an emotional centre to the film Wonderland, providing a counterpoint of beauty to what is often a gritty, downbeat film. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderland is WONDERFUL
Oh - this music is a joy! When I first unpacked the CD from Amazons wrapper and put it in the player I didn't think I'd be playing it back to back 6 times. Read more
Published on 5 Dec 1999 by P. F. May

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