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~ Michael Nyman
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  • Conductor: Michael Nyman
  • Composer: Michael Nyman
  • Audio CD (29 Jan 2001)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack
  • Label: Venture
  • ASIN: B000054BFA
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 118,433 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. The Exchange 2:48£0.69
Listen  2. The First Encounter 3:45£0.69
Listen  3. The Hut 1:16£0.69
Listen  4. The Explosion 1:36£0.69
Listen  5. The Recollection 1:35£0.69
Listen  6. The Fiery House 4:19£0.69
Listen  7. The Betrothal 1:55£0.69
Listen  8. The Firework Display 3:23£0.69
Listen  9. The Train 2:34£0.69
Listen10. The Shoot Out 5:07£0.69
Listen11. The Death Of Elena 1:34£0.69
Listen12. The Explanation 2:01£0.69
Listen13. The Burning 9:19£1.89
Listen14. The Snowy Death 4:51£0.69
Listen15. The Closing 4:03£0.69

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Amazon.co.uk Review

The Claim is an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge, a morality play on greed. As a film composer, Nyman can be relied upon for not doing certain things. Glorifying action or violence is a case in point, and for moments like "The Explosion" or "The Shoot Out", there's no attempt to mimic bursts of volume or highlight drama so as to become melodrama. Instead, this album represents possibly the most superb intuitive scoring of his career. Immediately with "The Exchange" you're washed over by a sense of grandeur, even nobility. A pair of lush central themes swim around one another, given wordless voice by an (uncredited) female soloist. Many subsequent cues offer welcome familiar Nyman development, in the form of solid counterpoint from urgent strings and small saxophone ensemble. Yet there are passages where orchestration opens out depicting a snowy 19th-century west America. An energetically charged piece with heraldic fanfares feels like the speedy onrush of some noble dignitary ("The Train"). Most important is the album's heart; a nine-minute concert-worthy set-piece encapsulating all that's magnificent in this score ("The Burning"). Without doubt Nyman's most cinematic work since The Piano. --Paul Tonks

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5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent Nyman, 31 Jan 2001
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Once again, Michael N has done it. I haven't seen the film yet, but if it's anything like as good as this, it'll be a classic. Nyman manages to combine his Greenaway stylings (repetition, aggressive harmonies) with a more orchestral bent, reminiscent of John Barry or Ennio Morricone. Standout tracks include 'The Shoot-Out', 'The Fiery House' and 'The Exchange'. This CD is well worth buying
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4.0 out of 5 stars a fantastic soundtrack (and not just for the film), 28 May 2003
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This is truly a wonderful uplifting and spiritually moving album. Like Nyman's Greenaway soundtracks there is a sense of another time, another place. The album accompanies a moody, rainy Sunday afternoon or a quite evening.The music is reflective and sombre, it'll take you to that other time, that other place.
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