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The Man Who Wasn't There [Soundtrack] [Import]

~ Carter Burwell
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  • Conductor: Carter Burwell, Karl Böhm
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Carter Burwell, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Audio CD (29 Oct 2001)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack, Import
  • Label: Universal Classics
  • ASIN: B00005QK53
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 203,760 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

The ever-dependable Coen Brothers come up trumps again with The Man Who Wasn't There, the follow-up to their hugely successful film O Brother Where Art Thou. And while the latter had huge crossover potential on the soundtrack front, with its potted history of early American music, this time around it's a more subdued and subtle affair, just like the film it accompanies. Long-time collaborator Carter Burwell neatly blends his compositions in with those of more familiar composers such as Beethoven and Mozart, the music being a mixture of background atmosphere for the slowly played out scenes, or, as in the case of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor (the "Pathétique"), the focus of Ed Crane's interest in young pianist Birdy. For the most part, the music is fairly minimal, stripped down piano pieces which perfectly suit the exquisitely langorously paced film noir they accompany. "Nirdlinger's Swing" does stand out as something of a sore thumb, underpinning as it does the central party scene, but it does little to detract from the delicious classical music on offer here. Arguably Burwell's finest hour since Fargo. --Helen Marquis

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5.0 out of 5 stars Quiet, reflective, brilliant., 10 Dec 2001
OK, so aside from the classical pieces imported into the soundtrack (all great, and entirely appropriate to the tone and content of the film) there's only really one theme here.

But what a theme.

The Trial of Ed Crane is a truly beautiful piece of music, which is oh so sad but somehow uplifting. Apart from ending rather suddenly, it's the perfect soundtrack tune, magnifying and complementing its film perfectly.

Those four minutes are worth the purchase price alone, but when you add the Beethoven, the Mozart and the other Burwell stuff, it becomes a bargain. Must have for Coen-fans who like their music.

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