Soundtrack music Recorded between 1958 and 1977. Includes liner notes by Michael Hill. Greatest Hits is a terrific compilation of 22 digitally remastered Henry Mancini favorites, including his * themes "Peter Gunn," "The Pink Panther Theme,"...

Alan Parker's adaptation of Roddy Doyle's crackerjack novel The Commitments kept its focus on the music -- the classic American R&B and soul the titular workingman band cranked out in pubs across Ireland. ...

Original score by Marty Stewart, Kristin Wilkinson, Larry Paxton. Sure, the movie was no Sling Blade, even if directed by the one and only Billy Bob Thornton. But let's face it, they took two ...

A rare pairing of A-list Hollywood composers, The Last of the Mohicans teams Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman, who replaced the former midway through production. The resulting score suffers from the schizophrenia one ...

Recorded between 1959 & 1977. Includes liner notes by Didier C. Deutsch. Henry Mancini was one of the best American * composers of the 1950s and '60s (and in fact did solid work up...

In writing for the silver screen, the successful composer must in some way evoke the director's vision of the story, the plot twists and the internal motivations that drive its characters and situations. ...

Audio Mixer: Joel Iwataki. Liner Note Authors: J. J. Abrams; Michael Giacchino. Recording information: Newman Scoring Stage, 20th Century Fox Studios, Los Ang.

The whistling trill that opens the main theme to THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY is so familiar as to be a cultural touchstone. Even an abbreviated sound byte of the theme ...

GLADIATOR was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Score * Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. Original score composed by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard. Hans Zimmer & Lisa...

The * to director Chris Columbus' 1990 monster hit Home Alone features the composing work of the legendary John Williams and continues the Christmas theme of the film with numerous yuletide carols. Williams'...

COYOTE UGLY is a film based on the true-life experiences of a woman who worked at the Coyote Ugly bar in New York City, a nominally country-themed establishment where, apparently, model-like female bartenders ...

Replaces Cbs 46982 Expanded Track Listing of songs: Journey To Fort Sedgewick/Shooting Star/the John Dunbar Theme/Arrival At Fort Sedgewick; Pawnees/Pawnee Attack/Stone Calf Dies/Toughest Dies;

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The * of the 1991 Fox/Robert Townsend film about the travails of a fictional '60s soul music vocal group includes the hit ballad "A House Is Not a Home" performed by The Dells,...

The * to Toby Keith's movie debut, which stars the singer as a faded country star trying to reconnect with his roots, blends the sentimentality of Keith's performance on the title track with...

For the * to the 2007 drama AUGUST RUSH, the filmmakers enlisted an impressive array of talent to enhance the story of a musical prodigy and his long-lost parents. Highlights of the collection...

John Waters' Cry-Baby goes hand in hand with Hairspray, and is a musical film that will probably appeal more to Waters' fans than fans of musical cinema. The music on the * is...

John Barry's score to the cult favorite Somewhere in Time is among his most romantic, seductive work. It proves that Barry can get sentimental when he chooses and that when he does, he ...

Audio Remixers: Humberto Gatica; Jon Gass. Director: Henry Marquez. Photographer: Jon Gass. Unknown Contributor Roles: Go West; Mitchell Leib; Roxette; Roy Orbison; Chris Montan. Arranger: Peter Wolf . Personnel: David Bowie, Christopher O'Casek, Jane Wiedlin, Lauren Wood, Peter ...

The ersatz blues story of the film gives Ry Cooder leeway to turn in an impressive blues-derived * featuring Sonny Terry along with his usual collaborators Van Dyke Parks, Jim Keltner, Nathan East,...

Huey Lewis And The News scored a #1 hit with the typically bouncy "The Power of Love" from this album. Completists will also want to note the appearance of otherwise unavailable tracks by ...

The * to Luke Perry's rodeo movie Eight Seconds relies on contemporary country tracks. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Producers include: James Stroud; Pam Tillis; Josh Leo; Keith Thomas; Ronnie Dunn; Tony Brown (tracks 6,...

Glory chronicles the struggle of black soldiers in the Civil War. It's a tense, uplifting, melodramatic film, as is James Horner's original score. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine All music written by James Horner. James Horner

Performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski. Leopold Strokowski's 1940 recordings with the Philadelphia Orchestra for the movie Fantasia were landmarks on several counts. Apart from attempting to bring classical music to ...

Import edition of 1995 *, composed, arranged, and conducted by Ennio Morricone (diretced by Sergio Leone). Whether sounding upbeat or stark, Morricone informs it all with the dry and windswept vacancy of the West. Beautiful and stunning. Includes 4 special edition tracks, previously unreleased, 'Suite from Once Upon A Time In America' (includes Amaploa), 'Poverty' (temp. version), 'Unused Theme' & 'Unused Theme' (version 2). Ryko. 2003. Recording information: Forum Studio, Euclide, Roma (12/1983); Forum Studios, Rome, Italy (12/1983). Director:...