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Gabriel Yared: The English Patient: film score | 
| Creators: Gabriel Yared, Harry Rabinowitz, Original Soundtrack, Academy Of St Martin In The Fields, Marta Sebestyén, John Constable
Label: Fantasy
Category: Music
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 11167
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 029667094429
EAN: 0029667094429
ASIN: B0000086CL
Release Date: March 10, 1997
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| Tracks:
| • | Szerelem Szerelem/The English Patient | | • | Retreat | | • | Rupert Bear | | • | What Else Do You Love | | • | Why Picton | | • | Cheek To Cheek | | • | Kip's Lights | | • | Hana's Curse | | • | I'll Always Go Back To That Church | | • | Black Nights | | • | Swoon I'll Catch You | | • | Am I K In Your Book | | • | Let Me Come In | | • | Wang Wang Blues | | • | Convento Di Sant' Anna | | • | Herodotus | | • | Szerelem Szerelem | | • | Ask Your Saint Who He's Killed | | • | One O'clock Jump | | • | I'll Be Back | | • | Let Me Tell You About Winds | | • | Read Me To Sleep | | • | Cave Of Swimmers | | • | Where Or When | | • | Aria From The Goldberg Variations | | • | Cheek To Cheek | | • | As Far As Florence | | • | En Csak Azt Csodalom (Lullabye For Katherine) |
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From Amazon.com
Anthony Minghella's Oscar-winning realization of Michael Ondaatje's intricate romance deservedly earned comparisons to David Lean's sweeping screen epics derived from strong literary sources. Like Lean, Minghella sought an equally thoughtful, yet ravishing musical counterpart that fleshes out a sympathetic orchestral score with allusions to the story's cultural milieu. The equation begins with Gabriel Yared's tender, brooding symphonic score, which mingles the film's poles of fate and passion with subtlety and restraint, then adds the exotic, mesmerizing voice of Marta Sebestyen (best known for her work with Muzsikas, the brilliant Hungarian folk revivalists, who also appear here), whose presence provides a literate clue to the title character's true identity. The film's '40s time-frame gains resonance and dramatic irony by pop songs from that era, including Benny Goodman swing classics and two versions of Irving Berlin's "Cheek to Cheek" (by Fred Astaire and Ella Fitzgerald, respectively). Add a pivotal Bach cue and this is a film package that works even if you don't know the film--and that much more powerfully if you do. --Sam Sutherland
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Evocative soundtrack April 18, 2008
This is my favorite soundtrack album. I like the almost heartbreaking tracks such as 'Rupert Bear' and 'As far as Florence'; the exotic sound of others that conjurs up the desert and the fun ones such as 'Wang wang blues'. Most soundtrack albums have a few good good tracks but that is all. This is so complete and is a pleasure to listen to all the way through.
Excellent! February 25, 2007
Some people have critisised the OST for being too repetitive- on the contrary i think the repitition and the length of the listening experience helps to trace the narrative arc of the film. The central leitmotifs used - Bach's Aria from the Goldberg Variations, Marta Sebesteyn's Szerelem Szerelem and Gabriel Yared's own theme are devastatingly effective in the context of the film but I don't think you will need to have seen in it order to appreciate the music! The swing music by Benny Goodman is simply fantastic and evocative of the era.
 Deja Vu? November 28, 2006
Yes, yes... good music, great score, fab movie, blah blah.
Has anyone else noticed the shameful amount of repetition in this score? See tracks 2 and 20 for an anecdotal example...
This isn't on. Has no-one noticed this?
Maybe I'm being too critical. But good music like this will actually speak for itself. It's such a shame.
Haunting April 27, 2005
If you loved the film then this will only enhance that pleasure. It is impossible to not relive the film in your memory when you listen to this CD. My favourite has to be "Read Me To Sleep".
Oscar Winning score, And Deservedly so ! June 21, 2002
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Gabriel Yared has composed some timeless compositions and this in my opinion is his most creative to date.
Not one track is below par out of the 20+ on this CD its an instrumentally tribulant work that is so eminant of the African Locations in the film, it really captured the 1940s and i loved the nostalgic 'Cheek to Cheek' thrown in By Yared to enhance his own Music.
This CD really reminded me of Peter Gabriels 'Last temptation Of Christ' the music ranges from the haunting woodwind tradgedies to Bulgarian folklore and what I liked best was that i didnt find myself skipping tracks because some irritated me, from start to finish it moved and inspired me, and you cant say that for many Artists.
I have appreciated this soundtrack more and more as i have listened to it, on first listening to this i was mildly disappointed as i had another of Yareds work (City Of Angels)and my expectations were that the music would be the same, then i watched the film and the next time i listened to it, the music became much like a picture book improving both the soundtrack and the film. Gabriel Yared is so much more unappreciated than say 'James Horner' (titanic, braveheart ) i consider Yared much more diverse than horner as all Yareds work from 'Betty BLue', city of angels, 'the lover' etc are so different and indistinguishable to Yared, making him in my opinion one of the great pioneers of the classical music for film genre. I would highly recommend this to any romantic, or soul searcher looking for divine inspiration by way of music.
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