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Film Works | 
| Artist: Craig Armstrong
Label: U.M.T.V.
Category: Music
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 2412
Format: Soundtrack, Cd+dvd
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 63
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 602498334904
EAN: 0602498334904
ASIN: B000B8J0ES
Release Date: October 24, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | O Verona - Pete Postlethwaite | | • | Escape | | • | Main Theme - Hong Nhung | | • | One Day I'll Fly Away - Nicole Kidman | | • | Rise | | • | Balcony's Scene Romeo Juliet | | • | Glasgow Love Theme | | • | The Ball | | • | Will You Come Back To Me | | • | Rebecca | | • | This Love | | • | Della's Theme | | • | Main Theme - Clio Gould | | • | Main Theme | | • | New York City - Cecilia Weston, London Session Orchestra, Craig Armstrong, Geoff Foster | | • | Nature Boy - David Bowie | | • | Death Scene | | • | Ascension | | • | Clair de Lune |
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| Customer Reviews:
Startingly Good - stands as excellent music for its own sake December 4, 2005
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
Excellent compilation of Craig Armstrongs film music.
Armstrong truly is a rare talent in film music scoring - these days, each composer whose name you might recognise has their own tricks that crop up time and again. Hans Zimmer has the 'soulful voice as instrument and Wagnerian epic themes', Jerry Goldsmith has the 'lush string sound with simple effective meolodies', Vangelis has the epic soaring themes market cornered...
But Craig Armstrong truly uses a large repertoire of tools to achieve whatever is needed for a certain film. This album contains romantic soft melodies gently played (Love Actually Glasgow Love theme), Driving modern dance style beats ('Ball' from Plunckett and Maclean), epic Carl Orff style choir and orchestra theatrics - (Romeo and Juliet - 'O Verona'), plus others which are intimate piano pieces, soulful solo violin motifs - basically, anything a musician can use to get the desired effect. And the beauty is, it is all original, and all instantly memorable.
Much film music can become quickly tiresome, but Armstrong is so inventive and memorable, that this CD bears repeated listening - indeed, you have almost certainly heard many of the tracks before and not realised who the composer was.
Armstrong has achieved that rare thing, of creating film music that stands squally proud by itself without the film. But for sure, this CD will both make you want to go and watch the films again paying more attention to the nusic, and secondly make you want to go and discover more of Craig Armstrongs work.
You wont be disappointed on either count. Highly recommended for lovers of both film music, and music for musics sake.
As good as he always is... November 10, 2005
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Having heard quite a few of his albums over the past few years, I knew roughly what to expect of this CD. However, I have to admit, even I was suprised at how good it really is. There are tracks on here that some people will recognise, either from the films themselves, or from Adverts & TV programmes (such as BBC's Top Gear). My particular favourites are "Escape" & "The Ball" from Plunkett & Macleane, a film I didn't know he scored.
I'm not disappointed with this album, and neither will you be. It's a good starting point to sample some of his best works, before going deeper into his Discography, which won't disappoint either.
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