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3.0 out of 5 stars
Tuneful and romantic film score., Jun 10 2003
This review is from: Prince Of Tides (Audio CD)
I would actually give this lush score three-and-a-half stars. The majority of this soundtrack to Barbra's second film as a director (which was a box office smash, by the way) consists of James Newton Howard's Oscar-nominated score, which is lovely and romantic, if a little too lightweight at times. However, the main attraction to this disc are the two newly recorded vocal tracks by Barbra - both are excellent and neither were used in the film. Barbra takes on the jazz standard "For All We Know" (an instrumental of which is heard in the film), and her lovely take just may be the definite rendition of the song yet. Alan and Marilyn Bergman contribute lyrics to Howard's main theme for the soundtrack's other song, and the result is the lovely "Places That Belong To You." Barbra's beautifully restrained performance complements the thoughtful lyrics and wistful melody perfectly, and "Places" easily stands as one of her best understated single recordings. While the two vocal tracks alone make this disc enough for fans, the soundtrack receives such a high rating because the entire album (the score in addition to the two songs) is consistently lush and entertaining.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Tuneful and romantic film score., Jun 10 2003
This review is from: Prince Of Tides (Audio CD)
I would actually give this lush score three-and-a-half stars. The majority of this soundtrack to Barbra's second film as a director (which was a box office smash, by the way) consists of James Newton Howard's Oscar-nominated score, which is lovely and romantic, if a little too lightweight at times. However, the main attraction to this disc are the two newly recorded vocal tracks by Barbra - both are excellent and neither were used in the film. Barbra takes on the jazz standard "For All We Know" (an instrumental of which is heard in the film), and her lovely take just may be the definite rendition of the song yet. Alan and Marilyn Bergman contribute lyrics to Howard's main theme for the soundtrack's other song, and the result is the lovely "Places That Belong To You." Barbra's beautifully restrained performance complements the thoughtful lyrics and wistful melody perfectly, and "Places" easily stands as one of her best understated single recordings. While the two vocal tracks alone make this disc enough for fans, the soundtrack receives such a high rating because the entire album (the score in addition to the two songs) is consistently lush and entertaining.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Too depressing after the movie, Mar 7 2003
This review is from: Prince Of Tides (Audio CD)
The music on this CD is fabulous in the movie, which plays out with a different sort of plot than NUTS, yet similarly dramatic. POT, the music enhances the movie's drama without being overbearing. However, on it's own, if you've seen the movie first, or went through the rooting for Barbra to finally find love in real life (POT was produced before she met James Brolin), the music, while including a couple passionate pieces, is too depressing to stand out as a best. Well done, but grabsomething instrumentally funny or you might end up under some heavy violins for a while.Might have felt differently about this one if I didn't see the movie first.
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