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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Superb I bought this cd because Amazon offered it as a double deal for under a tenner! I loved the last song - Somewhere over the Rainbow and thought why not treat yourself to it, it costs nothing! Anyway,it is such a beautiful collection and I totally love it. Very relaxing to listen to but in no way boring, it lulls you, then teases you, then absorbs you - superb. I think it allows you to have a glass of wine and ponder or as I just did peel the potatoes and ponder!!! There's more than one gem on this cd - it is... more info
Beautiful Meet Joe Black is a great movie and one of my all time favs, i recently bought the soundtrack as it occured to me how much i needed it, it works with the film so well, Thomas Newman also done the soundtrack for another great film, the Shawshank Redemption, he is a wonderful composer, with a real talent for emotional music, his music is very atmospheric, and hauntingly beautiful. I was very pleased with this cd, it reminds me of parts of the film when i listen to it and serves very nicely as some calm,... more info
Meet Joe Black Soundtrack Review I bought this CD for one reason only Track 6 Whisper of a Thrill. It was used by BBC 1 Countryfile as background for a feature on a Scottish lighthouse. I recognised the beautiful haunting melody but frustratingly I couldn't place it. I ended up writing to the BBC and the Countrywide Team was kind enough to reply. I loved the movie but like many other reviewers I didn't truly appreciate the Newman score until I listened to the CD in isolation. The score offers a re-occuring mixture of sentimental,... more info
Calming, intense, ethereal, take your pick Having just received the album this morning, I have to say that it was a delight to have my room filled with such a presonal collection of music. Whilst the tracks were obviously written to compliment the film, the album works well on its own, with a combination of playful, uplifting tracks to the darker and more brooding extended tracks, all of which serve to form an album of understated quality. A rare treat.