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Buy Now	Christmas with the Pops (more) »rank: 43759 from: Telarc : : If you're looking for a single classical/pops Christmas album you can play year after year, Erich Kunzel's Christmas with the Pops might just be it. At the helm of his familiar Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and accompanied by a full roster of guest stars, Kunzel steps through 70 minutes of mostly traditional favorites for orchestra with and without chorus (a children's chorus and bell choir are also on hand). The guest stars are Doc Severinsen ('The Christmas Song'), Rosemary Clooney ('White Christmas,' 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'), Toni Tenille ('The Christmas Waltz'), Sherrill Milnes ('Go Tell It on the Mountain'), ...	Buy Now	Magnolia: Music from the Motion Picture (more) »rank: 5719 by: Aimee Mann, Supertramp, Jon Brion : :The much anticipated follow-up to Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights, Magnolia features a specially orchestrated soundtrack, largely written and performed by Aimee Mann ('Til Tuesday member and sadly overlooked solo artist). Mann's voice has always been a suitable vehicle for conveying emotional turmoil and indelible sadness, and several tracks here ('Build That Wall,' 'You Do,' 'Driving Sideways') do so with the rich melodicism that informs her best work. Producer Jon Brion's sprightly horn arrangements for 'Momentum' are an unexpected (though not completely unwelcome) splash of cold water. Only Mann's cover of the Harry Nilsson-penned Three Dog Night hit 'One' backfires, as ...
Buy Now	Little Miss Sunshine (more) »rank: 7496 by: DeVotchKa : :Don't be fooled by the 'various artists' credited as performing on this soundtrack: the CD actually has a rather uniform tone, and mercifully it's a lovely one. Composer Mychael Danna is paired with the Denver band DeVotchKa, who perform his score and offer a few tunes of their own. Making excellent use of strings, tuba, and squeezebox, they set a mood that echoes the movie's warmly idiosyncratic one. On top of that, it's hard not to like DeVotchKa's singer Nick Urata, whose high-lonesome croon falls somewhere between Roy Orbison and the Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt. Sensitive indie troubadour Sufjan Stevens contributes ...	Buy Now	Batman: Original Motion Picture Score (more) »rank: 31561 from: Warner Bros / Wea : :Don't be fooled by the 'various artists' credited as performing on this soundtrack: the CD actually has a rather uniform tone, and mercifully it's a lovely one. Composer Mychael Danna is paired with the Denver band DeVotchKa, who perform his score and offer a few tunes of their own. Making excellent use of strings, tuba, and squeezebox, they set a mood that echoes the movie's warmly idiosyncratic one. On top of that, it's hard not to like DeVotchKa's singer Nick Urata, whose high-lonesome croon falls somewhere between Roy Orbison and the Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt. Sensitive indie troubadour Sufjan Stevens contributes ...
Buy Now	Back To The Future: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack (more) »rank: 4986 from: Mca : :Don't be fooled by the 'various artists' credited as performing on this soundtrack: the CD actually has a rather uniform tone, and mercifully it's a lovely one. Composer Mychael Danna is paired with the Denver band DeVotchKa, who perform his score and offer a few tunes of their own. Making excellent use of strings, tuba, and squeezebox, they set a mood that echoes the movie's warmly idiosyncratic one. On top of that, it's hard not to like DeVotchKa's singer Nick Urata, whose high-lonesome croon falls somewhere between Roy Orbison and the Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt. Sensitive indie troubadour Sufjan Stevens contributes ...	Buy Now	The Illusionist (more) »rank: 5778 from: Rykodisc :Album Description:Music From The Film The Illusionist features an original score by acclained modern minimalist composer Philip Glass. Glass’ renowned restrained, yet elegant style has captivated audiences around the world for years. 'The soundtrack to The Illusionist is a driving force to the movie,' comments director Neil Burger. 'There are many scenes and sequences without dialogue and it falls to the music to tell the story.' Glass recorded the original score with a large orchestra, which results in an emotionally driven and epic soundtrack. Glass’ sophisticated music has been featured in numerous movies throughout his career, earning him many awards and ...
Buy Now	Music From The Motion Picture 21 (more) »rank: 5880 by: Original Soundtrack :Album Description:Music From The Film The Illusionist features an original score by acclained modern minimalist composer Philip Glass. Glass’ renowned restrained, yet elegant style has captivated audiences around the world for years. 'The soundtrack to The Illusionist is a driving force to the movie,' comments director Neil Burger. 'There are many scenes and sequences without dialogue and it falls to the music to tell the story.' Glass recorded the original score with a large orchestra, which results in an emotionally driven and epic soundtrack. Glass’ sophisticated music has been featured in numerous movies throughout his career, earning him many awards and ...	Buy Now	Elizabeth: The Golden Age (more) »rank: 45277 from: Decca :Album Description:The Decca soundtrack to Elizabeth: The Golden Age will release on October 9 and features original music by Craig Armstrong and A.R. Rahman. Reprising the roles they originated in seven-time Academy Award®-nominated Elizabeth, Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush return for a gripping historical thriller laced with treachery and romance--ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE. Joining them in the epic is Academy Award® nominee Clive Owen (Closer) as Sir Walter Raleigh, a dashing seafarer and newfound temptation for Elizabeth. The Golden Age finds Queen Elizabeth I (Oscar®-winner Cate Blanchett--The Aviator) facing bloodlust for her throne and familial betrayal. Growing keenly aware of the ...
Buy Now	High Fidelity (more) »rank: 3891 by: Various Artists : 's Best of 2000:Like a great mix tape, the soundtrack to High Fidelity feels like it was assembled by a true music fanatic. Interspersing selections from cult favorites both old (Love, the 13th Floor Elevators) and new (Smog, Stereolab), it provides a window into the mind of the film's main character, a record store owner who's better able to express his love for a rare 45 than for his longtime girlfriend. --Steven Stolder Amazon.com:Nick Hornby's novel about a middle-aged, obsessive record-store owner and his struggle with growing up in an adult world indifferent to the finer points of soul music was ...	Buy Now	Life Is Beautiful (La Vita E Bella) (more) »rank: 11071 by: Nicola Piovani : :One of 1998's better soundtracks also follows the most simple of formulas. Nicola Piovani's score for Life Is Beautiful is an impressionistic soundtrack at its finest--a delicious mix that sounds inspired by both simple folk melodies and Morricone's Cinema Paradiso score. Throughout, Piovani's themes are like a kid in candy store: bright-eyed and innocent. Tension is gradually introduced on tracks like 'Il Treno Nel Buio,' but ultimately this score is light and pleasant. The lone vocal cut, Monserrat Caballe singing on 'Barcarolle,' just makes this disc seem all the more Italian. Piovani hasn't created an epic score, but he has accentuated ...