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Sarah Brightman Classics

by: Sarah Brightman, Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Francisco Tarrega, George Frideric Handel, Fryderyk Chopin, Sergey Rachmaninov, Giacomo Puccini, Antonin Dvorak, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Marie Canteloube, Francesco Sartori, Paul Bateman

Release Date November 20, 2001
Love Sarah Brightman, however, this CD doesn't have one song on it in English. While I enjoy a mixture of her other CDs that are bilingual, this entire CD consists of songs in other languages I don't understand. Very disappointing. Played it thru only once. Probably won't play it again. No speakers on my computer so I can't "test run" these. My own fault, I guess.

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The Music of John Williams: 40 Years of Film Music

from: Silva America

Release Date October 07, 2003
For those of us that have collected soundtracks for many years and specially John Williams' music, it might seem a little redundant to buy this four disc compliation of his music that has every single track that I am sure every collector owns at least once.
However once you start listening to the pieces you start to notice the little differences in their performance from the original versions.
There are subtle changes in rythm and tempo and even different instruments play certain parts.
These nuances make this redition of Willams' music a most enjoyable one.

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The Indiana Jones Trilogy: New Recordings

from: Silva America

Release Date May 13, 2008
The city of Prague has done a fantastic job of recording the most popular tracks from all three movies.The sound is very clear and the music is excellently reproduced.My favorite is track seven,which is the end to the first indy movie.They pull out all the stops on this one and it really sounds great!track eight is very flirty and fun also,funny enough it is titled anything goes!They also added this one in english.The Chinese version is fun to listen to.Trek of the ark was kind'a short but it did it's job.The chorus and sybols add a touch eerieness or majesty to it.This'll depend on how you look t it.Overall,this cd was well put together and very affordable,get it,you'll be glad you did.You'll probably listen to it wearing your Indy hat!

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The Godfather: Trilogy 1, 2 & 3

from: Silva America

Release Date March 13, 2001
When I first reading the reviews to this Soundtrack collection, I was a bit skeptical, as I read many reviews which mentioned the differences among this collection and the original soundtracks. Being a huge fan of the films and their music, I was a bit nervous about my purchase, but figured how bad could it sound? It's the Godfather!

However, when I got the CD in the mail, I was pleasantly surprised. While I did notice some differences (Tarantella sounds somewhat changed) between the Collection songs and the original analogs, they were not a change for worse. These tracks produced the same, if not greater emotional response than those from the films.

Listening to the whole soundtrack is a great experience from beginning ... Read More:

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Way Out West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection, Vol. 2

from: Silva America

Release Date March 26, 2002
Excellent. I listen to the sounds of old and classic Western themes while on my frequent and long car travel for contract work, and driving through the country side listening to these wonderful old sounds is a great experience. I remember some of the great classic images,cinematography, and acting, and see them in my mind. Great collection. The only draw back is that some of the soundtracks are not the original ones, but the memory is still there.

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The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection

from: Silva America

Release Date June 07, 2005
These remakes done by The City of Prague Orch. are worthless. Thye come no where near the actual majesty of Bernstein's music. The original, or nothing.

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Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music

by: Jerry Goldsmith

Release Date August 09, 2005
An outstanding recording,to be taken back in time ,when being absorbed in the sounds,and strains of strident musicand the softer passages,truly inspiring,melodies to tug at your heart.Great orchestral,performace,the percussion section must have had a ball.

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Film Music by James Horner

from: Silva Screen Records

Release Date August 08, 2006
This cd is a very good sample of some of the works of James Horner. The orchestrations are good and I am thinking of buying some of the other artists in the same series. Good and cheap find if you are looking for a nice sample of Horner's work.

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The Six Star Wars Films

from: Silva America

Release Date August 05, 2008
After an extensive audio review of the available Star Wars sound tracks, I found this one to capture the emotion and drama the best.

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One Hundred Greatest TV Themes

from: Silva America

Release Date August 27, 2002
Face it, the appeal of TV theme songs is their familiarity. You know every sound in your favorites. You won't find any of that here. Some of these aren't even close to the originals. A lot are performed on cheap, lifeless digital synths. All of them sound like tired run-throughs of the music. There is no apparent interest on the part of the performers, so why should any listener be interested?