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Meet Joe Black: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

by: Thomas Newman

Release Date November 03, 1998
My wife absolutely loves the movie and has been dying to get the soundtrack. I gave it to her for Valentine's Day and she just started crying. Needless to say I scored some serious relationship points. This soundtrack has a good mix of slow and fast music, and it is very romantic, especially if you've seen the movie. We like to turn the lights down low and play it through the home theater after the kids are in bed. Best $13 I've ever spent.

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The Shawshank Redemption: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

by: Thomas Newman

Release Date September 20, 1994
Loved the movie and the music! Just listening to the music reminds of the film and is so touching. Great compositions.

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Vaughan Williams: The Collector's Edition

from: EMI Classics

Release Date July 08, 2008
This splendid set, an amazing bargain, provides most of Vaughan Williams's music in various, sometimes relatively recent, vintages of recordings. VW is a vastly underrated composer. Some of the symphonies are bonafide masterpieces, especially numbers 4 and 6, but the London Symphony (#2) and the 8th and 9th are pretty top drawer as well, if not as stunning as 4 and 6. But then, 3 and 5 are excellent in a more "pastoral" way, though hardly the "cow music" written about in a recent New York Times article. If VW has written any "cow music" my ears have never detected it. The First Symphony, however, a choral work based on text by Walt Whitman, is as uncowlike as you can get but too hysterically pitched for my taste (like Mahler's Eighth).

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American Beauty: Original Motion Picture Score

by: Thomas Newman

Release Date January 11, 2000
To me this music MADE American Beauty the great movie it was. Along with RUSHMORE this is my favorite sound track of the last ten years. Thomas Newman did a SUPERLATIVE job combining audio power with visual mystique and this made the movie's great plot even GREATER. I miss the fact they don't seem to make movies like this any more and it was LESS than ten years ago. Nor have I heard any soundtracks this powerful either.

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25 Handel Favorites

from: Vox (Classical)

Release Date September 05, 2000
This a wonderfull Handel CD, a great mix of his songs both uptempo and sacred. I don't really know much about his works but i thought this cd as a casual fan of the artsist was a very good mix of songs.

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Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

by: Thomas Newman

Release Date January 10, 1995
I listen to this CD all of the time, it's one of my favorites. I received it quickly and it was in excellent condition.

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Road to Perdition (Score)

by: Thomas Newman

Release Date June 25, 2002
I've always enjoyed Thomas Newman's work. This soundtrack has some good stuff on it that captures the somber mood of the movie. If you're a Newman fan, its one for the collection.

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The Horse Whisperer: Original Score

by: Thomas Newman

Release Date June 02, 1998
The Horse Whisperer: Original Score is a great soundtrack to unwind to after a hard day. It is also good to study with, the compositions are incredible and give you that good feeling when you listen.

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Varèse Sarabande - A 25th Anniversary Celebration

from: Varèse Sarabande

Release Date April 22, 2003
I wasn't expecting to have 4 discs for this price, and the music is a quality selection of film music, giving a good scope of the genre, and a very listenable transfer.

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Finding Nemo

by: Thomas Newman

Release Date May 20, 2003
I bought this CD since I fell in love with a lot of the calming music from the movie. However, the tracks are very short and unfortunately, my favorites are the shortest. My four year old hates it and aks for it to be turned off. It's pretty relaxing. Anybody know where I can get the longer version of the track where Nemo and the others are swimming on Mr. Ray's back?