Return to V

Track Listings

 
1. Bump N Grind feat. Sweet Pea
2. Shouatr feat. Die & Holly G
3. Fassyhole feat. Wilks
4. Pull Up feat. Vikter Duplaix
5. Groove On feat. Faye
6. Cheeky Monkety feat. Tali & Dynamite
7. Time feat. Darrison
8. Problems feat. Blaze
9. Rise feat. Sweetie Irie
10. Want Yout Body feat. Joe Roberts
11. Trouble feat. Rodney P
12. No More feat. Beverley Knight & Dynamite MC
13. On and On feat. Stamina
14. Sing feat. Jocelyn Brown
15. Thirsty feat. Wilks
16. The Streets feat. Fallacy
17. Out of Breath feat. Rahzel
18. Give Me a Reason feat. Navigator

Editorial Reviews

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The drum & bass ambassador gets the creative juices flowing on this banging return to form.

Product Description
Thrive Records is proud to announce the release of the new studio album from one of electronic music’s most acclaimed and groundbreaking artists, Roni Size. "Return to V" follows in the footsteps of such Size classics as the Mercury Prize winning, genre-defining "New Forms," and the hip hop infused "In The Mode" as a unique synthesis of UK drum & bass, Jamaican dancehall, and US hip hop, jazz and soul/R&B.

With "Return to V," Size has returned to the groundbreaking, vocal-infused futurism that earned him countless awards and magazine covers worldwide, as well as Platinum sales in his native UK.

"Return to V" sees Size working with a line up of gifted vocalists that include Rahzel, Vikter Duplaix, Beverly Knight, Jocelyn Brown, Sweetie Irie, and Rodney P as well as Reprazent/Full Cycle regulars Dynamite MC and Tali. Additionally, as with the fully live Roni Size/Reprazent tour which took North America by storm in the late 1990's, Roni Size and a handpicked crew of musicians will be bringing the stage show to North American shores in early 2005 in support of "Return to V"

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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Star Wars: A Musical Journey (2005) (V)
  • Not one of his bests, but very close
  • John Williams' finest work
  • A Great Conclusion to the Prequel Trilogy
  • Williams is slumming it
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000850IS6
Release Date: 2005-05-03

Tracks:

  1. Star Wars and The Revenge Of The Sith
  2. Anakin's Dream
  3. Battle Of The Heroes
  4. Anakin's Betrayal
  5. General Grievous
  6. Palpatine's Teachings
  7. Grievous and the Droids
  8. Padme's Ruminations
  9. Anakin vs. Obi-Wan
  10. Anakin's Dark Deeds
  11. Enter Lord Vader
  12. The Immolation Scene
  13. Grievous Speaks to Lord Sidious
  14. The Birth Of The Twins and Padme's Destiny
  15. A New Hope and End Credits

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John Williams' lovely and moving score for the sixth Star Wars film brings thirty years of collaborating on George Lucas' beyond-popular intergalactic franchise to a close. (Is this really the end of Star Wars? Can't Lucas and Williams work together on a prequel to these prequels? Let us hope so, and that Jar Jar Binks is nowhere near it.) As this music accompanies the most exciting Star Wars film in many a moon, the soundtrack itself is more fun, more evil, more nasty and bumpy. Many of the heroic, anthemic themes woven throughout Episode Three: Revenge of the Sith will necessarily be familiar to any fan of the series, from the "Imperial March" to the main theme. It's remarkable how stirring the latter can be, no matter how many times you've heard it, and even for those who do not have all their money invested in S.W. memorabilia. There is a lot of new music here, and the lush, extensive range of both Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra is on display, most notably in the menacing, percolating "General Grievous" and the rousing "New Hope" end theme. --Mike McGonigal

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Star Wars: A Musical Journey (2005) (V).......2007-06-21

product: Star Wars: A Musical Journey (2005) (V), included as bonus disc in Episode III soundtrack.

The bonus dvd with this soundtrack was the reason I purchased. I enjoy film soundtracks, and science fiction, but this dvd was a real highlight for me. I got the soundtrack cd out of the local library. The cd was missing from the case, but I found this wonderful dvd instead that I went out to purchase later.

With optional segments of dialog from Ian McDiarmid, this film is a stunning visual and musical overview of the full epic story of episodes I-VI of Star Wars. For those of us who felt that eps. IV-VI fell short of our expectations, this film presents them well as parts of the whole story. The Musical Journey also stands as a summary of the entire SW opus for someone who is not familiar with the Star Wars characters and plot. Highly recommended.

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4 out of 5 stars Not one of his bests, but very close.......2007-05-21

The Episode III soundtrack is very good. Not great, but very, very good. You can tell that Williams is getting old, but he still manages to weave together a very memorable score.

My favorite tracks are "Battle of the Heroes," "Anakin's Betrayal," Palpatine's teachings, "Anakin vs. Obi-Wan," and the "Immolation Scene."
The others are very good as well, but these are especially nice. "Battle of the Heroes" is Dual of the Fates for Revenge of the Sith. "Anakin's Betrayal" is a very sad track that is, in my opinion, one of William's most powerful pieces. "Palpatine's Teachings" is really, really neat. It's very dark and moody, a perfect piece for the evil emperor. The only weird thing is the end. "Anakin vs. Obi-Wan" is the action piece that plays during the battles of Anakin and Obi-Wan, and Yoda and the Emperor. Finally, "The Immolation Scene" is another sad piece, even more so than "Anakin's Betrayal."

Although I really like this CD, there are some things that are missing (as usual). First, the whole sequence where the droids are looking for Obi-Wan after he was shot. You see Obi-Wan in his ship with Senator Organa on the Hologram (or whatever it is), and Obi-Wan says that his clones turned on him. That was some pretty awesome music that OF COURSE was left out of the CD. Then there was Dual of the Fates in the movie, but completely absent from the CD. And probably the most annoying was that whole piece of music before Obi-Wan and Anakin fight. It was so touching and sad and I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY LEFT IT OUT! Absolutely amazing. Also, did anyone notice that some little bits were cut out? For example, in Anakin vs. Obi Wan, they cut out about a second or two of choir. What?! What the heck is with that? It's when Anakin is running on the long thing and jumps on the droid on the lava. Also, there was some pretty cool drumming when you see Yoda and the Emperor fighting, and you can see the whole stadium (the big room). There's also drumming in "Enter Lord Vader" that is muted in the soundtrack.

Oh well...if I'm going to collect movie scores, I'm going to have to get used to the fact that in almost all cases there's not going to be every bit of music. I've experienced this in both Pirates of the Caribbean, Jurassic Park I (there was very little left out on this score), and almost everything else. At the moment, I'm just waiting for the 22nd, for the Pirates of the Caribbean 3 soundtrack. It's gonna be amazing.

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5 out of 5 stars John Williams' finest work.......2007-04-20

There is little more I can say that hasn't already been said about the soundtrack to Episode 3, especially what Amazon contributor Dan Mohr wrote in his review of the soundtrack on 2/2/2006. His review captured almost all the thoughts, feelings, and emotions I had when I first listened to the soundtrack, and was, IMO, the best review of John Williams' greatest masterpiece.

Having said that, I will say that few soundtracks have ever so perfectly captured the underlying emotional currents of their respective movie; in the case of ROTS, the contemporaneous tragedies of Anakin's fall to the Dark Side, the extermination of the Jedi, and the rise of the oppressive Empire. The listener is confronted with the depth and totality of the evil that has beset the entire galaxy to a degree that the film could not reach in only 2 hours.

Bravo, Dan Mohr, and BRAVO John Williams!

5 out of 5 stars A Great Conclusion to the Prequel Trilogy.......2007-04-07

This is a great work of art. I rank it 4th among Star Wars soundtracks after A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and The Phantom Menace. I had a hard deciding which I thought was better, The Phantom Meance or Revenge of the Sith, but I decided that The Phantom Menace lays the foundation for so much that is in this soundtrack and is thus the more masterful work. But that doesn't mean that this score still isn't great. Every piece is a thrill to listen to and pace never lets up. "Battle of the Hereos" is an amazing piece and the rendition of the "Funeral Theme" from Episoded I captures the film's tragety magnificently. Also I do not think John Williams could have portrayed the Jedi's extinction more perfectly than he did in "Anakin's Betrayal". This is without a doubt the best score of 2005 and one of the best of the decade.

2 out of 5 stars Williams is slumming it.......2007-04-01

Williams's score for Revenge of the Sith is almost entirely overbearing, lacking any emotional subtlety. The music is overcomplicated and even a bit confusing, especially in the tracks that correspond to action sequences in the movie. His overuse of choral tracks and vocals is too bombastic and irritating to be listened to without the explosions and laser blasts of the soundtrack to soften them. (Yes, this music is actually softened by the sounds of warfare.) Worst of all, much of the music has simply been lifted from earlier scores. At times his self-imitation was so blatant that I actually wondered whether the editor who had complied this score had made a mistake and I was listening to The Empire Strikes Back or A New Hope. Also suffers from not including the entire score, in some cases cutting out musical segues in obvious and awkward ways.
The Science Fiction Album
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ASIN: B000066HE5
Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

  1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  2. Aliens
  3. Sound Effect - The Nostromo
  4. Alien
  5. A.I.
  6. Armageddon
  7. Sound Effect - Apollo 13 Lift-off
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  11. Battlestar Galactica
  12. The Black Hole
  13. Contact
  14. Capricorn One
  15. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  16. The Day The Earth Stood Still
  17. Dune

Tracks:

  1. Galaxy Quest
  2. Sound Effect - Dogfight in Space
  3. Enemy Mine
  4. Ghostbusters
  5. Gremlins
  6. Heavy Metal
  7. Independence Day
  8. E.T.
  9. Judge Dredd
  10. The Last Starfighter
  11. Lifeforce
  12. Sound Effect - Crash Landing
  13. Lost In Space
  14. Mars Attacks
  15. The Matrix
  16. Predator
  17. The Right Stuff

Tracks:

  1. Moonraker
  2. Robocop
  3. Silent Running
  4. Sound Effect - Alien Organism
  5. Species
  6. Stargate
  7. Starship Troopers
  8. Starman
  9. Star Trek - TV Theme
  10. Star Trek: The Motion Picture End Title
  11. Klingon Attack
  12. Sound Effect - Warp Drive
  13. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  14. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  15. Star Trek: Generations
  16. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Tracks:

  1. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
  2. Sound Effect - Transporter Crew
  3. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Theme
  4. Star Trek First Contact
  5. Star Wars
  6. The Empire Strikes Back
  7. The Empire Strikes Back
  8. Return of the Jedi
  9. Sound Effect - Battle Stations
  10. Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace - The Flag Parade
  11. Anakin's Theme
  12. The Adventures of Jar Jar
  13. Duel of the Fates
  14. The Time Machine
  15. Things to Come
  16. The Thing From Another World
  17. War of the Worlds
  18. When Worlds Collide
  19. Total Recall
  20. You Only Live Twice
  21. Superman

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The penultimate collection ..........2006-12-07

Generally I agree with Strategos in his ecstatic Spotlight Review above. It is a joy to here some of the most memorable themes and cues from some of the most memorable science fiction and fantasy movies (re)recorded in great sound and in lavish (re)orchestrations, played by renowned classical orchestras, namely the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra, no less.

I have always had a weak spot for (good, or maybe even intelligent) science fiction/fantasy and film music, especially its way of evoking mystery, grandure and wide open spaces. Call it a weakness if you want. But it was maybe really kick started off, for as far as I can remember, with Star Trek. But especially Star Trek II, III and IV - essentially a trilogy - because of their very romantic but very warm, human core, set on the broadest canvasses of unlimited and mysterious outer space. But then there was the music for adding that essential extra dimension of emotion and atmosphere. I am happy that much of the music on this album is from the Star Trek series and films, often equaling or sometimes even outclassing the original recordings.

This kind of music (for the movies) should be seen as an art on its own rights with its own merits and qualities. As such, the musical sequences on these CD's are a beautifully played cross section of some of the most evoking orchestral music for science fiction/fantasy film ever created. And I very much like the nicely blended, wide and deep orchestral soundpicture with enough reverberation to evoke a sense of wide open spaces.
I am quite thrilled by tracks like the evocative music from Dune, truly transporting one to the vastly sands of Arrakis (the music is wonderful, but to my great regret I think the movie itself is a flawed masterpiece at best, alas.). And then there is the very different, goofy music for Ghostbusters (memories of childhood), the spoofy but electrifying music from Mars Attacks (lovingly parodist music, this, with not a little touch of irony) and the happily adventurous, forward driving Theme from Galaxy Quest ('Never give up, never surrender!'), now also used for the internet-based fan-series Star Trek: The Hidden Frontier. On the other side of the spectrum we have the atmospheric music for Enemy Mine (an underestimated 'little' movie), the Theme from The Right Stuff (actually science FACT, not fiction, this film, just like Apollo 13, of course), the eerily attractive music for Species, the original End Title for Alien (not used in the theatrical version of the movie, where it was replaced by music from howard Hanson's Second Symphony), the exquisitely exotic music for Stargate, the sweet and warmly sympathetic, beautifully re-orchestrated, theme for Starman, the title cue for Star Trek: TOS (much more melodiously played than the original! If only a series nowadays could continue to be as thought provoking and as original as Star Trek was during its launch, fourty years ago ...) and a truly overpowering End Titles Suite from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. I especially like the thrillingly grandiloquent rendition here of the music for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. And how nice it is to hear the (thematic) similarities between James Horner's music for The Wrath of Khan, his great break-through as a film music composer, and his (two years) earlier music for Battle Beyond the Stars (which did indeed help him earn the job for writing the music for Star Trek II) ...

But on the 'down side', if one is looking for - for example - the gorgeously expansively played End Titles from Cocoon, it is not included here: one has to acquire the album that 'kicked it all off', so to say, namely 'Space and Beyond', also on Silva Screen. I was very pleased also with the inclusion on that album of some of the music from the series Star Trek: The Next Generation, namely where one of the characters, Tasha Yar, in one of the episodes (Skin of Evil) is saying goodbye to her crewmmates: sweetly sentimental and simple music which I have always wanted to own on CD. I guess that a few cues from the other two sequals ('Alien Invasion: Space and Beyond II' and 'Space3: Beyond the Final Frontier') didn't make it onto this 4 CD collection-album as well, but I guess that it would be the 'better part of the bargain' to opt to buy this 'The Science Fiction Album' instead of buying all three albums separately. Well, of course it is for yourself to ultimately decide what you really want ;-)

If I were to nitpick (which is not easy with such a marvellous project as this one), then I would say that while all music is performed with magnificent grandure and with style, some of it is not performed as crisply and as technically 'on the spot' as some of the original recordings: ensemble is a little slack and the playing somewhat stilted sometimes, losing some of the edge and the originality of the writing. ET and Star Wars spring to mind, but then the soundtracks for Star Wars are traditionally recorded with the magnificent London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by maestro John Williams himself, and these superior recordings (especially the ones for Episode I, II and III) can't really be bettered, IMHO. Likewise for the music from Star Trek: The Motion Picture, I believe that in the end one really has to resort to the ultimate reference, namely the original recording (which is true in many other instances of 'original recordings'), and then the 20th anniversay colector's edition of this soundtrack on Columbia/Legacy (truly unmissable, this veritable classic of sci-fi/film music soundtracks!).

But all in all this 4CD-collection amounts to probably being the penultimate high quality sci-fi music album collection (I certainly know of no other project that comes as close quality as well as quantity wise), with some of the most memorable musical moments from classic to modern sci-fi/fantasy film captured in lavish orchestrations.
Collection-wise: five *stars*. Playing: generally four *stars*, sometimes more. The recording quality: five *stars*. The music (qualified on its own merits as film music) and its (re)orchestrations: generally five *stars*. In the end this is all highly recommended, and certainly not to be missed by science fiction and fantasy film music fans. Klaatu barada nikto.

5 out of 5 stars Muisic of the Spheres.......2006-11-06

You wonderful four disk collection of SF music. It startsa up the the grand master of SF music, 2001: A space Odyssey all the way to Superman. This is all American SF music and several themes I would have liked to have included are not there. All in all though, a collection you will enjoy.

5 out of 5 stars The Ulllllltimate Sci-Fi Music Collection.......2005-10-23

If one person gives great gifts, it's the illustrious Codemaster Talon. I've received a fair number of gifts in my lifetime, but so far, my older sister's take the cake. Take this one for instance. I'm real big on orchestral music, to the point where I listen to them more than any other kind of music. I've got orchestral versions of video game themes, orchestral soundtracks to truck-loads of anime shows (Big O, Escaflowne, and Giant Robo are incredible), and could probably spend the rest of my life just trying to study the nuances of all the classical music I've got. Being such a huge fan of orchestral music, I also have come to believe that orchestra music produced for movies and television is the new classical music (or as someone once said, Mozart would be making music for movies if he were alive today). Being a huge sci-fi fan, that kind of music has always been particularly near and dear to my heart. But were I to buy each and every soundtrack for every sci-fi I liked it would cost quite a bundle, and would include a lot of sub-par music along with the grandiose and fantastic main and memorable themes. That's where this beauty comes in.

The moment I ripped off the shrink-wrap and popped it into my cd player was a moment of great trepidation. Believe me when I tell that I've seen my fair share of sub-par orchestral recording in my lifetime. Very often they are in those big super-packs of music, and suffer from poor direction, improper mastering, and sometime even pathetic orchestration (or worse yet have something sounding like a cheap synthesizer and a kazoo in place of a full orchestra). I needn't have worried though. This sucker is fantastic.

Many people who are not audiophiles will probably miss the point of this cd collection. It is not the original versions of the pieces. It is re-orchestrations, mostly by the phenomenal Prague Symphony Orchestra. Many of these themes didn't sound all that hot in there original versions because they were low budget films or were not recorded in high-fidelity. Here they are given the full treatment, mastered with the most loving care imaginable. Often the version found in these cds is SUPERIOR to the original.

Remember the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey? Of course you do. But how many times have you heard a cheap imitation of the original version from the movie, starting too low in volume and ending too high (and missing the essential pipe-organ that gives it that extra oomph)? Well, this first track in the entire collection is not only everything it should be instrumental and timing-wise, but it also has been oh-so-carefully adjusted during the mastering process so that at no time is the music either too low or too high in volume (surely a benchmark for every other recording ever to be made of the piece).

Or what about the theme from the (at-the-time) uber-creepy The Black Hole? The orchestration of this piece of music goes from tiumphant to terrifying and back again, with a splendor and cleanness that I CERTAINLY don't remember being in the original recording.

Then there's the new version of the theme from Independence Day, complete with a violin solo, a far more electrifying ending climax, and a chorus so thunderous that you feel like applauding at the end. Simply indescribable. Kind of like the MIND-BLOWING rendition of the theme from The Last Star Fighter. This has been one of my favorite themes for a long time now, but I've never heard it played like this. I think the original version of the theme is something like 1 minute long, but this new version doesn't just fade out (HAHAHAHA!!!!) THIS version is THREE minutes long, goes through the main theme THREE times, with the final strains being so triumphant and joyous I could not help but feel an electrifying charge the first dozen or so times (come to think of it, I still feel that way). This is superior to the original in EVERY way. AWESOME.

And let's not forget the incredible new rendition of Stargate with it's heavy use of clarinets (for Egyptian effect!) and a triumphant new ending (completely lacking the chanting from the original version. This version is so different that for the first minute it is very hard to tell that it is in fact Stargate. But then the main theme kicks in, and then you get this incredible flute solo for my favorite part of theme (the whole thing is played slower, but arguably more powerfully than the original). My goodness. At first I found the thing so different I didn't like it. But then I listened to it again. And again. And again.

I could go on and on, talking about the fantastic new rendition of Moon Raker, the ear-popping Battlestar Galactica, the classic Star Trek (First Contact has a minute or two of the theme from Star Trek:The Motion Picture before going into the main theme), or the sweet renditions of music from the Star Wars movies (or the music from E.T.).

I have to mention though that this collection was not picked based merely on what people want, or on what is popular. No, the people who made it obviously thought a GOOD music collection was better than a popular one. That's why you get a heartbreakingly beautiful theme from A.I. instead of the main theme. It's why you get music from movies that you probably never gave a second thought to the music (because the movie was lousy). It's why you get Armageddon, Judge Dredd, and Robocop (who would have guessed their music was so COOL when there was all that crazy action and bad-acting going on on-screen).

I said it before and I'll say it again. This cd-set was mastered with tender-loving-care, and it shows BIG-TIME. High-fidelity the likes of which I have not seen since the days when cds were brand-new in the world. Dolby Surround. Perfectly balanced. BEAUTIUFL orchestrations. About the only thing that makes me scratch my head is the weird sound-effect tracks (Oooookay.....). Other than that, it's PERFECT. Obviously they could not include every sci-fi theme ever (no one can), but this collection is REALLY GOOD. A lot of great themes that got away (forgotten gems :), new versions of old favorites, and under-appreciated classics aplenty, but ALWAYS the full and complete versions with nothing cut-out (the theme from Dune is quite extended).

If you love movie music (and sci-fi movie music in particular) you MUST buy this awesome collection). It is not the original recordings. Almost always the new ones are better (if they aren't better they're just equal). This is what you have been waiting for. I for one am going to be buying quite a few cds from this company in the future. Give your ears the treat they deserve. Buy it NOW.

5 out of 5 stars SciFi Album gift.......2005-07-20

I bought the Science Fiction Album as a gift for my son who is twenty-one years old. He is a musician, and also a huge fan of many SciFi shows and movies. I thought this would be the perfect thing for him and I was right. He loves it!

3 out of 5 stars Away From to be a Collectible Peace.......2004-12-16

If you like Sci-Fi movies and want a compilation of their important scores, this is the CD-set to buy. But let me warn you about that very few songs in the cds are from the original soundtracks. Most of them is re-recorded by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. But the sound quality of cds are very good, because they have HDCD and Dolby Surround labels. This set is away from to be a collectible peace, but it is a good general compilation of favorite Sci-Fi movie scores.
Return to Sorrento: Italian Songs arranged for Trombone
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    Rediscovering Lost Scores, Vol. 2
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    Release Date: 2005-08-16

    Tracks:

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    2. Paraphrase For 'Cello (From 'The Shining')
    3. Where's Jack? (From 'The Shining')
    4. The Overlook (From 'The Shining')
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    6. Day Of Wrath (From 'The Shining')
    7. Paraphrase For Brass (From 'The Shining')
    8. Title Music 'Dies' (From 'The Shining')
    9. Clockworks 'Dies' (From 'The Shining')
    10. Creation Of Tron Vol. I (From 'Tron')
    11. Creation Of Tron Vol. II (From 'Tron')
    12. Lightcycle Games (From 'Tron')
    13. Anthem (Studio Version) (From 'Tron')
    14. Little Interludes (From 'Tron')
    15. Trinitron (From 'Tron')
    16. Visit To A Morgue (From 'Split Second')
    17. Return To The Morgue (From 'Split Second')
    18. Woundings Title Music (From 'Woundings')
    19. Angela's Walk (From 'Woundings')
    20. Jimmy (From 'Woundings')
    21. Louise (From 'Woundings')
    22. Doug Does Angela (From 'Woundings')
    23. Scattering Ashes (From 'Woundings')
    24. Angela's Aftermath (From 'Woundings')
    25. Jimmy Kills Louise (From 'Woundings')
    26. In A Cemetery (From 'Woundings')
    27. Fly Away And End (From 'Woundings')
    28. Jiffy Test: Bee Dee Bei Mir (From Two Dolby Demos)
    29. Listen: Tannhauser (From Two Dolby Demos)

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Finally and Fulfilling!.......2005-10-28

    Believe the hype, _Shining_ fans. These bits and pieces of music - volume 1 focuses more on "studio music and textures" of the themes devised for the film while volume 2 spends its allotted tracks on the more fully developed orchestra tracks - hold just about everything. I'll encourage you to follow that impulse/interest and add this work to your collection.

    What do you get? Well, for me, the treat was volume 2's first track - the film's title track - Ms Carlos explains why Kubrick nixed it - but it is as haunting as the final draft that follows Jack Torrance's lil yellow bug to The Overlook climbing the Rockies. The other tracks are renderings and attempts to put the novel into music forms. The liner notes are great - like a listening session over coffee with the composer.

    Both volumes are must haves for those of us all agog over the film's score (and scoring possibilities) but if you just want to hold a haunting, get volume 2 and put track one on repeat until you, that hag hottie in the tub, or your six year old's index finger hollers, "redrum!"

    5 out of 5 stars Settling Old Scores.......2005-10-10

    This second volume of Wendy's lost film soundtracks concentrates more on her full orchestral scores. Although she achieved fame as a synthesist, one reason she succeeded so well is her knowledge of and attention to timbral colors and the placement of different voices -- in short, orchestration. It should come as little surprise therefore that when writing for a full orchestra she's fully accomplished and impressively skilled.

    Synthesizer cues are also included, from early (1981) novelty demonstrations for Dolby Labs to later (1998) soundtrack work utilizing her state-of-the-art digital synthesizers.

    As usual for her, voluminous liner notes detail not only the working methods behind each of the pieces, but also glimpses into the politics and disappointments that delayed the release of these tracks. How many composers could survive having a significant portion of their career locked away in a vault for 25 years?
    Return to Covent Garden
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      Return to Covent Garden
      Steven V Mitchell
      Manufacturer: Danceables
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000GPP3GK
      Release Date: 2006-06-30

      Tracks:

      1. Plie (Chopin) Theme from Piano Concerto in E minor.
      2. Slow Tendu (Schubert) Waltz in Db major
      3. Medium Tendu (Mitchell) Cha-Cha-Cha
      4. Quick Tendu (Gauthier) Le Secret
      5. Balancoire (Mitchell) Jaunting to Hyde Park
      6. Degage (Donizetti) Variation from Don Sebastian
      7. Pas de Cheval (Mitchell) Picadilly
      8. Degage with Plie in 2nd (Mitchell) Never Moody Judy
      9. Pique (Traditional) Nancy Whiskey
      10. Ronds de Jambe a terre (Delibes) "Prayer" from Copellia
      11. Frappe (Adam) Giselle's Revenge
      12. Fondu (Czerny) from Etudes
      13. Ronds de Jambe en l'air with Petit Battement (Minkus) "Jota" from Don Quixote
      14. Stretch/Adagio (Massenet) "Meditation" from Thais
      15. Grand Battement (Novello) "Keep the Homefires Burning"
      16. Polonaise (Purcell) Theme from Abdelazar
      17. Stretch/Floor exercises (Mitchell) Trafalgar Tranquility
      18. Adagio (Mitchell)
      19. Center Practice (Birch) "Blue Goose Rag"
      20. Slow Waltz (Novello) "Some Day My Heart Will Awake
      21. Center Practice - Combination (Tchaikovsky) "Waltz of the Maidens" from Swan Lake
      22. Pierouette No. 1 (Milieu) "Over the Great Atlantic"
      23. Pirouette No. 2 (Prokofiev) "Montagues and Capulets" from Romeo & Juliet
      24. Allegro No. 1/Warm-up jumps (Traditional) Burke's Jig
      25. Allegro No. 2 (Drigo) Variation from Harlequinade
      26. Allegro No. 3 (Sullivan) "When I Was a Lad" from HMS Pinafore
      27. Grand Allegro (Milieu)
      28. Traveling Turns (Tchaikovsky) Coda from Swan Lake
      29. Pointe (Grieg) "Anitra's Dance" from Peer Gynt Suite #1
      30. Echappe (Drigo) Variation from Harlequinade
      31. Men's Step (Tchaikovsky) "Black Swan" Men's Variation
      32. Reverence (Traditional) "Annie Laurie"

      Product Description

      Return to Covent Garden is another great collaboration the incomparable working duo of David Howard and Steven Mitchell. After the great success of A Covent Garden Class, they modeled the class structure of this new recording after it. You will hear music from classical ballet, opera melodies, theater favorites and original melodies. Captured on this recording are classics of Romeo and Juliet "Montegues and Capulets" and the ever-necessary Coda from Swan Lake. Advanced dancers will love this music.
      Return to V
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • ENERGY
      • Return? No to what made him!
      • Not really a return to V
      • drum and bass 2005
      • Roni Size is pushing the boundries again
      Return to V
      Roni Size , and Roni Size
      Manufacturer: Thrive (Red)
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      Drum & BassDrum & Bass | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B00065YFBY
      Release Date: 2004-11-02

      Tracks:

      1. Bump N Grind feat. Sweet Pea
      2. Shouatr feat. Die & Holly G
      3. Fassyhole feat. Wilks
      4. Pull Up feat. Vikter Duplaix
      5. Groove On feat. Faye
      6. Cheeky Monkety feat. Tali & Dynamite
      7. Time feat. Darrison
      8. Problems feat. Blaze
      9. Rise feat. Sweetie Irie
      10. Want Yout Body feat. Joe Roberts
      11. Trouble feat. Rodney P
      12. No More feat. Beverley Knight & Dynamite MC
      13. On and On feat. Stamina
      14. Sing feat. Jocelyn Brown
      15. Thirsty feat. Wilks
      16. The Streets feat. Fallacy
      17. Out of Breath feat. Rahzel
      18. Give Me a Reason feat. Navigator

      Album Description

      Thrive Records is proud to announce the release of the new studio album from one of electronic music's most acclaimed and groundbreaking artists, Roni Size. "Return to V" follows in the footsteps of such Size classics as the Mercury Prize winning, genre-defining "New Forms," and the hip hop infused "In The Mode" as a unique synthesis of UK drum & bass, Jamaican dancehall, and US hip hop, jazz and soul/R&B.

      With "Return to V," Size has returned to the groundbreaking, vocal-infused futurism that earned him countless awards and magazine covers worldwide, as well as Platinum sales in his native UK.

      "Return to V" sees Size working with a line up of gifted vocalists that include Rahzel, Vikter Duplaix, Beverly Knight, Jocelyn Brown, Sweetie Irie, and Rodney P as well as Reprazent/Full Cycle regulars Dynamite MC and Tali. Additionally, as with the fully live Roni Size/Reprazent tour which took North America by storm in the late 1990's, Roni Size and a handpicked crew of musicians will be bringing the stage show to North American shores in early 2005 in support of "Return to V"

      Customer Reviews:

      4 out of 5 stars ENERGY.......2005-12-05

      this will definatly set in the excitement. careful not to speed TOO much if you're driving because you really will want to. otherwise, great for just jumpimg around. also, great dancehall influenced tracks.

      3 out of 5 stars Return? No to what made him!.......2005-09-03

      If I remember a review that was written on the sticker of this album...."Roni Size Gives DnB a 'Human' touch".

      What the heck does that mean?
      He got some MCs? He did a few "down-tempo" tracks? None of the tracks sound like the track that made him known (you know which one)?
      Is it the simple fact that this album sounds nothing like his previous style? Is it the fact that when someone does an album with more familiar melodies,tempos and Vocals that an album becomes more human? Is he now a HipHop pro all of a sudden?
      Are the earlier days of DnB considered inhuman?
      And Lasstly, is it a fact that to bring an "outsider" genre of music to the commercial forefront, you need either a cool video or some rapping and more coherent rhythms?
      Roni pulls off some bangin' tracks here, but it's not a return to V Recordings (if the average customer even knows what that 'V'means).

      5 out of 5 stars Not really a return to V.......2005-06-10


      The title of this Roni Size release might confuse you. Size released many vinyls under the V recordings label in the mid 90's and one might think that this release is musically similar to the tracks released back then. However, the only return here is to the record label. This new mix is a departure from anything else done in the drum and bass world (especially from the mid 90's V recording tracks).

      This CD proves that Size is still the pioneer when it comes to new forms of DNB. It takes a few listens to really get this; the first time one might not even like it at all. However, when playing it more the rich and futuristic sampling and the both raw and melodic lyrical styles start to make sense.
      After the release of Return to V, Size gathered a group of eight including a drummer, a bass player, keyboards, male and female vocalists, and himself in the samples, and started touring and throwing concerts of the best live drum and bass ever played. Luckily for his followers, one of these live concerts was video-taped by the number one DNB site in the world: Drum and Bass Arena. After watching and listening to this live set one realizes what Return to V is about: explosive samples and lyrics that (similar to New Forms and In the Mode) are perfect for live drum and bass.

      4 out of 5 stars drum and bass 2005.......2005-02-07

      Roni Size is the man who brought drum and bass to the fore. New Forms was a classic album. But Roni Size is the product of the early 1990s hiphop scene in Bristol. The Full Cycle records started coming out at that time and it was underground club music, pretty much ignored by the press. The explosion of drum and bass in 1996-97 into clubs was a small revolution. Even though Roni Size Reprazent was one of the top live acts of the late 1990s, drum and bass disappeared from the popular sphere. Reprazent came together in 2001 for the In The Mode album, which some people think was even better. Many side projects took over in the past five years. In that time, new music by The Streets and Dizzee Rascal took over. All the while Roni Size was still creating. Return To V is much like the early white label stuff. It's free and updates us on what he has been doing the past few years. Drum and bass is due for a comeback. We can start with this record.

      5 out of 5 stars Roni Size is pushing the boundries again.......2004-12-19

      The fresh Roni Size album "Return To V" is something I was expecting for a long time. The Reprazent album "New Forms" and later "In The Mode" were all highlights of their time and the latest album is no way weaker. The Bristol drum&bass king is back with a slammer.
      "Return To V" features collaborations with Sweetpea, Die, Hollie G, Wilks, Viktor Duplaix, Faye, Dynamite MC, Tali, Blaze, Sweet Irie, Darrison, Joe Roberts, Rodney P, Beverly Knight, Stamina MC, Jocelyn Brown, Razhel, Fallacy and MC Navigator. What a list and they all play their part well.
      "Return To V" is a mix-album, yet it stands way aove all the other mix albums. It's pure energy all they way and it has Roni Size written all over it.
      There are storming tracks here but also some more downbeat, yet full of breaks works like Time and Problems.

      There are total of 18 tracks on the CD which kinda tells about the seriousness of the album - it never get's boring and even the more "laid-back" tunes are not that easy going.
      Top tunes for me:
      Pull Up (with Viktor Duplaix)
      No More (with Beverly Knight and Dynamite MC)
      Bump'n'Grind (with Sweetpea)
      Out of Breath (with Razhel)
      Give Me A Reason (with MC Navigator)

      Defenetly 5 out of 5.
      The Life and Works of Joseph Haydn
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        Manufacturer: Naxos
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        ASIN: B0000BXBXT
        Release Date: 2003-10-21
        20020220: Music From Final Fantasy
        Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
        • Better than most all the ordinary FF soundtracks
        • I love this CD.
        • For those who wanna get their FF orchestra groove on...
        • The Fantasy Continues...
        • One of the Best (non OST) Final Fantasy works
        20020220: Music From Final Fantasy
        Nobuo Uematsu , and Shiro Hamaguchi
        Manufacturer: Japanese Import
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000063VTH
        Release Date: 2003-07-08

        Tracks:

        1. Tuning
        2. Liberi Fatali (FF VIII)
        3. (FF IV)
        4. MC-1
        5. Final Fantasy I-III
        6. MC-2
        7. (FF VII)
        8. Don't Be Afraid (FF VIII)
        9. (FF VI)
        10. MC-3
        11. (FF V)
        12. Vamo' Alla Flamenco (FF IX)
        13. MC-1
        14. (FF X)
        15. (FF X)
        16. MC-2
        17. Love Grows (FF VIII)
        18. (FF X)
        19. MC-3
        20. Melodies Of Life (FF IX)
        21. MC-4
        22. (FF VII)
        23. MC-5
        24. The Man With The Machine Gun (FF VIII)
        25. Final Fantasy

        Album Description

        Music From Final Fantasy recorded live at Tokyo's International Forum on February 20, 2002. The show was the first 'Final Fantasy' full orchestra concert (the Tokyo Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra). Guest performers include Emiko Shiratori and Rikki who performed the theme songs. The CD includes enhanced material with a comment from Nobuo Uematsu and backstage footage.

        Album Details

        Music from 'final Fantasy' at the Tokyo International Forum.

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars Better than most all the ordinary FF soundtracks.......2007-01-24

        First of all, people seem to be overly critical of the choir. They say that it sounds out of tune or whatever, but this is only because they were recorded live. In Advent: One-Winged Angel, the same choir sounds totally incredible. The choir itself isn't bad, it's the recording environment that was not so hot.
        That said, I can say that this is a very impressive two CD set, even though several of the songs I don't recognize. The music is professionally composed and arranged, and just goes to show that Final Fantasy music is proffesional level. The only cons are the lesser sound quality of being recorded live and the MC tracks, which can get to be a bit long. The way they keep talking makes me really want to know what they're saying. My favorite pieces are:
        1. One-Winged Angel: I do admit that the FFVII Reunion Tracks arrangement is better, but only because of the recording environment. This arrangement has a lot of cool new elements and an awesome sound. The only problems I see with this arrangement is the absent-minded microphone placement and a bit of background shuffling that is heard at one part. The shuffling is very quiet and you get used to it, but I'm just picky about these things. As for the microphone placement; whoever put one right next to the #%@$in' snare drum deproved the quality of the piece a bit much. The snare drum during the chorus is louder than any of the other parts, and the choir is already being a bit overpowered by the orchestra. This makes for a choral section that isn't heard well enough. Despite all these slight cons, however, this arrangement of the classic piece remains superb and awesome-sounding.
        2. Liberi Fatali: Same choir rant as before. This arrangement doesn't sound quite as good as the original, but it's not really that different, it's still an incredible piece.
        3. Melodies of Life: This arrangement is better, I think, than the original except for the singing. She sounded a lot more confident in the original. But aside from that, this song is a great classic.
        4. Suteki Da Ne: The original was quite a bit better, both in sound quality and in the singing. Rikki was nervous during the performance, it is shown by her incessant breath-taking in the middle of phrases and low confidence in her voice. However, the instrumentation does sound nicely different in some spots, and Rikki's singing is still beautiful.
        This album is a must-have for any FF freak, and is better than most all the ordinary FF soundtracks. Don't miss it.

        5 out of 5 stars I love this CD........2004-02-23

        Firstly, Mr. Gibbs -- why would anybody buy this if they haven't played Final Fantasy games?

        Secondly, this is an amazing CD. With the exception of One-Winged Angel, every track on this CD is (in my opinion) the best orchestral version of these songs ever done. And this is coming from somebody who owns Celtic Moon, Grand Finale, Fithos Lusec, and a smattering of Orchestral Game Concert CDs.

        Do yourself a favor and buy this CD. It really is excellent.

        4 out of 5 stars For those who wanna get their FF orchestra groove on..........2004-02-20

        Final Fantasy 20020220 is worth buying. It is a great CD to listen to if you want to hear orchestrated versions performed live, mistakes and all. That said, let me point out everything that is wrong with the performances, and why I did not give 20020220 a 5/5. As partial as I am to Final Fantasy music, I must criticize the singing in this performance. In both tracks that featured a choir (Liberi Fatali and One Winged Angel) it seemed like everyone was trying to outsing each other, the tenors in particular would sing awfully loud, while everyone else was drowned out. The soloists RIKKI and Emiko Shiratori did a fabulous job, in my opinon. Others said that they sounded nervous, I do not agree. The actual performance by the orchestra was brilliant. I especially liked Liberi Fatali, One Winged Angel, and Vamo' Alla Flamenco. I wish I could speak Japanese, because 8 of the 25 tracks on the 2 disc set are nothing but the concert MCs talking about stuff. All in all I would like to restate that FF20020220 is worth buying, but maybe you should play some of the FF games to hear these songs before you listen to the orchestra version, all the more to appreciate this masterpiece.

        4 out of 5 stars The Fantasy Continues..........2003-06-10

        Nobuo Uematsu truly holds true to the Final Fantasy music legacy he himself set down beginning with the Final Fantasy Symphonic Suite CDs. Although I do have a few complaints, my overall take on this album is extremely positive. I'd say my favourite renditions on this CD are "Vamo' Alla Flamenco", lush, rich arrangement for orchestra (which truly is the greatest symphonic rendering I've seen from almost any game composer [thanks to Shiro Hamaguchi]) and the brass-graced Final Fantasy VI's "Terra" / "Tina" (which almost lives up to the Grand Finale version). Basically, every single song on these two CDs were mind-blowing with the exceptions of the two most crucial ones, "Liberi Fatali" and "One-Winged Angel". Okay, fine... I've got to give credit where credit is due, Liberi Fatali isn't THAT bad. It falters near the end though, but the primary complaint isn't the symphonic elements (or even the annoying snare [?] drum... *grrr*), but rather the supposed choir they assigned. Not very harmonic or in-tune, but I still give it 4-stars.
        To sum it all up, all very nice arrangements with those little differences which make it all the more enjoyable. Cons? The choir voices and the MC segments (I don't speak Japanese, so my apologies if you do and find them entertaining).

        4 out of 5 stars One of the Best (non OST) Final Fantasy works.......2003-02-19

        There hasn't been a live CD since the ill-fated "Symphonic Suite" many years ago and now there is this - quite simply put a live version of some of the best Final Fantasy songs. The Tokyo Philharmonic is on every beat and adds alittle more to the Final Fantasy melodies. The MC's get annoying and their Japanese is very hard to understand. The choice of songs was superb yet there is no "live feel" as most of the songs are played just as you would have heard them on another Final Fantasy CD. All in all, this is one of the best and one can easily see by some of its few flaws to its real beauty - the epitome of Nobuo Uematsu's Final Fantasy work.
        Return to Ipanema
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Excellent
        • Excellent Bossa Nova!
        Return to Ipanema
        Various Artists
        Manufacturer: Avalon
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B0000CGOVX
        Release Date: 2003-11-04

        Tracks:

        1. Girl from Ipanema
        2. ua de Beber
        3. Corcovado
        4. Wave
        5. Mas Que Nada
        6. Samba de Uma Nota S
        7. uas de Mar(Waters of March)
        8. Bim Bom
        9. Dindi
        10. Felicidade
        11. Tanto Tempo
        12. Desafinado
        13. So Nice (Summer Samba)
        14. Tristeza

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Excellent.......2006-06-25

        I agree with the previous reviewer - this is a great taste of Bossa Nova. Have listened to it over and over. It's nice to play out on a boat on a hot night.

        5 out of 5 stars Excellent Bossa Nova!.......2005-07-02

        One of the very best bossa nova cd's I've ever heard! Great vocals!
        Elgar: Falstaff; Elegy; The Sanguine Fan
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          Elgar: Falstaff; Elegy; The Sanguine Fan

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          ASIN: B00000I7RA
          Release Date: 1999-03-09

          Tracks:

          1. Falstaff, Symphonic Study In C Minor, Op.68: Falstaff And Prince Hal
          2. Falstaff, Symphonic Study In C Minor, Op.68: Eastcheap. The Robbery At Gadshill. The Boar's Head Again. Revelry And Sleep
          3. Falstaff, Symphonic Study In C Minor, Op.68: Dream Interlude
          4. Falstaff, Symphonic Study In C Minor, Op.68: Falstaff's March. The Return Through Gloucestershire. The New King And The Hurried Ride To London
          5. Falstaff, Symphonic Study In C Minor, Op.68: Interlude - In Shallow's Orchard
          6. Falstaff, Symphonic Study In C Minor, Op.68: King Henry V's Progress. The Repudiation Of Falstaff And His Death
          7. Elegy, Op.58
          8. The Sanguine Fan, Op. 81 (Ballet)

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          Album Review

          Kiss in Ibiza 2000 [Import]

          Peal Amster: An Inspired Collection

          Russian Cello 2

          Music: Gli Anni70 [Import]

          Still Got the Blues/Blues Alive [Import]

          Strength

          Straight from the Heart

          The Contemporary Nocturne

          Shaky Ground

          Raising the Standards

          She Kissed Me [CD-single] [Import]

          Serie Focus [Import]

          Private Lounge, Vol. 5 [Import]

          Mule Bone

          Sweet Saxations