Cosmic Game [Enhanced] [Import]

Product Description
Exclusive Asian pressing features their 2005 album, The Cosmic Game, coupled with their 2004 Remix EP, Babylon Rewound. Cosmic Game sees the duo pushing the signature Thievery sound into new dimensions. It features collaborations with a whole new realm of guests including Perry Farrell, the Flaming Lips and David Byrne as well as Sleepy Wonder, Lou Lou and Notch. Electronic music ordinances decree Babylon Rewound a 'remix collection', but the eight-track set has a lot in common with traditional Jamaican dub albums, as it stretches out the tunes from the Richest Man in Babylon album to their laziest and druggiest potential. 25 tracks in all. ESL Music. 2005.

Cosmic Game,Thievery Corporation,Esl Music,Dance,Electronic

Average customer rating: Progressive decline in creativity by T.C. From the Cosmos Good music, but hidden Another Classic ecclectic mix

The Cosmic Game Thievery Corporation Manufacturer: Eighteenth Street ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Acid Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Versions Brazilian Girls When It Falls Simple Things DJ-Kicks ASIN: B0006ZXJ3E Release Date: 2005-02-22

Tracks:

1. Marching the Hate Machines (Into the Sun) featuring the Flaming Lips
2. Warning Shots featuring Sleepy Wonder and Gunjan
3. The Revolution Solution featuring Perry Farrell
4. The Cosmic Gate
5. Satyam Shivam Sundaram featuring Gunjan
6. Amerimacka featuring Notch
7. Ambicion Eterna (Eternal Ambition) featuring Verny Varela
8. Pela Janela (Through the Window) featuring Gigi Rezende
9. Sol Tapado featuring Patrick de Santos
10. The Heart's a Lonely Hunter featuring David Byrne
11. Holographic Universe
12. Doors of Perception featuring Gunjan
13. Wires and Watchtowers featuring Sista Pat
14. The Supreme Illusion featuring Gunjan
15. The Time We Lost Out Way featuring Loulou
16. A Gentle Dissolve

Amazon.com

There's always been a psychedelic edge to Rob Garza and Eric Hilton's Thievery Corporation project. 2000's Mirror Conspiracy is a downtempo classic precisely because of its druggy expansiveness; sober listeners and saucer-eyed trippers alike could find common ground. Similarly esoteric and nocturnal, The Cosmic Game floats around the room on a wave of mystic beats and guest vocals from Perry Farrell, The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne, and David Byrne. Garza and Hilton are less devoted to non-electronic sources here than they were on The Richest Man in Babylon or The Outernational Sound, though their fascination with dub rhythms and world music remains intact. A fair amount of armchair travel is involved as you go from the late, late-night, beach-club-in-Jamaica sound of "Amerimacka," to the Brazilian percussion of "Ambicion Eterna" and "Pela Janela." But more than anything, the record feels like a return to the duo's own ethereal sonic roots. It's a nice blend of their music over the last half-decade for longtime fans, and a hazy glide down the rabbit hole for newcomers. --Matthew Cooke

Album Description

The most fully-realized Thievery set to date, their fourth studio record packs an all-star punch, with cameos by FLAMING LIPS, PERRY FARRELL, DAVID BYRNE, and more of their usually lovely futuristic bossa/lounge/downtempo sound. Check out ThieveryCorporation.com to launch soon.

Customer Reviews:

Progressive decline in creativity by T.C........2007-05-24

It seems that since the Mirror Conspiracy, all these guys do is turn out endless variations of the same played-out sound

From the Cosmos.......2007-02-11

Only one word fully describes this album: Wow. Where do they get the inspiration, the creativity, the magic? Who knows. Just be thankful that they keep making beautiful and innovative music. TC just keeps getting better with each new album. If you thought RMIB was original, wait till you hear the collage of sounds compiled onto this tapestry of music. Some standout tracks: Warning Shots, Heart's a Lonely Hunter, Amerimacka, and the knock-out The Supreme Illusion. Holy cow, this song will floor you. It's almost too good.

If you own any other TC album and you like it, go out immediately and but The Cosmic Game. It's even better.

Good music, but hidden.......2006-10-25

Certainly a good solid album, and worth the listen from beggining to finish. Found myself really liking most of the tracks, but after a few listens there are some repepetitive elements that are hard on the ear. On most, if not all, of the tracks there is a heavy triplet delay effect that becomes extremly annoying after a few minutes. There is a lot of good music in this album, a shame that the smooth rythms, ecclectic vocals, and svelt textures are drowned in the delay. If this was a mastering descision, someone should shoot the engineer in the foot.

Another Classic.......2006-09-15

Context: I own a lot of music from Thievery Corp. , K&D, Moby's instrumental work, Rob Dougan and others. But of all the different kinds of "groove" I listen to and work to all day long, Thievery are my favorite artists / duo. If you own and enjoy the Mirror Conspiracy, you're going to love this IMO.

These guys are truly incredible the way they manage to integrate a wide variety of sounds into a completely seamless and natural sounding whole. This CD flows together as a single work probably better than any other that I own. And I own a ton of instrumental music. Urban, Jazz, Ethereal, you name it. It's just impossible to get sick of this music. It reveals something new almost every time I listen to it, which is not always true of modern instrumental music. Often it just fades away into the background after a while. Not this, however....

I don't often use the word "rewarding" in reference to music, but this CD qualifies in almost every respect. Worth every penny.

ecclectic mix.......2006-03-08

with so many different artists collaborating on this cd, i don't know where to begin

i must say though, that having the flaming lips open with ' marching the hate machines into the sun' was a great beginning..

retaining a classic 'theivery' feel, you can really get the 'world music' vibe, with hints of reggae, indian, alt rock , etc

each track is well produced, and at the risk of sounding like a fanboy, there's none that i woudl skip over; the cd was just mastered so well that they all flow into each other


they've always been on my radar ( since i first heard the french version of lebanese blonde ) but this is my first disc from them, and i have no regrets

Average customer rating: Highly recommended

Ultimate Movie Album Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Dukas | Dukas, Paul | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mascagni | Mascagni, Pietro | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schifrin | Schifrin, Lalo | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Kamen | Kamen, Michael | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Variations | Forms & Genres | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Soundtracks | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Paramount 90th Anniversary Collection: Scores Reel Chill: The Cinematic Chillout Album Reel Love: The Cinematic Romance Album The Incredible Film Music Box The Queen ASIN: B00005QC28 Release Date: 2001-11-20

Tracks:

1. Bridget Jones's Diary: Out Of Reach - Gabrielle
2. Gladiator: Now We Are Free - Gavin Greenaway
3. Moulin Rouge: One Day I'll Fly Away - Nicole Kidman
4. Notting Hill: When You Say Nothing At All - Ronan Keating
5. American Beauty: Dead Already - Thomas Newman
6. Braveheart: Main Theme - For The Love Of A Princess - London Symphony Orchestra
7. Four Weddings And A Funeral: You're The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White
8. O Brother Where Art Thou: Down To The River To Pray - Alison Krauss
9. Hannibal: Vide Cor Meum - Gavin Greenaway
10. The Shawshank Redemption: Courtyard Theme: Che Soave Zeffiretto (Marriage Of Figaro) - Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
11. The Thomas Crown Affair: Windmills Of Your Mind - Sting
12. Platoon: Adagio - Neville Marriner
13. Ghost: Unchained Melody - Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
14. Fantasia: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Montreal Symphony Orchestra
15. The Big Lebowski: Just Dropped In (To See What My Condition Was In) - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
16. Philadelphia: La Mamma Morta - Monserrat Caballe
17. Snatch: Hernando's Hideaway - The Johnstone Brothers
18. Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels: Eighteen With A Bullet - Lewis Taylor And Carleen Anderson
19. A Room With A View: O Mio Babbino Caro - Sylvia McNair

Tracks:

1. Billy Elliot: Cosmic Dancer - Marc Bolan & T-Rex
2. Captain Corelli's Mandolin: Pelagia's Song - Orchestra
3. Four Weddings And A Funeral: Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet
4. Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves: Maid Marian At The Waterfall/Everything I Do - Michael Kamen
5. Dances With Wolves: John Dunbar Theme - John Mauceri
6. American Beauty: Any Other Name - Thomas Newman
7. Gladiator: The Battle (Excerpt) - Gavin Greenaway
8. The Silence Of The Lambs: Goldberg Variations (Aria) - Andrei Gavrilov
9. Notting Hill: She - Elvis Costello
10. Pulp Fiction: Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
11. Mission Impossible: Main Theme - Orchestra
12. Waking Ned: Let The Draw Begin - Orchestra
13. Out Of Africa: Love Theme - John Williams
14. Shine: Piano Concerto No.3 In D Minor, Op.30 - Concertgebouw Orchestra
15. The Godfather Part III: Intermezzo From Cavalleria Rusticana - Pavarotti
16. The Mexican: End Credits Medley - The Hollywood Film Chorale
17. Body Heat: Main Theme - John Williams
18. Apocalypse Now: The Ride Of The Valkyries - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
19. Star Trek: The Final Frontier - Main Theme & March Of The Klingons - John Williams

Album Description

UK compilation featuring a combination of hit songs & theme music from some great soundtracks. Tracks include, Gabrielle 'Out Of Reach' (Bridget Jones Diary), 'Now We Are Free' (Gladiator), 'Dead Already' (American Beauty), Alison Kraus 'Down To The River To Pray' (O Brother Where Art Thou), Ronan Keating 'When You Say Nothing At All' (Notting Hill) & many more. 35 tracks on 2 CDs. 2001.

Customer Reviews:

Highly recommended.......2002-08-20

This pricey UK import CD filled a lot of gaps in my music collection and is an excellent overview of notable music of (mostly) recent films. It's difficult to find consistently listenable soundtrack collections like this, by that I mean free from the obligitory Whitney Houston or Celine Dion embarrassments. Usually rights issues prevent comprehensive compilations like this in the US, too. While I enjoy a lot of soundtrack music, there aren't so many complete soundtracks that I would care to own, some examples of exceptions being Ennio Morricone scores and the About a Boy Soundtrack. While certainly most of these tracks are the actual recordings used in their respective films, I noticed that "La mamma morte" from Philadelphia is not the Maria Callas version. There might be other cases like this, I'm not sure. And "Unchained Melody" from Ghost is an orchestral version, not the pop song (but I consider this a plus). This collection seems to focus on the subtle and quirky, yet melodic music of indie films, with less emphasis on the loud sweeping orchestral scores of major Hollywood hits, but of course there are a few like Gladiator and Braveheart, which are welcome here because like I've said, I probably wouldn't listen to the whole score. I love the two Thomas Newman compositions from American Beauty, and it's good to have some music from films by the Cohen Brothers here. My only complaint would have to be the order of the songs. You would think they would avoid jumping back and forth between pop songs, orchestral scores, and quiet music, but it just seems thrown together by random. I would compare this collection to the excellent "Miramax Films Greatest Hits" but the makers of that album knew to group the two pop/rock songs at the end.

Average customer rating:

Chojin Locke: Cosmic Game Japanimation Manufacturer: Sony/Columbia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Anime & Video Game Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B000AHJ8B0 Release Date: 2005-10-03

Album Description

Limited edition Japanese pressing has been digitally remastered. Columbia. 2005.

Average customer rating: Pretty much a standard pairing

Cosmic Game Thievery Corporation Manufacturer: Esl Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0009X4UA4 Release Date: 2005-06-20

Tracks:

1. Marching The Hate Machines (Into The Sun)
2. Warning Shots
3. Revolution Solution
4. Cosmic Game
5. Satyam Shivam Sundaram
6. Amerimacka
7. Ambicion Eterna
8. Pela Janela
9. Sol Tapado
10. Heart's A Lonely Hunter
11. Holographic Universe
12. Doors Of Perception
13. Wires And Watchtowers
14. Supreme Illusion
15. Time We Lost Our Way
16. Gentle Dissolve
17. State Of The Union (Thievery Corporation Remix)
18. Until The Morning (Thievery Corporation Remix)
19. Outernationalist (Thievery Corporation Remix)
20. Exilio (Thievery Corporation Remix)
21. Until The Morning (Kid Loco's Dr. Feelgood Mix)
22. Resolution (Thievery Corporation Remix)
23. Truth And Rights
24. Simple Histoire (Voidd Remix )
25. Richest Man In Babylon (Video)

Album Description

Exclusive Asian pressing features their 2005 album, The Cosmic Game, coupled with their 2004 Remix EP, Babylon Rewound. Cosmic Game sees the duo pushing the signature Thievery sound into new dimensions. It features collaborations with a whole new realm of guests including Perry Farrell, the Flaming Lips and David Byrne as well as Sleepy Wonder, Lou Lou and Notch. Electronic music ordinances decree Babylon Rewound a 'remix collection', but the eight-track set has a lot in common with traditional Jamaican dub albums, as it stretches out the tunes from the Richest Man in Babylon album to their laziest and druggiest potential. 25 tracks in all. ESL Music. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

Pretty much a standard pairing.......2005-07-18

This is basically just a pairing of The Cosmic Game with Babylon Rewound. If you already have these, this hasn't added anything. If you don't have these, get them.

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