Chinatown [Import]

Product Description
Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: "Searchin My Soul (Live)".

Chinatown,Vonda Shepard,Jvc Victor,Pop

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Average customer rating: Great sound Beautiful Doesn't Even Begin to Describe! the real deal Great Music Bad Technology Good, Good, Good Tanyas (better than paracetamol)

Chinatown The Be Good Tanyas Manufacturer: Nettwerk Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Alternative Folk | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Blue Horse Hello Love Vagabond Lullabies Po' Girl Escondida ASIN: B000089IYV Release Date: 2003-03-11

Tracks:

1. It's Not Happening
2. Waiting Around To Die
3. Junkie Song
4. Ship out on the Sea
5. Dogsong2
6. Rowdy Blues
7. Reuben
8. House of the Rising Sun
9. In Spite of All the Damage
10. Lonesome Blues
11. In My Time of Dying
12. I Wish My Baby Was Born
13. Horses
14. Midnight Moonlight

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Once again a Canadian perspective helps to bring out the best in American roots music. Like the Band, these three women of the Great North have taken the traditional sounds of their southern neighbor and made them uniquely their own. They inflect the acoustic intimacy of public domain tunes like "Reuben" and "In My Time of Dying," modern classics like Townes Van Zandt's "Waiting Around to Die," and Peter Rowan's "Midnight Moonlight," and their own songs with only the best and most appropriate elements of their punk, trip-hop, and Motown influences. As in the work of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, you have to listen closely to hear how Frazey Ford, Samantha Parton, and Trish Klein veer off from the past into the future: a soulful melisma wrapped in Ford's whisper, a hint of a funk groove in their arrangement of "House of the Rising Sun," Klein's electric guitar peeking out between her banjo and harmonica. Chinatown taps into the quiet power found on the back porches of what Greil Marcus called "old weird America," and with nary a musical misstep, qualifies as a masterpiece. --Michael Ross

Customer Reviews:

Great sound.......2007-01-10

While I believe the Tanyas other album, Blue Horse, is far superior, this is a great listen. I first heard this band on a local "Indi" radio station. When I got the name of the band and title of the song, I immediately went on line and ordered both albums. These girls are definitely going somewhere.

Beautiful Doesn't Even Begin to Describe!.......2005-12-03

Sad, sweet, soulful, superb, haunting, moving, exquisite, evocative, soft, lovely. I run out of adjectives long before I run out of intense feeling for these three women (Frazey Ford, Samantha Parton, and Trish Klein) and the music they are creating. A warm and inventive combination of traditional, folk, blues, bluegrass (really the latter only `cause they use the banjo), the music of The Be Good Tanyas is some of the most wonderful music around.

Their three voices are amazing enough that any of them could be a soloist, but when they braid and intertwine and harmonize they are positively transporting. Accompanying themselves on banjo, guitar, mandolin, ukulele, harmonica and a bit of electric guitar, they offer new life and powerful interpretations to traditional songs (House of the Rising Sun, In My Time of Dying, I wish My Baby Was Born), as well as to music they compose themselves. I would stack the Tanyas' version of In My Time of Dying against anyone's, and that includes Dylan, Led Zeppelin (they did a terrific version on Physical Graffiti!), Mellencamp, and Beth and April Stevens.

Chinatown is their second album, (2003), and will be no disappointment to fans of Blue Horse (2000), their first amazing album. My only sadness is that The Be Good Tanyas don't produce more music more faster. C'mon ladies, make us another one soon!

the real deal.......2005-10-30

In response to the fella who has such a beef with these 'poetry school dropouts' - do your homework and you'll see that these girls are a lot closer to the roots of this music than you think. these beautiful songs are borne out of years working the clearcuts of british columbia as treeplanters(about as back-breaking and itinerant a job as they get), rural living, rambling about, and trading songs with others just as underground (and unconcerned with the 'biz') as they once were. This is not at all to say that i feel they need to earn their 'cred', as it's my opinion that beautiful music can (and does) come from anywhere there is soul. There's not a lie anywhere on this CD. God bless the Be Goods for truthfully and respectfully making something new and beautiful out of the old.

Great Music Bad Technology.......2005-05-17

I too rejected the fact that this wouldn't play on my computer- as I will EVERY CD with this technology- but the music is as great as Blue Horse.

However, I'd like to point out that this kind of music originated in Western Europe not in the southern United States. In fact, only three kinds of music originated in the United States: Jazz, Rock n Roll and Hip Hop.

To say that these Canadian women came down and stole this music from us just perpetuates the idea that we don't read enough to get our facts straight.

Good, Good, Good Tanyas (better than paracetamol).......2004-12-29

This album is really good, it's the kind of music that makes all your headaches go away. No showing off, no over-the-top voices, no see-how-hip-we-are rhythms. It's like coming home after a long day's work. I can listen to hip-hop, lounge, jazz, r&b, house, punk, reggae, funk, soul, and everything in between when I go out, but when I come home, this album is the kind of music I want to hear. By the way, did anyone ever mention the similarities with Ray Lamontagne's first album 'Trouble'? Yes, I know that's a man, but the singing and frasing, and even the musical resources on both these masterpieces are very similar. Great Tanyas.

Average customer rating: Awesome Set! Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection Overall a strong Goldsmith sampler Jerry Goldsmith - 40 years of pleasure Almost the perfect compilation

Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music Jerry Goldsmith Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Star Trek | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection The Music of John Williams: 40 Years of Film Music Epics: The History of the World According to Hollywood John Barry: The Collection Paramount 90th Anniversary Collection: Scores ASIN: B0009KIYDG Release Date: 2005-08-09

Tracks:

1. Blue Max, The
2. Blue Max, The
3. Blue Max, The
4. Blue Max, The
5. Blue Max, The
6. The Man From U.N.C.L.E.: Doctor Kildare / Room 222 / Waltons, The / Barnaby Jones / Television Themes Medley
7. In Harm's Way
8. The Sandpebbles: Chinatown / Patch Of Blue, A / Poltergeist / Papillon / Wind And The Lion, The / Motion Pictures Medley
9. Generals, The
10. Tora! Tora! Tora!
11. Wild Rovers, The
12. Pursuit
13. Wind And The Lion, The

Tracks:

1. QB VII
2. QB VII
3. QB VII
4. QB VII
5. QB VII
6. Waltons, The
7. Papillon
8. Police Story
9. Omen, The
10. Capricorn One
11. Swarm, The
12. Boys From Brazil, The
13. , The (First) Great Train Robbery
14. Alien
15. Star Trek The Motion Picture

Tracks:

1. Masada
2. Poltergeist
3. First Blood - Rambo II
4. Twilight Zone: The Movie
5. Under Fire
6. Under Fire
7. Under Fire
8. Under Fire
9. Gremlins
10. Baby - Secret Of The Lost Legend
11. Legend
12. Lionheart
13. Rambo III
14. Total Recall

Tracks:

1. Star Trek Voyager
2. Basic Instinct
3. Russia House, The
4. Gremlins II
5. Medicine Man
6. Shadow, The
7. Forever Young
8. First Knight
9. Powder
10. Airforce One
11. L.A. Confidential
12. Mummy, The
13. Haunting, The

Album Description

Jerry Goldsmith's death in 2004 marked the end of one of the greatest careers in film composing. This lavish 57 track 4 CD set traces the path of his astonishing achievements and includes recordings conducted by Goldsmith himself. Featuring The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The Philharmonia Orchestra, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, and The Daniel Caine Orchestra. Includes over 280 minutes of music.

Customer Reviews:

Awesome Set!.......2007-07-01

I am a huge fan of Jerry Goldsmith. They did a great job preserving his vision. I can listen to this collection for hours. Great music!

Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection.......2006-11-03

This is compilation of hit film music from one of the greatest composers in motion pictures. What is surprising though is the music not included like the Ghost And The Darkness, the 13th Warrior, Rudy and others. To be sure, 4 discs are not enough for a composure of this stature. THe recording, however, is an "engineering masterpiece" which makes the music even more enjoyable than when you first heard it at the movies. When are we ging to get the music that was omittd from this compilaton?

Overall a strong Goldsmith sampler.......2006-04-11

Okay, this is a CD review, so the focus is on music, but I've got to say this first: this has got to be a contender for the ugliest cover art ever. I mean, come on...instead of a tribute to the composer, the cover looks like someone spilled a glass of merlot over a NASA photo.

Fortunately, even an ugly cover will not ruin good music. And the good news is that I'd say about 75 percent of the music is good....and on a 4 cd set, that's a lot. Like other Silva compilations, the strength of this compilation is the variety. There are selections from the big releases (Star Trek, Omen, Rambo), but there is also a healthy dose of tracks from the smaller releases(Under Fire, Lionheart, The Swarm).

Two examples come to mind. Capricorn One and The Great Train Robbery are two movies that are not exactly household names today, but are dominated by two of Goldmith's finest main themes. The City of Prague Philharmonic come through with terrific renditions. And there are plenty of other strong performances...a few being concert versions conducted by Goldsmith himself. Suprisingly, "The Wind and the Lion" works, which is no small accomplishment given the ferentic original performance of "Raisuli Attacks".

It's not a complete success. A few of the performances fall flat, particularly some of the more inventive scores. Total Recall is just bad, mangling the performance with poor percussion and synthesizer choices to boot. Also a letdown is the Klingon Attack from the first Star Trek movie. The Prague Philhamonic attempt doesn't sound bad--it's just that once you've heard the original soundtrack's "blaster beam" with enough bass to rattle your teeth...well let's just say Silva's version is a little tinny in comparison.

But I shouldn't dwell on the negative. Overall, this is a strong sampler of Goldsmith's variety. There are plenty of quality performances here, and despite a few omissions (noticeably Planet of the Apes)this is a very good release from Silva.

Jerry Goldsmith - 40 years of pleasure.......2006-02-22

It was wonderful to hear Mr. Goldsmith's music that went all the way back to The Man from UNCLE, The Waltons, Dr Kildare, etc. And then to hear his music up to the present. The man was a genius!

Almost the perfect compilation.......2005-12-31

Age has its value.... This sweeping collection of compositions brings back so many great memories. This collection shows how significant Goldsmith was for both the movie screen and the small screen. With such a grand collection, every reader can be assured that at least one movie or TV program they like or remember had Goldsmith's contribution. It was an amazing life and the collection well worth having.

However, as sweepig as it is, there are a few holes in the selection. "First Contact", one of the sweetest and richest compositions from the Star Trek is absent. "The Ghost and the Darkness" is missing and the "Medicine Man" music should include the theme song. By dwelling on several selections from the Blue Max, these were squeezed out. Three full and important movie themes got the axe.

However, all but "The Ghost and the Darkness" are readily available and not overly expensive as is the "Ghost" CD. This is a must have for the TV and movie music fan.

Before there was Hans Solo there was Napolean Solo, before ER there was Dr. Kildare. Jerry Goldsmith IS Sci-Fi. "Resistance is futile.. you MUST assimilate this CD collection."

Average customer rating: Great Movies have Great Soundtracks! Only Disc 1 Is Worth Anything More of a propaganda CD Great selection of Film Hits! Older recordings, main themes only

Paramount 90th Anniversary Collection: Scores Various Artists Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Star Trek | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Soundtracks | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration Simply the Best Movie Themes Hollywood's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection The Incredible Film Music Box ASIN: B000068TN9 Release Date: 2002-07-02

Tracks:

1. Saving Private Ryan 'Hymn To The Fallen' - John Williams
2. Double Indemnity 'Prelude' - Miklos Rozsa
3. The Lost Weekend 'Finale' - Miklos Rozsa
4. The Heiress 'Departure/Morris Suggests Love/The Proposal/Finale' - Aaron Copland
5. Sunset Boulevard 'Prelude' - Franz Waxman
6. The Ten Commandments 'Prelude' - Elmer Bernstein
7. Breakfast At Tiffany's 'Moon River' - Henry Mancini
8. Hatari! 'Baby Elephant Walk' - Henry Mancini
9. Rosemary's Baby 'Main Title (Vocal)' - Christopher Komeda
10. Romeo & Juliet 'Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet' - Nino Rota
11. Once Upon A Time In The West 'Once Upon A Time In The West' - Ennio Morricone
12. Love Story 'Theme From Love Story' - Francis Lai
13. The Godfather 'Main Title (The Godfather Waltz)' - Nino Rota
14. The Godfather 'Love Theme From The Godfather' - Nino Rota
15. Chinatown 'Love Theme From Chinatown (Main Title) - Jerry Goldsmith
16. The Godfather - Part II 'End Title' - Nino Rota
17. Star Trek: The Motion Picture 'End Title' - Jerry Goldsmith
18. Raiders Of The Lost Ark 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark' - John Williams
19. Terms Of Endearment 'Theme From Terms Of Endearment' - Michael Gore
20. Flashdance 'Love Theme From Flashdance' - Giorgio Moroder
21. Beverly Hills Cop 'Axel F' - Harold Faltermeyer

Tracks:

1. Witness 'Building The Barn' - Maurice Jarre
2. Children Of A Lesser God 'Main Title' - Michael Convertino
3. The Untouchables 'The Strength Of The Righteous (Main Title)' - Ennio Morricone
4. Fatal Attraction 'Fatal Attraction' - Maurice Jarre
5. The Addams Family 'Main Title' - Marc Shaiman
6. Dead Again 'Winter 1948' - Patrick Doyle
7. Indecent Proposal 'Flashback & Photos' - John Barry
8. The Firm 'How Could You Lose Me?-End Title' - Dave Grusin
9. Clear And Present Danger 'Main Title/A Clear And Present Danger' - James Horner
10. Braveheart 'For The Love Of A Princess' - James Horner
11. Primal Fear 'Courtroom Montage' - James Newton Howard
12. Mission: Impossible 'Zoom B' - Danny Elfman
13. Star Trek: First Contact 'End Credits' - Jerry Goldsmith
14. Titanic 'Hard To Starboard' - James Horner
15. The Rugrats Movie 'Baby Shower Happenings' - Mark Mothersbaugh
16. The Talented Mr. Ripley 'Italia' - Gabriel Yared
17. Rules Of Engagement 'Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful)' - Mark Isham
18. Mission: Impossible 2 'The Bait' - Hans Zimmer
19. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 'Main Titles' - Graeme Revell
20. Vanilla Sky 'To The Roof' - Nancy Wilson
21. The Sum Of All Fears 'The Mission' - Jerry Goldsmith
22. Forest Gump 'I'm Forrest...Forrest Gump' - Alan Silvestri

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Granddaddy of the Hollywood studios, Paramount Pictures is rightfully proud of its century of contributions to both American cinema and the art of film scoring. But the first disc of this 43-track double-CD anthology merely hints at the studio's musical peaks, blithely skipping through its first seven decades in just 17 tracks. Indeed, the package as a whole seems more interested in marketing its post-'70s catalog of hits and blockbusters than it does in paying real homage to history and roots. Even rarities like Double Indemnity and The Lost Weekend are served up via modern budget-line rerecordings, as is Ennio Morricone's epochal Once upon a Time in the West). Contemporary recordings of Aaron Copland's rare score to The Heiress and Franz Waxman's great Sunset Blvd. fare better, but soundtrack fans may miss the originals. The studio's rich pop-crossover successes in the '60s are documented via Breakfast at Tiffany's "Moon River" and excerpts from Romeo and Juliet and Love Story, while successful franchises like Star Trek and Raiders also get their due. Too often the '90s-focused second disc only underscores some uncomfortable trends in contemporary scoring--orchestral nervous tics punctuated by booming crescendos, treacly piano Muzak--and makes one wonder if the music of The Rugrats Movie and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider are really film music milestones. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Great Movies have Great Soundtracks!.......2007-05-10

If you love movies and movie music, you can't go wrong with this two cd Paramount Anniversary set.

Only Disc 1 Is Worth Anything.......2006-07-19

Normally I have a lot to say in my reviews, but not this time. The main problem with this collection is that all the most memorable film scores are just on one disc, with the second used mostly to play out stuff from the last ten years that, really, musically isn't very memorable and only includes three pieces anyone will recognize just because, like the movies they come from, they're based on old TV shows - The Addams Family, Star Trek, and Mission: Impossible.

And that brings up another problem. With all due respect to the late Jerry Goldsmith, who has provided some truly great classic movie scores, was it REALLY necessary to include TWO versions of the SAME Star Trek march in this collection? This seems evocative of the milk-it-for-all-its-worth attitude Paramount has had lately toward its now-tarnished crown-jewel franchise. Where's James Horner's theme music from Star Trek II and III? If they're gonna put Star Trek on here twice, they should have provided a little diversity. It wouldn't have taken much, I'm sure.

I'm sure that Paramount's had other films with far more memorable music (even Harold Faltermeyer's Top Gun Anthem could have helped on Disc 2). This just seems like a lazy attempt at something that really could have been great.

More of a propaganda CD.......2002-10-30

There are some really great songs on this 2 CD set. However, those really great songs seem to be lightly interspersed amongst a large number of forgettable songs whose main purpose seems to be to remind you of those movies you enjoy(ed) so much.

It seems a little odd to me that out of 90 years of film making the most memorable scores have been largely released within the last few years. I was pleased to find themes from the Godfather, Indiana Jones and Witness. I was perplexed with the inclusion of songs from Rugrats, both Mission Impossible movies (one would have been more than enough) and Tomb Raider (memorable???).

This is my own personal bias, but I do prefer movie soundtracks that evoke a feeling of excitement. With this collection I just couldn't get excited. I kept finding myself being let down by songs that didn't in some way complement the preceeding song.

There are certainly some great tracks here, but overall I was disappointed. My advise would be to look elsewhere.

Great selection of Film Hits!.......2002-09-25

This one was a pleasant surprise! I thought- how could any CD that had "Baby Elephant Walk" be all that good? This one is. Lots of great scores- classics and a few hidden treasures. After hearing the beautiful title score for "Children of a Lesser God", I had to buy the entire soundtrack - very soothing. There are a few that may seem too overplayed ("Love Story", "Raiders of the Lost Ark",), but most are a welcome addition to any compilation. Try NOT loving "Building the Barn" from "Witness" or the "Hymn to the Fallen" from "Saving Private Ryan". Hours of great listening.

Older recordings, main themes only.......2002-08-27

This is a great album concept, but I really wish Paramount had re-recorded these scores as they deserve to be heard. The tracks range from 1944 to the present, and the older recordings sound just like the cleaned-up older recordings that they are.

I would also personally have enjoyed more "secondary" music themes (otherwise it becomes like reading book summaries that always only quote the opening paragraph), and I could easily have done without the "pop" tunes (like Baby Elephant Walk and the Rugrats theme). In fact, it would have been very nice to listen to an album comprised of tracks chosen for their strong musical value rather than apparently for their box office and/or hit song popularity. But, to be fair, that may be precisely what draws some people to this CD set.

Film score music constitutes the single most significant body of classical music of our time. I hope some of these tracks will entice listeners to buy entire soundtracks and listen to some of these works as a whole.

Average customer rating: A Must! great music The one you need

Best of the Canadian Brass Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Gabrieli, Giovanni | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Monteverdi | Monteverdi, Claudio | ( 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 Pachelbel | Pachelbel, Johann | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Vivaldi | Vivaldi, Antonio | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Improvisation | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Canadian Brass | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Gabrieli, Giovanni | ( G ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Monteverdi, Claudio | ( M ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Pachelbel, Johann | ( P ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Vivaldi, Antonio | ( V ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Canadian Brass | ( C ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Essential Canadian Brass Go For Baroque! - The Canadian Brass The Christmas Album The Canadian Brass: Greatest Hits Basin Street ASIN: B0000026Z3 Release Date: 1989-11-20

Tracks:

1. Vespers Of The Blessed Virgin: Deus in adjutorium - Monteverdi
2. Canzon V - Canadian Brass
3. Canon In D - Pachelbel
4. Le Nozze Di Figaro, K. 492: Overture - Mozart
5. Le Nozze Di Figaro, K. 492: Non Piu Andrai - Mozart
6. Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart
7. Die Zauberflote: Der Holle Rache - Mozart
8. Exultate Jubilate: Alleluia - Mozart
9. Piano sonata in A major: Rondo Alla Turca - Mozart
10. The Four Seasons: I - Allegro (Spring) - Canadian Brass
11. The Four Seasons: II - Largo (Winter) - Canadian Brass
12. The Four Seasons: III - Presto (Summer) - Canadian Brass
13. The Four Seasons: IV - Allegro (Autumn) - Canadian Brass
14. Contrapunctus I (Andante Sostenuto) - Bach
15. Contrapunctus XIII (Rectus, Allegro Spiritoso) - Bach
16. Basin Street Blues - Canadian Brass
17. Chinatown, My Chinatown - Canadian Brass
18. Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Traditional
19. The Saints' Halleluja - Canadian Brass

Customer Reviews:

A Must!.......2004-12-28

This is a must have for any fan of brass instrumentals. (Especially if you are a fan of the Canadian Brass.)

great music.......2000-12-18

I just bought this cd yesterday and i love it already. as a trumpeter, i can really enjoy and appreciate the music they perform. i was quite intrigued hearing canon in D (currently playing right now on my stereo), et al.

The one you need.......2000-06-26

If you are to buy only 1 CD for Brass Enemble, Get this! It captured the BEST of the Candian Brass (one of the top brass enemble in the world). It has all the nice tunes, e.g. Four Seasons, Cannon in D, etc. Strongly recommended.

Average customer rating: The Carl Stalling Project Vols 1 & 2 Better Stalling's CD The Carl Stalling Project Volume 2 A nice follow up Now, every time I watch cartoons, I listen to the music!

The Carl Stalling Project, Volume 2: More Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1939-1957 Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Cartoon Music | Children's Music | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Carl Stalling Project: Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons, 1936-1958 Reckless Nights & Turkish Twilights Bugs Bunny on Broadway Microphone Music That's All Folks! Cartoon Songs from Merrie Melodies & Looney Tunes ASIN: B000002MN3 Release Date: 1995-02-28

Tracks:

1. Zoom And Bored
2. Stage Fright
3. The High And The Flighty
4. Bad Swiss Band
5. Marching Pink Elephants
6. The Slap Hoppy Mouse
7. Orchestra Gag
8. Variation On Grandfather's Clock
9. Variation On Chinatown My Chinatown
10. Variation On Lucky Day
11. Wind-Up Doll
12. Guided Muscle
13. Fall And Splat-SFX
14. Ghost Wanted (1940)
15. The Unexpected Pest
16. Drunk La Cucaracha
17. Flea-Ridden Sheep Dog
18. Golf Cue
19. Barbary Coast Bunny
20. Satan's Waitin' (Excerpt)
21. Rubber Dog
22. Pappy's Puppy
23. Variations On La Danza
24. Variations On Johann Strauss
25. Kangaroo-SFX
26. Mouse-taken Identity
27. Variations On Mexican Hat Dance
28. Frazzled Coyote

Amazon.com

The second volume of the master Warner Bros. cartoon composer's work downplays the head-spinning montage of the first in favor of just-as-head-spinning complete scores. They aren't from the studio's best-known cartoons but from some of Stalling's most impressive tempo-warping, all-systems-go pieces, augmented by a few mini-pieces that illustrate the way he could transform barely familiar show tunes and classical themes into wild, rubbery jokes. Even without images, Stalling could make an orchestra suggest a "Flea-Ridden Sheep Dog" in 24 seconds flat and run enough changes on Stephen Foster's "Camptown Races" to match every mood in a Foghorn Leghorn cartoon. The head-snapping reversals of his scores anticipate much later avant-garde music. --Douglas Wolk

Customer Reviews:

The Carl Stalling Project Vols 1 & 2.......2007-01-11

Are the names Mel Blanc, I. Freleng or Chuck Jones familiar to you? Then you will get a charge out of these albums as they remind you of Warner Brothers cartoons you saw. I even used these albums instead of "spooky music" for the trick-or-treaters at Halloween, and got appreciative comments from the parents who recognized the music. Definitely worth the price of admission.

Better Stalling's CD.......2006-05-09

As well as Stalling Project Part I, These recordings are more modern fidelity, less classic and more musical techniques. The improvisations appreciate me more than Part I. I like all tracks especially one from "Zoom and Bored" Salute Maestro!!!!
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The Carl Stalling Project Volume 2.......2005-09-12

More music from Warner Brother Cartoons 1936 to 1958.
Carl Stalling was one of the foremost composers of music for cartoons and wrote virtually all of the scores for Warner Brothers cartoons from 1936 to 1958. This is a compilation of some complete soundtracks and other snippets. In my opinion, this disk is not quite as well done as "The Carl Stalling Project Volume I."

A nice follow up.......2003-03-09

I really did like the slice-and-dice format of the first disc : I think it helped keep that cartoon zaniness without the visuals. I would recommend both volumes - I listen to them alot while I'm programming!

Now, every time I watch cartoons, I listen to the music!.......2001-08-07

Carl Stalling. We all know who he is, but we don't know that we know. Who is he? The guy who did cartoon background music for Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies for more than 20 years, that's who. Maybe you're thinking, "Oh, come on! Cartoon background music??! How good could something so trivial be?!" The answer to that question is.. VERY. Very entertaining. I just love Carl Stalling's great "scores". When you take away the context of it's being CARTOON music and just sit and listen to the damn thing, it's WONDERFUL music in and of itself! He goes from violins and a piano playing "agitato" simultaneously to a single oboe note and back again in five seconds. Not only that. He does that and, as random as it may sound, he mannages to segue it together beautifully. Now, every time I watch cartoons, the thing I pay most attention to is what aural miracles Mr. Stalling sneaked in. Maybe, after listening to this, you will too. If anything will change after you listen to this, it would be that you'll never think of cartoon music as trivial again........That's a GOOD thing.

Average customer rating: Good album Amazing album by a underrated band! Can't get enough of this release CHINATOWN ROCKS! Stellar!

Chinatown Thin Lizzy Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music British Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Classic Rock | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Thunder and Lightning Black Rose: A Rock Legend Bad Reputation Renegade Johnny the Fox ASIN: B00005LN6P Release Date: 2001-06-19

Tracks:

1. We Will Be Strong
2. Chinatown
3. Sweetheart
4. Sugar Blues
5. Killer On The Loose
6. Having A Good Time
7. Genocide
8. Didn't I
9. Hey You

Album Description

Hard rock quartet formed by Philip Lynott out of Dublin, Ireland. Thin Lizzy had numerous charting albums throughout the 70's & 80's. Chinatown was originally released in 1980. Featured guitarists are Gary Moore & Scott Gorham. 9 tracks. 2001 reissue.

Customer Reviews:

Good album.......2007-05-10

we will be strong......the album starts with this great song, but you can here sugar blues........ china town and killer on the loose, Snowy White is great, all here are great, great rock, great band.

Amazing album by a underrated band!.......2007-02-21

This band is so underrated.they can play with any big band from the 70's.This album is awesome.Great guitar,drums,song writing,and just good ol rock and roll.this album and like 6 or 7 before this one are classic rock all the way.They dont make them like this any more.


p.s all we have today are hack bands who cant write any good songs.

Can't get enough of this release.......2006-09-26

Some people say the 80's were not kind to Thin Lizzy. I disagree!
If you can't get into this release and not find yourself enjoying it throughout, something is wrong with you!
I sense a little bit of influence from Rush, The Police, & ZZ Top.
"We will be strong" kicks things into high gear and the twin harmony/leads are top notch.
"Chinatown" grabs you right off the bat with that incredible intro.
Gorham and White takes turns on some goose bump inducing leads.
"Sweetheart" keeps the flow going and echoes some "Rush" stylings throughout.
Classy stuff so far.
"Sugar Blues" sounds like a hopped up ZZ Top shuffle.
"Hey You" has some echoes of The Police.
A solid album, that rocks consistently.
Brian Downey's drumming gets me every time on "Genocide".
Gorham grooves throughout this disc and shows how integral he was to the Lizzy brigade.
Snowy White shows some flashes of brilliance.
The guy gets a bad wrap from some Lizzy fans. He has some sweet spots on this release.
I love this album and after all this time it still gets played at top volume and I never seem to get tired of this release.
Highly recommended in the cannon of Thin Lizzy music.

CHINATOWN ROCKS!.......2005-07-20

i'm tired of hearing how bad this album and renegade were!
these two albums are awesome and have classic songs! yes
there were some not so strong but there are no duds. Also
Snowy White is a really good player and plays great on these
albums and blended well with Scott Gorham. Take a listen again
and really listen without comparing to the Live n' Dangerous
line up that everyone compares too. These albums rock as much
as Thunder and LIghtning and some of the earlier stuff! With
all the bad music out there I still listen to these all the time.
I think true Lizzy and rock fans love these albums and maybe all
the skeptics should give them another try? Rock on!

Stellar!.......2005-07-19

Not only is Thin Lizzy the greatest rock band that everyone seems to have forgotten, but they might just be the greatest rock band period. I was too young to remember these guys back in the day, but I was introduced to them a few years ago and was totally blown away. Phil was one of those rare talents like Hendrix who just knew how to groove. His music is rocking and yet very relaxing at the same time; a rare combination. The title track 'Chinatown' has to be one of the best Lizzy songs of all time. The album itself is superb as are all the other releases from this band. Thin Lizzy is truly one of a kind.

Average customer rating: Truly a beautiful rendition of extraordinary talent..... Pure Gold from Maestro Goldsmith Goldsmith's Gold money ill spent A good example of Goldsmith's range, but...

The Film Music of Jerry Goldsmith Jerry Goldsmith , and London Symphony Orchestra Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Star Trek | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music Paramount 90th Anniversary Collection: Scores Elmer Bernstein by Elmer Bernstein Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration ASIN: B00005BC6G Release Date: 2001-07-24

Tracks:

1. Star Trek - The Motion Picture
2. Motion Picture Medley: The Sand Pebbles/Chinatown/Air Force One/A Patch Of Blue/Poltergeist/Papillon/Basic Instinct/The Wind And The Lion
3. Theme From The Russia House
4. The Boys From Brazil
5. Theme From Sleeping With The Enemy
6. Medley Of Television Themes: The Man From U.N.C.L.E./Dr. Kildare/Room 222/Star Trek Voyager/The Waltons/Barnaby Jones
7. Theme From Rudy
8. Twilight Zone - The Movie
9. Love Theme From Forever Young
10. The Generals: MacArthur/Patton

Customer Reviews:

Truly a beautiful rendition of extraordinary talent............2005-02-21

When I first purchased this cd, my original intent was for the soundtrack of Star Trek, which has always been a favorite of mine. I was also motivated by the fact that the orchestra performing is the London Philharmonic, which I consider one of the finest in the world. To this day, this cd stays in my player at bedside. When hearing the news that Mr. Goldsmith had passed away last year, I decided to purchase the 6 cd collection in his memory from Fox. This mans talent was truly a rare and extraordinary gift which he shared with us. I have given this cd as a gift several times because I felt I was giving a wonderful, moving, inspiring rendition of the exquisite talent of this man. If you are not familiar with Mr. Goldsmith, give this cd a chance and I believe you will continue pursuing the mood and music of Jerry Goldsmith, who will be missed for decades to come.

Pure Gold from Maestro Goldsmith.......2004-08-04

Some time ago I reviewed Jerry Goldsmith's outstanding score for "Star Trek Nemesis." At that time I remarked that the tones and secondary themes seemed to be almost a farewell to the Enterpise. It is only fitting that Maestro Goldsmith's musicians gave him standing ovations as they finished recording several cuts for that score. Now, of course, that "farewell" is so poignant. A number of years ago, my wife and I attended a concert with the Maestro conducting the Utah Symphony Orchestra in Salt Lake City. The program was essentially the same as we find on this grand album. We stood and gave Maestro Goldsmith a standing ovation, and a loud "Bravo!" then, and wish we could do it again. This is representative collection of the Maestro's work that is well worth having. A fitting tribute to a genius in his field. Nicely produced and packaged. For those of us who grew up with Goldsmith it is hard to say farewell. Bravo and yeia sou!

Goldsmith's Gold.......2004-03-04

Jerry Goldsmith is one of the greatest film composers of all time. He has written so many great scores on so many different themes that he is kind of taken for granted by his fans and listeners. This CD is an excellent introduction to Goldsmith's music and his immense range in musical themes and styles. Some of my favorites like "Islands in the Stream" and "Medecine Man" are missing but on one CD only so much can be represented. Goldsmith always gives us original themes of great originality and emotive power. His music blends well with the movies and he is one of our best narrative music composers. I'm happy that so much of great film scores like "Boys from Brazil," are included on this CD,when Goldsmith takes the Vienese Waltz of happiness and turns it into a Nazi Waltz of evil with strains of Wagner, Hitler's favorite composer, blended seamlessly into the score. "Patton" could have been better represented as it is easily one of Goldsmith's most recognizable scores and a classic. Whether it is action, love themes, horror, Goldsmith was and is always up to the task to create great film scores, most which stand on their own as any great symphonies of sound. Buy this and explore many of his other great scores and many are classics and out of print and this CD will give listeners a taste of what this grand master film composer can do and is still doing. Grand music on any scale. Highly recommended.

money ill spent.......2002-06-24

Many years ago, Sony and John Williams collaborated on an album of Star Wars favorites. I suspect someone at Telarc thought the same magic would work with Jerry Goldsmith and the LSO. Alas.
While the pieces chosen show a good cross-section of Goldsmith's crativity, the execution is seriously lifeless. It is as if the compositions were left to saute' overnight in Symphony Sauce: the performances are plodding and pedestrian. I don't know who convinced Goldsmith to do it this way, but omitting the martial snare roll at the beginning of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. theme, or not adding at least an accordian to the Waltons theme, are just two examples of how Goldsmith's great work has been emasculated by, I suspect, some record exec's insight. If you want to hear these pieces as originally written and performed, you'll have to start searching on other albums. Good hunting, and let us know what you find.

A good example of Goldsmith's range, but..........2002-05-17

...the quality of many performances are lower than they ought to be, which is astonishing in light of the reputation of the London Symphony Orchestra. This notwithstanding, there's enough to justify getting one's hands on this item. For me, the high point of the album is the medly of television themes composed by Goldsmith, which begins with a hellacious musical argument for the revival of *The Man From U.N.C.L.E.* as a theatrical film. (Hell, if they can resuscitate that bletcherous bore *Mission: Impossible* to make not one but two big-budget buckets of bilge, *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* ought to attract plenty of attention, particularly if it's done with a sense of humor similar to that which informed the old TV show.)

The other problem with this album is the selection of cuts. For example, almost anything could have been better chosen from the film *Rudy* but the highly sedative passage recapitulated here, and the entirely inadequate dose of the theme from *The Wind and the Lion* incorporated in this album comes at the tail of an 18-minute medly of lesser stuff through which the average fan of *The Wind and the Lion* has no wish to sit. We've heard the theme from the first *Star Trek* movie endlessly; why not a variation on the nasty elegence of the Klingon theme from that and subsequent *Star Trek* films? Goldsmith also wrote other incidental music for *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* -- so why not a re-visit of "The Man from THRUSH" (or the original program music "THRUSH Raid") and suchlike?

*The Film Music of Jerry Goldsmith* is reasonably good, but by no means the best to be had. It whets the appetite, but doesn't satisfy.

Average customer rating: Andy Bey should be a national treasure Masterful He gets better with time

Tuesdays in Chinatown Andy Bey Manufacturer: Encoded Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: American Song Andy Bey & the Bey Sisters Experience and Judgment Blame It on My Youth Easy To Love ASIN: B00005OAJJ Release Date: 2001-11-06

Tracks:

1. Tuesdays In Chinatown
2. Fragile
3. Bridges
4. Saidas E Bandeiras
5. In A Mist
6. I'll Remember April
7. Invitation
8. Little Girl Blue
9. Just Friends
10. Feelin' Lowdown

Amazon.com

Andy Bey's hypnotic vocals have enriched the music of Horace Silver, Stanley Clarke, and McCoy Tyner, and made him one the premiere jazz stylists today. On this CD, the Newark-born pianist-vocalist is supported by a quicksilver rhythm section featuring bassist Ron Carter, drummer Victor Lewis, and percussionist Mino Cinelu. Augmented by strings and horns, the deep-voiced Bey drapes his songs in a sophisticated azure aura that is simultaneously ethereal and earthy. Bey's stylistic range is broad, stretching from the slinky, slow-tempoed title track written by Herb Jordan to the down-home number, "Feelin' Lowdown," by blues legend Big Bill Broonzy. Bey's love of Brazilian music is evident on his impassioned takes of Milton Nascimento's "Saidas e Bandeiras" and "Bridges." But Bey's best examples of musical alchemy are his syncopated version of Sting's "Fragile," his "Bird with strings" reading of "Just Friends," and his hornlike vocalese on the impressionistic "In a Mist" by Bix Beiderbecke. Andy Bey proves that there's a fine line between music making and magic. --Eugene Holley Jr.

Customer Reviews:

Andy Bey should be a national treasure.......2002-11-06

Bey's got a wonderful sound and truly amazing range. And as with his first comeback CD, Shades of Bey, the eclectic material is all class and quality.

Masterful.......2001-12-07

An utterly captivating jazz vocal album filled with surprising material and above all, originality. Every track is subtle and thrilling. This is a CD that makes you stop and listen. Not since the breakthrough albums of Cassandra Wilson a few years ago has there been such a deeply felt -- played and sung -- jazz album.

He gets better with time.......2001-11-26

Mr. Bey re-establish himself as a jazz vocalist to listen to regardless of your mood. The voice is mature and warm with Mr. Bey unique phrasing and deliverance. The songs are beautifully arranged and each listening brings a new discovery. This recording is a must listen to a serious listener or anyone who appreciate timeless and quality music. Be prepared to be taken on a musical fantasy.

Average customer rating: Explain How Any Decent Person Can Charge $95 For This. Sparse But Remarkably Elegant, Memorable, Powerful Music Far Superior To The Movie it Supports One of the Great Minimalist Scores Atmospheric Bliss

Chinatown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Jerry Goldsmith Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: L. A. Confidential: Original Motion Picture Score Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection Chinatown The Wind and the Lion ASIN: B0000014XW Release Date: 1995-11-07

Tracks:

1. Love Theme From Chinatown
2. Noah Cross
3. Easy Living
4. Jake and Evelyn
5. I Can't Get Started
6. The Last of Ida
7. The Captive
8. The Boy on a Horse
9. The Way You Look Tonight
10. The Wrong Clue
11. J.J. Gittes
12. Love Theme from Chinatown

Customer Reviews:

Explain How Any Decent Person Can Charge $95 For This........2006-05-18

I absolutely love this recording. Every number is outstanding, the album collectively is a gem. However, I find myself unable to get it because a couple of bloodsucking thieves on this website decided to begin pricing at $95. I realize this is a rather rare CD now, but I was also under the impression there were laws against racketeering. But no matter. If you can manage to find it elsewhere, be sure to grab it.

Sparse But Remarkably Elegant, Memorable, Powerful.......2005-05-10

The film score for CHINATOWN is as famous for the conditions under which it was written as it is for the music itself. Shortly before the film was to debut, producer Robert Evans discarded the score written by composer Phillip Lambro and handed the project to Jerry Goldsmith, a composer then best known for his work on such television series as The Waltons, Barnaby Jones, and Room 222.

Goldsmith had ten days to both write and record a new score before CHINATOWN debuted. The resulting score was extremely sparse, making use of several songs popular during the 1930s and resting upon a single original theme--but it proved the perfect additive to the film, and it is extremely difficult to image CHINATOWN without it.

CHINATOWN is one of a wave late 1960s-early 1970s films noted as much for substance as for style, and more than a quarter of a century later it continues to be regarded as one of the great artistic triumphs of the era. Directed by Roman Polanski from a remarkable script by Robert Towne, the film paints an ultimately pitch-black portrait of greed, corruption, and evil in 1930s Los Angeles. The primary theme blends several idioms, opening first with a shimmering, metallic-like chord from harp and the rising with other strings to create a oddly American, oddly Asian tone; it then glides into a slightly plaintive trumpet solo that seems to blend both 1930s and 1970s music styles. The overall effect is inviting yet mysterious--and mingles elements of romance and danger.

Both the basic theme and elements from it repeat throughout the film, sometimes making a full musical statement, at other times echoing within more distinctly unsettling tones. The film also makes use of several songs popular in the 1930s, perhaps most notably the memorable "I Can't Get Started" and "The Way You Look Tonight."

The original 1974 vinyl release of the CHINATOWN soundtrack ran just over half an hour. It did not offer the entire soundtrack, which in this context would have been somewhat repetitive; instead, it presented the musical cues that offered the fullest statement of Goldsmith's various constructions. The vinyl edition went out of print during the 1970s and it was not until the Varese release of 1995 that CHINATOWN became available on CD. The Varese release duplicates the original vinyl release exactly in both sequence and content and has very good sound quality; it also offers enjoyable and informative notes as well. Recommended.

GFT, Amazon Reviewer

Music Far Superior To The Movie it Supports.......2004-10-12

In the end, Roman Polanski's 1974 thriller Chinatown will be seen as one of the great beneficiaries of the popular zietgeist and not as some sort of cinematic landmark; released just as the impeachment hearings on Nixon were opening, it fed off of the cynicism of the times that would have you believing that all power was completely corrupt and that all who wielded it were completely corrupted (this is America--our politicians are mostly sort of corrupt). The performances were good and there were a few nice plot twists, but the whole thing is finally too overcooked and predictable for its own good.

The same cannot be said of Jerry Goldsmith's score, however. It is delicate and deeply felt, with touches of everything from the Big Band sound to modernist classical music, all of it combined to give you both a sense of place and time and also a sort of timeless menace and sadness. It helps (like Richard Sylbert's wonderful sets and Anthea Sylbert's lovely costumes) to root this story in 30's Los Angeles, but speaks to feelings that always have been, and always will be, felt by all of us if our hearts and souls function. If only the movie were this good . . .

One of the Great Minimalist Scores.......2004-06-29

The music for Chinatown could have been forgettable. Goldsmith could have chosen to write music that was typical 30s in style and could have done it very effectively. However, he chose to write a score that becomes part of the visuals of the film. The music becomes pure emotion and sound effects of the thoughts in the minds of the characters. The only unfortunate thing about this CD is that it duplicates the original soundtrack on Dot Records from 1974 and we deserve ALL the cues from the soundtrack. Here we only get certain takes. That said, this is still haunting, magical, etheric and utterly appropriate for the film. The Main title is absolutely gorgeous and worth the price of the CD alone.

Atmospheric Bliss.......2004-04-04

Chinatown has to be one of my favorite movies. The acting, direction, pacing, and feel of the entire movie is pitch-perfect. The soundtrack is one of the greatest in movie history; it is such an essential part of the movie!

The intro sets the entire mood. The sound of the trumpet always gives me goosebumps. It's that good!

In response to earlier reviews that "it was too short", this is exactly the amount of music that has always been in the movie. The soundtrack really does only run for over a half-an-hour. If the songs don't "fully develop," it's because they never were meant to. The tracks cannot be judged individually; they form an artistic and emotional masterpiece that must be taken as a whole.

Truly wonderful, particularly on the original vinyl soundtrack albums!

Average customer rating: Disappointed Fan Even better live! starts out really great...... Vonda does it again! Vonda Continues Her Magic!

Chinatown Vonda Shepard Manufacturer: Jacket Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: By 7:30 It's Good Eve Vonda Shepard Live: A Retrospective Vonda Shepard The Radical Light ASIN: B00006J3WI Release Date: 2002-09-24

Tracks:

1. Rainy Days
2. Chinatown
3. My Whole World
4. Lose My Way
5. Rain or Shine
6. Downtime
7. Gyroscope
8. In July
9. The Sunset Marquis
10. 7 Days
11. Promising Grey Day

Product Description

1. Rainy Days
2. Chinatown
3. My Whole World
4. Lose My Way
5. Rain Or Shine
6. Downtime
7. Gyroscope
8. In July
9. The Sunset Marquis
10. 7 Days
11. Promising Grey Days

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Disappointed Fan.......2004-07-18

I fell in love with Vonda's singing the first time I heard her version of "Stary Night". Chinatown was my fourth CD purchase and I was looking for the *real* Vonda, not the *Ally McBeal cover singer* as some of my friends used to call her. Chinatown was pure enough in creativity but disappointing in terms of that "emotional fix" many of her previous recordings provide. I found little worth feeling in this album, especially in the title song: Chinatown left me cold and lonely. "Lose my Way" was the only song I really liked. But we always forgive those we love, so perhaps Vonda was just experimenting some new stuff with Chinatown and her next album will be a return to that wonderful mixture of rock and poetry she hooked me with in the other three CDS I bought before.

Even better live!.......2003-12-21

I've been a fan of Vonda since I started watching Ally McBeal, and when I found out she was playing at the Palace Theatre in London, I was there in a shot, and let me tell you the songs on this album are amazing live. She's got a great stage presence and it's very obvious that she loves music, which makes all the difference for me, coupled with the fact that she wrote/co-wrote every song on this album. Very listenable, very catchy and very worth buying.

starts out really great.............2003-04-09

I have been a fan of Vonda's for a few years now, and was very excited when I came across her new CD. In the store I used my "first three tracks" rule, which basically means that if it is an artist I already know and like I will listen to the first three tracks to see if they pass my listening test. Well, I was quite impressed with the first three, and being a fan I went ahead and purchased it. Once in the car however, I quickly grew disappointed after the third track. It was like she had this great spark of inspiration that then just sort of gradually fizzled out as the recording wears on, (and I do mean wear). Each time I go back to listen to this CD I keep thinking, why couldn't the whole CD be like the first three tracks. Vonda seems to have often been haunted by an uneveniness in her music that sometimes leaves me feeling frustrated. While I really like the first three tracks I would say that unless you are a die hard fan you should seek out other recordings by Vonda before buying this one.

Vonda does it again!.......2003-03-28

This CD is a must get! I admit I'm a huge fan of Vonda. She doesn't dissapoint with Chinatown! If you enjoyed by 7:30 you will love this! It's hard to pick a favorite track on this one but Rain or Shine is it for me. A very special song, one of her balllads to be remembered. My husband and I had the awesome pleasure of seeing her this past weekend, what a show she puts on!We also talked to her afterward. She is such a classsy lady. See her if you can! And get this CD!

Vonda Continues Her Magic!.......2003-03-26

After the Ally McBeal nonsense, I was hoping Vonda would not give it up and return to writing her own brilliant personal compositions and voila, Chinatown hits a home run! It's beautiful, creative and eloquent. The overall production is terrific and clear - as usual you can easily pick out the various/variety of instruments she typically incorporates into her recordings which prevent things from ever getting stale(HEY VONDA WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET A LIVE CD, A LIVE DVD AND A SONGBOOK?). In summary, yes, Vonda is my personal favorite of the music I listen too. I've seen her 2X in concert and was knocked out by her performances. The true test of any recording artist is the live show. To me, Vonda remains one of the most underrated composers, singers, pianst' and talents in the industry. I compare her to James Taylor, Bruce Hornsby, etc. And I could listen to her sing all day long. She is not mainstream; perhaps her songs are too complex for the masses, but she endures, because, in the end, there is no substitute for talent.

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