The Frog Prince: Original Movie Soundtrack [Soundtrack] [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
1995 release on Polygram's Spectrum label, the CD debut of Enya's first solo recordings after leaving Clannad, the 1985soundtrack to the 1984 film 'The Frog Prince'. Enya performs15 of the album's 16 tracks; Edith Piaf handles the other. Enya also wrote or co-wrote 11 of her 15 tracks, many of which are instrumentals.

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Tracks:

The Train To Paris
The First Day
Jazz Club-Mack The Knife
Jazz Club-Let It Be Me
With Jean-Phillipe
Jenny
Reflections
The Frog Prince
Dreams
The Kiss
Jazz Club-Sweet Georgia Brown
Jazz Club-Georgia On My Mind
A Kiss By The Fountain
Jenny & Roz
Les Flon-Flons Du Bal
Epilogue

Album Description

1995 release on Polygram's Spectrum label, the CD debut of Enya's first solo recordings after leaving Clannad, the 1985soundtrack to the 1984 film 'The Frog Prince'. Enya performs15 of the album's 16 tracks; Edith Piaf handles the other. Enya also wrote or co-wrote 11 of her 15 tracks, many of which are instrumentals.

Album Details

Early Release from the Irish New-Age / Celtic Maven Enya. The Beautiful Voice and Songwriting Talent Behind Such Amazing Titles as 'Watermark' and 'Shepherd Moon' Issued this Title in 1985. 'Frog Prince' Was Written for the 1984 Film of the Same Name. Features the Enya-Penned 'Train to Paris', 'Reflections', 'Kiss' and More.

Customer Reviews:

Not likely to please MOST Enya fans .......2006-01-08

Completists will probably tell you otherwise: Ignore them!

If you're looking at this because you enjoy the multi-layered vocal and keyboard sounds Enya usually brings to bear on songs like "Only Time" and "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)", you should look elsewhere.

First, Enya's voice is only heard on 2 of these tracks: the title tune and "Dreams", neither of which is particularly memorable. Second, another 4 tracks are taken up by a competent if uninspired jazz combo along with 1 from French ingenue Edith Piaf ("Les Flons-Flons du Bal"). That leaves 9 instrumental Enya tracks of which nearly all end up resembling the interludes of G.E. Smith and his Saturday Night Live orchestra thanks to showy saxophone work.

BOTTOM LINE:
"The Train to Paris" is probably the best tune here. From there, it's all downhill.

Interesting album, not what I expected.......2005-11-14

I bought this CD because it seems to be Enya's first post-Clannad album and I thought I'd just try it out.
You get a 16 track recording, only 11 of which appear to be Enya's work, 4 are some Jazz Club something and one is by Edith Piaf. It doesn't really sound anything much like her later work which I found to be disappointing. Two songs have her singing, a couple more have vocalizations but it all has a less polished sound compared to The Celts onward. It all manages to come across as early 80's romantic soundtrack stuff, not bad but not really what I wanted.

A big disappointment.......2005-08-30

Even considering this a very early work of Enya, I must critize it. Especially when you love ANYWHERE IS, ORINOCO FLOW or ONLY TIME don't you even bother to buy it. The mid-80's soundtrack consist (except of few non-Enya tracks) just of songs of a very simple melody and synthetic arrangements. The two songs which are sung by Enya are poor and she sings it with a very unnatural, high voice:( Only Enya collectors should buy this...

For those who must have everything by Enya.......2002-05-24

Even compared to her work on "The Celts," this is different. I found it hard to hear much of her style in this, and there's a goofy synth sound that should have stayed out of the songs. Overall, the vocal tracks are the best, the theme is nice, but gets slightly repetitive. A good disc, and a very interesting part of Enya's history. I recommend trying it before you buy it.

For those who really love Enya and her music.......2001-06-30

This, of course, doesn't come across as the Enya we know and love, but it is a beautifully done sound track. She only sings two songs (and it's a short--37 minutes--CD), but it definitely belongs in every true Enya fan's collection. Besides the 11 cuts that she composed, there are four pleasantly done jazz standards, and a song from Edith Piaf. By the way, those two songs are beautiful...not like her present work, but beautiful in their own right.

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