The French Revolution [Original Film Soundtrack]

About the Artist
Gary Pozner's musical career has been a long and interesting one. From his early work with fellow Brooklynites FULL FORCE, producing the seminal rap record Roxanne Roxanne by UTFO to opening for the Grateful Dead and sharing a bill with Keith Richards and U2 as a member of Tom Tom Club. All of it culminating with the formation and signing of his African-Celtic-Gospel Rock Band, EO, with Arista Records. This band included such diverse talent as Eileen Ivers on Fiddle(Riverdance), Trevor Hutchinson on bass(The Waterboys), Tom Goss on drums(Richard Barone, Jack Bruce Band) and Dan Weinkauf on bass(They Might Be Giants), Kimati Dinizulu on percussion, Seamus Egan on Uileen Pipes(Solas) and Erin O'Hara on vocals(Mambo X). Most recently he has concentrated on films and has scored many including his newest, The French Revolution premiering January 17th at 9pm as well as the award winning RUSSIA LAND OF THE TSARS which has also just received an Emmy Award nomination.

Product Description
February 11, 2005 (New York, NY) - In light of the announcement that came out of Buckingham Palace this week, it may appear as though Gary Pozner knew something we didn’t know when he timed the release of his latest CD. With titles like "Royal Crisis," "The Doomed Queen," and "Death to the Royals," The French Revolution, released this week by Whirled Music, seems a most appropriate soundtrack for France’s neighbors across the pond. But instead, this crowning achievement of Gary Pozner’s composing career to date is the soundtrack for The History Channel’s original film, also entitled The French Revolution.

The French Revolution Original Soundtrack, which follows in the footsteps of Pozner’s The Quest for King Arthur and Russia: Land of the Tsars (for which Pozner received an Emmy nomination), is an excellent display of this composer’s vast arsenal of polished musicality and raw talent. After a brief French horn introduction, the CD’s opening track, "Birth to the Republic," wastes no time in setting a lively and energetic pace for the remainder of the album. Pozner’s theme in this piece is a simple melody that is recapitulated expertly in "Royal Crisis" and "Storm the Bastille." "The Doomed Queen" introduces a new theme, one that evokes a certain melancholy with brief moments of hope, but ultimately, the promise of an unavoidable downfall. In "Death to the Royals," the former keyboardist for Tom Tom Club displays his penchant for piano, though the simple melody line in this piece is a far cry from Pozner’s rock-n-roll days.

Four particularly memorable tracks of The French Revolution Original Soundtrack are "The Great Terror," "The Rise of Robespierre," "Agnus Dei," and "The Streets of Paris Ran Red." All four tracks embody "mini-journeys" within the journey of this story, using original themes and variations, with each piece having its own arch and strong development. Rather than simply being underscore, these, and indeed most of the tracks on this album, stand alone as excellent pieces of music, whether or not one has seen the film for which they were written.

The French Revolution [Original Film Soundtrack],Gary Pozner,Whirled Music,Phillip Glass meets Hans ZImmer, finally...Music to have a Revolution by...

Average customer rating: GREAT! A relaxing journey into our Colonial past Fantastic! Cold Mountain type music that's great

Colonial America Manufacturer: Maggie's Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Instruments | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Celtic | Europe | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music International Folk | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Early American Roots The World Turned Upside Down Music of the American Revolution: The Birth of Liberty Celtic Roots The Spirit of '76 and Ruffles and Flourishes ASIN: B0000C9Z9X Release Date: 2003-09-01

Tracks:

1. Rickett's Hornpipe/ Fishers Hornpipe
2. Maiden Lane/ Jack O' Lent/ Chestnut/Bonny Broom
3. Parting Friends/Primrose
4. Flowers of Edinburgh/East Neuke of Fife
5. Prelude / La Catherine
6. Planxty Browne/Planxty Burke
7. Cutie Clat Her
8. John Come Kiss me Now
9. Scots Tune
10. Carolan's Farewell to Music
11. A Port
12. Yeil, yeil
13. Kedron/Saint's Delight/Promised Land
14. Gird the Logie
15. La Belle Cavalier
16. La Luxillier/La Balanje
17. Federal Overture
18. Death & Life

Album Description

Spirited new sounds from across the sea to the shores of the New Land. From the first colonists to the American Revolution and the birth of our republic Hesperus Early Music Ensemble's music reflects a time of new ideas, freedom and vitality. In town and village, parlor and ballroom, from the Appalachians to the great concert halls hear the musical pulse of early American music performed on a wide variety of folk and early music instruments. Includes: lively country-dance tunes, evocative Shape Note Hymns, old time Appalachian fiddle tunes, graceful European parlor music, French cotillions, divisions and improvisations. Introduction -The English Colonies in America were a patchwork-not just of territories whose boundaries became state lines, but of people from different places and classes with widely different values and experiences. This recording presents music from that patchwork; from England, the Colonial homeland; Scotland and Ireland, the homes of the largest groups of immigrants outside England; and France, the ally of the Patriots, and music written in the United States. More recordings by HESPERUS from Maggie's Music are Celtic Roots featuring Scottish fiddler, Bonnie Rideout and Early American Roots. Hesperus Ensemble is THE sought after musical group for period music that is both authentic, and most important fun, lively and spirited. They are frequent performers at the Smithsonian's Institute of American Music and can be heard on the soundtrack or the Paramount film with Johnny Depp entitled Sleepy Hollow! Excerpts from liner notes:2.A Set of English Country Dance Tunes: Maiden Lane, Jack O'Lent, Chestnut, Bonny Broom - The visionary London music publisher John Playford first published his English Dancing Master in 1651. It was reprinted 18 times over the next 77 years and is still popular today. 3. Parting Friends/Primrose - These tunes have come down to us in choral arrangements called shape-note hymns .

Customer Reviews:

GREAT!.......2007-05-20

This cd travels everywhere with me and you can easily imagine a ball at Monticello given by Mr. Jefferson when you hear it.
Try not to daydream too much while driving as i had done several times..lol..it's hard not to with this cd..:)
Perfect for a colonial reenactment or party.

A relaxing journey into our Colonial past.......2006-03-16

I bought this CD to provide me with another dimension to my studies of period events. It truly contains a wealth of music, and takes it place as an important addition to my musical library. Living in the Mt Vernon area, I often travel with the CD playing while visiting historical places, and it provides a wonderful companion to "set the mood" for the myriad locations in the area. The quality of the sound is remarkable, the musicians superb, and the breadth of song selection provides a musical landscape for the period. Highly recommended!!

Fantastic!.......2004-03-04

I first heard the "Colonial America" CD by Hesperus when I visited Monticello recently (the home of Thomas Jefferson) where they were playing the songs in the gift shop. Imagine my dismay to find that only one cassette tape was left of the fabulous music of Hesperus; however, that tape held me spell-bound all the way home, from Virginia to North Carolina.

It was an incredible journey from the past that has stayed with me since, and every day I drive that one hour back and forth to work. This music has changed everything about the trips, and I can't wait for more.

Thanks to Amazon.com I was able to buy all three CD's, including "Early American Roots," "Colonial America" and the incredible "Celtic Roots" with the most beautiful violas imaginable.

Thank you Hesperus! Please play more!

Cold Mountain type music that's great.......2003-11-15

Novels and movies like Cold Mountain, Oh Brother Where Art Thou? and Song Catchers are showing the growing interest in traditional music and this recording hits the mark. It is music from the days of early America--the time when the first colonists come to America. You can hear the fiddle playing tunes still popular in the Appalachian mountains today and also hear shape note music arranged by Hesperus as wonderful instrumentals. The music takes you to a time when folks were making music in their homes-before TV, before the internet! This recording is good for teachers or educational purposes too- with informative liner notes. All the music is played on folk and early music instruments and it's lively and an enjoyable listen.

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Le siècle de l'Ars nova: A Revolution in the Late Middle Ages Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Machaut | Machaut, Guillaume de | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ballads | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Century 1/Various Troubadours: Minnesänger and Other Courtly Arts Ars subtilior: Dawn of the Renaissance L'émergence de la musique instrumentale Chansons de la Renaissance ASIN: B000ARHNDK Release Date: 2005-12-13

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Revolution Francaise / Music of The French Revolution / Michel Plasson (EMI) Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000DQY2 Release Date: 1990-07-17

Average customer rating: OK music Worth your time

The War That Made America: The Story Of The French And Indian War Brian Keane Manufacturer: Valley ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: The War That Made America: The Story of the French and Indian War The War That Made America : A Short History of the French and Indian War When the Forest Ran Red (Special Edition) Ansel Adams: Original Soundtrack Recording from the Film by Ric Burns The New World ASIN: B000CEV4UE Release Date: 2006-01-10

Tracks:

1. Early Americans (Keane)
2. Washington’s Blunder in the woods (Keane)
3. Main Theme/Half King (Keane)
4. Round Dance (Trad Six Nations)
5. Young Washington’s Theme (Keane)
6. French Tavern (Trad 18th Century French Folk Arr. Keane)
7. War Breaks Out (Keane)
8. Braddock’s March (G.F. Handel arr. Keane)
9. Battle at the Monongahela (Keane)
10. D’une Nouvelle Terre (18th Century French Arr. Keane)
11. Vanishing World (Keane)
12. Bloody Morning Scout (Keane)
13. Jemison Farmhouse (Keane)
14. Deportation From Nova Scotia (18th Century French Arr. Keane)
15. Battle Of Lake George (Keane)
16. William Pitt’s Deal(G. F. Handel Arr. Keane)
17. Louisburg Falls (Keane)
18. Versailles (Jean Baptiste Lully)
19. Easton Treaty(Trad Six Nations)
20. Washington Goes Home (Keane)
21. Guyasuta Tries (Keane)Trouble Comes to Fort Michilimackinac (Keane)
22. Smallpox (Traditional six nations)
23. Conestoga/Revolution (Keane)
24. Declaration Of Independence (Keane)

Product Description

1. For One Moment
2. Straws
3. Find Yourself
4. Show Me
5. Jump; Friends Along the Way
6. Oh My
7. I'll Be There
8. The Heart of Saturday Night (feat. Matthew Ryan)
9. Stupid or Something
10. Burgeoning Road
11. Sixteen
12. Stay Forever


Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

OK music.......2006-04-13

This CD is listenable and has some nice music, but has nothing memorable. There is no rousing main theme that I expect from a soundtrack and many of the songs are not particularly good. If you are interested in music from this period, get the soundtracks to "Last of the Mohicans, The Patriot, and A&E's Revolution" (if you can find and afford that last one). Pass on this one.

Worth your time.......2006-01-31

A surprisingly "listenable" and quality work that rises above the documentary/drama series that it was created for.

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La Prise de la Bastille: Music of the French Revolution Manufacturer: Capriccio ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Dittersdorf | Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005Y8DH Release Date: 1994-04-05

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La Prise de la Bastille: Music of the French Revolution Manufacturer: Capriccio ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Dittersdorf | Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001WMN Release Date: 1989-01-01

Tracks:

1. Sym Conc in D: Allegro Moderato
2. Sym Conc in D: Adagio Un Poco Andante
3. Sym Conc in D: Allegro Moderato
4. Sym in d, Op.4 No.2: Allegro
5. Sym in d, Op.4 No.2: Andante
6. Sym in d, Op.4 No.2: Allegro
7. 'La Prise De La Bastille' Sym in D: Grave-Allegro Assai
8. 'La Prise De La Bastille' Sym in D: Adagio
9. 'La Prise De La Bastille' Sym in D: Allegro Assai
10. Sym in D, Op.3 No.6: Allegro
11. Sym in D, Op.3 No.6: Andante
12. Sym in D, Op.3 No.6: Presto

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4 Hands at one Piano - Music of the French Revolution Manufacturer: Pierre Verany ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000003VJM Release Date: 1993-10-14

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Groove Nikki Sudden & the French Revolution Manufacturer: Homestead/Giant/Positive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000000IQW Release Date: 1995-04-16

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Pocket Revolution dEUS Manufacturer: V2 International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000ETWC94 Release Date: 2006-04-03

Tracks:

1. Bad Timing
2. 7 Days, 7 Weeks
3. Stop-Start Nature
4. If You Don't Get What You Want
5. What We Talk About (When We Talk About Love)
6. Include Me Out
7. Pocket Revolution
8. Nightshopping
9. Cold Sun of Circumstance
10. Real Sugar
11. Sun Ra
12. Nothing Really Ends
13. What We Talk About (When We Talk About Love) [Radio Edit]
14. Real Sugar [Today FM Acoustic Radio Version]
15. What We Talk About (When We Talk About Love) [Today FM Acoustic Radio S
16. What We Talk About (When We Talk About Love) [Don Meulemans Remix]
17. Setimientos, Quando Hablamos de Amou

Album Description

Special limited edition. Includes one bonus CD with 5 unissued songs.V2.

Album Details

Includes Six Song Bonus CD.

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La Revolution Souriante : Le Calife de Bagdad : La Fille Mal Gardee Manufacturer: Thesis ProductGroup: Classical Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000JY3AB8

Product Description

Le Calife de Bagdad :Direction Bernard Thomas and La fille mal gardee : Direction Jerome Pillement

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