Gabriel Yared & VA - The English Patient: Original Soundtrack Recording (1996)
EAC | APE | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 337 Mb (incl 5%) | Mp3 (CBR320/Stereo) ~ 186 Mb (incl 5%) | Scans included
Genre: Soundtrack, Score | Label: Polydor | # 537 325-2 | Time: 01:14:36
EAC | APE | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 337 Mb (incl 5%) | Mp3 (CBR320/Stereo) ~ 186 Mb (incl 5%) | Scans included
Genre: Soundtrack, Score | Label: Polydor | # 537 325-2 | Time: 01:14:36
| “ | Anthony Minghella's Oscar-winning realization of Michael Ondaatje's intricate romance deservedly earned comparisons to David Lean's sweeping screen epics derived from strong literary sources. Like Lean, Minghella sought an equally thoughtful, yet ravishing musical counterpart that fleshes out a sympathetic orchestral score with allusions to the story's cultural milieu. The equation begins with Gabriel Yared's tender, brooding symphonic score, which mingles the film's poles of fate and passion with subtlety and restraint, then adds the exotic, mesmerizing voice of Marta Sebestyen (best known for her work with Muzsikas, the brilliant Hungarian folk revivalists, who also appear here), whose presence provides a literate clue to the title character's true identity. The film's '40s time-frame gains resonance and dramatic irony by pop songs from that era, including Benny Goodman swing classics and two versions of Irving Berlin's "Cheek to Cheek" (by Fred Astaire and Ella Fitzgerald, respectively). | ” |