 PRIDE
& PREJUDICE *OSCAR
Nominee for Best Music Score -2006*
The piano is the "heart of the score" in this soundtrack
of the film based on Jane Austen's novel, and it is played
most movingly by FanFaire-featured artist, the much
acclaimed Jean-Yves
Thibaudet. Music is by Dario Marianelli.
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 MEMOIRS
OF A GEISHA *OSCAR Nominee
for Best Music Score -2006*
Two world-renowned classical musicians - cellist Yo-yo
Ma and violinist Itzhak Perlman - exquisitely play the primary
(Sayuri's Theme) and secondary (The Chairman's Waltz) themes
of the hauntingly evocative score by today's top film composer
John Williams.
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 BRIDE
OF THE WIND
Fans of Renée
Fleming and Jean-Yves
Thibaudet will be delighted to know that they not only
provide some of the film's music in this film about Gustav
Mahler's wife, Alma. Bride of the Wind also marks their
film debut, so to speak - they make a cameo recital appearance
at the end of the film. Music is by composer Stephen Endelman.
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 CROUCHING
TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
*OSCAR Winner for Best Music Score -2000*
Listening to the the truly
East-Meets-West soundtrack of this award-winning score, with
memorable cello solos by Yo-yo Ma, is probably the easiest
way to be introduced to the unique musical ideas of Tan Dun,
one of today's most creative and prolific cross-cultural composers.
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 PORTRAIT
OF A LADY
*OSCAR Nominee for Best Supporting Actress and Best Costume
- 1996*
Piano virtuoso Jean-Yves
Thibaudet plays two Schubert Impromptus on the soundtrack
of this period film based on the novel by Henry James. Music
is by Wojciech Kilar
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 SCHINDLER'S
LIST
*OSCAR Winner for Best Dramatic Score -1993*
Itzhak Perlman's magnificent violin-playing tears at your
heart and takes you through the gut-wrenching emotional journey
of everyone on Schindler's list and those who were not. This
is perhaps one of John Williams' most memorable scores, with
a melody that never leaves you.
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IMMORTAL BELOVED
A
1994 movie about Beethoven's secret love is a good enough
way to give the unwashed a broad overview of the the great
composer's music. It is masterfully scored, with excerpted
performances by the cream of the crop of today's classical
musicians - Murray Perahia, Emmanuel Ax, Bryn Terfel, Renee
Fleming, etal - with Sir Georg Solti conducting the
London Symphony Orchestra.
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 AMADEUS
Winner
of 8 OSCARs - 1984, including Best Sound
Although it popularizes many "Mozart myths" that
have been debunked, this movie is perhaps the most enjoyable
introduction to the life and works of the musical genius of
all time. The music is of course Mostly Mozart, superbly performed
by the Academy of St, Martin-in-the Fields conducted by Sir
Neville Marriner. It is known to have opened the door to the
enjoyment of classical music for many people who were at best
indifferent to it before. Now available also as a 3-disc box
set which contains music from scenes not included in the original
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