Ultimate Movie Album | 
| Creators: Richard Adler, Charles Aznavour, Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber, John Barry, Marc Bolan, Patrick Cassidy, Shaun Davey, Paul [composer] Dukas, Jonathan Gabrielle / Shorten, Umberto Giordano, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, John / Wilkins, Ronnie Hurley, Michael Kamen, Michel Legrand, Pietro Mascagni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Thomas Newman, Alex North
Label: Polygram Int'l
Category: Music
List Price: $23.99
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 14324
Format: Soundtrack, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 766488103021
EAN: 0731458571223
ASIN: B00005QC28
Release Date: November 20, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Bridget Jones's Diary: Out of Reach - Gabrielle | | • | Gladiator: Now We Are Free - Gavin Greenaway, | | • | Moulin Rouge: One Day I'll Fly Away - Nicole Kidman, , Cecilia Weston | | • | Notting Hill: When You Say Nothing at All - Ronan Keating | | • | American Beauty: Dead Already | | • | Braveheart (Main Theme): For the Love of a Princess - James Horner, The London Symphony Orchestra | | • | Four Weddings and a Funeral: You're the First, the Last, My Everything - Barry White | | • | O Brother Where Art Thou: Down the River to Pray - Alison Krauss | | • | Hannibal - Gavin Greenaway, | | • | Shawshank Redemption: Courtyard Theme | | • | Thomas Crown Affair: Windmills of Your Mind - Sting | | • | Platoon: Sdagio - Sir Neville Marriner | | • | Unchained Melody [From Ghost] - Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri | | • | Fantasia: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Charles Dutoit, | | • | Big Lebowski: Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition ...) - Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers | | • | Philadelphia: La Mamma Morte - Montserrat Caballe, Riccardo Chailly, National Philharmonic Orchestra | | • | Snatch: Hernando's Hideaway | | • | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels: Eighteen With a Bullet - Carleen Anderson, Lewis Taylor | | • | Room With a View: O Mio Babbino Caro - Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri, Sylvia McNair |
Disc 2
| • | Billy Elliot: Cosmic Dancer - Marc Bolan, T. Rex | | • | Captain Corelli's Mandolin: Pelagia's Song (Russell Watson) - Nick Ingman, , Orchestra | | • | Four Weddings and a Funeral: Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet | | • | Robin Hood Prince of Thieves: Maid Marian at the ... - Michael Kamen | | • | Dances With Wolves: John Dunbar Theme - Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri | | • | American Beauty: Any Other Name | | • | Gladiator: The Battle - Gavin Greenaway, | | • | Silence of the Lambs: Goldberg Variations - Andrei Gavrilov | | • | Notting Hill: She - Elvis Costello | | • | Pulp Fiction: Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield | | • | Mission Impossible: Main Theme - Artie Kane, , Orchestra | | • | Waking Ned: Let the Draw Begin - Fiachra Trench, Orchestra | | • | Out of Africa: Love Theme - Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams | | • | Shine: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 - Vladimir Ashkenazy, , Bernard Haitink | | • | Godfather Part III: Intermezzo - Luciano Pavarotti, | | • | Mexican: End Credits Medley - Hollywood Film Chorale | | • | Body Heat: Main Theme - Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Williams | | • | Apocalypse Now: Ride of the Valkyries - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti | | • | Star Trek: The Final Frontier - Main Theme/March of the Klingons - Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Williams |
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Album Description
UK compilation featuring a combination of hit songs & theme music from some great soundtracks. Tracks include, Gabrielle 'Out Of Reach' (Bridget Jones Diary), 'Now We Are Free' (Gladiator), 'Dead Already' (American Beauty), Alison Kraus 'Down To The River To Pray' (O Brother Where Art Thou), Ronan Keating 'When You Say Nothing At All' (Notting Hill) & many more. 35 tracks on 2 CDs. 2001.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Highly recommended August 19, 2002
W. Kunert (Sacramento, CA)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
This pricey UK import CD filled a lot of gaps in my music collection and is an excellent overview of notable music of (mostly) recent films. It's difficult to find consistently listenable soundtrack collections like this, by that I mean free from the obligitory Whitney Houston or Celine Dion embarrassments. Usually rights issues prevent comprehensive compilations like this in the US, too. While I enjoy a lot of soundtrack music, there aren't so many complete soundtracks that I would care to own, some examples of exceptions being Ennio Morricone scores and the About a Boy Soundtrack. While certainly most of these tracks are the actual recordings used in their respective films, I noticed that "La mamma morte" from Philadelphia is not the Maria Callas version. There might be other cases like this, I'm not sure. And "Unchained Melody" from Ghost is an orchestral version, not the pop song (but I consider this a plus). This collection seems to focus on the subtle and quirky, yet melodic music of indie films, with less emphasis on the loud sweeping orchestral scores of major Hollywood hits, but of course there are a few like Gladiator and Braveheart, which are welcome here because like I've said, I probably wouldn't listen to the whole score. I love the two Thomas Newman compositions from American Beauty, and it's good to have some music from films by the Cohen Brothers here. My only complaint would have to be the order of the songs. You would think they would avoid jumping back and forth between pop songs, orchestral scores, and quiet music, but it just seems thrown together by random. I would compare this collection to the excellent "Miramax Films Greatest Hits" but the makers of that album knew to group the two pop/rock songs at the end.
 Ultimate Movie Album February 14, 2009
Aaron Baker Cole
The album production is flawless; however, I believe it's scope should have been reduced in favor of presenting longer excerpts of the sound tracks. Listening to these short pieces is like listening to movie trailers.
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