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Amazing Grace (Original Score) |  | Creators: David Arnold, Melinda Doolittle, Christopher Stevens, Martina McBride, Dan Needham, Glen Duncan
Label: Spring House/Emd
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Seller: supermoviedeals
Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 92501
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 88509
UPC: 094638850922
EAN: 0094638850922
ASIN: B000NA28CU
Release Date: March 20, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Opening Title | | • | Torture | | • | Fetch Him | | • | God And Nature | | • | Politics And Religion | | • | Good Morning John | | • | Ghosts | | • | The 2nd Nightmare | | • | The Slave Ship | | • | The Gardens | | • | We Have Hope | | • | Courting | | • | Parliament | | • | Dark Meeting | | • | Will Of The People | | • | Rejecting The Bill | | • | Waking The Demons | | • | Off The Ship | | • | Cheat The Law | | • | Devious Plan | | • | Something's Up | | • | No More | | • | Dying | | • | Triumph |
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Album Description
From composer David Arnold (Casino Royale, Independence Day) comes the sweeping original score to the motion picture Amazing Grace. Recorded in London with some of the world's top musicians, Arnold brings to life the intense journey of Williams Wilberforce and his quest to abolish the British Slave Trade in the UK during the 1700s. Amazing Grace is the story of the famed hymn, its author John Newton (Albert Finney) and the powerful journey of William Wilberforce (Loan Gruffund- A&E's Horatio Hornblower, Fantastic Four) the man who risked his life and followed his calling to end slavery. Wilberforce's dream finally came true around the time of his death. Britain's slave trade was abolished and slaves were finally free. Experience this music journey as history unfolds and the power of one voice changes the world.
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 disappointed in the extreme April 26, 2007
Fred A. Miller (line lexington, pa)
24 out of 26 found this review helpful
I bought the soundtrack with the hope that the best song on the movie - the bagpipes version of Amazing Grace at the end of the film - would be on it. It is not.
If your objective is to get that bagpipe song, don't get the CD. the other songs are ok, but nothing to write home about.
Amazing Grace MIA January 5, 2008
R Erwin
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
While the score is very nice, the main reason for purchase was the wonderfully powerful rendition of "Amazing Grace" during the closing credits. It is NOT on the CD! How could they do this? The signature piece is missing in action (MIA)??!! Very disappointing, to say the least.
 AN OVERALL POWERFUL SCORE! August 6, 2007
Steven Hancock (Winston Salem, NC United States)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
David Arnold has delivered fantastic film scores for movies such as "Independence Day," "Godzilla," and the last four James Bond movies. The music he delivers for the movie "Amazing Grace" may not be his overall best effort, but some of the tracks on this CD are among his best work yet. The standout pieces are: 1) Opening Title; 11) We Have Hope; 23) Dying, and; 24) Triumph. The rest of the music is not as good, but solid nonetheless. My only real complaint is that the stirring rendition of "Amazing Grace" on the bagpipes is not featured on this CD, but that does little to diminish the overall power of Arnold's work. While it might not be sensational, it is a fine CD that belongs in the collection of any fan of movie music.
Grade: B+
 Rip Off January 1, 2008
Melech (Cedar Rapids, IA USA)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Amazing Grace is a great movie and the CD is a rip off. The song Amazing Grace is a key part of the film and a key part of the score, including the bagpipe version at the end. Yet the song is not a part of the CD. Sleazy! Mis-leading!! A travesty to the memory of William Wilbeforce, a man of honor and integrity. It only gets one star because you have to rate it. If anybody wants my copy, let me know. I'll ship it at no charge.
 Loved the soundtrack! April 5, 2007
onceblind (San Diego)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
One thing that I disagree with in the previous review is that this music disappoints; when I listened to it, I found that not only were the arrangements and performances of the music beautiful to hear, but that the composer took great pains to make sure that the music didn't detract from what was happening onscreen.
As a matter of fact, the music blends so well into the movie, that you actually almost don't "notice" that it's even there, but the mood that the music is trying to create just seems to flow throughout the course of the film!
All of the tracks that I listened to stand well on their own, but they are definitely designed to heighten the mood of the scenes they accompany, and they definitely do that.
I found the music to be very pleasing to the ear, and not so overpowering in and of itself that it "took away from" the impact of the movie. Instead, the music compliments the emotional impact of what the vieer is seeing, without drawing undue attention or being a distraction to the story of Wilberforce's struggle to end slavery in Britain.
My advice? SEE THE FILM, and see if you don't agree about the music on this CD!!
(I think you will be "changed" by doing that - and changed in a GOOD way!!)
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