Music : In the Mood for Love (2000 Film)
Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724385054228
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Higher Octave OmTown
Manufacturer: Higher Octave OmTown
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Higher Octave OmTown
Release Date: November 06, 2000
Sales Rank: 47245
Studio: Higher Octave OmTown
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Soundtracks are a mixed bag at best. Some are little more than an assortment of pieces, but others hang together effectively on their own, like this one. The idea of Chinese music--both popular and operatic--juxtaposed with the sounds of Nat King Cole performing Latin music might seem bizarre, but it works beautifully, sustaining a lush, romantic mood created both by the strings and the '40s Chinese music, itself a tinkling Hollywood pastiche. But as atmospheric as all this is, one track stands out above the others: "Blue," actually a version of the classic "St. James' Infirmary," takes on another dimension in Chinese hands. While familiar but completely alien at the same time, the slithering Asian sonorities mesh perfectly with the African-American form to create something evocative but with a sadness that goes beyond blues. The movie is of a time and place; the soundtrack is of a mood and yearning. Listen at night, with someone you love close by. --Chris Nickson
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All the passion, longing, and intensity of the film are supremely evoked by this soundtrack, particularly the two main themes, Yumeji by Shigeru Umebayashi and Angkor Wat by Michael Galasso. The cello solo in the latter will make you swoon.
The power of the film lies precisely in the fact that so much is NOT shown. Emotions are repressed. Touch is glancing. Yet desire practically oozes off the screen. It is Wong Kar-wai's directorial reticence that creates this palpability, a lesson American directors might learn from if they stopped blasting audiences with heavy breathing and boinking long enough to pay attention. (Yes, I know, Hitchcock understood the power of understatement, but he's obviously long since gone.)
Anyway, if you don't feel heat from this music, then honey, it's time to get your temperature checked.
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This is such an amazing soundtrack. Every song puts you right into the movie. It's music stays with you for days! I highly recommend this soundtrack along with the movie. The mood of the music is like no other!
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The soundtrack is really good; I didn't like some of the songs (the Chinese ones) but there are only 3 in the whole CD. The instrumental music is awesome making the soundtrack an average good.
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In my opinion it`s the Bing Crosby-songs that makes this album worth buying, but these songs can be bought on compilations. The rest of the music is for people with special interest for backgroundmusic in films.
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So beautiful and emotional, it makes you want to cry! The score for the film and the collection of music together is absolutely breathtaking....
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