James Horner - An American Tail: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Artist: James HornerEdition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1990-10-27
Music Label: Mca
Soundtracks:
- Main Title
- The Cossack Cats
- There Are No Cats In America - Nehemiah Persoff/John Guarnieri/Warren Hays
- The Storm
- Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
- Never Say Never - Christopher Plummer/Phillip Glasser
- The Market Place
- Somewhere Out There - Phillip Glasser/Betsy Cathcart
- Somewhere Out There - Linda Ronstadt/James Ingram
- Relasing The Secret Weapon
- A Duo - Dom DeLuis/Phillip Glasser
- The Great Fire
- Reunited
- Flying Away And End Credits
Free Music Notes for An American Tail: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack
Free Music Review: James Horner's best. Trust me.
Hit: 5 Stars
As a strict fan of James Horner, I admit first off the bat that there are a lot of his scores that I simply don't like. Mostly the ones made in the last 10 years which lack that magic we came accustomed to with his work.
You should know that I am very picky when it comes to music, and hardly anything on my iPod is labelled with a 5 star rating.
Anyone who is seeking a James Horner fix who has missed this gem is definitely missing out, and trust me as one of Horner's biggest fans, I am telling the TRUTH. I understand that it is so hard to pick the good from the bad on Amazon given everything is basically given 4 or 5 stars despite their quality.
But this is a 5 star soundtrack. It is James Horner's best. I love the Titanic album like no other, in fact it's my favourite album, but I treasure the An American Tail soundtracks like no other (yes, both of them, in fact, I believe the OST to the 2nd movie is better, but that's another story).
I like sad music, quite frankly. Not sad "Evanescence", or sad "emo/alternative". I appreciate tunes and melodies like no-one else I know, and I recognise that this is one of the most incredible original movie soundtracks you are likely to find... unless in the future a more beautiful piece comes along.
I believe Horner said once after recording a piece for the movie 'Casper' that he could sense a sort of magic in the atmosphere, and most would chalk that up to crazy talk but I don't. Music can summon up great energy, and An American Tail OST has that same atmosphere. I dare you to listen to the rousing main title at its peak, or the last moments on the final track without finding it even remotely beautiful.
Here's my tired review for selected track:
1. Main Title:
Beautiful from start to finish. All I can say is that when the main theme gets on its way and explodes loudly onto the scene, I get chills every single time. This is what makes the album. Right here in the first track.
4. Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
Somewhat genius track that makes me ask more and more how this soundtrack didn't win an Oscar. It's straight out of old Disney films in some places with haunting choirs, while the beginning and the ending (being virtually the same) extract sincere emotion of losing a loved one.
9. Reunited
This is actually my favourite track on the album, for only the first 40 seconds. It's flute solo at the start and the tune it plays, eventually introducing a harp to it, gives us a sense of utter hopelessness that is so sad it's almost overwhelming. And the beauty of this one is that if you've heard the song "Dreams to Dream" in the second album, you'll hear the first verse here, where it was created. ("Dreams to Dream" is my favourite song of all time, for the record)
10. Flying Away And End Credits
What a track! From the very start it's on its way and what I really like about this particular Horner album is that it knows where it's going and it goes there in leaps and bounds. This track is happy, and replays the themes you've heard throughout the movie, but some, like the main theme, in a slightly different way.
And the last 50 seconds, in my opinion, is the most wonderful musical arrangement ever. I could go on and on about it forever. It is what I want to hear more of in the music world. Two notes, played 4 and a half times in a row, but with 5 separate, and beautifully different chords... Melodic and the epitomy of musical desire.
To end on a slightly overdramatic note... This is the kind of music I think they play in Heaven.
I hope my review has been helpful and not too over-the-top for you. :)
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