Tim Rice - Evita: The Complete Motion Picture Music Soundtrack
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Free Music Review: Wonderful! Evita to the end!
Hit: 5 Stars
Evita might possibly be one of the best movie soundtracks ever! It includes most of the wonderful songs from the Broadway run. It also features Antonio Banderas (who is actually a very good singer!), and Madonna, which takes it from and A to and A+++++++++++! Andrew Lloyd Webber makes a change from the Phantom of the Opera (which is all classical opera) to a modern pop, rock, classical, opera mix. The best songs are:
1. High Flying Adored
2. Don't Cry for me Argentina
3. The Money Kept Rolling In (and out)
4. Rainbow High
5. Buenos Aires
6. Peron's Latest Flame
7. The Lady's Got Potential
8. Oh, What a Circus
9. You Must Love Me
10. Lament
If you do not own this CD and love theatre, or have seen the movie or play, you must buy it!
Free Music Review: One of my interesting soundtracks-four stars!
Hit: 4 Stars
I first watched Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita when I was about eight years old. I have to confess that I was not so fascinated with the story much. Maybe because I was too young then, but when I watched it again when I was twelve or thirteen, I felt that it was a very good movie. Though I don't like it as much as The Phantom of The Opera, but Webber's composition stood captivated me in Evita. The soundtrack is the combination of Rock, Opera, and Jazz. I could say that this is the modern composition for the movie. When I watched Evita in 2004-2005, I even cried when Madonna sang the song called "You must love me". And this song had become my favourite track from the soundtrack album, and also, it has become my favourite scene from the movie. IF... you give your attention to this movie, I'm quite sure that you're going to know something more from one woman's heart. Basically, I don't like Madonna much, but in this movie, I have to admit that she was beautiful and her acting was brilliant.Free Music Review: Only the best
Hit: 5 Stars
All I can say is I've herd many recordings of this play but this one has to be the very best. Take a listen for yoursef and find out.Free Music Review: The beginning of Madonna's true voice
Hit: 5 Stars
Madonna took professional singing lessons for this role and it shows in this soundtrack. It is here that listeners hear a raw passion in a cultured voice which echoed a new sound for the singer. It is brilliant and holds true to the original rendition by the original Evita actress, Patti Lupone.Free Music Review: another of Lloyd Webber's typical transitions from stage to film
Hit: 4 Stars
I will start off by assuring you that I am a rather large Lloyd Webber fan. I think his music is absolutely brilliant and beautiful. Phantom remains the best musical in my heart. I own many collections of his work, and I own this album as well.
I love the orchestrations on this album. They are, like, for example, Lloyd Webber's 2004 Phantom movie, strong, full, and breathtaking. Listening to "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" and "Lament" gave me goosebumps (as well as a few tears) because the amazing orchestra performs perfectly in tune with each other and achieves what a 25 or so piece theater orchestra simply cannot. It is like this throughout the entire album (which is, of course, long). If you want an Evita soundtrack solely for the orchestrations, I recommend this wholeheartedly.
That's probably not the only reason you want it, of course. If you're looking for spectacular vocals for Evita, take a moment to, if not reconsider, think a little. Antonio Banderas is very good, as usual, and I think he fits the role of Che very well. He is occasionally weak and sometimes overpowered by the orchestra (for whom I've already expressed great admiration), but this is easily forgiven. He is technically great and his voice has a great quality and smoothness to it. So for Che, Banderas does well. I am, if you hadn't guessed, a Banderas fan outside of this as well, so that may make me biased.
Jonathon Pryce is also very good. It's hard, having seen this after Pirates of the Carribean, not to think of his character in that. But his vocal performance aids in taking your mind from that character to Peron. His voice and performance is very good.
Now for Madonna...(and yes, those are 3 periods) I'm not entirely sure how I feel about her. As a singer, solely, she's just fine (voice-wise, I'm not getting into her personal character or the quality of her other music), but in the highly demanding vocal role of Eva she just doesn't hit it (and sometimes literally, for she does not possess the range that this role needs. She cannot belt out the high notes, nor hit the low, as in "Rainbow High" where she speaks the final lines). One of her highlights is "Waltz for Eva and Che" which, though it's not my favorite song, boasts of her strongest performance. Another, more important criticism (cos let's face it, thinking along the lines of Gerry Butler in Phantom, you don't necessarily have to hit every note to make the character), is the fact that she puts very little real emotion into voice on many of the tracks. Often she is simply singing the words instead of acting them and this is where she lost my real attention. I mean, it's one thing to become soft where you'd been loud, but the words themselves must. be. acted. "Don't Cry For Me Argentina", an incredibly well-known song, is a perfect example of Madonna's lack of real ability to play this character. I've heard many amazing performances of this song and, to be frank, hers is nowhere NEAR them.
Therefore, if you're looking for an orchestrational masterpiece of Evita, BUY THIS. The music is beautiful. If you can get over slower tempos than may be usual and weaker vocals than should be expected, then this album is for you. It's probably opposite with the Broadway or London recordings. I recommend this but, as I said, it's for the music.