Blood Diamond
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Composer: James Newton HowardPerformer: Maya Beiser
Performer: Youssou N'Dour
Performer: Djivan Gasparyan
Edition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2006-12-19
Music Label: Varese Sarabande
Soundtracks:
- Blood Diamond Titles
- Crossing the Bridge
- Village Attack
- Ruf Kidnaps Dia
- Archer & Solomon Hike
- Maddy & Archer
- Solomon Finds Family
- Fall of Freetown
- Did You Bury It?
- Archer Sells Diamond
- Goodbyes
- Your Son Is Gone
- Diamond Mine Bombed
- Solomon's Helping Hand
- G8 Conference
- Solomon & Archer Escape
- I Can Carry You
- Your Mother Loves You
- Thought I'd Never Call?
- London
- Solomon Vandy
- Ankala [As Used in the Film Blood Diamond]
- Baai [As Used in the Film Blood Diamond]
- When Da Dawgs Come out to Play [Album Version]
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Free Music Review: Stand Alone Music
Hit: 5 Stars
Not only is the movie a brilliant piece of work, but the score accompanying the images is not just essential to bringing what your seeing to life, but also provides a charge of a wide range emotions that enhance the experience. The best part about that is that you don't need to have seen the movie to be affected by the what the music is trying to convey. Howard outdid himself with the instrumentation, incorporating plenty of what you might call "Sounds of Africa" into the core of the music, the most effective of which is the soothing vocals. Of course there are the conventional stringed instruments and procession for cinematic effect, but it all adds up to a beautiful product.
If your a fan of the music from such movies as Tears Of The Sun, or The Power Of One, then you will love this CD. The best part is that there is no music missing from what you heard in the movie (as far as I can tell anyway), which many scores fall victim to. Its worth the buy, you will love it.
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Like the movie it accompanies, this score feels very much like an "Africanized" regular Hollywood production--but not too much, so as not to throw off timid viewers/listeners. James Newton Howard wrote his cues for a standard large orchestra, augmented here and there with touches such as exotic instruments, the African Children's Choir, and superstar Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour. N'Dour contributes vocals to the first track, "Blood Diamond Titles," but for a long stretch after that, it's pretty much business as usual: swelling, portentous strings (almost every track); a syrupy romantic theme ("Maddy & Archer"); pounding action cues ("Diamond Mine Bombed," "Solomon & Archer Escape"). Things pick up again with the three songs tucked away at the end of the CD. The Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars and Sudan's Emmanuel Jal and Abdel Gadir Salim, in particular, deliver a shot of genuine energy that's sorely lacking from the rest of the CD. This soundtrack--and the film--would have been livelier had there been more of that music. --Elisabeth VincentelliSoundtracks Music CDs
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