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Artist: Dave Grusin
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2004-07-13
Music Label: Grp Records
Product features:
  • GRUSIN DAVE NOW PLAYING: MOVIE THEMES
Soundtracks:
  1. On Golden Pond
  2. New Hampshire Hornpipe
  3. The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
  4. Lupita (Suite From Milagro Beanfield Wars)
  5. Pistolero (Suite From Milagro Beanfield Wars)
  6. Milagro Theme (Suite From Milagro Beanfield Wars)
  7. Memphis Stomp
  8. Se Fue
  9. Hurricane Country
  10. It Might Be You
  11. Theme From Mulholland Falls
  12. Random Hearts
  13. Heaven Can Wait
  14. Letting Go
  15. Mud Island Chase

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First off, I'd have to congratulate one of my favorites, Mr. Dave Grusin, for coming up with this wonderful project. Though he admits that there were some challenges that came along with this recording since most of this material was originally written for orchestra, it still came out perfectly. There's no doubt in my mind that he's such a great pianist, a virtuoso at that! He's got what it takes to be one. He's got the extraordinary ability and the inherent expression and rhythm that make these pieces so pleasing to the ears.

Listen to his heartwarming interpretation of "It Might Be You," the theme from the movie "Tootsie," and you'll definitely agree with me that this is the very best piece of all and it's my absolute favorite. This song is an Academy Awards Nominee for "Best Original Song" in 1982.

The other remarkable pieces are "On Golden Pond," theme from the movie of the same title, "Theme from Mulholland Falls" and the most intriguing melody, "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter." Some of the listeners are deeply moved and affected with this piece that it made them cry. I guess there's some poignancy on the melody that affects the listener's sensitivity. The pieces with melancholy melodies are "Letting Go," the theme from Jon Voight's movie "The Champ," and "Random Hearts," theme from the movie of the same title. Not to mention "Hurricane Country" which is also remarkable. It has an exotic rhythm to it and he used fingernails on the strings to produce the 'harp-like' sound. This piece is marvelous. Imagine all these innovations he's done to produce the desired sounds from a piano. He's such a great talent and his creativity is amazing!

According to Mr. Grusin, the most challenging piece is the last one - "Mud Island Chase," the theme from Tom Cruise's movie "The Firm." In this piece, he had to use a mallet to produce the desired sounds from a piano, like "rapping and striking the interior and exterior wood, strumming the strings and beating them with a mallet, as well as playing the keys in a traditional manner." But he also assured that "there was no permanent damage to the piano (Steinway 459) sustained."

This is solo piano playing at its very BEST!
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