Maurice Jarre - Doctor Zhivago: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - The Deluxe Thirtieth Anniversary Edition
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Free Music Review: Great music
Hit: 5 Stars
Have always loved this sound track and now I can listen at my convenience.Free Music Review: Dr. Zhivago Soundtrack
Hit: 4 Stars
Love this CD. Very relaxing and the sound is very good. Makes me want to see the movie again. Free Music Review: "A Czar Is Born"
Hit: 5 Stars
Maurice Jarre created a sound-track classic-for-all-time . . . and for all times with the soundtrack for the 1965 film "Dr. Zhivago". This was an epic movie of an epic love and demanded an epic musical score. This soundtrack transcended that demand. While it was the perfect accompnyment to every scene of the film . . .it stands on its own as well, even now almost forty years later.
The recurring "theme" - "Lara's Theme" (popularly known as 'Somewhere My Love'- as lyrics were added for pop radio) is today, instantly recognizable to everyone. (I can't hear that theme without "falling in love all over again" with Julie Cristie, who played the role of Lara - or who WAS Lara!)
Another memorable track is the "Kontakion" from the Kievan Russian Orthodox Requiem Liturgy. This hymn is emotionally moving in every Eastern Orthodox funeral or memorial service for the dead . . . it was just as emotional in the film setting as the young boy Yuri (Zhivago) attends his mother's funeral and interment. Just listening to the track today, brings memories of that scene . . . and to any Orthodox familiar with his/her own spiritual tradition, evokes prayerful memories of every funeral of any loved ones who have departed this life. This track alone makes this disc worthwhile owning.
This 1995 "Thirtieth Anniversary Edition" is expanded to include much music hich was not included on the oiginal 1995 release . . . all of it worthy. Also, three variations of "Lara's Theme" (not on the film score) are also added "bonus tracks" - one jazz, one rock, and one swing -- all interesting and enjoyable, though out of the film context . . .but they demonstrate just how adaptable and viable "Laras Theme" actually is and can be. (I must admit that the "rock" version sounds more like "Dixieland to my hearing.)
This is a more than worthwhile album to own and to listen to over and over again. Even if you never saw the movie,"Dr. Zhivago", you will enjoy this album . . . and maybe even be inspired to read Boris Pasternak's book . . . and maybe even get a copy of the film to watch . . . again and again . . . and possibly fall in love with Julie Christie (Lara).
(p.s. - Boris Pasterak actually meant this "love story triangle" to represent being torn between the love for "Mother Russia" with the "Czar" and "The Revolution" and all that it entailed and hoped to build for a new Russia and all that Revolution ruined and destroyed . . . Zhivago, Tonya, Lara, Strelnikov, Komarovsky are all "symbols" of the love/longing/strife/war of Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary Russia.)
Free Music Review: A Great Movie, A Great Soundtrack
Hit: 5 Stars
It is said that French composer Maurice Jarre created the score to Doctor Zhivago in six weeks. The 1965 film, based on the book by Russian novelist Boris Pasternak. The soundtrack is full of beautiful music and captures the spirit of the film and the truly Russian flavor with style. The Overture opens with the Russian national anthem, a theme heard in the 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky and proceeds with the Bolshevik chants that re-emerge in other parts of the film in military marches. Lara's theme is a common motif in the film, as it represents Dr. Zhivago's love for the beautiful but elusive Lara. It is an almost French-sounding love theme, sweetened by the sound of the balalaika, which appears often in the score to give it a cultural Russian sound. A Russian requiem is played during the scene of Dr. Zhivago's father's death.
The first tracks establish the Imperial Russian setting. It is a glamorous world for the empowered aristocracy. Waltzes and a festive song is heard. The tracks that follow build up the tension and the war theme, in contrast with the more peaceful and romantic Lara's theme. The last three tracks are variations of Lara's theme- Jazz version, Rock'n'roll version and Swing version. All great interpretations with a lively beat, especially the Rock n' roll version, with music that would not have been out of place in the 60's. This cd is a treat for fans of the film and Maurice Jarre's music.
Free Music Review: Captivating Score to a Super Movie!
Hit: 5 Stars
The legendary Jarre composed this in only six weeks!The theme which is so recognizable and varied throughout this soundtrack, was his fourth attempt! The director rejected his first three. Told him, forget about Russia. Go to the mountains with your girlfriend, write a love song that will be universal! What an outcome!
Story opens with the inheritance of the balalaika. Common thread. How found sixteen players and how they interfaced with the orchestra. Influenced by a balalaika orchestra in Russia.
This and more in the outstanding notes with this special edition.
Favorites are the Russian influenced waltzes, and of course variations of Lara's theme.
As the mood of the film changes, so does the soundtrack. With its Bolshevic chants, and marches, and down sounds. How this wonderful score enhances and makes this film's images so vivid and alive in one's mind only by hearing the theme's few notes.