Marvin Hamlisch, Scott Joplin - The Sting: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Artist: Marvin Hamlisch, Scott JoplinBrand: TCM
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1998-10-06
Music Label: Mca
Soundtracks:
- Solace [Orchestra Version]
- The Entertainer [Orchestra Version]
- The Easy Winners
- Hooker's Hooker
- Luther
- Pineapple Rag/Gladiolus Rag
- The Entertainer [Piano Version]
- The Glove
- Little Girl [Violin Solo]
- Pineapple Rag
- Merry-Go-Round Music: Listen to the Mockingbird/Darling Nellie Gray
- Solace [Piano Version]
- The Entertainer/Rag Time Dance
Free Music Notes for The Sting: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Free Music Review: A Little Sting That Doesn't Hurt a Bit
Hit: 5 Stars
For catchy music that will add pep to your step and put glide in your stride even if you're sitting down, "The Sting" will do it without seriously raising your blood pressure. Even though the tempos are fast in most songs, it won't make you want to drive any faster or distract you from other tasks.
This is my idea of mood music. The songs with clapping and the mute over the trombones give these instrumentals a Roaring 20's or honky-tonk sound that will get your fingers tapping as mine are doing now rhythmically. Nevertheless, Joplin's music is timeless unlike other hits of the era that sound odd or dated. Hearing "Pineapple Rag" while watching my DVD of "Baseball" made me remember how much I missed the music that my father and I listened to all the way to our hometown in PA, and back to New York. (I wonder whatever happened to that eight-track that I'm sure would be worth some serious pennies today)!
"The Entertainer," "Easy Winners,"and "Ragtime Dance" make you wish you learned to play the clarinet, the violin, and the piano. (You'd be the life of the party, playing this stuff). I'm at least glad I can play them in my imagination. This is the wonderful effect the score has on your mood and attitude. "Solace" is anything but somber, and is also good for the psyche and your digestion.
Try the music. There is very little sting in the price or the sound.
The Sting: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Poster
The soundtrack to the Paul Newman-Robert Redford blockbuster The Sting popularized Scott Joplin's classic ragtimes for a new generation thanks to Marvin Hamlisch's ingenious arrangements and orchestrations. Joplin's brilliance takes the forefront which is the way it should be but it's easy to underestimate what Hamlisch achieved with his orchestrations. His incidental music fit the period and Joplin's ragtimes perfectly and the arrangements of Joplin's works are faithful to the originals while opening them up for new audiences. And that's why the soundtrack feels at once timeless and fresh which is quite a compliment indeed. ~ Robert LoveringMusic composed by Marvin Hamlisch and Scott Joplin.Broadway & Vocalists Music CDs
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