The Piano: Original Music From The Film By Jane Campion
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Free Music Review: The Piano Soundtrack
Hit: 5 Stars
This is very unique piano music, kind of like a mix of folksy and classical. Some of the songs are soulful and moving, others are playful and uplifting. I loved this music so much, I bought the book of sheet music. It is above my limited skill as a pianist, but I want to play these songs so badly, I am motivated to practice.Free Music Review: Another magnificent score...
Hit: 5 Stars
I've loved Michael Nyman's film scores since 1988s "Drowning By Numbers". Whenever I watch a film that he has scored I have to buy the soundtrack, so I guess that makes me a fan. You don't have to see the movie, but who wouldn't want to see a work of such profound visual and auditory cinematic beauty?
The track "The Heart Ask Pleasure First" which returns as "The Promise" conjures up images of crashing waves and Ada's sad determination. I don't believe Harvey Keitel would have been nearly so scrumptious without the aid of this gorgeous score.
Free Music Review: An Erotic Journey into the Deep Forest
Hit: 5 Stars
"The Piano" is one of the most powerful soundtracks of the '90s. It's no wonder that Nyman played excerpts from the soundtrack for Live Earth in Japan. In "The Piano", music is the movie's language. Ada uses her piano, at first stranded on the New Zealand beach, to communicate her deepest desires.
"To the Edge of the Earth" is a mysterious, eerie sonic description of Ada's journey with her daughter from Scotland to the enigmatic Land of the Long White Cloud. "A Wild and Distant Shore" again describes the New Zealand wilderness. "The Heart Asks Pleasure First" is the simple love theme that returns in many forms. "Deep into the forest" has an urgency, describing Ada's husband spying on her and her lover. "The Embrace" and "Bed of Ferns" are incredibly erotic. There is melancholy in "The Sacrifice" and "I clipped your wing." "Dreams of a Journey" is more joyous than the opening song, bringing the story full circle.
The only weak song in the whole score is the clunky "Here to there."
"The Piano" is a classic soundtrack;without the movie, it stands on its own. Forbidden love never sounded so beautiful.
Free Music Review: glassworks?
Hit: 3 Stars
Has no-one ever remarked on the similarity between the piano theme of this movie and the piece Opening on Philip Glass' Glassworks? I too love the music on this CD but every time I hear the piano theme I hear the opening of Glassworks. Free Music Review: Sounds of emotion
Hit: 5 Stars
I saw the film, The Piano, many years ago. I loved the music very much. I listened to this album over and over. I then lost the CD a couple of years ago. I recently purchased it again. I turned it on, to have some music to relax to while I took a bubble bath. I pressed play, got in the tub, and began to listen. I had to get out of the tub and stop it from playing, otherwise my tears would cause the bathtub to overflow. In other words, this goes beyond normal relaxing piano music. The emotion it evokes is pretty raw. But when you're in the mood, it's a great album.