Academy Award® Winning Scores
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- The Basics
Luke attacking the Death Star; a shark’s fin knifing the water; a couple of street kids on the run in India . . . just the suggestions bring specific movie score moments to mind, right? The themes from Star Wars and Jaws (both by John Williams), as well as standout scores from more recent outings like Slumdog Millionaire (composer A.R. Rahman), have become part of our cultural consciousness. No less so the “Moon River” melody that defines Breakfast At Tiffany’s, the delicate but edgy patchwork of interlocking strings created by Gustavo Santaolalla for Babel, or James Horner’s doomed, eternally romantic Titanic chords.
There’s more from Santaolalla in Next Steps, this time with a Western theme.$21.39 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 Mausam & Escape A.R. Rahman 3:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Atonement Dario Marianelli 5:18 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Deportation / Iguazu Gustavo Santaolalla 4:48 $0.99 View In iTunes 4 Medley: Main Title / Rebel Blockade Runner John Williams 2:14 $0.99 View In iTunes 5 Overture Maurice Jarre 4:24 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Concerning Hobbits Howard Shore 2:44 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 Moon River Henry Mancini and His Orchestra 2:41 $0.69 View In iTunes 8 Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head (Instrumental) Burt Bacharach 2:35 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 The Entertainer (The Sting Soundtrack Version - Orchestra Version) Marvin Hamlisch 3:03 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 The Way We Were Barbra Streisand 3:29 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 Prelude and the Sound of Music Maria 3:26 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 Main Title and First Victim John Williams 3:28 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 Overture: Mary Poppins Orchestra - Mary Poppins 3:01 $0.99 View In iTunes 14 A Whole New World (Soundtrack Version) Brad Kane & Lea Solanga 2:40 $0.69 View In iTunes 15 Theme from Love Story Cincinnati Pops Orchestra & Erich Kunzel 2:34 $0.99 View In iTunes 16 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing 101 Strings Orchestra 4:33 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 Around the World In 80 Days BBC Concert Orchestra 8:38 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 The John Dunbar Theme (Film Version) John Barry 2:21 $0.99 View In iTunes 19 The Bridge Over the River Kwai BBC Concert Orchestra 4:18 $0.99 View In iTunes 20 Born Free John Barry 4:40 $0.99 View In iTunes 21 Chariots of Fire The City of Prague Philharmonic 3:31 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 21 Songs - Next Steps
With a simple, spare guitar motif, Argentine composer/musician Gustavo Santaolalla somehow captured the majestic sweep of the Rocky Mountains and the melancholy internal struggles that took place against that background in Brokeback Mountain, from which score we’ve lifted “The Wings.” At the other end of the spectrum, but no less effective is John Barry’s rich, forceful theme for the historic sweep of The Lion In Winter. Meanwhile, Fred Astaire and Judy Garland paired for one of the best and happiest examples of the so-American movie-musical art form with the unforgettable “Easter Parade.”
Our Oscar® score selection encompasses classic tales of gangsterism and Disney fantasy, in Deep Cuts.$21.00 Next Steps
Name Artist Time Price 1 Flying Theme from E.T. John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra 3:42 $0.99 View In iTunes 2 Life Is Beautiful Various Artists 3:05 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Ave Satani Jerry Goldsmith 2:35 $0.99 View In iTunes 4 The Wings (Score to Brokeback Mountain) Gustavo Santaolalla 1:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Summer of '42 (Theme) Michel Legrand & The Flemish Radio Orchestra 3:54 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Hello, Dolly! (From "Hello, Dolly!") Hello, Dolly! (Original Broadway Cast) 5:42 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 (Theme From) Midnight Express Giorgio Moroder & Chris Bennett 4:47 $0.99 View In iTunes 8 High Noon The Ghost Rider Orchestra 2:53 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 Main Title from Shakespeare In Love Cincinnati Pops Orchestra & Erich Kunzel 3:28 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 Under the Stars (Score) Hans Zimmer 3:45 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 I Had a Farm in Africa (Main Title from Out of Africa) John Barry 3:12 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 Theme (From "Schindler's List") [Instrumental] John Williams 3:31 $0.99 View In iTunes 13 Into the West Howard Shore & Annie Lennox 5:47 $0.99 View In iTunes 14 The High and the Mighty - Prelude Various Artists 1:57 $0.99 View In iTunes 15 Gigi BBC Concert Orchestra 5:25 $0.99 View In iTunes 16 Spellbound BBC Concert Orchestra 5:15 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 The Last Emperor (Theme) Ryuichi Sakamoto 5:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 18 When You Wish Upon a Star Mike Curb Congregation 3:43 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 The Lion In Winter John Barry & The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra 2:28 $0.99 View In iTunes 20 Stagecoach BBC Concert Orchestra 5:27 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 20 Songs - Deep Cuts
It’s amazing to think that, not too long ago, Hollywood commissions were perceived as demeaning for composers, despite many great achievements. Today, such maestros as Nino Rota — represented here by the deceptively romantic “The End Title” from The Godfather Part II — are revered icons, and film draws top talents across a wide range. Chinese composer Tan Dun, who wrote the score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has earned acclaim for film and concert works, and talents like Alan Menken — whose distinctive Disney melodies can be heard on “Farewell” and “Transformation” — has become a part of the modern pop- culture landscape.
$21.09 Deep Cuts
Name Artist Time Price 1 Transformation Alan Menken 5:49 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Suite from "A Place In the Sun" (Live) Franz Waxman 8:19 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Main Title (Instrumental) Joshua Bell & Philharmonia Orchestra 2:42 $0.99 View In iTunes 4 The Devil And Daniel Webster - The Devil's Concerto Elmer Bernstein 1:52 $0.99 View In iTunes 5 Main Title Georges Delerue 3:14 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Tan Dun & Yo-Yo Ma 3:24 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 A Passage to India - Adela's Theme Various Artists 2:23 $0.99 View In iTunes 8 The Right Stuff - Yeager's Triumph Bill Conti 5:15 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 The Godfather Part II - the End Title Nino Rota 4:12 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 Il Postino The City of Prague Philharmonic 4:37 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 Suite from the Milagro Beanfield War: Coyote Angel Dave Grusin 3:29 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 'Round Midnight Herbie Hancock 4:02 $0.99 View In iTunes 13 Farewell Alan Menken 4:47 $0.99 View In iTunes 14 Limelight BBC Concert Orchestra 3:05 $0.99 View In iTunes 15 Irma la Douce Michel Legrand & Stéphane Grappelli 4:04 $0.99 View In iTunes 16 The Informer Max Steiner 7:32 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 Thoroughly Modern Millie - (Sky-Hi) The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra 2:33 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 Anniversary Song The Arthur Murray Orchestra 2:41 $0.99 View In iTunes 19 Forgotten Overture Jan A.P. Kaczmarek 3:31 $0.99 View In iTunes 20 Moonlight Bay (From "Tin Pan Alley") Alice Faye 2:08 $0.99 View In iTunes 21 As Far As Florence / Rupert Bear (From "The English Patient") The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra 4:04 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 21 Songs - Complete Set
It’s tricky: a great film score must never intrude on the action, yet should make such an impression on an audience that any time it’s heard it will bring the images it accompanied back to mind, whether marching Imperial star troopers, a flying nanny, a farm in Africa or a posse of hobbits. In both orchestral works and songs, composers from Erich Wolfgang Korngold (a classical heavyweight in his own right) to John Barry (who died in January, 2011) and modern master John Williams, have defined and redefined the form. Year after year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences® has honored the masters whose work appears among these award-winning Essentials. Close your eyes, and let the music transport you back to space, or the vast ocean, or first love. You can almost smell the popcorn.
$63.48 Complete Set
Name Artist Time Price 1 Mausam & Escape A.R. Rahman 3:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Atonement Dario Marianelli 5:18 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Deportation / Iguazu Gustavo Santaolalla 4:48 $0.99 View In iTunes 4 Medley: Main Title / Rebel Blockade Runner John Williams 2:14 $0.99 View In iTunes 5 Overture Maurice Jarre 4:24 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Concerning Hobbits Howard Shore 2:44 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 Moon River Henry Mancini and His Orchestra 2:41 $0.69 View In iTunes 8 Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head (Instrumental) Burt Bacharach 2:35 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 The Entertainer (The Sting Soundtrack Version - Orchestra Version) Marvin Hamlisch 3:03 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 The Way We Were Barbra Streisand 3:29 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 Prelude and the Sound of Music Maria 3:26 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 Main Title and First Victim John Williams 3:28 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 Overture: Mary Poppins Orchestra - Mary Poppins 3:01 $0.99 View In iTunes 14 A Whole New World (Soundtrack Version) Brad Kane & Lea Solanga 2:40 $0.69 View In iTunes 15 Theme from Love Story Cincinnati Pops Orchestra & Erich Kunzel 2:34 $0.99 View In iTunes 16 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing 101 Strings Orchestra 4:33 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 Around the World In 80 Days BBC Concert Orchestra 8:38 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 The John Dunbar Theme (Film Version) John Barry 2:21 $0.99 View In iTunes 19 The Bridge Over the River Kwai BBC Concert Orchestra 4:18 $0.99 View In iTunes 20 Born Free John Barry 4:40 $0.99 View In iTunes 21 Chariots of Fire The City of Prague Philharmonic 3:31 $0.99 View In iTunes 22 Flying Theme from E.T. John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra 3:42 $0.99 View In iTunes 23 Life Is Beautiful Various Artists 3:05 $0.99 View In iTunes 24 Ave Satani Jerry Goldsmith 2:35 $0.99 View In iTunes 25 The Wings (Score to Brokeback Mountain) Gustavo Santaolalla 1:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 26 Summer of '42 (Theme) Michel Legrand & The Flemish Radio Orchestra 3:54 $0.99 View In iTunes 27 Hello, Dolly! (From "Hello, Dolly!") Hello, Dolly! (Original Broadway Cast) 5:42 $0.99 View In iTunes 28 (Theme From) Midnight Express Giorgio Moroder & Chris Bennett 4:47 $0.99 View In iTunes 29 High Noon The Ghost Rider Orchestra 2:53 $0.99 View In iTunes 30 Main Title from Shakespeare In Love Cincinnati Pops Orchestra & Erich Kunzel 3:28 $0.99 View In iTunes 31 Under the Stars (Score) Hans Zimmer 3:45 $0.99 View In iTunes 32 I Had a Farm in Africa (Main Title from Out of Africa) John Barry 3:12 $1.29 View In iTunes 33 Theme (From "Schindler's List") [Instrumental] John Williams 3:31 $0.99 View In iTunes 34 Into the West Howard Shore & Annie Lennox 5:47 $0.99 View In iTunes 35 The High and the Mighty - Prelude Various Artists 1:57 $0.99 View In iTunes 36 Gigi BBC Concert Orchestra 5:25 $0.99 View In iTunes 37 Spellbound BBC Concert Orchestra 5:15 $0.99 View In iTunes 38 The Last Emperor (Theme) Ryuichi Sakamoto 5:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 39 When You Wish Upon a Star Mike Curb Congregation 3:43 $1.29 View In iTunes 40 The Lion In Winter John Barry & The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra 2:28 $0.99 View In iTunes 41 Stagecoach BBC Concert Orchestra 5:27 $0.99 View In iTunes 42 Transformation Alan Menken 5:49 $1.29 View In iTunes 43 Suite from "A Place In the Sun" (Live) Franz Waxman 8:19 $0.99 View In iTunes 44 Main Title (Instrumental) Joshua Bell & Philharmonia Orchestra 2:42 $0.99 View In iTunes 45 The Devil And Daniel Webster - The Devil's Concerto Elmer Bernstein 1:52 $0.99 View In iTunes 46 Main Title Georges Delerue 3:14 $0.99 View In iTunes 47 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Tan Dun & Yo-Yo Ma 3:24 $0.99 View In iTunes 48 A Passage to India - Adela's Theme Various Artists 2:23 $0.99 View In iTunes 49 The Right Stuff - Yeager's Triumph Bill Conti 5:15 $0.99 View In iTunes 50 The Godfather Part II - the End Title Nino Rota 4:12 $0.99 View In iTunes 51 Il Postino The City of Prague Philharmonic 4:37 $0.99 View In iTunes 52 Suite from the Milagro Beanfield War: Coyote Angel Dave Grusin 3:29 $0.99 View In iTunes 53 'Round Midnight Herbie Hancock 4:02 $0.99 View In iTunes 54 Farewell Alan Menken 4:47 $0.99 View In iTunes 55 Limelight BBC Concert Orchestra 3:05 $0.99 View In iTunes 56 Irma la Douce Michel Legrand & Stéphane Grappelli 4:04 $0.99 View In iTunes 57 The Informer Max Steiner 7:32 $0.99 View In iTunes 58 Thoroughly Modern Millie - (Sky-Hi) The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra 2:33 $0.99 View In iTunes 59 Anniversary Song The Arthur Murray Orchestra 2:41 $0.99 View In iTunes 60 Forgotten Overture Jan A.P. Kaczmarek 3:31 $0.99 View In iTunes 61 Moonlight Bay (From "Tin Pan Alley") Alice Faye 2:08 $0.99 View In iTunes 62 As Far As Florence / Rupert Bear (From "The English Patient") The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra 4:04 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 62 Songs
Customer Reviews
Concerning Hobbits
Man, I wish more people of all ages would appreciate the MUSIC that MUSICIANS and the MUSICALLY INCLINED are producing. Because it truly is magical.
This is what we SHOULD be listening to.
I'm eighteen years old, and I cry listening to some of these songs because they are so moving, unlike the crap that is streamlining on our radios today. These beautiful songs definitely deserve the beautiful Oscars.
The REAL Deal
This is REAL music. Not some auto-tuned singer. Young people (such as myself) should learn to apprieciate music like this. This is where it all began.
