Music is a powerful trigger of myriad emotions, from the romantic, powerful, disastrous and even heartbreaking. Never is this more plainly evident than with the movie soundtrack. Listen to Lalo Schifrin™s string and brass arrangements on ˜Bullitt™ and we are back in the car with Steve McQueen in an epic chase over the elliptical contours of San Francisco.Flip to Wendy Carlos™ ˜Ode To Joy™ as Alex exclaims: šIt was gorgeousness and gorgeosity made flesh,› the violence simmering somewhere close to the surface in Kubrick™s A Clockwork Orange. We™ve collected together some of the classic themes and motifs spanning the past 60 years, from Bernard Hermann™s daring fusion of orthodox orchestration and theremin, Gary Jules™ haunting version of Tears For Fears™ ˜Mad World™, as featured in the hypnotic Donnie Darko, or John Barry™s harmonica-led theme to Schlesinger™s Midnight Cowboy. In the process, we™ve selected a vast range of styles from the jazz and soul-influenced compositions of Roy Budd, Isaac Hayes and Brazil™s Deodato, to electronic pioneers like Giorgio Moroder or leftfield composers like Philip Glass. So pour yourself that glass of something smooth, relax on the sofa, close your eyes and make believe you™re in a creaking hotel with Jack Nicholson or deep in the fearful sweat of Vietnam with Robert De Niro or a Turkish prison with Brad Davis„. All human life is here.

Bill Brewster

Tracklist:
A1 Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Bernstein*– Rhapsody In Blue (excerpt)
A2 RR Orchestra– Sarabande
A3 John Barry– Midnight Cowboy
A4 Pascal Rogé– Gnossiennes #3
A5 Michael Andrews ft Gary Jules– Mad World
A6 Arthur Fiedler– Marche Of The Siamese Twin
A7 Nick Ingman / Orchestra London Sinfonietta – Adagio For Strings
B1 John Williams – Catavina
B2 Philip Glass– Powaqqatsi
B3 Michael Kamen– The Office
B4 Bernard Herrmann– Outer Space
B5 Ray Noble & His Orchestra– Midnight, The Stars And You
B6 Thomas Newman– Horse
B7 Wendy Carlos / Mark Ayres– Ode To Joy
C1 Deodato– Also Sprach Zarathustra
C2 Thomas Newman / Hollywood Studio Symphony*– Brooks Was Here
C3 Mike Oldfield– Tubular Bells (excerpt)
C4 Hotei– Battle Without Honor or Humanity
C5 John Carpenter / Mark Ayres– Halloween Main Theme
C6 Bernard Herrmann– Main Title
D1 Giorgio Moroder– The Chase
D2 Isaac Hayes– Theme From Shaft
D3 Lalo Schifrin– Bullitt (Main Title)
D4 Vangelis– Tears In Rain
D5 Louis Armstrong– We Have All The Time In The World