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This CD has quickly become one of my favorites. But it has since become one of my top 10 favorite movies. I discovered the movie quite by accident just a short time ago, even tho it has been out for over 15 years. I just never had the chance to see it then. The soundtrack is just one of the reasons this movie continues to be a favorite of many. Beautiful music that seems to live inside you.
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. "Deep into the forest" has an urgency, describing Ada's husband spying on her and her lover.
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.
"The Piano" is one of the most powerful soundtracks of the '90s. "The Heart Asks Pleasure First" is the simple love theme that returns in many forms.
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 Embrace" and "Bed of Ferns" are incredibly erotic. Forbidden love never sounded so beautiful.
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.
I saw the film, The Piano, many years ago. The emotion it evokes is pretty raw. I turned it on, to have some music to relax to while I took a bubble bath.
I listened to this album over and over. I had to get out of the tub and stop it from playing, otherwise my tears would cause the bathtub to overflow. I loved the music very much.
I pressed play, got in the tub, and began to listen. I then lost the CD a couple of years ago. I recently purchased it again.
In other words, this goes beyond normal relaxing piano music. But when you're in the mood, it's a great album.
Has anyone noticed how Chopin has copied Michael Nyman's score for The Piano in his Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor, Op.58, Largo. Someone had better tell Nyman.
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