Albums most popular in the United States●Original Score

Tracks: 35 Release date: 2023-03-24 $9.99

Tracks: 16 Release date: 1977-05-25 $9.99

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1. Great but Incomplete - It would have been nice for iTunes to release the Special Edition of this soundtrack, This album doesn’t have ‘ The Battle of Yavin ‘ or ‘ Cantina Band ‘ But I’m glad it does have the Throne Room. If you really want to like and appreciate this soundtrack, you need to hear all of the Special Edition ( songs )!
2022-04-19

2. Its Why I love Classical Music Today - This is the very original soundtrack which was never meant to be in chronological order to the events in the film. It is enjoyable as a work of pure orchestral artistry. Its the reason I love all classical music today. This may in fact be the greatest orchestral sound track in history.
2019-12-20

3. I want the Complete Score! - This isn't the way I wanted the tracks to be arranged! I want the complete score, in the order they were heard in the movie! The way it was when RCA Victor or Sony Classical released it! I love John Williams' Star Wars score, but I can't live with these soundtracks the way they are arranged right now!
2019-08-12

4. You have to give it stars - Like others said, this is a remastered early release of the original soundtrack and does not contain the extended special edition. However, (and this is a big however) the music is so rich and unbelievably clear, you have no choice but to buy it. We can only hope they remaster the special edition in the future, but until then I will continue to be overwhelmed by the crispness of this soundtrack. It was money well spent in my opinion and will gladly substitute it for my other “New Hope” edition.
2019-03-14

5. John Williams at his finest - This truly is one of his best scores. BRING BACK THE SPECIAL EDITION SOUNDTRACK PLEASE!!!!!! The movie soundtracks you must listen to before you die: Star Wars - all of them, including the Star Wars Stories The first three Indiana Jones ET Jurassic Park Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone How To Train Your Dragon
2019-01-15

6. Not the full soundtrack but is the original soundtrack - This is not the two disc release that came out in alongside the Special Editions, so this album does not have every track in the film. Having said that, this is a remaster of the very original soundtrack release that I used to listen to on cassette tape. So for nostaliga reasons alone this is great! Plus the price reflects this, and it definitely sounds better than the release. I like!
2018-05-04

Tracks: 31 Release date: 2010-12-03 $11.99

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1. Finally, the score with all the extra tracks! - Back in when the score to "Tron: Legacy" was released, it was missing a number of tracks. Those extra tracks were spread out among many different retailers, but finally a full version with all of those tracks is available as one complete package. This is a terrific soundtrack. Glad this was compiled together. Definitely recommended especially if you like Daft Punk.
2020-12-24

2. Get there alive and he will find you - Any list of the under appreciated achievements in the Disney canon must include TRON. That includes the original, the Legacy and the Uprising. This complete album reiteration and expansion on the original Daft Punk soundtrack release is well worth the investment in the franchise. Sea of Simulation adds a sense of joy and fantasy to the score collection that favors the gloriously brooding and intense selections. The minimalism of Reflections, both the beginning and end of the piece, remind me of the clean and inspiring visual aesthetic of Legacy that had me sold with its numerous black and white sets and Cora (Olivia Wilde) contemplating on the couch. There is nothing in this album that is mediocre or unmoving.
2020-12-24

Tracks: 14 Release date: 1993-12-15 $7.99

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1. Amazing score - There are no words to express the tragedy of the Sho’ah, but a film, like Schindler’s List, achieved a very accurate depiction of the attempted genocide of the Jewish community in Krakow. This score captures the emotions of the stories of men, women’s, and children’s true testimonies; their loves, losses, struggles and survival of living through a terrible blemish in modern human history.
2022-08-28

Tracks: 24 Release date: 1985-07-03 $11.99

Tracks: 21 Release date: 2001-07-18 $9.99

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1. what a beautiful movie - i really love this movie! and like many others this a big part of my childhood. also, after reading some reviews i thought i should help the person named tohka is cute, if you still look through reviews at least. i believe the song reprise is played in the main menu screen(if you have bought the movie in dvd) and when chihiro tells haku about his true self. day of the river i’ll have to watch the movie again and look for it. but from the sounds of it it should be around where you might of heard some others. you may have noticed the songs are played in numerical order and also in the same order they were played in the movie. always with me coming last(being the last song) and one summers day being first(being the first song). hope this helped!
2022-02-07

2. Really great music! - I like the movie and the music equally! My personal favorite songs from this album are One Summer’s Day, Day Of The River, Always With You, and Reprise! Funny thing, One Summer’s Day is a very beautiful song, but it doesn’t want to make me cry as much as the other ones, (yes yes I ugly cried very hard during the movie) like Day Of the River, it wants to make me cry, but I can’t place my finger on where it was in the movie, most likely a part I thought was sad though, Always With You makes me want to cry because it’s at the very end of the movie, playing while showing the credits, and I cry at this because it’s a beautiful song and it’s playing while showing all sorts of places in the story. Now Reprise, it makes me want to cry most of all, even though it’s a very beautiful song, (ok you can tell from reading this far, if you’re still here, that I like sad but beautiful songs) but I feel like it was playing at a sad part in the movie, can’t place my finger on it though. / definitely recommend to people. I’m gonna try to get my friends to watch the movie and listen to the music. Before that though, I’m gonna try to figure out how to play One Summer’s Day, Day Of the River, Always With Me, and Reprise on the Windsong Lyre in genshin. I already made my serenitea pot look like the bathhouse, restaurant place, and the tunnel! See ya later!
2021-08-04

3. I LOVE THE MUSIC - The music is amazing! My personal favorites are Summers day, Reprise, The Return. And I love them all! Note: For people who want to watch spirited away, it’s on YouTube. The Japanese version costs more and the English costs less! But the Japanese version (the original) is worth it!
2020-05-11

4. Missing A few songs - This album is missing some songs that were in the movie like the song that plays when Haku is walking up the spiral staircase. Also the soundtrack for when haku gives chihiro her clothes is missing some instrumentals and a few notes. I will give this a star rating because This is one of Joe Hisiashi's best song titles.
2016-12-14

5. Good but..., - This album and the movie are both amazing, to be sure. However, i've already purchased this album once for $. and I do not want to lose money by repurchasing the album. If you are going to take albums off and replace them with different album art, then at least allow those of us who have purchased the album before to be able to download the songs off the Cloud.
2015-04-20

6. AMAZING - Gorgeous soundtrack I watch the movie about three times beofre buying the soundtrack now I just lay on my bed imagining the movie and what happends while a certain music is playing. Rarely music does that to me! It actually lets me feel emotions! One Summer Day, Reprise, and the Return always get me teary eyes and notalgic. If I could get it a hundred stars I would because it deserves far more than five! Best score ever!
2015-04-04

7. His work - I grew up loving the culture of the Japanese and I grew up loving each and everyone of his movies from Kiki's delivery service to spirited away to howl's moving Castle those are my favorite. And every time I hear one of these songs I know exactly which scene its from and can sometimes even picture it in my head playing. Such great love and compassion his movies has. I hope he continues.
2014-11-06

8. Bought it Ages Ago, Now it's Here Again - I find it a little funny to see a little album of the soundtrack of a movie from my childhood, with which I've had a few songs from the soundtrack for years, and now it's popular again, with a new album cover. Needless to say Joe Hisaishi is incredible and definitely know what he's doing
2014-08-09

9. “Spirited Away (Original Soundtrack)” - Joe Hisaishi - I cannot believe that after over a decade that someone has finally been able to license Mr. Hisaishi’s work for digital sale in the United States. Whoever made this happen, thank you. "Spirited Away” is easily one of the best films of the last decade, and one of the best pieces of animation every created. The score that undergirds the work of Studio Ghibli’s storytellers and animators is a integral part of the piece.
2014-07-30

10. Excellent release!! - I have always wanted to find this album, but there seemed to be only pieces performed by other orchestras. I do not mean they are bad, but it is just the reason for which they are NOT ORIGINAL that makes me uncomfortable. Releasing the original soundtrack surely lived up to my expectations. This is a masterpiece-standard musical soundtrack by Joe Hisaishi. I fell in love with the music before the film. If you are truly a fan, there's no waste in the whole album. But I strongly recommend One summer's day and Always with me. You must have a listen!
2014-07-12

Tracks: 42 Release date: 2020-12-18 $11.99

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1. Greatness! - Man! Can I have more than : of Feels Soul Good? What a great feel good jazz jam. You can certainly tell the Reznor influences on the soundtrack. I'm glad that these two artists have come together. What I really want is a full LP of the Baptiste swing in longer segments! I'd play that music all day. Great record with ambient and smasing jazz cuts.
2021-01-06

2. Thank you Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Thank you thank you thank you. In the present I will enjoy every moment with the music. In the future I will enjoy this music. Today I went to the park with my dog who is ill, i had so much fun with him. This album was playing in the background. I was spinning in the grass as the sun hit my face and my love doggo was dancing around me. Thank you thank you thank you
2020-12-27

Tracks: 19 Release date: 2020-12-25 $9.99

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1. Goosebumps! - I never feel compelled to leave a review but this score was so beautifully composed and truly enhanced the series to another level. I have my fingers crossed they release a nd compilation that includes all the music that wasn’t included as there were so many more pieces that I was hoping to find here. Well done!
2021-07-03

2. Gorgeous Score - A lot of applause for the soundtrack but I’m seriously in love with the score. Such talent from Kris Bowers to set the mood for the entire series with the orchestra. Some of my favorite moments that I’ve listened to nonstop are We Could Form an Attachment, Simon and Lady Danbury, Call Me Simon and Love is a Choice. What a delicious masterpiece! Bravo
2021-01-05

3. Beautiful soundtrack to a beautiful story - The music is absolutely beautiful. I love listening to it on my daily walks. However I am disappointed the soundtrack doesn’t have all the music, it’s missing the Beethoven solo Daphne plays, Vivaldi played in Episode & the other classics that were played in the series. The soundtrack should have included these classics
2021-01-03

Tracks: 21 Release date: 1992-06-19 $10.99

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1. Let There Be Strings - Love the strings throughout. Selina Transforms, Pt. is a bop. Such a distintive sound from the other tracks. Love the music with them on the rooftop: "Maybe you should retire." Michelle Pfeiffer is a goddess. Her performance as Catwoman is the main reason why the movie is a cult classic.
2020-06-21

2. one of my favourite batman scores - Maybe this is not one one Elman's most critically acclaimed scores, but it's no bust either. Batman Returns was how I was introduced to Batman in the first place, and one the things that I liked about it was the score, especially The Finale and the Final Confrontation. Music is a very important part in movies, and this soundtrack might just be my favourite of all time. You won't regret buying the soundtrack.
2012-01-18

3. Nice - Danny Elfman is such a good composer. He's probably somewhere up there with the greats, he's the best when it comes to these kind of films. Dark and fun movies. Batman Returns is an awesome movie and the music is the gothic image that Tim Burton created in this film. So, get it man. Oh, and the last song is Siouxsie & The Banshee's "Face To Face", when the song plays in that scene, it is outstanding!
2010-05-21

4. A dark trip - This album is often glossed over when looking at Elfman's work. It's tragic, melancholy and sometimes macabre, as opposed to the heroic score of the previous film. By the time the familiar Batman theme starts up at the end--the second and last time you get to hear it fully played out--you feel drained and relieved. It's great when you're in the mood for a dark and twisted score.
2009-08-02

Tracks: 48 Release date: 2022-11-23 $9.99

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1. Why don’t we have actual soundtracks anymore? - This is called a score… it’s just the musical background. It’s great if instrumental is your thing… but what about all of the great songs that were on the show? You know - an actual soundtrack??? Getting tired of having to make playlists on Spotify or whatever just to be able to listen to the songs.
2022-12-05

Tracks: 23 Release date: 2012-04-24 $9.99

Tracks: 22 Release date: 1940-01-17 $12.99

Tracks: 20 Release date: 1986-01-01 $10.99

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1. One of the best scores of all time - This ranks as one of the best movie scores ever. The simplicity of the themes, mixed with an uplifting and inspiring melody, makes this nearly perfect. “The River” and “On Earth As It Is in Heaven” and “Gabriel’s Oboe” are among the best songs to ever be heard in a movie theatre. But get the whole album. it is, perhaps, the best use of your iTunes money.
2015-02-11

Tracks: 35 Release date: 2019-04-26 $11.99

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1. More than a soundtrack. - In crafting a score for what would be the final chapter to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we know it, Alan Silvestri definitely was facing a challenge here. However, as has been the case for all his previous work, Alan rose to the occasion and created something that doesn’t just help tell the story, but it also conveys the steps needed to get to that ending, and themes like “Portals”, “The Real Hero” and “Main on End” raise the bar for those moments that will play on your emotions in the best of ways. The latter track also heartens back to the classic movies of yesteryear with that feeling of epicness but also a sense that our heroes get to do what the cowboys/cowgirls in those classic westerns did and walk off into the sunset. In all, this is a soundtrack that one must have regardless of whether or not one is a MCU fan, because like Endgame, it elevates the film and the storytelling to a degree not seen before. So for this True Believer, I do indeed love this score ! Well done Alan!
2019-12-26

2. Favorite MCU Sountrack. - I listen to this album every single day. Not fully but a couple of songs. Sometimes the full album. Alan Silvestri, that son of a gun still has it. I loved every single song of this album. Definitely Top are: .Portals and Main on End (I can’t easily decide between these two) . Worth It . Totally Fine . One Shot (I know this was in the first Avengers too) . The Real Hero (Although I can’t listen to it every time because it just makes my day so sad. And I get depressed. But the melody and the feeling it has it’s pretty amazing. It was totally Epic. And The best MCU soundtrack forever. Thank you Alan Silvestri for everything.
2019-12-12

3. The One - How I knew what Stark was going to do in the final act was from the music. Has anyone noticed how extremely similar “The One” from this album and “One Way Trip” from The Avengers album? The same music plays when Stark takes the Nuke into the portal and when Stark fights Thanos for the stones.
2019-11-24

4. BarrettBoiii / - Excellent job. This song is great, but BarrettBoiii is the guy who sealed the deal fo me. That is a top quality comment. I give it a ten out of ten, it has reached its pinnacle of success, it’s not going any further, trust me on this one. Also, as I have just reviewed it, you kno it’s going to die quickly, but love him or hate him, he’s spittin facts
2019-08-19

5. Silvestri Strikes again!! Love it - As you know last year in infinity war we got epic and sad music but a couple of months ago silvestri gave us the traditional hormone music but sadder, the amazing portals music which was the best one and the real hero which just gets you on the verge of tears. the best one yet. Love the sound track
2019-06-25

6. Beyond Amazing, Can’t Stop Listening - I cannot even start with this soundtrack! This is one of the best pieces of filmscore I have ever listened to, and Alan Silvestri did an amazing job composing this epic conclusion of films. From the epic score of “Portals” to the tearjerking theme of “Whatever It Takes / Not Good” and “The Real Hero” and the overall nostalgic feel of “Main on End” (the end credits even got me because the music was too good), this soundtrack got me through finals week and kept me going. I am listening to the soundtrack even as I write this review. You know when it’s an amazing soundtrack if you can hear the music and know exactly what is going on while still feeling the raw emotion that you felt in the theaters. You also know it’s an amazing soundtrack when your ten-year-old brother (who usually does not care about filmscore) was able to point out that “Totally Fine” and “The Real Hero” echo each other, giving the movie epic and deserved bookends for a beloved character. Overall, I cannot stop listening to this amazing album full of very moving music and themes, it just reminds me of how you cannot have an amazing movie without it’s indescribable music.
2019-06-25

7. Awesome but a bit off - I would rate the avengers endgame music stars and the movie itself stars but I cannot rate the music stars. I was looking forward to buying the music but before I bought it I listened to the demo and the music was a bit off. Unless you know for sure Apple purposely did that with music demos, Please, DO NOT buy the music. You’re being ripped off.
2019-06-08

Tracks: 26 Release date: 2004-11-19 $9.99

Tracks: 16 Release date: 2007-07-24 $9.99

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1. What would The Simpsons without theme by Danny Elfman and arranged by Hans Zimmer? - Before launching The Simpsons (Series), Elfman was invited to create the theme. Some years later, some producers thinking about creating the film. So, call Hans Zimmer to enhance the music for the film. Result: Perfection!! Of course, mixing Hans Zimmer with Danny Elfman would be in for something extremely awesome. My favorite songs are "Release the Hounds", "Bart's Doodle", "Spider Pig" and "Recklessly Impulsive".
2011-02-08

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2010-02-11

3. GET THE MOVIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ITUNES needs to get the movie not the soundtrack !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! p.s. i like doing exclamation marks!
2009-04-27

4. Any one notice the mistake? - I noticed listening to the samples that "Bart's Doodle" is actually from the forest animal/Homer n' Marge private sceen, and "Release the Hounds" is from Bart's skateboard adventure. Not sure if this is just a typo or what, but overall this album is good, but there are better Simpson's albums. Where is The Simpson's Sing the Blues? Anyone else interested it that or am I the only one??
2008-07-10

5. SPIDER PIG!!! WE LOVE YOU, SPIDER PIG!!! - Ok, this is my sister's review; not mine. She's writing it through me. Here goes nothing: -GO SPIDER PIG!!! GO SPIDER PIG!!! GO SPIDER PIG!!! I totally loved the soundtrack! GO SPIDER PIG!!! OK, well, I loved it!!! The end. Tah-dah!!! Now do the smiley thing! -No. (that was me...) -Ok, fine. GO SPIDER PIG!!!
2008-06-20

Tracks: 12 Release date: 1994-06-07 $9.99

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1. There's much more than this ... - Imagine this: Vangelis recorded more than hours of material for the movie soundtrack ... this is a mere hour's worth. Most of it all is "officially unreleased", but various bootlegs are available to download, if you know where to look. Search for "th Anniversary Blade Runner Soundtrack" to get the bulk of it ( hours), which includes everything from the movie studio clips (logo music, trailers, etc) down to additional tracks from Brian Eno and the full length traditional Japanese song that appears in pieces in the movie. A must for die-hard fans. From iTunes, this is a good start, but a better start is the -disc version with new material (disc ).
2021-10-28

Tracks: 13 Release date: 1988-12-31 $9.99

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1. Koyaanisqatsi is a MESS - I adore Koyaanisqatsi and already had a version at bps so imagine my shock when I hear this muffled recording. The chorals in the piece are almost Non existent. All the translucence of the Chorals is gone... How can this be?? And the Balance seems very changed between the Orchestra and the Electronic? What have they done to this music? It is not near what I am used to hearing. What a shame. I was expecting a Pristine recording. iTunes should Yank this release... I don't know if its the recording itself or the encoding thats off. Or it could be a combination. But all the clarity from the recording is gone. I was so expecting a marvelous experience. I'm so disappointed.
2010-09-15

2. music out of balance - hate to say it, but i still prefer my recording (i've only listened to the re-recording once-- philip glass is wrong). while it is good, great really, to finally have ALL of the music (and why i gave it four stars), the mixes of the stuff we all already know and love so well are just... off (which is why it didn't get five). like others have said, the vocals and electronics are lost way in the back on some tracks, and a lot of the horns are way too bright. it's not a problem with most of the tracks, and overall the album sounds great, but when the issue does come up, it really stands out. i guess we'll have to wait another ten years for the "this time we really mean it" definitive version.
2010-05-14

3. Really Great! - I was pretty excited when I heard this had come out, being one of the big dorks who dug around & bought the original from Tower Records online. It sure is great to have the continuity of the full film score; they are inextricably bound in a way that few film scores are with their partner movies...the equally-groundbreaking soundtrack of "A Clockwork Orange" also comes to mind. I thought JapanShane was indeed being a fussbudget with his comment about the "Pruitt Igoe" vocals, but holy crackers, he was really right! I really have to wonder if it was somehow intentional, but given Glass's impeccable standards, I don't know how it could be possible. The electronic instruments and vocals are lost behind the orchestral mix, and the result is nowhere near the clarity and power of the release. Yet some tracks sound quite a lot better, more forceful and distinct than the "first original." It does indeed indicate something must still be up with the master tapes in this epic tale of a soundtrack that's as revolutionary as its movie. If you're reading this, you care enough to have them both! The version, IMHO, is not for the Glass-heads and strict musicologists that aren't ALSO film purists. But if you're one of each, just buy 'em all!
2010-04-01

4. Complete, but could have been better? - First of all I have to say that I am reviewing the CD and presentation, not the music itself. The music is "classic" Glass and doesn't get any better than this. If you don't already have a recording of this music and soundtrack, or are looking to add a little Philip Glass to your collection, please pick this one up. That being said, I wouldn't retire the orginial recording you might have in rotation just yet. When I saw on the Philip Glass website "contains sound effects from the movie", I knew something might be a little off. While this release finally does justice to the film and it's music, it still leaves a little more to be desired. The reason why it contains the sound effects from the movie is becuase it seems like all Orange Mountain really did was pull the actual soundtrack right from the film and clean it up with filters. In doing this, some tracks did not change (Organic and Clouds for example). However, some tracks, expeically Pruitt Igoe, really suffer from poor mixing. The vocal track on Pruitt Igoe is almost buried in the background with the instruments since there was no way to seperate out the voices and let them stand out. As a result, the orginial soundtrack recording is still the only one that has the clearest and most properly balenced mix. The emotional resonance of the vocals in Pruitt Igoe can be heard and felt still only in that recording. I know it may be nitpicking, but really compare the two. It is extremely nice to finally have the glue that holds all the tracks together, but the tracks themselves seem lackluster when compared to the recording. It just makes me wonder if something has happened to the master recordings for the film and might be a reason why we didn't see a CD with the brightness of the first recording combined with the missing elements from this recording. Also, just to let you know where I am comming from, I don't even consider the version to even be from the movie. It is so lackluster when compared to the orginial that I feel it is more an interpertation of the movie (or even inspired by), rather than an attempt to reconstruct the actual music.
2009-07-05

5. AWESOME!!! - I am a huge Philip Glass fan. I am glad to have ALL of the music. Here's the breakdown: The original issue of the original soundtrack (from the early 's) cut some tracks from the recording. The ones that were kept were cut for time, most nobaly "The Grid". This is understandable, given the capacity of media back then. Records and tape limited how long a track could be as well as album order. Since almost half of the music is in the last three tracks ("The Grid" and "Prophecies" total minutes ), It may have been impossible to group them on the same side of the cassete or vinyl record, in the fashion that extended vinyl singles would be cut to part and part on opposite sides. The 's re-recording is also EXCELLENT. Philip Glass had good reason to praise it; his ensemble is better at playing the score, now having years more to learn it. However, it is STILL MISSING SOME TRACKS. That album omits the connecting tissues (and admits so in the liner notes). These omitted tracks are Pruitt Igoe Coda (misspelled in the 's recording, as Pruitt-Igoe is the name of the housing development dynamited during this famous sequence), Slo Mo People, Microchip, and Translations and Credits. This recording restores ALL segments in their original recording. I might note that not all of the music was written by Philip Glass. The credits for the film list Michael Hoenig as the comopser of additional music. Does this account for the tracks missing from the 's recording? Perhaps the liner notes for this album would make this clear. It's interesting that the original recording is reissued so close to the "Watchmen" soundtrack, which actually uses segments from this recording rather than the 's re-recording. Did "Watchmen" perhaps re-awaken an interest among record companies to reissue the original? I hope so. In any case, it's good to see the original back.
2009-07-03

6. This is the one, the original recording! - Finally the entire recording, as heard in the film, is available. It certainly took long enough, years. Ignore the newer recording regardless of Mr. Glass' higher opinion of it. This is the music that contains the power, thoughtfulness and peace that carried the film over from a coffee table book of images into a unique philosophical statement. On it's own this music is a world unto it's own.
2009-06-27

7. At Last! - Finally, after nearly years, we have the complete score for this film, in chronological order, from beginning to end. The music is every bit as powerful as the film itself, and one can't help but remember Reggio's remarkable images while listening to this album. Thank you, Orange Mountain Music--this album has been a long time in coming, but the final product is worth the wait.
2009-06-26

8. eh - The three stars are not for fhe music, everyone who's read my Glass reviews knows my thought on the composer. I'm only amazed that no one else has reviewed it. If for nothing else it's the complete soundtrack so it would be worth the money for Glass fans to get it just for that. As a stand alone work it doesn't move me but get the movie to get the whole experience. It sort of works in that regard.
2009-05-22

Tracks: 24 Release date: 2010-12-03 $9.99

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1. Daft punk is awesome - As a guy whose a fan of progressive music and metal mostly I’m always blown away by the composing for this score. So much emotion and power in the orchestral stuff and the atmosphere is just oozing out from the synth elements. One of my favorite scores in film history. If the end of daft punk is real I hope they do more film scores either collectively or apart.
2021-02-23

2. Erasing the grid? - More like constantly upgrading it. The moment we get used to a format then there’s a upgrade . so I’ve had things fall through the crap cracks every time I do a computer update or buy a new one. I can’t believe it’s been nine years? I saw the original when I was a kid so it was fun to see ya loop closed of sorts. All I see are movies that are the fourth or fifth sequel or prequel of everything I saw when I was a kid but of course with better technology, i’m not complaining because it’s been a great trajectory to mark the passage of my life on but also when are they going to make the next blow your mind away movie like the matrix or fight club? Did everything original end in ? Are we out of red pills of imagination and just stuck with the red pills of politics and in the world scenarios. I guess we all better learn to fly like Neo.
2020-10-16

3. Love the atmosphere! - Tron Legacy may not have been the strongest movie, but where it lacked it sure did make up for in music. Daft Punk did a great job capturing the right sound for a movie with the aesthetics of Tron using a lot of synth beats and such. I personally think it’s great music to have playing in the background whether you’re trying to study or even going on some kind of night cruise.
2020-01-23

4. Everything BUT the digital booklet - There is absolutely no doubt this is an amazing soundtrack! I'm a filmmaker and I only get soundtracks that really delve deep and inspire. I was so excited to take a look at the digital booklet as well because there's always some beautiful concept and a thank you to all the artists in there. But when I went to go open my digital booklet the file was corrupt and there was nothing to see... I'm very disappointed by this :(
2019-10-21

5. Amazing - I had this cd back in and I listened to it so many times I must have worn it out. This soundtrack is incredible and highlights all the pinnacle points of the movie. My son and I just watched Tron Legacy tonight and I figured it's time to upgrade from the cd lol... ...is this soundtrack making a comeback as half of the reviews are from the past two months. This soundtrack has been out for almost years....
2019-10-05

Tracks: 11 Release date: 1978-10-27 $9.99

Comments

1. Play at a Haunted House! - If you are the kind that like to volunteer to work or even host your own Haunted House fun, then this is perfect for you. Yes it would get old if you sit down to listen to it, but these songs are familiar to alot of people and it will click in their heads. Play this these songs in your Meyers themed Hallloween Haunt and you are sure to get friends, family, and strangers on high alert!
2010-10-07

Tracks: 33 Release date: 1997-07-02 $9.99

Comments

1. Absolutely beautiful - This is probably one of the best soundtracks I’ve ever heard. Princess Mononoke is one of the best Ghibli movies out there, and Joe really hit it on the nail with these tracks on how the movie is supposed to be like. Purchase this. Do it, whether or not you’re on the fence. You won’t regret it.
2023-01-02

2. Good, for those who have seen the movie - I you have seen the movie, I strongly recommend this album. You may understand why the album is great. There are some pieces that is truly amazing. For me, Journey to the West, Princess Mononoke as well as some others are great. But the overall style is deep, extremely depression, as you might think. But the 'vision' is quite wide. I do not expect anyone to have the same taste. So think twice whether this is you cake or not.
2014-07-12

Tracks: 20 Release date: 1988-05-01 $9.99

Comments

1. Incredible! - When it comes to soundtracks, I usually just latch onto a few songs and easily live without the rest of it. Not this one. I love every single song in this soundtrack; I could listen to it over and over and not get tired of it. The entire soundtrack is catchy and whimsical, but the highlights are the three songs with lyrics (Hey Let's Go, A Lost Child, and My Neighbor Totoro). They're in Japanese, but they're all beautiful songs that always put me in a dreamy, nostalgic mood. If you love Ghibli, like me, or are just looking for some great music to get lost in, get this.
2016-11-07

2. Childhood - This sound track is so beautiful. I've listen to My Neighbor Totoro since I was a baby!!! It's breath taking. I sleep through the night peacefully and I don't normally sleep with any music on. When I play this sound track when I'm sleeping, just hearing the melodies takes me back inside the movie and jumping on Totoro and laughing makes me feel like I was a kid again. This soundtrack is one of a KIND!!!
2016-09-27

3. I'm in love - I absolutely love studio ghibli (sorry if I spell it wrong) and I'm !!!!!!! My friends weren't interested in this kind of music until I showed it to them and now they use it for studying and sleeping! Our personal favorite is path of the wind I am in love and my friends and me want to say thank you and keep up the great work!
2015-06-24

4. Legendary - Tonari no Totoro is such a cheerful song. It's about friendship and pure joie du vivre. And now it's a nostalgic song that reminds us of the s and s, when anime was simpler and purer, and when Japan was very much on an upward trajectory in terms of economic and cultural influence, and most importantly artistic creativity.
2015-03-21

Tracks: 46 Release date: 2017-06-30 Get

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1. Instrumentals are beautiful! Loooove - If you loved Hamilton, this is for you. Listening to the instrumentals I can finally hear the best of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s creative genius. Each element is done so perfectly and in detail, it’s just beautiful! My favorites instrumentals were the Alexander Hamilton (the ending), My Shot, The Battle of Yorktown, Dear Theodosia, Nonstop, It’s Quiet Uptown, and Who Lives Who Dies Who Tells Your Story Wow! That’s a lot of “favorites”. They are all amazing though! (In Aaron Burr Sir, you can sort of hear the voices though lol) ^^ that’s the only song in which that happens and the instrumental for that wouldn’t be listened to all that much anyways Alrighty then Byeeeeeee I’m done nowwww
2017-12-30

2. In the words of Angelica Schuyler, "I will never be satisfied" - As much as I'd love to give this five stars I cannot quite bring myself to. If only I could give four and three quarters of a star! As for why, I'll be honest: I was super excited for this album to come out, but it didn't quite meet my expectations. Which to be fair were very high because I absolutely love "Hamilton: An American Musical"! I am not exaggerating when I say that I know just about every word of the show by memory, and even which characters sing which harmonies! Anyway, From the vocals which can still be heard in "Aaron Burr, Sir" (and Laurens' random "I'm John in the place to be" at the very end of the song wonder what happened there) to "History Has Its Eyes" on you playing at the end of "Guns And Ships" and restarting in its own track (a similar thing occurred in the transition between "Schuyler Defeated" and "Cabinet Battle " except it did not restart), to entire sections of audio missing such as in "Take A Break" these tracks could be a lot cleaner. I was slightly disappointed in this respect, but I suppose I am being a bit critical. On the flip side, I have to say, as instrumental tracks I did not mind at all, actually quite enjoyed, the shift of the very end of "Aaron Burr, Sir" to "My Shot" and "A Winter's Ball" to "Helpless". The orchestration used from the original tracks was beautiful as always, and hearing the orchestral music without the vocals allowed me to appreciate it more than I had prior. Of course the acting and vocals in the show are FANTASTIC, but this truly proves the story truly can be told through the genius of the music alone. Over all, if you can over look some of its flaws, which are relatively minor in the grand scheme of things, it is a fantastic set of instrumental tracks to for fans of "Hamilton: An American Musical" like myself to sing and rap along to. I've been listening through Apple Music but I would say if you can afford it, it's still pretty worth the purchase.
2017-07-02

3. YESSSSSS - Apple needs to come up with a way to automatically download any new hamilton-related albums immediately upon release for me. I didnt know about this until it had been out for almost a whole day!! That's almost a whole day of not having this in my life. So thankful to Lin and company for releasing this! That bunch of geniuses deserve all of everyones money. This is just brilliant!!
2017-07-01

4. Amazing - I didn't know i needed this until i found it and now i'm sitting in my bed at : AM crying because this sounds so beautiful. i've realized i never fully appreciated the beauty of the actual music, rather than the words, associated with this musical, and now, hearing the music, you can hear all the time and effort actually put into every note to make it the amazing thing that it has become. you can hear the ups and downs of the show even without the words, proving that even detail was chosen as precisely as possible. continue to be the best you out there and continue to blow us all away! - @wonderwalljc
2017-06-30

5. FINALLY! - HO-LY CRAP. I've been waiting for an official instrumental version forever. You don't know desperate until you're creating your own instrumental versions via Audacity, tearing apart the multi-layer songs Lin so masterfully created, but ultimately unsatisfied by the results. This is my salvation.
2017-06-30

6. Amazing! - This is fantastic! The fact that Lin and the rest of the Hamilton team are releasing this with a sing along program really shows an investment on their part in the fans of this show engaging with the material. Not to mention it lets Alex Lacamoire's incredible orchestrations really take front and center. Great to sing along to, but it's also great to just listen to!
2017-06-30

7. A review of the music, as well as the show! - Having seen the musical in New York recently, I can tell you the acting is only half of it. Within the first few minutes, I guarantee you realize that the music is what tells the story (I mean the stage is set up like a turn-table! Great work David Korins!); Burr's growing jealousy as Hamilton takes the spotlight, all the while planning his attack in the shadows among Hamilton's rivals who, sadly after his death, realize how the world will never be the same without him. The time and dedication Lin has poured into his instrumentals is clearly shown here, as well as in the show; The subtle recall of the instrumentals heard first in "That Would Be Enough" in songs such as "Best of Wives and Best of Women" stands out among others because you listen and realize Lin almost had written character interactions into his music, such as those notes heard while he is interacting with Eliza, both during the pregnancy reveal and hours before his final duel. It's beautiful. As a listener, you can hear the whole story of Hamilton's uprise (and our TRUE main character, Burr's growing jealousy) play out with just instruments! I find that so impactful. Let that be a lesson to other composers, as well as other "talented" musicians of today: make music with meaning, substance, and a story. RAISE A GLASS TO FREEDOM!
2017-06-30

Tracks: 23 Release date: 1988-01-01 $7.99

Comments

1. best foreign film of all time - The film was exceptional...from the beginning till the end, the viewer was captivated by the humor, passion, and despair that was instilled in each scene. The masterfully put together soundtrack only added to intensity that this movie produced. Each song represents a part of the story within the film and when all songs are listened to, the film is visioned and the story is complete. Much love to Ennio Morricone for his masterpiece's.
2009-05-31

2. Among The Greatest Film Soundtracks - Cinema Paradiso ranks among my personal favorite films of all time. Like the reviewer before me, this outstanding soundtrack is part of the reason. Anyone with even half a heart will be moved by this amazing score. Best of all- this Italian soundtrack must be the music from the late s director's cut. It contains more tracks than the original american release and about more minutes worth of music. If you like this more recent version then you need to also buy the older. They are many differences between the two scores, the older containing more simpler arrangements but nonetheless extremely moving. I can't decide which is better!!
2007-12-08

Tracks: 19 Release date: 2009-08-31 $9.99

Comments

1. Amazing - I was just randomly going through iTunes when I came across this, I remember watching this when I was younger. It wasn't like UP or Tarzab ir Hercules or any other film or that sort. The movie was hauntingly beautiful(i was creeped out) but the soundtrack is just the same. I really want to see it again…
2012-08-25

2. In Shock - This is beautiful I got this album a while ago, but am now writing the review. I am in love with this album and movie Best. Movie. Ever. Shane Acker, I hope you go through wiht a sequel And I hope the music will be as amazingly beautiful as this I just... feel amazing listening to this music ^^
2011-06-08

3. Welcome Home! - I love Coheed and Cambria! Go check them out! Especially Apollo : The Writing Writer, Mother Superior, and In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: . Great music by an amazing band. Danny Elfman ain't no slouch either. Very brooding score. And to iDude and bloodthirstyGods: No. Claudio Sanchez is one amazing vocalist.
2010-07-08

4. Wow! Stunning! - Amazing! The movie was stunning! One of the best animated movies of our time! The music was just wow!!! I couldn't imagine anyother music for this movie! The music made me cry. It was the perfect backround for the movie, besides the great voices and scenery and the directors! The movie had such a deep idea! Wow please make two !! Breathtaking!
2010-05-25

5. "First Amendment" - I would like to "amend" my original review. I did not give enough credit to Deborah Lurie. She made a considerable contribution to this score, and I would like to commend her for the listening pleasure she has given me. I will be keeping an eye and "ear" on Ms. Lurie in the future. Great score!
2009-12-08

6. amazing score, good film - This soundtrack is so full of emotion, it's just wonderful. I can see each scene unfolding in my mind as I listen to the tracks. All I wish is that the score combined with "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" were included. That was a really beautiful scene. Each of these tracks are thrilling, not one should be put above the other. I highly recommend this album. As fot the film, it was a bit frustrating in some senses. The idea was wonderful, and had so much potential, but the main problem I believe is that Acker didn't target an audience. It's too scary for kids but too simplistic for adults, so the cliches, events, and obvious plot holes can get a little frustrating at times, and the viewer isn't given enough time with most of the stitchpunks to become attached to them. Now, this is not to say that it is a bad film. Due to it's blatant simplicity, the underlying themes are extremely apparent during the film and are truly beautiful to discover, and from a design aspect: the stitchpunks, found object machines, and the Emptiness are some of the most distressingly beautiful and creative things I have ever seen. It's incredibly inspiring. So I do recommend seeing this in theatres, for the sights and sounds and just the overall experience, but I'm not going to hype it up. It is good. Not perfect. I hope that Shane Acker develops this film into something where he has a fixed target audience, and really lets you feel a bond with the stitchpunks and satisfies the viewers. I feel that the movie introduced so many things that created little holes that usually a film in turn fills, but did not. It left the holes a little empty and therefore the movie itself won't get stars. Do go see it though. It is art in a strangely beautiful way.
2009-10-01

7. Dark and Inspiring only Elfman! - Danny Elfman does a great job creating music that blends with what is in the movie. The movie itself is very dark, and throughout its run time Elfman's themes resonate, but they don't give you the typical dark feeling dark movie scores give you in the pit of your stomach. In a way only he can, he writes these themes in a way that is almost warming and uplifting. Great movie, but without a great score a movie is nothing, and in this score Elfman sets the stage for the dark post-human world that awakens to and finds himself thrown into an adventure that both defines who he is and anwers questions as to his very own exsistence.
2009-09-15

8. Elfman Lurie Epic - This is what an epic score should sound like. With a beautiful score by Lurie and inspiring themes by Elfman, where can you go wrong? This score delivers a real sense of power, utilizing choir and a strong low brass. what makes it even better is that this score does not rely on electronics and synthesizers to get the desired effect. In general, this score has a very low, dark, feel to it, which fits the movie quite nicely. Even though it is a dark score, the music comprising the score is very versatile. For example, "Release" and "Burial" are very sad and very beautifal cues. While "The Purpose, Slaying te Beast" are very intense and pounding. Some cues are very subtl with a light mystic about them. Overall, A job well done for Elfman and Lurie on such a Phenomenal and original score.
2009-09-14

9. Great Movie, Great Music - What I like about this is that danney elfman strayed alittle from the really dark and mystyrious music. i mean it still had that, but not as dark. my favorite song in the album is Welcome Home. I did see the movie and recomend it to any guy -. this movie is dark, and under should go with a parent, not a friend. the machines are scary, and there only calm parts. al in all, one of the best movies, no, the best movie i have ever seen
2009-09-13

10. The Bad Review - Wow, this soundtrack was completely underwhelming. Danny and Deborah do not know how to score a movie. It's all quite for a minute then it gets all loud all of a sudden. It's quite annoying actually. Your probably buying this hoping that every song in it is as wonderful as the ones in the trailer. Well, thats only one song. What's funny is Danny and Deborah don't even make it! Im going to see the movie today but after hearing this my expectations have been WAY lowered. Not to mention I found songs that were in the trailers absent in the soundtrack. Overall I find this soundtrack boring and a waist of my $.. Have a good day.
2009-09-09

11. Proved me wrong!!! - At first I didn't want to see this movie but i did think that "Welcome Home" was an AMAZING SONG for such a film. However after I heard the WHOLE CD I REALLY want to see this movie now. The music in this movie feels so powerful and is perfect for this film so I cant wait to hear it and see it on the big screen. After that IM BUYIN THE WHOLE CD!!!!!!!
2009-09-05

12. Great Soundtrack! - I was always amped to see this movie when I first saw the trailer in a movie theater. I can't believe its only one more week! I think that the music is a vital part to making a great movie, and to think what some of my favorite movies would be without a good soundtrack would be horrible. Looking forward to see how this soundtrack fits into the movie.
2009-09-02

13. Fantastic Soundtrack! - I'm really looking forward to this film- moreso then I have for any animated film in a long time. (Barring Pixar films, of course.) So I was very pleasantly surprised when I found that itunes already had the soundtrack. The composers have done some really beautiful work here- that I quite enjoyed, even without having seen the movie. Definitely recommended.
2009-09-01

Tracks: 14 Release date: 1986-08-15 $9.99

Comments

1. USA Soundtrack? - When "Castle in the Sky" was dubbed into English by Disney, they asked Joe Hisaishi to rework his original synthesized score from into an expanded version for a full symphony orchestra. That version was used for the Disney dub and was released on CD in Japan in . My only question is why isn't it available here on iTunes?
2021-04-27

2. LOVE THIS MOVIE BUT... - The U.S. version of the soundtrack is far superior to this one because it was reorchestrated with real orchestral instruments rather than synth instruments. There were also new tracks added. Once you hear the new version you just can't go back to this one. They need to release that version on here! The purists probably kept it from coming on here....
2014-09-25

3. Something To Be Aware Of - I am a ridiculously huge Joe Hisaishi fan; there is not an album of his that I do not like. However, with that said, people who purchase this should be aware that this is the soundtrack to the JAPANESE version of "Castle in the Sky;" unlike the rest of Hayao Miyazaki's films, "Castle in the Sky" was given a new soundtrack when Pixar dubbed it in English. The ENGLISH version of "Castle in the Sky" has a soundtrack much more similar in feel to Hisaishi's later works as it was composed in the 's or 's (I can't remember exactly when). This (again, the JAPANESE version) has a feel much more similar to the soundtracks of "Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind" and "My Neighbor Totoro." My four star rating is because I like the newer English dub soundtrack a lot better and I have yet to watch "Castle in the Sky" in Japanese so the original Japanese soundtrack doesn't sound quite right to me. However, those unfamiliar with the English version will certainly find this, like all of Hisaishi's works, to be a special treat.
2014-07-21

4. Good for every pieces! - Before I discovered they released the whole album on iTunes, I have listened to many variation on Carrying You. But none of them approximated the original notes I listened to while watching the film. Then it's finally here! The animated film was put on in the s, however, it still has it's magical charm for me. It tells me a lot about friendship, war as well as technology and nature. You can find a new self in it. I believe you will find the album worthwhile.
2014-07-12

Tracks: 22 Release date: 2019-08-09 $9.99

Comments

1. Ridiculous - R makes all the money that they do, and yet they cannot drop / albums to cover ALL scores!? Seems they may drop ANOTHER soundtrack, for the rest?? Hot dan R, just show you care, fight for the customers for once! I do think it’s Take making these decisions, at least I hope. You don’t drop single player dlc, and you divide the music into multiple albums, and are still missing tracks. I do not get why y’all are held in such high regard? I thought R were the bad boys of gaming? I thought they had the balls to stand up?
2020-03-09

2. Great score, but hours of missing content - Woody Jackson has crafted another marvelous score, that’s as much as a character in the game as Arthur Morgan. The problem is that this score is clearly incomplete. Jackson was quoted last year claiming to have created hours of music for this score. It’s just not there. For example, Jim Milton Returns, the House Building Song, and the Drinks With Lenny song are all absent. Please release the full score.
2019-10-04

3. We waited months for this? - More than half of the best tracks are missing: the downes family theme, the course of true love themes, sodom? back to gamorrah was fire and the fine joys of tabacco—I could go on indefinitely, this is ridiculous. soundtracks in and we’re still missing half the music from the game. Not to mention, these tracks are either re-recorded or were initially edited for the game, because playing them side by side you’ll hear slightly different tracks each time. All we wanted was music from the game. I can’t pay for this, I’m out. Gonna find another means to obtain the the entire soundtrack since I can’t do it here.
2019-08-13

4. Great soundtrack for a great game - Although it’s missing a couple tracks (like the house building one), all the tracks are solid and memorable from the game. Especially Revenge, Mrs Sadie Adler, and Fleeting Joy. But then the last tracks come in, which are all fantastic and worth the album alone. A must get for any fan of the game and/or soundtrack
2019-08-09

5. Woody Jackson you have outdone yourself - What an absolute masterpiece. Colin Stetson is a beast with that sax. It’s a shame that they made us wait this long just because of licensing. Hopefully, we can get a second volume to the score since we still are missing some tracks, specifically the house building song.
2019-07-19

Tracks: 12 Release date: 2014-12-09 $9.99

Comments

1. Magnifique!! - The show is amazing, but the music stole the it for me. Incredible musicians and an even more amazing vocalist. I absolutely fell in love with Eirini Tornesaki's voice. She is a gifted singer hailing from Greece. Her voice is as beautiful as she is! Glad to have the original soundtrack to remember this tremendous show.
2016-03-18

2. CDS used to be very vocal/operatic - Back when Benoit Jutras did the music for cirque du soleil. The music still has a CDS feel to it. But the music in the past shows ued to be magical. And had very strong almost opera style boasting vocals. The music in CDS is just not at the same level as greats of the past like Alegra, Dralion, Quidam, Varekai. It's a shame. Now I go to see the acts, but I used to go for the acts AND the music.
2015-09-08

Tracks: 19 Release date: 1989-08-10 $9.99

Tracks: 26 Release date: 1977-11-16 $9.99

Comments

1. One small step for man... - One giant leap to success for John Williams. Aliens may or not exist among the stars, but John Williams’s score for Close Encounters of the Third Kind makes us believe the former. In fact, who’s to say Williams is not an alien himself? Somebody who writes music this good for nearly every movie he does cannot be merely human. Flawlessly chilling and suspenseful, this album is definitely one worth listening to multiple times.
2019-07-24

2. Excellent release-some don't know what they are talking about - This is perfect for those who appreciated how the music added to the surrealness of what was happening in the movie. Buying it strictly as someone who admires the artists' work and not a fan of the movie and how the music enhanced the experience will obviously be disappointed. Refrain from assuming your PERSONAL OPINION gives you license as an authority to tell people not to buy it as that is acting like God and your opinion only means something to you. I think you are wrong in your "review", bought it and loved it.
2010-09-14

3. Excellent - This album contains more selections from the CEK film soundtrack than did the LP released years ago. Crisp, clean, beautiful music. John Williams' film scores are powerful, visceral, incredibly beautiful and uplifting; they can rip my heart out and inspire me beyond belief. This CD is no exception. Do not regret the purchase in the slightest bit.
2010-01-31

Tracks: 31 Release date: 2013-07-16 $9.99

Comments

1. A Solid Soundtrack (Hiko-Ki Gumo Available Seperately) - Another solid soundtrack by Joe Hisaishi. Not as memorable as his other scores, but still solid! The theme song by Yumi Arai is not on this digital version of the soundtrack, but it is available on iTunes USA seperately under Hiko-Ki Gumo (typing Hikouki Gumo will get the wrong version).
2014-08-07

Tracks: 13 Release date: 1984-03-25 $9.99

Comments

1. Nice - Can please add the theme song from the titled “Kaze no Tani no naushika” sung by “,Narumi Yasuda” and if so, can you please add her complete discography on iTunes and create artist profile on Apple Music? If so that would make my day! I understand it’s hard to get copyright tho but I’d love it if you guys would try to get her music up here and also the theme song as well! Bye!!
2019-12-25

2. Love this! Brings back so much memories - I had this album back in my teens years and loved it. I lost the vinyl but finally found it here in digitally format. There are many variations of this album in different arrangements or different instruments, but this album is how I remember mine was . Thank you iTunes team！
2017-09-06

Tracks: 15 Release date: 2000-11-13 $9.99

Tracks: 23 Release date: 2018-11-09 $9.99

Tracks: 47 Release date: 2020-11-13 $9.99

Comments

1. Amazing, Atmospheric - Really sets the tone of the game perfectly. Rivals The Witcher album in terms of enjoyment for me. Definitely Jesper Kyd's best Assassins Creed work yet. It really gets you feeling like a Viking, and adds to the atmosphere of the game as the music changes over the course of different cities, landscapes and stories.
2020-11-15

Tracks: 36 Release date: 2008-07-16 $9.99

Comments

1. Perfect score for the movie. Excellent OST by itself - This is one of those soundtracks that is absolutely perfect for the movie it scores. Every scene has the perfect accompaniment to create emotion. The intro track is one of my all time favorites and the wall of sound at the very height of the scene where Ponyo is running on water leads to equally monumentous emotion. Bravo!
2015-03-08

2. Talk about Nostalgia! - Mr. Hisaishi's works truly speak from the heart and illustrate the allegories that Hiyao Miyazaki wants for an underwater nostalgic feel. The animation and the music bring back so many nostalgic memories when I watched this as a little child just amazed at the imagination and wonder of Miyazaki's work. I would recommend any of Mr. Hisaishi's magnanimous works in a heart beat!
2014-12-27

3. GREAT!!!!! Need time - I love all these soundtracks, Can't wait to buy each one!! Just please keep them on sale!! Last time they had spirited away OST but deleted it and I never had the chance! That's why I hope they keep these on for me!!! I'm even going to get princess Kaguya and whisper from the heart!!
2014-06-25

Tracks: 15 Release date: 1940-11-13 $8.99

Comments

1. Fantastic... with one problem - This is just a great album of awesome music. This was my introduction to classical music when I was a child. You really can't go wrong with this. However... the left/right panning on this version is out of control. I imagine it was really novel when it initially came out, but in a modern context it is pretty annoying. Seriously, the way it's panned makes it sound like the musicians are flying around the concert hall as the play.
2022-12-06

Tracks: 26 Release date: 2019-08-09 $9.99

Tracks: 37 Release date: 2013-11-20 $9.99

Comments

1. Hisaishi's somber, minimal masterpiece - With how much clout Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" boasts, it's always been hard for me to believe neither Ghibli nor Hisaishi would ever match the transcendence achieved within that work. Who would have thought that nearly years after his last film, Isao Takahata would finally etch his magnum opus into the annals of the Ghibli canon. And even more unbelievable still, Hisaishi would surpass his work on Spirited Away and create his most moving and powerful work in such sparse and haunting fashion, nearly the antithesis of what he created with Spirited Away. Simply breathtaking...I can't listen to this soundtrack and not begin to sob during nearly every piece. Yet somehow, something so achingly heartbroken, removes any and all fear from me, if only for a moment. Furthermore, never have I heard a musical and cinematic statement mesh so fluidly, as if becoming one indiscernible entity. This is what art should aspire to be in our modern day and age.
2017-07-02

2. ah, the story of the "moon princess" - the story that inspired Sailor moon maybe? (with an add of adding planetary princess's.. which one sounds cooler??) i wanna see the new new movie about it!!.... she how ever on this looks like a tiny doll... adorable!.. omg i think Thumbelina was inspired by this.. or the other way around... or the Borrowers.. hello?? Tiny beings!.. this's also the rd Studio Ghibli character to wear a ponytail, first Sofie (braids) then Arrietty... the princess Sheeta (Castle in the sky).. was the first female character to have longer hair & tie her hair back up in a style... the rest like Kiki & Satsuki (Totoro) both had short brown hair & had the same looking dad. XD
2015-09-16

3. Enchanting - This movie. This movie. I'm not one to easily give praise to any film, but this one was gorgeous in all aspects it can be. I still tear up when I think of the ending, and especially when I hear song like 'Moon' or 'The Parting'. The film as a whole was the most profound thing I've seen in a long time, and the soundtrack punctuated the emotion perfectly. It's just beautiful, and every song harbors emotion and memory that the listener can take ownership of for a minute.
2015-08-01

4. Stunning - For me, there are only two movies that matter this year: this and The Wind Rises. While Hisaishi's work for the latter is excellent as always, this soundtrack is truly one of the finest of his career. The central melody woven throughout many of these songs swells up in incredible bursts of emotion that echo the joy and wonder at being alive that the film expresses. These wordless pieces not only recall the beautiful movie, but contain within them the same essence that imbues Kaguya with life. Hisaishi also makes a bold choice by crafting a song as upbeat as "Procession of the Celestial Beings" for the sad moment in the movie during which it appears, but it successfully enhances the images on the screen and adds a further richness to the conclusion's complex message. Go out and see the movie, and then relive it by listening to this every day - I know I have.
2014-11-16

Tracks: 17 Release date: 1993-07-01 $9.99

Comments

1. Magic - This has been and always will be me favorite just started singing the melody within while laying on my bed and thought I should try and find the songs so happy I did I still have the vhs of this it’s so enchanting and beautiful absolute magic if you like the songs you should watch the movie
2018-01-09

2. LOVE - this was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid. the music is out of this world!!! my favorite song has always been "the melody within" it is perfection!!!! everytime I watched this movie, I wished I could sing like that, (I am a singer, writer, and in a band) as an artistic person it inspired me.
2015-04-19

Tracks: 7 Release date: 1981-03-14 $7.99

Tracks: 15 Release date: 1964-01-01 $11.99

Tracks: 16 Release date: 2018-09-14 $9.99

Comments

1. Perfect for movies Terrible for Music Enjoyment - Its an incredible task to have to sit there and critique this album.. these synth textures are obnoxious to the ear and one simply cant enjoy this album for the sake of enjoyment. Perfect example of music made ONLY for the movie because its a daring task to hear this on your playlist
2018-09-18

2. Mandy soundtrack is a metal tour de force! - You don’t even need to see the film to understand what an incredible story this music tells. But for gods sake see the film as well. I can’t believe Johan Johansson will never get to make another soundtrack but he has left us with pure nightmare magic. Bravo!
2018-09-16

3. Hypnotic and Mesmerizing - Deeply hypnotic and mesmerizing score from Johann Jóhannsson and the driving force for Panos Cosmos’ critically acclaimed film MANDY. An undeniable masterpiece of heavy metal soaked melodies, driving rythms and dreamy atmosphere. Johann’s last and final work and a truly unique and original cinematic score.
2018-09-15

Tracks: 14 Release date: 1964-01-01 $9.99

Comments

1. Henry Mancini is a Prodigy! - A lot of music is works of pure magic from this gentleman! I prefer to listen to big band or movie score orchestra music of old over certain other genres of today. Too bad I can only listen to all but three of the songs. It says I've purchased the three I can't listen to which is a might confusing...
2018-01-04

2. Sax Solos not sure if it's Don Mensa or someone else - I have the soundtrack of the Pink Panther and want to know something.Are the sax solos those of Don Mensa or someone else?Anybody out there who plays the tenor saxophone and knows a little bit of music trivia.Please help me answer this burning question. Thanks very much.SignedSax kitty who is very curious.
2017-04-28

3. Includes bonus material never before available ... - and that would be the Fran Jeffries solo “Meglio Stasera” which, up until now, had never been included on any version of the officially released soundtrack, CD or LP. For some reason it appears now on the iTunes version, lifted straight from the film. That’s okay too, because as far as this reviewer is concerned Jeffries recorded the definitive version of Meglio Stasera for all time. For it to have been omitted from the original soundtrack and subsequent re-issues is a great injustice to Fran Jeffries and Pink Panther fans everywhere. The rest of the tracks are faithful representations from the film, inventive and welcoming as only Henry Mancini could compose and orchestrate. It’s a steal for $. ... and now, finally complete.
2015-03-19

Tracks: 20 Release date: 1992-07-25 $9.99

Comments

1. Great album, but a warning about a missing track (Madness) - I love this movie and the original sound track. However, for some reason the music publisher Ghibli Records for some reason didn't include track , "Madness (Flight)." It is my favorite original song on from the album, so I am really disappointed. I hope they will do the right thing and make it available with the rest of the album! Very disappointing!
2017-04-26

Tracks: 22 Release date: 2010-07-14 $9.99

Tracks: 10 Release date: 1973-12-31 $9.99

Comments

1. Great Original Soundtrack! Poor Sound Quality! - This is the original soundtrack to the film. It's a great collection, but after purching it, I regret doing so because the sound quailty is so poor. The music volumes is too low, even after adjusting the equilizer and volume settings, and on my Bose speakers too. Come on, Warner and iTunes, give this album a good remaster . . . fast! Even Mike Oldfield"s Tubular Bells Part I & II (which are over minutes long) on his music label have better quality!
2019-04-23

Tracks: 55 Release date: 2020-04-03 $9.99

Comments

1. This was handled terribly - The score is great. How this album was handled was awful. Wrote to Apple support, they claim they have no control over this, its how the content provider submitted it. Whatever the case, someone really messed up. I agree with the other negative comments on here. The tracks that were added for this "full" release should have been provided to those who had already bought the first tracks for the same price under the title "Chapter ". I'd like those additional tracks, but I will not buy the album again to get them.
2020-04-15

2. iTunes screwed this up - The album is great - the one star is because iTunes screwed this up big time. Again - like others - I bought the "Chapter " version that was out in February, and now that the whole season is available (not as Chapter but the whole thing) and the Chapter version is gone, I have to pay $. again for all the music I already bought. BADLY DONE, iTunes.
2020-04-10

3. iTunes help needed - A while ago I bought this under the “chapter ” heading, and then the composer Jeff Russo said that chapter would be available for no additional cost online for those who bought chapter. However, it is telling me that I must pay full price for it here. iTunes, is there anything you could do to help me or explain to me why this isn’t going as everyone said it would? I will gladly change my review upon you doing so.
2020-04-06

Tracks: 17 Release date: 1964-09-12 $7.99

Comments

1. The Real Deal - This has got to be the first edition of the music from "A Fistful of Dollars" available on iTunes that actually has the choral parts available. I beleive this is the real thing; at any rate, Ennio Morricone's music sounds the way it should. Many thanks to iTunes for putting this up; the dark era of shifting through nine million wretched instrumental versions has passed forever. Rejoice.
2012-05-01

Tracks: 27 Release date: 2020-08-28 $9.99