THE ENGLISH PATIENT
Rating: 
Original Review: This is the first Gabriel Yared soundtrack I bought: In fact, I don't think I've heard any of his work before. But, The English Patient will certainly put him on the mainstream map. Whether this score should have won the Oscar or not, I don't know. The factor that probably swayed it was Yared's unusual use of different types of music: from romantic strings to 1930s jazz, classical baroque to Hungarian folk songs and African/Arabic chanting, its all in there. My favourite cues are the opening 'The English Patient', the sublime and gentle 'Rupert Bear' and the concluding 'The Cave of Swimmers' which is a glorious, full-bodied romantic theme.
Track Listing:
- The English Patient (3:30)
- A Retreat (1:21)
- Rupert Bear (1:22)
- What Else Do You Love? (1:00)
- Why Picton? (1:04)
- Cheek To Cheek (written by Irving Berlin, performed by Fred Astaire) (3:15)
- Kip's Lights (1:24)
- Hana's Curse (2:06)
- I'll Always Go Back To That Church (1:48)
- Black Nights (1:53)
- Swoon, I'll Catch You (1:47)
- Am I K In Your Book? (0:55)
- Let Me Come In (2:35)
- Wang Wang Blues (written by G. Mueller, H. Busse and B. Johnson, performed by Benny Goodman) (2:47)
- Convento di Sant' Anna (9:09)
- Herodotus (1:04)
- Szerelem, Szerelem (arranged by Karoly Cserepes, performed by Muzsikás featuring Márta Sebestyén) (4:32)
- Ask Your Saint Who He's Killed (1:04)
- One O'Clock Jump (written by Count Basie, performed by Benny Goodman) (3:10)
- I'll Be Back (4:00)
- Let Me Tell You About Winds (0:55)
- Read Me To Sleep (4:56)
- The Cave of Swimmers (1:55)
- Where or When (written by Richard Rodgers and L. Hart, performed by the Shepheard's Hotel Jazz Orchestra) (2:14)
- Aria from the Goldberg Variations (written by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Julie Steinberg) (2:57)
- Cheek to Cheek (written by Irving Berlin, performed by Ella Fitzgerald) (3:42)
- As Far as Florence (5:16)
- Én Csak Azt Csodálom (Lullaby for Katharine) (arranged by Karoly Cserepes, performed by Muzsikás featuring Márta Sebestyén) (1:07)
Running Time: 75 minutes 12 seconds
Fantasy Records FCD-16001 (1996)
Music composed by Gabriel Yared. Conducted by Harry Rabinowitz. Performed by The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Shepheard's Hotel Jazz Orchestra conducted and arranged by Ronnie Hazlehurst. Piano solos performed by John Constable. Recorded and mixed by Keith Grant and John Timperley. Edited by Robert Randles. Mastered by George Horn. Album produced by Robert Randles.
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