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Randy Newman - Ragtime (1981 Film Soundtrack) Audio CD

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Randy Newman Band: Randy Newman
Title: Ragtime (1981 Film Soundtrack)
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Release Date: 2002-05-21
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Main Title 2: Newsreel 3: I Could Love a Million Girls 4: Train Ride 5: Tateh's Picture Book 6: Lower East Side 7: Delmonico Polka 8: Coalhouse and Sarah 9: Waltz for Evelyn 10: One More Hour 11: Sarah's Responsibility 12: Change Your Way 13: Clef Club No. 1 14: Atlantic City 15: Clef Club No. 2 16: Sarah's Funeral 17: Denouement / Morgan Library Takeover / Rhinelander Waldo / Coalhouse's Prayer 18: Ragtime 19: Ragtime Theme (Demo)

One of my best soundtracks...ever
"One More Day" is worth the price of admission alone. Newman's music is both rousing and plaintive. Quite simply, beautiful.


Rating
Shipment etc. Since this stuff is sold out in Europe, it was good to find it at your place. was all OK and meanwhile we enjoy the music.
Thanks a lot.


Ragtime (1981 Film Soundtrack)
It sets a mood throughout that is rather sad no matter what the words say. Beautiful music.


A beautiful achievement
It gets the time and mood of the movie, and reflects its main dramatic moments. The excelent Milos Forman timepiece on the 20's based on the Doctorow novel has a marvelous musical translation in this soundtrack close to perfection. I would dare to say that this soundtrack is one of the finest coming out from a movie of the 80's. Besides, it sounds great in this digitally remastered version. Do not hesitate to get it. It's a real beauty.


Absolutely brilliant.
It just so happens he has one of the most delightful songs on this soundtrack, "I could love a Million Girls". I first came across this soundtrack when looking for Donald O'Connor songs - I'm a big fan of his, and I'm trying to track down all the songs he's ever recorded. Apparently it's from a Disney film called Summer Magic, but I don't think Disney would approve of how dirty this song is if you think about it! Donald O'Connor was around 55 or so when he recorded this song, so his voice isn't as great as it was once, but he still does a fantastic job.

Now, onto the other songs. "Ragtime" (the song listed on the soundtrack) is hauntingly beautiful - it really captures the feeling and mood of the time, and puts you right back there. Same with most of the other "score" tracks. This is definately one of the best scores out there, and it's a pity it didn't do better. I guess it's almost ahead of it's time a little, considering this was the time period that gave us films like The Blues Brothers and other such early SNL comedies which didn't require scores like Ragtime needed. It really should've done better, but for now enjoy the soundtrack because I doubt you'll get another release of it!.


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