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Eyes Wide Shut: Music From The Motion Picture | 
| Artist: Jocelyn Pook
Creator: Various Artists - Soundtracks
Label: Reprise / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 36407
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 47450
UPC: 093624745020
EAN: 0093624745020
ASIN: B00000JG3P
Release Date: July 13, 1999
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The late director Stanley Kubrick's masterful pairing of image, song, and symphony has forever imbued an impossibly eclectic body of music with indelible psychic connotations that range from cosmic grandeur (i2001/i's IAlso Sprach Zarathustra/I and "The Blue Danube") to cynical irony (iA Clockwork Orange/i's use of Beethoven, Rossini, and Gene Kelly's "Singin' in the Rain"; Vera Lynn's warbling "We'll Meet Again" over iDr. Strangelove/i's climactic vision of apocalypse) and outright left-field loopiness (the Trashmen's "Surfin' Bird" from iFull Metal Jacket/i); he may not have written a note of it, but it would somehow always be his. Judged against that history, Kubrick's final soundtrack, iEyes Wide Shut/i, may well be his most subtle and consistently surprising. Typically disparate, yet utterly evocative of the film's complexity of mood and psychosexual undercurrent, it initially glides effortlessly from old Kubrick favorite Ligeti (an excerpt and reprise of "Musica Ricercata II" rendered as a stark, minimalist dirge by pianist Dominic Harlan), through a Shostakovich waltz and Chris Isaak's edgy "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing" to the schmaltzy ballroom sop of "When I Fall in Love." Crucially, Kubrick also commissioned original music (a rarity in his work since iStrangelove/i) by English composer Jocelyn Pook, and her handful of compelling tracks range from Elgar-autumnal to hauntingly avant-garde, all of it becoming a piece of the director's strange, satisfying stew of classical, rock, jazz, and ostensibly banal pop. A soundtrack that evokes Kubrick's very essence: complex, satisfying, yet wholly enigmatic. i--Jerry McCulley/i
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| Customer Reviews: Read 57 more reviews...
 The right music for a work of art May 17, 2008
Julio Lopez (Santiago, Chile)
The last movie by Stanley Kubrick enjoys a most wonderful soundtrack. Once again, as he did it with BARRY LYNDON, 2001, LOLITA and many others, Kubrick's perfectionism reaches even the music chosen for his stories. It mixes several styles of music and reminds you of the atmospheric and disturbing production. A unique classic, undoubtedly.
 May Work For The Movie, But... March 25, 2008
Veritas
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
There is some good (not great) music on this CD, br /but the musical styles are various and br /don't relate to each other. br /It is not an enjoyable listening br /experience. br /A soundtrack/score is expected to have br /some sort of cohesion, this has none. br /It's like a arbitrary music sampler. br /I listened to it once and have no desire br /to ever hear it again. br /If you have warm fuzzy feelings about br /the film, hard to believe as there is br /nothing warm and fuzzy about this film, br /you may like this recording; br /otherwise, don't bother with it. br /There are more soundtracks better than br /this one than one could listen to in a br /lifetime. br / br /
Wonderful soundtrack to a very underrated film... August 26, 2007
Grigory's Girl (NYC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I don't have many soundtracks (including those to Kubrick films, and he is a favorite director), but I have this one. I love the opening waltz by Shostakovich and the piano theme by Kubrick favorite Ligeti (he also used Ligeti's music in 2001 and The Shining). Jocelyn Pook's contributions (her music is mainly featured in the orgy scene) are excellent and quite memorable. Chris Isaak's song is OK, but I like the more traditional pieces here. I love Kubrick's listening tastes. Many of my favorite filmmakers' music taste mirror mine. I'm surprised that Kubrick never used Stravinsky or Varese (2 favorites of Zappa). If he had lived, maybe he would of. Something to dream about...
Perfect Accompaniment!!! August 21, 2007
J. Starr (St. Louis MO)
Another unique collection of songs, classical pieces, and jazz form the tapestry that is the soundtrack to the last film from the legendary Stanley Kubrick. As always, Kubrick uses his music selections perfectly when marrying them to his unforgettable images, creating a film that is like no other. Thanks Stanley!!!
Yet another facet of Kubrick's genius... September 11, 2006
B. A Riesgraf (St. Cloud, Minnesota United States)
...was his ability to pair song with image in just such a way as to create a subtle and evocative cinematic tension. 2001 and A Clockwork Orange were milestones in that respect, and Eyes Wide Shut keeps easy company with those great works. Listen to this music! The ebb and flow of the songs effortlessly mirrors the progression of the film, from reality to dreamscape and back again. I cannot recommend this highly enough.
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