Henry Mancini - The Thorn Birds [Original Television Soundtrack]
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Artist: Henry ManciniEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2004-05-04
Music Label: Varese Sarabande
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Main Title
- Go!
- Drogheda
- Young Meggie
- Ralph, Meggie And Mary
- Stuie Grows Up
- Paddy And Fiona
- Passion Play
- The Story Of The Thorn Birds
- Meggie Grows Up
- Baby Hal Dies
- The Rams And The Ewes
- Parting
- The Thorn Birds Theme
- Fore On Drogheda
- Search For Paddy
- Father Ralph Returns And Funeral Procession
- Meggie's Heartbreak
- it's Shearing You're Hearing
- Luke And Meggie
- Marry Me, Meggin
- Arrival At The Vatican
- The Announcement
- Meggie Leaves Drogheda
- Arrival At Queensland
- Beginning Of The End
- Welcome To Himmelhock
- New Kid In Town
- Matlock Island
- Beach Walk
- Forbidden Love
- Ralph And Meggie
- Paradise Lost
- Vacation's End
- Meggie Leaves The Himmelhocks
- Meggie Goes Home
- Photographs
- Together
- Good-Bye, Dane
- Justine Visits Drogheda
- The Greek Tradedy
- Bye Bye Dane
- Loss Of A Son
- Meggie Reveals The Truth
- Be Happy
- Ralph Dies
- End Title
- Anywhere The Heart Goes
Music reviews of The Thorn Birds [Original Television Soundtrack]
Music Review: Amazing Soundtrack... with missing music instruments
Rating: 4 Stars
FINALLY, a soundtrack is released!!!! How extraordinary!
YES YES YES YES, I agree with most of the critics written here, the quality of this soundtrack is exceptionnal. They did a fantastic job remastering the music score, and the stereo effect is astonishing (you must listen to the soundtrack with your headphones at least once, it's worth it, you will really get the dept of the sound).
And... after having discussed with a few people, I came to the conclusion that back in 1983, Mancini decided to record the soundtrack not with an orchestra, all at once, as usual. Nope, for the Thorn Birds, it seems he recorded the instrument groups individually, on different tracks, and he mixed them afterwards. Maybe he wanted to get the best out of every musicians? Personnaly, that's perfection. You may have noticed there is no orchestra mentionned on the CD...
The sad thing is that it seems the people who remastered the original soundtrack for the CD ommited (or lost?) some instruments during the final mix. The dulcimer that was suppose to play the main title theme of the very first track is indeed missing (yes yes it IS missing, i compared it to the opening credits from the DVDs), and the guitar seemed to have been filtered through something, it's not as clear as the original (as if they "cleaned" it too much!). Also, they ommited the dulcimer in the track "Drogheda" (track 3), where it was supposed to start the score, for the first 15 seconds (on the CD you only get the background music, guitar and harp). And... I've also noticed on the track 'Vacation's End', compared to the original score on the miniserie, there was suppose to be an electronic harpischord taking over the violins at 1 min 52 sec for a line or two. It's missing...
It's too bad... but hey... what can we do. Besides these little mistakes, I believe this music is still one of the greatest score I ever heard.
Besides, I would have like to get a few more scores : the piano when Ralph sees Meggy for the first time at the train station, or when he sees Meggy slowly coming down the stairs at Mary's birthday party... a few scores are missing from the CD... maybe they could give us a 'bonus' CD with new scores and the ones that were not mix proprely on this soundtrack CD set? That would be fantastic. Just a thought...
Description of The Thorn Birds [Original Television Soundtrack]
All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.The 10th anniversary of American film and television scoring titan Henry Mancini's passing was marked by the US Postal Service issuing a commemorative stamp in conjunction with a gala tribute concert hosted by Julie Andrews and astronaut-senator John Glenn. But for Mancini buffs, this previously unreleased double-disc soundtrack for the massively successful 1983 ABC-TV miniseries (second in viewership only to Roots) will seem a more gratifying tribute to the American pop music icon's enduring legacy. Novelist Colleen McCullough's grand soap opera about a priest caught up in a forbidden Australian outback-rooted romance eventually sprawls over five decades and half the globe, but Mancini skillfully keeps its emotional core focused via some of the most subtly romantic and elegantly understated writing of his career. His sublime melodic gifts yield the memorable Drogheda and Maggie themes, the former's portrayal of the vast Australian wilderness ingeniously carried at first by but a lone dulcimer, while the latter perfectly underpins the story's budding romance with tinges of bittersweet melancholy. -- Jerry McCulley
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