Tracks Star Wars - Special Edition Original Soundtrack (deluxe)
- Trash Compactor
- Cantina Band #2
- Princess Leia's Theme
- Dune Sea Of Tatooine/Jawa Sandcrawler
- Death Star/Stormtroopers
- Shootout In The Cell Bay/Dianoga
- Main Title/Rebel Blockade Runner
- Landspeeder Search/Attack Of The Sand People
- Ben Kenobi's Death/Tie Fighter Attack
- Burning Homestead
- Hologram/Binary Sunset
- Destruction of Alderaan
- Cantina Band
- Tales Of A Jedi Knight/Learn About The Force
- 20th Century Fox Fanfare
- Binary Sunset (alternate bonus track)
- Throne Room/End Title
- Millennium Falcon/Imperial Cruiser Pursuit
- Mos Eisley Spaceport
- Imperial Attack
- Wookiee Prisoner/Detention Block Ambush
- Battle of Yavin (Launch From the Fourth Moon/X-Wings Draw Fire/Use the Force)
- Moisture Farm
- Tractor Beam/Chasm Crossfire
Release date: 1997-05-01
Creator: Original Soundtrack
RRP: £38.99
Price: £31.99
Review Star Wars - Special Edition Original Soundtrack (deluxe) / RCA Victor:
Publisher: Helios
Release date: 2004-05-03
Run time: 64 min.
Creator: Julian Evans
RRP: £6.99
Price: £4.98
Review Hahn; Poulenc - Ballets / Helios:
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Tracks The Empire Strikes Back: Special Edition Original Soundtrack (deluxe) [SOUNDTRACK]
- Wampa's Lair/Vision Of Obi-Wan (previously unreleased)/ Snospeeders Take Flight
- Lando's Palace
- Deal With The Dark Lord
- Rescue From Cloud City/Hyperspace
- Imperial March
- 20th Century Fox Fanfare
- Attacking A Star Destroyer
- Rebel Fleet/End Title
- Arrival On Dagobah
- Main Title/Ice Planet Hoth
- Imperial Probe/Aboard The Executor
- Clash Of Lightsabers
- Training Of A Jedi Knight/Magic Tree
- Betrayal At Bespin
- Luke's Nocturnal Visitor
- Yoda's Theme
- Jedi Master Revealed/Mynock Cave
- Carbon Freeze/Darth Vader's Trap/Departure Of Boba Fett
- Asteroid Field
- Imperial Starfleet Deployed/City In The Clouds
- Ion Cannon/Imperial Walkers/Beneath The At-At/Escape In TheMillenium Falcon
- Yoda And The Force
- Han Solo And The Princess
Release date: 1997-05-01
Creator: London Symphony Orchestra
RRP: £38.99
Price: £12.95
Review The Empire Strikes Back: Special Edition Original Soundtrack (deluxe) [SOUNDTRACK] / RCA:As the bridging film of the original Star Wars trilogy, The Empire Strikes Back (1980) topped its predecessor in terms of story, character development, and special effects. Directed by Irvin Kershner, the sequel documents the relentless pursuit of the rebels by Darth Vader, a burgeoning romance between Han Solo and Princess Leia, and the training of Luke by the mystical Yoda. Taking advantage of his elaborate leitmotif design, composer John Williams introduces a wise, spiritual theme for Yoda and a delicate love theme that assumes a more dramatic profile after Han is betrayed and frozen into sculpture. The score is also an imaginative inventory of self-contained settings, whether it be the chilly Hoth soundscapes, the otherworldly choruses of Cloud City, or the intricate gymnastics written for "The Asteroid Field". Discarding the heroic optimism of his previous score, Williams enforces the film's overriding dark tone through the ominous, brassy "Imperial March". Appearing in virtually every cue, the march accompanies Vader's obsessive quest to kidnap and convert Luke to the dark side. A definitive accounting of the finest science-fiction score ever written, this remastered two-disc set (released concurrently with the special edition of The Empire Strikes Back in 1997) presents the complete score in its full glory. -Kevin Mulhall.
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Tracks A Bug's Life [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
- John Lasseter
- Brad Garrett
- Jonathan Harris
- Bonnie Hunt
- Dave Foley
- Phyllis Diller
Release date: 1999-04-20
Run time: 95 min.
Creator: Randy Newman
Price: £58.15
Review A Bug's Life [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:There was a rare magic on the big screen in 1995, when the people at Pixar came up with the first fully computer-animated film, Toy Story, and their second feature film, A Bug's Life, may miss the bull's-eye but Pixar's target is so lofty that it's hard to find the film anything less than irresistible. Brighter and more colourful than the other animated insect movie of 1998 (Antz), A Bug's Life is the sweetly told story of Flik (voiced by David Foley), an ant searching for better ways to be a bug. His colony unfortunately revolves around feeding and fearing the local grasshoppers (lead by Hopper, voiced with gleeful menace by Kevin Spacey). When Flik accidentally destroys the seasonal food supply for the grasshoppers he decides to look for help ("We need bigger bugs!"). The ants, led by Princess Atta (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), are eager to dispose of the troublesome Flik. Yet he finds help-a hearty bunch of bug warriors-and brings them back to the colony. Unfortunately they are just travelling performers, afraid of conflict. As with Toy Story, the ensemble of creatures and voices is remarkable and often inspired. Highlights include wiseacre comedian Denis Leary as an un-ladylike ladybird, Joe Ranft as the German-accented caterpillar, David Hyde Pierce as a stick insect and Michael McShane as a pair of unintelligible woodlice. The scene-stealer is Atta's squeaky-voiced sister, baby Dot (Hayden Panettiere), who has a big soft spot for Flik. [+]More gentle and kid-friendly than Antz, A Bug Life's still has some good suspense and a wonderful demise in store for the villain. However, the film-a worldwide hit-will be remembered for its most creative touch: "outtakes" over the end credits à la many live-action comedy films. These dozen or so scenes (both "editions" of outtakes are contained here) are brilliant and deserve a special place in film history right along with 1998's other most talked-about sequence: the opening Normandy invasion in Saving Private Ryan. -Doug Thomas.
Tracks Cathedral Voices
- Motets sur des themes gregoriens - Maurice Durufle
- Hallelujah - Handel
- Psalm 150 - Anton Bruckner
- Omnes gentes - Giovanni Gabrieli
- Jauchzet, Frochlocket, Auf, Preiset die tage - Bach
- Agnus dei - Barber
- Gloria - Vivaldi
- Kyrie - Mozart
- Jesus, bleibet meine Freunde - Bach
- Laudamus te - Francis Poulenc
- Ave verum corpus
- Psalm 42 - Felix Mendelssohn
- Ave maria - Rachmaninov
- Beatus vir - Monteverdi
- Dixit dominus - Handel
- Spem in alium - Tallis
- 3 Petites liturgies de la presence divine
- Vinea mea electa
- De Profundis - Arvo Part
- Euntes ibant et flebant - Rameau
- Alleluia - Anon.
- AMDG - Britten
- Miserere - Allegri
- Nisi Dominus - Du mont
- Lacrymosa
- Agnus dei - Jean Catoire
- Cantique de Jean Racine - Gabriel Faure
- German requiem - Brahms
Release date: 2000-09-11
Creator: Cynthia Millar
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.44
Review Cathedral Voices / Classics:Anyone who has ever sung in a church choir or choral society will enjoy this two-disc compilation of religious choral music. Some 29 tracks of complete short works or excerpts from larger pieces, written over the past 500 years, have been selected from recordings by cathedral, chapel and professional choirs. They range from Tallis's Spem in Alium to Arvo Pärt's De Profundis and Britten's A. M. D. G. , and include the Schütz Choir of London singing a chorus from Brahms' German Requiem, Harry Christophers and the Sixteen performing a Poulenc motet, the Taverner Consort, which provides six tracks, and the Bamburg Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (with soprano Christiane Oelze as soloist) singing Bruckner's setting of Psalm 150. Much of this music is more familiar today in the concert hall than in a liturgical setting, and whether some of the composers were religious or not, or even believed in God, hardly matters. The sound of combined human voices and the words they had to set inspired them all to produce music that is simultaneously calming and uplifting, allowing them to create music that continues to reach deep into the human psyche. -Richard Fawkes.
Tracks Pokemon 2: The Power Of One
- Dreams
- Comin' To The Rescue
- Chosen One
- One Heart
- Wonderland
- Blah Blah Blah
- Flying Without Wings
- Extra Mile
- One
- Legend Comes To Life
- Pokemon World
- Power Of One
- With All Your Heart
- They Don't Understand
- Dance Of The Bellossom
- Polkamon
Release date: 2000-12-11
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.89
Review Pokemon 2: The Power Of One / Original Soundtrack:While the inclusion of novelty songster Weird Al Yankovic (here with "Polkamon") and new-waver all-stars the B-52s (here with the playful "The Chosen One") sharpens the proceedings with their individual visions, most of the performers here have been coached by producer David Foster or other music industry veterans. Most successful is former disco diva Donna Summer, who emerges with the dramatic tune "The Power of One", which sneakily includes the Pokémon theme featured throughout the film. Twelve-year-old Alysha may be a burgeoning teen star with her surprisingly mature interpretation of "Dreams". The emphasis is on the current teen-pop trend: Dream Street, Christian boy band Plus One and O-Town (the band documented on a US TV series called Making the Band) all serve up the prescribed recipe for success: swooning harmonies, greeting-card lyrics, and near-operatic melodies designed for radio. You expected a movie starring Pokémon to miss a trend? C'mon. -Rob O'Connor.
Publisher: Viz Video
Release date: 2008-09-16
Run time: 176 min.
Price: £5.19
Review Pokemon: Diamond and Pearl, Vol. 1 (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Pokémon:
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Tracks Star Wars Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back [Deluxe Remastered Version]
- The Imperial Probe/Aboard the Executor Medley
- 20th Century Fox Fanfare
- Betrayal at Bespin
- The Asteroid Field
- Attacking a Star Destroyer
- The Wampa's Lair/Vision of Obi-Wan/Snowspeeders Take Flight Medley
- Lando's Palace
- Yoda and the Force
- The Imperial March
- Luke's Nocturnal Visitor
- Jedi Master Revealed/Mynock Cave Medley
- Yoda's Theme
- Han Solo and the Princess
- The Clash of Lightsabers
- Rescue from Cloud City/Hyperspace Medley
- Deal with Dark Lord
- The Rebel Fleet/End Title Medley
- Imperial Starfleet Deployed/City in the Clouds Medley
- The Training of a Jedi Knight/The Magic Tree Medley
- Arrival on Dagobah
- The Battle of Hoth Medley (Ion Cannon/Imperial Walkers/Beneath the AT-AT/Escape in the Millennium Falcon)
- Carbon Freeze/Darth Vader's Trap /Departure of Boba Fett Medley
- Main Title/The Ice Planet Hoth Medley
Release date: 2004-09-20
RRP: £13.99
Price: £5.25
Review Star Wars Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back [Deluxe Remastered Version] / John Williams:
Publisher: Sony Wonder
Release date: 2005-10-04
Run time: 180 min.
Price: £11.48
Review Happy Holidays From Sesame Street! Gift Collection / Sesame Street:
Tracks Lion King 2 - Simba's Pride
- Upendi
- Love Will Find A Way
- Love Will Find A Way
- He Lives In You
- One Of Us
- My Lullaby
- We Are One
- We Are One
Release date: 2004-08-16
RRP: £6.99
Price: £1.29
Review Lion King 2 - Simba's Pride / Original Soundtrack:
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Tracks One Magic Christmas [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
- Elisabeth Harnois
- Arthur Hill
- Gary Basaraba
- Mary Steenburgen
- Harry Dean Stanton
- Phillip Borsos
Release date: 2004-09-07
Run time: 89 min.
Price: £7.06
Review One Magic Christmas [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:
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Tracks Sesame Street: Kids' Guide to Life - Telling the Truth [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Release date: 2003-06-03
Run time: 30 min.
Price: £4.18
Review Sesame Street: Kids' Guide to Life - Telling the Truth [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Sony:
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Tracks Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo [1996] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Release date: 2001-10-30
Run time: 30 min.
Price: £4.77
Review Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo [1996] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Sony Wonder:
Tracks 101 Dalmatians
- Puppies EverywhereGeorge Bruns
- Ol' Thunder Always WinsGeorge Bruns
- Don't Worry, Perdy/The Puppies Are Here/Lucky How Marvelous/Not One/A Bloomin' HeroGeorge Bruns
- Dalmatian Plantation/FinaleLucille Bliss
- Dinsford/Cruella/A Roll In The Soot/To The Van/It Can't Be/Crazed/You Fools!George Bruns
- Can You Leave Tonight?/Arduous Trek/Any News, Colonel?/I Want The Job DoneGeorge Bruns
- A Beautiful Spring DayGeorge Bruns
- All Dog AlertGeorge Bruns
- Cruella De Vil - Nonsense Version (Demo)Mel Levin
- Kanine KrunchiesLucille Bliss
- Dognapped!/Anita Darling/What'll We Do?George Bruns
- Sergeant Tibs' Recon/Cat CasseroleGeorge Bruns
- Bedtime/An Evening Constitutional/A Job To Do/They're Gone!George Bruns
- What's All The Hurry/A Perfect Situation/Stir Things UpGeorge Bruns
- Pulling A Snitch/Big Hullabaloo/Battling The BadunsGeorge Bruns
- Through The Snow/ShelterGeorge Bruns
- I'm Hungry/Get Some Rest/Back On The Road/Spotted!George Bruns
- My Darlings/99/Better Be Off/Fire One/All ClearGeorge Bruns
- Cruella De VilBill Lee
- Overture (101 Dalmatians/Animated)George Bruns
Release date: 2007-09-17
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.69
Review 101 Dalmatians / Various Artists:
Tracks WWF - The Music Volume 3
- Kane
- Edge
- Gangrel/The Brood
- New Age Outlaws
- Undertaker
- Ken Shamrock
- Rock
- Dude Love
- X Pac
- Stone Cold Steve Austin
- Oddities
- Val Venis
- Sable
- D Generation
Release date: 2001-02-19
RRP: £13.99
Price: £3.99
Review WWF - The Music Volume 3 / Various Artists:It's a stroke of marketing genius: just before any of the World Wrestling Federation's stars enters an arena, his theme music blares over the speakers. It's an amazing dramatic device for the story-line-fuelled "sports entertainment experience", and it drives the fans wild. It doesn't make for good songs, but that's not really the point-after all, the idea here is to get a distinctive 10 to 15 seconds that sounds good at stadium sound levels; after about 30 seconds it's easy to see that these "songs" are really nothing more than pumped-up jingles. As a series of commercials for the WWF's stars, 14 of which are represented here, or as a memento for fans, this disc is made to order. If you're looking for a CD that you'll actually put on the stereo for fun, you're better off with either WWF Agression or ECW: Extreme Music. -Randy Silver.
Tracks Renee Fleming - Sacred Songs
- Dank sei dir, Herr
- Laudate Dominum omnes gentes - Renée Fleming, London Voices, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andreas Delfs
- Jesu bleibet meine Freude
- Ave Maria, D839
- Pie Jesu
- Air: Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion
- Ave Maria
- Mariä Wiegenlied, Op.76/52
- Simple Song
- L'Adieu des bergers - Renée Fleming, London Voices, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andreas Delfs
- Panis Angelicus - Renée Fleming, London Voices, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andreas Delfs
- Laudamus te
- Domine Deus - Renée Fleming, London Voices, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andreas Delfs
- "Abends will ich schlafen gehn" - Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andreas Delfs
- Air: "He shall feed his Flock"
Release date: 2005-10-03
Run time: 59 min.
Creator: Renee Fleming
RRP: £16.99
Price: £9.60
Review Renee Fleming - Sacred Songs / Universal Classics:
Tracks Babe
- Fairground
- Repercussions
- That'll Do Pig That'll Do
- Dog Tragedy
- Babe's Round Up
- Anorexic Duck Pizzicati
- Cantique De Jean Racine/The Cat
- I Want My Mum
- Blue Moon
- If I Had Words
- Pork Is A Nice Sweet Meat/Away In A Manger
- Gauntlet/Moment Of Truth
- Christmas Morning
- Sheep Pig
- This Is a Tale...
- Toreador/Mother & Son
- Baa Ram Ewe
- Crime and Punishment
- Hoggett Shows Babe
- If I Had Words
- Way Things Are
- Round Up
- Maa's Death
Release date: 1999-12-23
RRP: £11.99
Price: £5.02
Review Babe / Various:
Tracks Poulenc - Aubade; Concerto for 2 Pianos; Piano Concerto
- III. Finale: Allegro Molto - Francois-Rene Duchable
- II. Larghetto - Francois-Rene Duchable
- I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Francois-Rene Duchable
- III. Rondeau A La Francaise - Franois-Rene Duchable
- II. Andante Con Moto - Franois-Rene Duchable
- Aubade - Francois-Rene Duchable
- I. Allegretto - Franois-Rene Duchable
Release date: 2006-01-30
Run time: 59 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £3.28
Review Poulenc - Aubade; Concerto for 2 Pianos; Piano Concerto / Francis Poulenc:
Publisher: Disney Kids
Release date: 2008-06-10
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.92
Review Winnie the Pooh: Spring Time with Roo/Pooh's Huffalump Movie/Piglets Big Movie / Original Soundtrack:
Tracks Kaleidoscope
- Au jardin du vieux serail (Andrianople) Op. 18 No. 3 - Emile-Robert Blanchet
- Alt Wien - Leopold Godowsky
- Etude in A flat minor Op. 72, No. 13 - Moritz Moszkowski
- Polka de W.R. - Franz Behr trans. Sergei Rachmaninov
- Valse folle - Jules Massenet
- Etude d'apres l'Impromptu en la bemol majeur de Fr. Chopin - Aleksander Michalowski
- Petit Adagio (extrait des 'Saisons') - Alexander Glazunov trans. Marc-Andre Hamelin
- Etude No. 3 (d'apres Paganini-Liszt) - Marc-Andre Hamelin
- Gigue - Arthur (Vincent) Lourie
- Deux Contrastes - Alfredo Casella
- Toccatina Op. 36 - Nikolai Kapustin
- Toccatina - John Vallier
- Etude no. 6: Essercizio per pianoforte (Omaggio a Domenico Scarlatti) - Marc-Andre Hamelin
- Grazioso - Alfredo Casella
- Nocturne ('Complaint') - Josef Hofmann
- Concert paraphrase of 'The Song of the Soldiers of the Sea' (The Marines' Hymn) - Jacques Offenbach trans. Jakob Gimpel (ed Hamelin)
- Kaleidoskop Op. 40, No. 4 - Josef Hofmann
- Intermezzo in A flat - Francis Poulenc
- Etude pour la main gauche seule, Op. 36 - Felix Blumenfeld
- Valse phantastique - Edna Bentz Woods
- Antigrazioso - Alfredo Casella
Release date: 2001-10-01
Run time: 67 min.
Creator: Marc-André Hamelin
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.47
Review Kaleidoscope / Hyperion:Marc-André Hamelin is a noted pianistic dazzler, but what he does in Kaleidoscope is sheer delight. Twenty piano miniatures, some never previously recorded and all relatively unknown, may sound as indigestibly rich as a concert of encores, but Hamelin has chosen and arranged them with such care that they slip down like fine champagne. There are real curiosities here, notably Offenbach's tune, which became the hymn of the American marines, and Felix Blumenfeld's study for solo left hand, which has an extraordinarily spacious grace. And there are some marvellous jokes, including one of Hamelin's own homages to Scarlatti, which comes equipped with all the Scarlatti mannerisms but stands them wickedly askew. There is also great beauty here-viz Moszkowski's Chopinesque Etude in A Flat Major and Josef Hofmann's Kaleidoscop Op. 40 No. 4, whose fistfuls of notes are brandished with pearly brilliance. Everything on this irresistible CD has wit and charm: you listen with a smile on your face. -Michael Church.
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