brookefox
New Member
member is offline
 
Gender: 
Posts: 2
|
 |
The Magic Flute Soundtrack
« Thread started on: Mar 28th, 2009, 7:00pm » |
|
I never really thought I would say this, but thank god for the iTunes store! It is the only place I have been able to find the soundtrack to TMF, and it was only $9.99! As soon as the movie is available on Region 1 DVD, rest assured I am buying it, but for now I make due with the soundtrack and a very-high quality copy of the movie my friend found on her file-sharing program.
A few quick notes about the soundtrack:
With the exception of the Ouverture, all of the tracks are preceded by a voice-over narration by Kenneth Branagh describing the current action in the movie. I have no problem with this, but I can see where some might be annoyed by it. I think it's very important to realize this before purchasing.
Also, there are a few absent songs, most conspicuously the Pamina/Papageno duet immediately following her rescue and the song during Papageno's dream sequence. You know... the one with the giant lips. XD Now we've still got "The Birdman," "So Good-bye, You Cruel World," and "Pa-Pa-Pa," plus all of the other amazing music, but one has to wonder what people have against our favorite Birdman! I mean, did someone listen to an initial cut of the soundtrack and say "Hey why does the goofy sidekick get more songs than the tenor? Fix that."? Not. Cool.
But aside from that, the soundtrack is wonderful and especially great for anyone living in North America with no access to the DVD (outside of buying a region-free player). I heartily recommend it! 
|
Author
Logged