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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0720616257529 Format: Soundtrack Label: Hollywood Records Manufacturer: Hollywood Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Hollywood Records Release Date: December 20, 2005 Studio: Hollywood Records Sales Rank: 76213 MPN: 162575
Album Description: He was the world's most notorious seducer. A swashbuckler, master of disguise and wit - it was said no woman could resist Casanova's amorous charms...... until now. For the first time in his life, the legendary Casanova (Heath Ledger) is about to meet his match with an alluring Venetian beauty, Francesca (Sienna Miller), who does the one thing he never thought possible: refuse him. From Academy Award nominated director Lasse Hallstrom ('Chocolat', 'Cider House Rules') comes a rousing romantic comedy about Casanova's greatest adventure - losing his heart. The film also stars Jeremy Irons, as the detective-lie Bishop Pucci who pursues Casanova, hoping to catch him in the act of illicit seduction, Lena Olin as the mother of Casanova's arranged bride-to-be, and Oliver Platt as Papprizzio, Francesca's betrothed. The original score is composed by Alexandre Desplat, recently famous for his film compositions for 'The Girl With The Pearl Earring' and 'The Upside of Anger'. The film is released on 17th February 2006, and this soundtrack is available from 13th February. Emi Music. 2006
Amazon.com: The action in this tale about the 18th century adventurer and (at least in popular lore) seducer is set in Cassanova's native Venice in the mid-1700s, so it makes sense that the soundtrack would be loaded with Baroque pieces. The Venice-based Tomaso Albinoni is featured prominentaly, along with heavyweights such as Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Baptiste Rameau, and George Frideric Handel, and lesser-known composers such as Arcangelo Corelli, Francesco Durante, and Alexandre Desplat. Er, actually Desplat is a contemporary French film composer who also released his score for the couldn't-be-more-different Syriana shortly after Casanova came out. Of the two pieces he penned here, "A Venetian Virgin" is in pure Baroque style, while "Inquisitor Pucci" betrays a more modern film-music vibe. Meanwhile, orchestrator Sonny Kompanek rearranged a couple of the tracks and authored the tense "The Plume's Nom Is Casanova," which doesn't sound embarrassing sandwiched between pieces by Albinoni and Handel. Overall, it would have been nice to get longer excerpts from the pieces--many feel chopped into too-small fragments--but the music's innate grace and elegance can't be beat for a period film. Or for any film, really: Vivaldi's Concerto in C Major ("The Doge's Decree") will be familiar to buffs, who will remember it featuring prominently in the Dustin Hoffman-¬Meryl Streep showdown Kramer vs. Kramer back in 1979. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - I thought I had ordered the movie.!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought I was ordering the movie BUT I got two audio CD's. The music is great but I wanted the movie.
Rating: - Enchanting!
I enjoyed the soundtrack of the film as I watched it so much I had to buy it immediately. When I close my eyes during many of the pieces I feel transported to a different time and place. Not only is ... Read More
Rating: - Sheer Beauty for the Ears
For those that purchased this CD, I need not get into how masterfully infectious the movie was. After the first viewing, I found it charming, but after the second, I was hooked by the witty, clever story ... Read More
Rating: - Authenticity can sound great as well!
As an avid baroque music listener and performer, I can attest to the delightfully pleasing performances on the soundtrack as well as the painstakingly accurate performance practices utilized in the recording ... Read More
Rating: - a little world of baroque sound
Lots of interesting baroque music unknown to me and
put together in dramatic sequences that add zest and
class to the listening experience. Also wonderful to
play in auto while driving thru ... Read More
- I thought I had ordered the movie.!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Enchanting!