| Product Summary | | Label: Sony Classics | | UPC: 00696998969728 | | Release Date: 7/3/2001 | | Buy.com Sku: 60487903 | | Item#: MKTGM6 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Spirit Within, The ~ Original Soundtrack |  | | 2. Race To Old New York ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 3. Phantom Plains, The ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 4. Code Red ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 5. Kiss, The ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 6. Entrada ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 7. Toccata And Dreamscapes ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 8. Music For Dialogues ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 9. Winged Serpent ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 10. Zeus Cannon ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 11. Flight To The Wasteland ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 12. Child Recalled, A ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 13. Eighth Spirit, The ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 14. Dead Rain ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 15. Blue Light ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 16. Adagio And Transfiguration ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 17. Dream Within, The - (featuring Lara Fabian) ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 18. Spirit Dreams Inside - (featuring L'Arc-En-Ciel) ~ Original Soundtrack | |
| States the composer Elliot Goldenthal of his work on Final Fantasy , "It's the composer's challenge to focus the dramatic needs of a film project, which in the case of Final Fantasy presented a strange hybrid between the fantastical and the hyper-human. There seemed to be only one logical answer for me, which was to amplify the humanness in any place that was dramatically possible. I wanted to treat the characters' emotional interactions, for example, as one would treat them in a normal drama, with a lyrical sweeping melody. The melody is first heard played on the most 'domestic' of instruments, the piano. In hearing the piano in such a futuristic sci-fi setting, one is reminded of the familiar trappings of home, and thus we can create a more approachable setting for earth-bound romantic sentiments. On the other hand, there's a great deal of action, including fantastical alien space battles, in the film, for which the virtuoso London Symphony Orchestra is perfect. I use orchestration techniques associated with the late 20th-century Polish avant-garde, as well as my own experiments from Alien 3, and 19th-century Straussian brass and string instrumentation. This combination makes for a very unusual and unsettling feeling, but at the same time, an audience becomes immersed in watching the movie, and the illusion is complete."
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | Original score composed by Elliot Goldenthal. Music performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. | | Includes liner notes by Elliot Goldenthal. | | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | Personnel: Lara Fabian (vocals); Dave Heath (flute); Valerie Naranjo (marimba); Shawn Pelton (drums); Junior "Gabu" Wedderburn (percussion). | | Audio Mixer: Joel Iwataki. | | Liner Note Author: Elliot Goldenthal. | | Recording information: Air Studios, London, England; Watford Colosseum. | | Editors: Curtis Roush; Lawrence Manchester. | | Arrangers: Elliot Goldenthal; Teese Gohl; L'Arc-en-Ciel. | | The original score to the film FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN, as realized by film composer Elliot Goldenthal, is an impressive mix of old-school, John Williams-style orchestral grandeur replete with swirling strings and epic themes, and modern, atmospheric music. When he delves into the latter, Goldenthal employs unusual bowing techniques and colorful percussion to evoke the cinematic action his themes accompany. Exploring the more conventional orchestral style, Goldenthal proves to be a steady hand at creating stirring, emotional soundscapes and harnessing the power of a full orchestra. The score is capped off by a couple of vocal tunes, perhaps most notably "The Dream Within," wherein estimable siren Laria Fabian adds her plentiful pipes to a soaring-yet-sensuous ballad whose rich tones favorably accent the instrumental themes that make up the bulk of this album. |
Producer: Elliot Goldenthal; Richard Martinez; Teese Gohl; L'Arc-En-Ciel |
Engineer: Joel Iwataki; Lawrence Manchester |
Musical Guests | | Lara Fabian | | L'Arc-En-Ciel |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 07/03/2001 | | Original Release Date : 2001 | | Catalog ID : 89697 | | Label : Sony Music Distribution (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 56m : 26s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00696998969728 |
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| | Bio | | | Composer Elliot B. Goldenthal has created works for orchestra, theatre, opera and film. He has received two Oscar and two Golden Globe nominations for his scores for Interview with a Vampire (1996) and Michael Collins (1996); Grammy nominations for A Time to Kill (1996) and Batman Forever (1995); and three nominations for the Chicago Film Critics Award. In 1998 Goldenthal was honored with the prestigious L.A. Film Critics Award for Best Original Score for his outstanding work on Neil Jordan's critically acclaimed The Butcher Boy.Recently released on Sony Classical is Goldenthal's soundtrack for Julie Taymor's Titus, starring Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange. Goldenthal, a student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano, earned both his Bachelor's and Masters Degree in musical composition at the Manhattan School of Music. He has written extensively for full orchestra as well as chamber and vocal compositions. His other awards include the Arturo Toscanini Award, the New Music for Young Ensembles composition prize, the Stephen Sondheim Award in Music Theater and New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship.
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