The Pianist OST

Time for another score/soundtrack!

This time it's the masterpiece of a movie that The Pianist (directed by Roman Polanski and starring Adrien Brody and Thomas Kretschmann) was.

The score is written by Wojciech Kilar, although this album only really features a single, brief (but nice) track by him; the rest consists of Chopin's pieces. Some of my favorite compositions by him are featured here, and he's quite possibly my favorite "classical" composer.

If you have never heard Frédéric Chopin, slap yourself in the back of the head for me, and then get this. It's not optional.
I don't wanna rant for long, but Frédéric Chopin wrote some of the most beautiful and depressive music ever. It's not heart-breaking, it's unforgivingly heart-fucking-shattering. He's also easily one of the most skilled piano virtuosi that ever lived.

If you know Chopin and don't like him, then there is something wrong with you. Seriously.

The Pianist

Tracklist:

1. Nocturne in C-Sharp minor

2. Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72, No. 1

3. Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1

4. Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38

5. Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

6. Waltz No. 3 in A minor, Op. 34, No. 2

7. Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4

8. Andante Spianato, Op. 22

9. Grande Polonaise, Op. 22

10. Moving to the Ghetto Oct. 31, 1940 *

11. Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17, No. 4

* = the only track by Wojciech Kilar here.

Revolutionary Road OST

This cold morning I want to share the score to a pretty good and relatively recent movie. Anyone who knows me well will know that I place Leonardo DiCaprio among my favorite actors. While this isn't one of my favorite movies or anything, I thought it was a rather enjoyable drama. DiCaprio is great here, but Kate Winslet is even better. And to further enhance the experience, we have Thomas Newman's great music in this film.
Mr. Newman is quite an accomplished composer, and quite possibly my favorite movie score composer in general. Some of you might know him, others might not know who he is, but he has done many great works, some of which I'll be posting in the future, including Road To Perdition, White Oleander, Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Jarhead and The Green Mile.
There's also a couple of 40s doo-wop songs as well.

So, if you're into scores, particularly those which are soft, beautiful, haunting and even pensive, then you're gonna like this!

Revolutionary Road OST

Composer: Thomas Newman

Featured artists: The Ink Spots, The Orioles, The Ravens.

Tracklist:

1. Route 12
2. Picture Window
3. The Bright Young Man
4. Hopeless Emptiness
5. Unrealistic
6. Count Every Star [The Ravens]
7. Simple Clean Lines
8. Speaking of Production Control
9. Golden People
10. Night Woods
11. Crying In The Chapel [The Orioles]
12. April
13. A Bit Whimsical
14. Revolutionary Road (End Title)
15. The Gypsy [The Ink Spots]

Old Boy OST

Today I bring with me the delightful score of what I consider the masterpiece of modern South Korean cinema: Old Boy.

Old Boy is a 2003 South Korean movie directed by Park Chan-Wook and starring Choi Min-Sik, Yu Ji-Tae, and Kang Hye-Jeong. It's the second part in Park's Vengeance Trilogy, although the three movies are only tied by a theme of vengeance, rather than plot.

If you're not already a big fan and you happen to like intelligent, independent, unconventional films, you owe it to yourself to check it out!

This is the amazing, gorgeous score.
Enjoy!

Old Boy OST

Composer: Yeong Wook Jo (or Jo Yeong-Wook in Korean)

Tracklist:

1. Look Who's Talking
2. Somewhere In The Night
3. The Count of Monte Cristo
4. Jailhouse Rock
5. In A Lonely Place
6. It's Alive!
7. The Searchers
8. Look Back In Anger
9. Vivaldi "Four Seasons" - "Winter" 1st Mov.
10. Room At The Top
11. Cries And Whispers
12. Out of Sight
13. For Whom The Bell Tolls
14. Out Of The Past
15. Breathless
16. The Old Boy
17. Dressed To Kill
18. Frantic
19. Cul-De-Sac
20. Kiss Me Deadly
21. Point Blank
22. Farewell, My Lovely
23. The Big Sleep
24. The Last Waltz