Elliot Goldenthal's score perfectly captures the mood of the film, from the opening notes of "Libera Me" to the reprise of "Born to Darkness" at the end. He builds on a few basic themes, adding excitement to the mix with the high-intensity "Louis' Revenge" and "Claudia's Allegro Agitato." As some of the track titles suggest, Goldenthal uses classical themes and techniques to compose his music, which works nicely. So well, in fact, that the Guns n Roses' rendition of "Sympathy for the Devil," appropriate as it was in the film, sounds like an afterthought here. The soundtrack is a little too repetitive to hold up well to repeated listens, but it's a fine effort overall, and one that holds true both to the film and to the Anne Rice novel on which it was based. --Genevieve Williams
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English
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4.84 x 5.55 x 0.39 inches; 3.39 ounces
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I've been a fan of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicle novels and the movie "Interview With The Vampire" for a long time, and just recently picked up the movie soundtrack in like new condition for $2 from an Amazon seller, and it was certainly a good purchase! Of course I've seen the movie before so I knew what the movie score sounded like, but listening to the music without the movie certainly is not a let down.
This album is dark, brooding, with alot of feeling, and is great music for a vampire movie. Maybe not quite on the same level as the Lord of the Rings movie scores for example, but does it have to be?
My only regret with this cd is that it does not contain any of the piano tunes that Lestat and Claudia play throughout the movie (which I LOVED), but the soundtrack is still very good regardless, and all of the other music from the movie that I can remember is on this cd. Some people have complained about the GNR Sympathy for the Devil song that is on the soundtrack. While it's true that it hardly goes with the rest of the movie score, it is still a part of the movie, so it's cool that it's represented here. Don't like Sympathy for the Devil? Don't listen to it - there are still 18 other very worthy tracks on this soundtrack. SFTD is the last track, so you can listen to the first 18 and then stop if you wish. I happen to like SFTD well enough anyway, so no problem for me at all.
All in all - very well done release of a terrific movie score!
One of the original vampire tales before they became part of our every day culture. Now, every time you turn around, there is either a new book or movie about VAMPIRE!!! i must say that Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt are excellent in it. Spoiler Alert!!! My favorite part is the obvious "fake" rat that Tom "drinks" at dinner. My daughter could have done a better job than Hollywood with that fiasco!!! Brad can suck my neck anytime he wants! Great Halloween flick.
Loved this score. I wish though that more of the classical pieces would have been a part of it. All in all the score sets the tone for a particularly dark and spooky setting. Libera Me is my favorite. I see in other reviews that some didn't like the Gun's and Roses version of "Sympathy for the Devil" but I rather liked it. Overall a very good CD and the price isn't bad either!
I originally bought this cd many years ago, it has Guns "N" Roses on it, it is the very last track, but I fell in love with the other 18 tracks as well the music is soothing. I accidentally left it when we moved and found that I just had to have another copy.
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2005
One of the beauties of this particular album is that the score is written in the classical style popular when this movie takes place (though I have not seen it myself). The composer perfectly captures of feel of the vampires, yet gives us a wonderful taste of the all but lost classical style in both title and song.
Some of the songs such as "LIbrae me", "Born to Darkness I and II", and "Armand", feel more like more modern movie scoring yet still carry well with the entire album. Other pieces like "lestat's Tarantella", "lestat's recitative", and "Santiago's Waltz" stayed more true to the classical feel.
My only complaint is the abomination at the end of the soundtrack called "Sympathy for the Devil". I couldn't get much beyond a minute before turning it off in discust. It doesn't fit at all and sounds absolutely horrific; what's with the bongos?
With the last song as an exception, this is a gorgeous album, wonderful for backround music. I love it!
The CD plays VERY well with no quirks or track skipping (a problem I have noticed in buying other used CDs). The shipping was very quick and the CD arrived in the amount of time that was estimated - it even came near the beginning of the estimated week.
I'm very, very pleased, and I would buy from this seller again.
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