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| Philip Glass: Dracula | 
 enlarge | Creators: Philip Glass, Kronos Quartet
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
Buy New: $8.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (25 reviews)
Sales Rank: 19861
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 79542
UPC: 075597954227
EAN: 0075597954227
ASIN: B00000JZCI
Release Date: August 31, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Dracula | | • | DRACULA: Journey To The Inn | | • | DRACULA: The Inn | | • | DRACULA: The Crypt | | • | DRACULA: Carriage Without A Driver | | • | DRACULA: The Castle | | • | DRACULA: The Drawing Room | | • | DRACULA: 'Excellent, Mr. Renfield' | | • | DRACULA: The Three Consorts Of Dracula | | • | DRACULA: The Storm | | • | DRACULA: Horrible Tragedy | | • | DRACULA: London Fog | | • | DRACULA: In The Theatre | | • | DRACULA: Lucy's Bitten | | • | DRACULA: Seward Sanatorium | | • | DRACULA: Renfield | | • | DRACULA: In His Cell | | • | DRACULA: When The Dream Comes | | • | DRACULA: Dracula Enters | | • | DRACULA: Or A Wolf | | • | DRACULA: Women In White | | • | DRACULA: Renfield In The Drawing Room | | • | DRACULA: Dr. Van Helsing And Dracula | | • | DRACULA: Mina On The Terrace | | • | DRACULA: Mina's Bedroom/The Abbey | | • | DRACULA: The End Of Dracula |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
It's no surprise that some of Philip Glass's most inspiring projects have been multimedia. The composer's minimalist tendencies lend themselves to the accompaniment of vast landscapes, silent films, and--now--Tod Browning's 1931 horror classic, Dracula. With longstanding collaborators the Kronos Quartet performing the score, Glass has created a soundtrack that moves with rapid-fire momentum and a timeless chamber-music feel. Dracula never sounds sinister or ironic, just ominous--the perfect companion to a film with plenty of dialogue but no pre-existing score. So what if we've already heard Glass's stylistic trademarks--striking arpeggios, repeated motifs, and the like--on any number of albums (for example, the Kronos/Glass soundtrack to Mishima or Uakti's 1999 release, Aguas de Amazonia)? Unlike the epic three and a half hours of Music in Twelve Parts, this enjoyable disc takes just over an hour and it's well worth hearing. In the new video release of Dracula, accompanied by Glass's score, you'll never see Bela Lugosi's mug the same way again. --Jason Verlinde
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Broken Baroque April 27, 2008
From the little that I've heard of Philip Glass's work, I am not a big fan. But this soundtrack is something else. I first heard of it when I happened to flick onto the movie Dracula on TV. I was immediately arrested by the soundtrack. Stopped me cold. I kept flipping back and forth between stations thinking that soon it would become ho-hum, ordinary. But it never did. It was arresting. Haunting. So I looked it up on the internet and immediately ordered the CD. It was beautiful. It's like baroque chamber music, but broken, splintered. Perfect for the movie, of course, but it's more than just a soundtrack. This CD stands on its own as something memorable. Can't recommend it enough.
Better Than A Midsummer Night's Dream March 22, 2007
The original soundtrack to "Dracula" was a poorly recorded and tired sounding Mendelssohn "Midsummer's Night Dream", along with (as I may recall) some "Swan Lake". You could almost hear the scratches on the record. Where the music was absent during the movie there was stark silence. All the more enjoyable when you are forced to hear the various soundstage gaffs and pops. The movie makers relied heavily on Bela Lugosi's enormous stage presence to keep the audience riveted to their seats. However, Bela aside, I always found the original score distracting and felt it took away from an otherwise classically gothic masterpiece.
The first time I watched the restored "Dracula" with Glass' score I was floored! It was amazing what the proper sound and mood of a piece of music can do for a movie! (Let this stand as a good lesson to all you young aspiring movie composers!). This has got to be the most beautiful and hauntingly perfect recapture of a classic mivie I have ever heard! Bravo to Philip Glass! Please, Mr. Glass, redo "Frankenstein"!
 Definetely worth picking up January 19, 2003
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
As years go by it seems as if almost every premise for something great has been overused and beaten to death, it's really cool to see an old classic like this given the right treatment without making a mockery of it. Even if you've memorized the entire movies dialogue before this score was introduced, you'll still have visions of Bela Lugosi on the screen when you listen to this soundtrack after seeing it in conjunction with the film. As usual, Kronos Quartet works feverishly with the composer's true intent behind them and churn out quite a great soundtrack that is not only enjoyable as a soundtrack, but an album that stands on it's own just as well.
Dark and moody June 4, 2002
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I have never heard Philip Glass before, but I was captivated while watching "Dracula" with his new score. The music transformed the movie into a more Gothic, more poetic film than before. What a difference music makes to a movie!As a CD, "Philip Glass: Dracula" is very enjoyable to listen to. This is also my first CD featuring the Kronos Quartet, and I am mesmerized. The music is beautiful. The black mood of Dracula is evoked in every chord.
Dark and moody June 3, 2002
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have never heard Philip Glass before, but I was captivated while watching "Dracula" with his new score. The music transformed the movie into a more Gothic, more poetic film than before. What a difference music makes to a movie!As a CD, "Philip Glass: Dracula" is very enjoyable to listen to. This is also my first CD featuring the Kronos Quartet, and I am mesmerized. The music is beautiful. The black mood of Dracula is evoked in every chord.
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