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| Requiem for a Dream (2000 Film) | 
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| Artists: Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (102 reviews)
Sales Rank: 11988
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 79611
UPC: 075597961126
EAN: 0075597961126
ASIN: B00004Y6Q5
Release Date: October 10, 2000
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| Customer Reviews:
 "Amazing" isn't Even the Right Word December 12, 2002
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
I immediately purchased this soundtrack a day after seeing the film. As soon as I heard the music for the opening credits, I remember saying to myself, "I'm getting this soundtrack tomorrow." And I did, and since then I have lost track of the number of times I have listened to it.Composed by Clint Mansell, with the Kronos Quartet and their great violin playing and such, "Requiem for a Dream" is an outstanding score that really gets into your head. It's a score full of dread, sorrow, pain, sadness, fear, and paranoia. Its got an industrial quality mixed with haunting violins to enhance it even more. (Imagine music by Trent Reznor with violins added to the mix.) A lot of the tracks are short and some are repetitive, but I had no problem with that. Yes, it might've been nice to hear some of the tracks extended, but I really like the overall layout of the tracks and how they appear in the order as the do in the movie. Although the entire album is amazing, my favorite tracks are as follows: summer overture, ghosts of things to come, hope overture, tense, cleaning apartment, marion barfs, supermarket sweep, sara goldfarb has left the building, winter overture, southern hospitality, ghosts of future lost, meltdown, and lux aeterna. As good as the entire album is, the overtures really steal the show. (Especially "summer overture.") Of course you'll most likely appreciate it more if you have indeed seen the film, but I can see people who haven't seen the movie enjoying this well-composed soundtrack as well. It's really great music, and you'll never look at music scores in the same way ever again. "Requiem for a Dream" definitely gets added to my list of favorite scores. In fact, this may become my overall favorite. Only time will tell. All I can say is that I am loving every bit of it right now, and I hope that Clint Mansell does more haunting scores like this one. Don't let this remarkable score pass you by. You'll regret it if you do.
What a Movie; What a Sound Track!!! December 8, 2002
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a movie! And one main dynamic of many things that made this movie so profound to me and others is the pashonate and extreme music. What I can remember most was the wonderful violin line of the closing scenes when all four actors have discovered how there lives had been distroyed by the addiction of drugs. It trully is a sound track to own. I don't usually buy sound tracks, but this is not a sound track, rathor an experience with the mind. This is not a CD of songs, but a journey that you take. If you enjoyed the bumpy ride of the movie then you will love this album. I recomend buying this, It's a "winner".
Rare soundtrack that works well on its own November 14, 2002
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Requiem for a Dream" is one of the most devastating (and depressing) films ever made. It is the pinnacle anti-drug narrative. And this film score is hands down one of the most engrossing I've ever listened to. In fact, I would put it above anything John Williams has ever done (well, maybe not "Schindler's List", but everything else). It's thematically brilliant, and contains some of the best editing for a music CD. For those complaining about the repetitive and jarring nature of the score, may I suggest watching the film? The repetitive and jarring editing is created specifically to add to the repetitive nature of drug abuse. When most films simply use music for setting the mood, here is a score that emphasizes the themes at play in the film. The Kronos Quartet, brilliant as they are, have outdone themselves. This is simply one of the best performances I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. It's been my number one CD for the past three days at work--strangely, it suits my boring, repetitive job and makes the time fly by. Do yourself a favor and pick up Clint Mansell's stunning achievement in music, experimentation, and thematic beauty.
Amazing October 11, 2002
Amazing. Simply amazing. "Pi" was good work by Mansell, but "Requiem for a Dream" goes beyond anything I ever imagined. The emotion in this music is almost overwhelming, beginning with the first track and ending with the last. If you've seen the movie, the soundtrack is great to listen to because there is so much meaning in it, and if you haven't seen the movie the soundtrack will just make you want to. Buy this CD now!
An Addendum October 2, 2002
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
As you can see below, I already wrote a review for this soundtrack. However, after seeing both One Hour Photo and the trailer for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, I had to make a short addition to what I already said. Mainly, the main theme from this soundtrack (which pops up in almost every track, including Summer Overture, Winter Overture, and perhaps best in Lux Aeterna) is used in BOTH of these movies. Perhaps that is the biggest compliment that can be given to Clint Mansell and the Kronos Quartet. How often is it that a score is so brilliant that it is used in two films (one of which is part of the biggest epic trilogy in history) only two years after the original movie it was written for comes out? That has never happened. This is the most emotionally powerful score in history. Peter Jackson knows this, John Williams knows this, anyone who has heard it cannot fail to know this. You need this music.
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