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| The Fountain | 
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| Creators: Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet, Mogwai
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (57 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4607
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 79901
UPC: 075597990126
EAN: 0075597990126
ASIN: B000IU3YKU
Release Date: November 21, 2006
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Holds the Film together...fantastic November 29, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Great score...the first time I saw The Fountain, I only started thinking about how good the music was AFTER the movie had ended - as it should be! The second time, I paid more attention to the interesting themes presented. This is a surprisingly complex (yet, dare I say...minimalist?) soundtrack...for anyone who has seen the film, quite emotionally stimulating.
Good music! What a nice surprise. This is worth listening to, whether you've seen the movie or not.
A brooding,powerful follow-up to"Requiem.." November 29, 2006
81 out of 82 found this review helpful
I saw this film last Sunday and thought the visuals and story were great,but the nucleus holding the film together was in fact the music.Clint Mansell ,the Kronos Quartet(whom I'll be seeing in concert this sunday),and Mogwai have accomplished what VERY few film composers of this day and age have been able to:create a nearly flawless masterpiece which makes the film more than a visual experience,but can stand on it's own as a treasured album.You probably won't appreciate the music as much unless you see the film first,though.
I would describe the music as some-what Philip Glass-esque,because it works its way into scenes in waves most of the time which ebb and flow,and then grow in intensity.Some tracks reach enormous heights of intensity,while others ride on the thin line between ambient music and a full,orchestral tone.At the soundtracks highest peak,probably in one of the last tracks,you will find the only really loud music for only a matter of maybe 30 seconds or so,and you should see the film to get a full grasp of how powerful that half-minute truly is!
I cannot believe some of the reviews this film is getting.The Czecks hated it I read,and most of the people who I've talked to that have seen it said they left after about 20 minutes;most left because the montage was too difficult to follow,and one guy even said he left with his girlfreind because "that stupid yoga part with the backdrop of stars was just too artsy."My film teacher is right.Film might be a dead art if all Americans want to see these days is 100% fast-cuts,neo-pop heavy metal infused action sequences,cutie-pie cartoons,and the same 10 love stories re-done every year with different actors and actresses,but the same old premise.
I simply can't comprehend how anyone could become bored watching such a powerfully interesting film such as "The Fountain".Show Hollywood what you'd like to see them produce by seeing this film and buying this soundtrack.I'll support it because I want change.
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