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| The Fountain | 
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| Creators: Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet, Mogwai
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
Buy New: $13.36
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (57 reviews)
Sales Rank: 9222
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
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
How do you make something beautiful even more beautiful? February 12, 2007
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Darren Aronofsky's movies are beautiful masterpieces. From "Pi" to "The Fountain", going through "Requiem For a Dream", they will forever stand as timeless jewels. So they are hard to top in any way, but Clint Mansell has been able to do it every single time, scoring each of them.
For "The Fountain", he teamed up once more with Kronos Quartet and had Scottish post-rock band Mogwai join in too, to produce a score that fits the movie like a glove, in a very organic way. The central theme to the movie is instrumented in a way that works fantastically well across all the time periods the movie encompasses.
The combination of the talents of Mansell, the Quartet and Mogwai yields a relatively dark, yet breathtaking musical piece that will stand the test of time much like the movie it was meant to score.
inventive and thoughtful January 26, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I agree with other reviewers who note that the soundtrack complements the film. If you have not seen the film, then this soundtrack might sound Phillip Glass-like, perhaps repetitive, because its motifs are few in number and simple in structure -- although the scoring is complex. But if you have seen the film, then this music becomes far more interesting, not least because it rather eerily evocates visions and ideas from the film that are visual rather than aural in nature. Whether this is due to the music itself, or due to the fact that the film itself is visually overwhelming, I don't know, but the effect is very cool. The upshot is that this a fascinating film and a fascinating and enjoyable soundtrack. Watch the film, then buy the soundtrack, and you will not be disappointed.
Relax into another world January 18, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Listening to this relaxing CD makes you feel like you are floating away to another realm.
 Different but still good January 15, 2007
2 out of 12 found this review helpful
After listening to this CD it is amazing how different the music sounded when it was in the film. It works perfectly in the film but sounds so different almost like it's missing something when you are listening to it alone and not in the context of the film.
Beautiful Score January 11, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just as beautiful as the movie was. Powerful and moving every time I listen to it.
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