Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Beautiful. I've seen Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emprorium 2 times in theaters, and on both occasions, was brought to tears. Alexandre Desplat(The Queen) and Aaron Zigman(Bridge to Terrabithia) decided to team up and create a heart-wrenching masterpiece. The score to this movie is phenomenal. Never in my life have I experienced something so pure, or listened to something so astounding, as this CD. The world is rapidly changing around us, and as humans, we have found ways to occupy our time. Business meetings, kids soccer games, and (for me) school classes, are just a few of our daily agendas that take our time away from us. Stress is always present, gnawing at the back of our necks, reminding us of everything that needs to be accomplished. With maturity, comes great responsibility. Every day, the simple and pure things in life go unnoticed, and imagination is buried under layers of tedious work and cause for pressure. I never believed it to be possible, but the score to Mr. Magorium's...Read more

I expected Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium to be a silly and mundane movie, but oh, I was so wrong. I was brought to tears by the beauty of the theme and the amazing soundtrack behind it. The music really brought this movie together. It truly warms the heart. I recommend this to anyone who loves to lay back and listen to a deep, thought-provoking, and unique score.

This score is very quickly becoming one of my favorites! This music was so wonderfully written to where you don't need to see the movie to know what it is about! Nevertheless, the score does its job and adds character and magic to the film and the film itself was already very entertaining and inspiring...
The music is quirky, fun, inspiring and sad. All in one album. The only unfortunate thing about it is..which is always the case with Varese Sarabande records...many of the tracks very short as the album as a whole.