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Released: 2002-07-02

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Title Tracks for Paramount Pictures 90th Anniversary Memorable Scores
  • 1. Hymn to the Fallen [From Saving Private Ryan] - Original Score, Rozsa, Miklos
  • 2. Prelude [From Double Indemnity] - Original Score, Copland, Aaron
  • 3. The Finale [From the Lost Weekend] - Original Score, Waxman, Franz
  • 4. The Departure / Morris Suggests Love / The Proposal / F [From the Heiress] - Original Score, Bernstein, Elmer
  • 5. Prelude [From Sunset Boulevard] - Original Score, Mancini, Henry
  • 6. Prelude [From the Ten Commandments] - Original Score, Mancini, Henry
  • 7. Moon River [From Breakfast at Tiffany's] - Original Score, Komeda, Christopher
  • 8. Baby Elephant Walk [From Hatari!] - Original Score, Rota, Nino
  • 9. Main Title (Vocal) [Vocal Version] - Original Score, Morricone, Ennio
  • 10. Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet [From Romeo and Juliet] - Original Score, Lai, Francis
  • 11. Once Upon A Time In The West [From Once Upon a Time in the West] - Original Score, Rota, Nino
  • 12. Theme From Love Story - Original Score, Rota, Nino
  • 13. The Main Title [From The Godfather] - Original Score, Goldsmith, Jerry
  • 14. The Love Theme From The Godfather - Original Score, Rota, Nino
  • 15. Love Theme From China Town (Main Title) [From Chinatown] - Original Score, Goldsmith, Jerry
  • 16. The End Title [From the Godfather, Pt. II] - Original Score, Williams, John [Fil
  • 17. End Title [From Star Trek: the Motion Picture] - Original Score, Gore, Michael
  • 18. Raiders Of The Lost Ark [From Raiders of the Lost Ark] - Original Score, Moroder, Giorgio
  • 19. Theme From Terms Of Endearment - Original Score, Faltermeyer, Harold
  • 20. Love Theme From Flashdance - Original Score, Jarre, Maurice
  • 21. Axel F [From Beverly Hills Cop II] - Original Score, Convertino, Michael
  • 22. Building the Barn [From Witness] - Original Score, Morricone, Ennio
  • 23. Main Title [From Children of a Lesser God] - Original Score, Jarre, Maurice
  • 24. The The Strength Of The Righteous (Main Title) [from The Untouchables] - Original Score, Shaiman, Marc [stag
  • 25. Fatal Attraction [From Fatal Attraction] - Original Score, Doyle, Patrick [1]
  • 26. Main Title [From the Addams Family] - Original Score, Barry, John [1]
  • 27. Winter 1948 [From Dead Again] - Original Score, Grusin, Dave
  • 28. Flahback & Photos [From Indecent Proposal] - Original Score, Horner, James
  • 29. The How Could You Lose Me? -End Title [From The Firm] - Original Score, Horner, James
  • 30. Main Title/A Clear And Present Dan [From Clear and Present Danger] - Original Score, Howard, James Newto
  • 31. For The Love Of A Princess [From Braveheart] - Original Score, Elfman, Danny
  • 32. Courtroom Montage [From Primal Fear] - Original Score, Goldsmith, Jerry
  • 33. Zoom B [From Misson: Impossible] - Original Score, Horner, James
  • 34. Excerpt [From Star Trek: First Contact] - Original Score, Mothersbaugh, Mark
  • 35. Hard to Starboard [From Titanic] - Original Score, Yared, Gabriel
  • 36. The Baby Shower Happenings [From the Rugrats Movie] - Original Score, Isham, Mark
  • 37. The Italia [From the Talented Mr. Ripley] - Original Score, Zimmer, Hans
  • 38. Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful) [From Rules of Engagement] - Original Score, Revell, Graeme
  • 39. The Bait [From Misson: Impossible 2] - Original Score, Wilson, Nancy [1]
  • 40. Main Titles [From Lara Croft: Tomb Raider] - Original Score, Goldsmith, Jerry
  • 41. To the Roof [From Vanilla Sky] - Original Score, Silvestri, Alan
  • 42. The The Mission [From "The Sum of All Fears"]
  • 43. I'm Forrest...Forrest Gump [From Forrest Gump]
Product Review
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Granddaddy of the Hollywood studios, Paramount Pictures is rightfully proud of its century of contributions to both American cinema and the art of film scoring. But the first disc of this 43-track double-CD anthology merely hints at the studio's musical peaks, blithely skipping through its first seven decades in just 17 tracks. Indeed, the package as a whole seems more interested in marketing its post-'70s catalog of hits and blockbusters than it does in paying real homage to history and roots. Even rarities like Double Indemnity and The Lost Weekend are served up via modern budget-line rerecordings, as is Ennio Morricone's epochal Once upon a Time in the West). Contemporary recordings of Aaron Copland's rare score to The Heiress and Franz Waxman's great Sunset Blvd. fare better, but soundtrack fans may miss the originals. The studio's rich pop-crossover successes in the '60s are documented via Breakfast at Tiffany's "Moon River" and excerpts from Romeo and Juliet and Love Story, while successful franchises like Star Trek and Raiders also get their due. Too often the '90s-focused second disc only underscores some uncomfortable trends in contemporary scoring--orchestral nervous tics punctuated by booming crescendos, treacly piano Muzak--and makes one wonder if the music of The Rugrats Movie and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider are really film music milestones. --Jerry McCulley
Product Details
Paramount Pictures 90th Anniversary Memorable Scores
  • Audio CD: 0 pages (2002-07-02)
  • Publisher: Sony
  • Label: Sony
  • Format: Soundtrack
  • Studio: Sony
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 Star based on 7 reviews
  • Sales Rank in Music: #12303
Customer Reviews
Avg. Customer Review: 3.5 Star

Customer Rating: 5 Star
Summary: A marvelous overview 2010-01-07
Comment: When someone has ninety years of movie soundtracks to choose from it is difficult to know where to begin. Paramount has done quite well in choosing scores from a wide variety of movies. They have also gone to some lengths to arrange the tracks cronologically and choosing tracks which compliment each other. While I don't agree with all of their track choices (Once Upon A Time in the West instead of Sons of Katie Elder as their only Western genra representation. Two tracks from the Star Trek films but none from the Crocodile Dundee movies)I feel that the editors made smart choices overall.

The tracks either represent a movie's popularity and/or longevity or is included for the music's popularity/longevity. Tracks also represent the different decades of film from World War II until 2002. The editors have concentrated most tracks from 1990's to 2002 when the CD was published.
Customer Rating: 5 Star
Summary: movie themes 2007-09-29
Comment: This is a splendid cd if you enjoy movie themes. Original performances that bring back fond memories of the films. Many selections included.
Customer Rating: 5 Star
Summary: Great Movies have Great Soundtracks! 2007-05-10
Comment: If you love movies and movie music, you can't go wrong with this two cd Paramount Anniversary set.
Customer Rating: 2 Star
Summary: Only Disc 1 Is Worth Anything 2006-07-19
Comment: Normally I have a lot to say in my reviews, but not this time. The main problem with this collection is that all the most memorable film scores are just on one disc, with the second used mostly to play out stuff from the last ten years that, really, musically isn't very memorable and only includes three pieces anyone will recognize just because, like the movies they come from, they're based on old TV shows - The Addams Family, Star Trek, and Mission: Impossible.

And that brings up another problem. With all due respect to the late Jerry Goldsmith, who has provided some truly great classic movie scores, was it REALLY necessary to include TWO versions of the SAME Star Trek march in this collection? This seems evocative of the milk-it-for-all-its-worth attitude Paramount has had lately toward its now-tarnished crown-jewel franchise. Where's James Horner's theme music from Star Trek II and III? If they're gonna put Star Trek on here twice, they should have provided a little diversity. It wouldn't have taken much, I'm sure.

I'm sure that Paramount's had other films with far more memorable music (even Harold Faltermeyer's Top Gun Anthem could have helped on Disc 2). This just seems like a lazy attempt at something that really could have been great.
Customer Rating: 2 Star
Summary: More of a propaganda CD 2002-10-29
Comment: There are some really great songs on this 2 CD set. However, those really great songs seem to be lightly interspersed amongst a large number of forgettable songs whose main purpose seems to be to remind you of those movies you enjoy(ed) so much.

It seems a little odd to me that out of 90 years of film making the most memorable scores have been largely released within the last few years. I was pleased to find themes from the Godfather, Indiana Jones and Witness. I was perplexed with the inclusion of songs from Rugrats, both Mission Impossible movies (one would have been more than enough) and Tomb Raider (memorable???).

This is my own personal bias, but I do prefer movie soundtracks that evoke a feeling of excitement. With this collection I just couldn't get excited. I kept finding myself being let down by songs that didn't in some way complement the preceeding song.

There are certainly some great tracks here, but overall I was disappointed. My advise would be to look elsewhere.

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