Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0886971930023 Format: Soundtrack Label: Sony Classics Manufacturer: Sony Classics Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Classics Release Date: December 04, 2007 Sales Rank: 76417 Studio: Sony Classics
Album Description: THE WATER HORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP is a sweeping epic rooted in one of the most enduring and intriguing legends of our time. Set in the desolate landscape of the Scottish Highlands during World War II, the story begins with an enchanted egg...and what hatches will set in motion an adventure that will take a young boy on an unforgettable journey of a lifetime.
Soundtrack composed by six time Academy Award nominee James Newton Howard and features the new song 'Back Where You Belong' by Sinead O'Connor and new music by the Chieftains
Amazon.com: The lead attraction on the soundtrack for this Scotland-set movie is 'Back Where You Belong (Theme from The Water Horse),' a song written and performed by Sinéad O'Connor, and produced by Daniel Lanois. It's a heartwrenching ballad that's all the more powerful because O'Connor's performance is so pared down. In an age of overbearing movie themes, it's a refreshing approach, full of tenderness and dignity. The song bookends the CD with 'The Water Horse Suite,' a piece performed by Irish trad-music superstars, the Chieftains, that steadily builds up momentum over the course of its eight-minute duration. Sandwiched between these two tracks is James Newton Howard's score. In his liner notes, director Jay Russell calls it 'a beautiful Celtic symphony which delivers the complexity of Gustav Mahler with the simple grandeur of Aaron Copland.' Er…not quite. Howard does not deviate much from the Hollywood template for family/fantasy films, except this time he introduces Celtic flavors on a few cues. At his best ('The Fishermen'), Newton Howard evokes a certain fierceness, but overall this is fairly standard. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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Rating: - Pretty Celic score, but not among JNH's best
A delightful little fantasy with a Celtic lilt, The Water Horse is a children's family film directed by Jay Russell. Set in Scotland, it follows the adventures of a little boy named Angus MacMorrow (Alex Etel), who befriends a rather unusual animal: an amphibious `water horse', which causes much mischief and mayhem in the MacMorrow household, but also eventually becomes the source of a much-discussed legend - the Loch Ness monster. The film stars Emily Watson, Ben Chaplin, Brian Cox and David Morrissey in the adult roles, and features a pleasant score from James Newton Howard. As befits the setting, Howard breaks out his Scottish orchestrations, littering his orchestra with all manner of skirling bagpipes, Celtic fiddles, rapid fire percussion, and windswept woodwinds. It's clichéd, but it sounds lovely, never more so than in the slightly lonely sounding "Main Title', the moody "The Workshop", or the vaguely romantic ... Read More
Rating: - JNH Is A Genius!
I didn't see the movie, but I bought it just because James Newton Howard wrote it and he does stellar work ALL the time.
I wasn't really enchanted with most of this score. I don't like Celtic music that much or song vocals. Truthfully I haven't finished listening to the whole score, but found cuts #12 Swimming and #19 The End Of The Story to be absolutely worth the price of purchase. It amounts to about 10 minutes of music, but those two pieces are stunning! Like some of you others I too was sorry there weren't more pieces like these.
JNH never fails to give us what we love and expect of him. And JNH, I think your brother Arliss is superb. Don't know why he never became an A-list supporting actor!
Rating: - Celtic Music
Very easy to listen to. Evokes the atmosphere of the story, but also stands on its own merits. Just wish there was more of it.
Rating: - Nessie more than a pretty face
Water Horse was a terrific movie for any age. The story is a tale based on the Loch Ness legend, and it delivers the goods! there is also a pet bulldog who practically steals the whole show. Rivaling Disney's special effects the story is rather shallow on plot but delivers that plot with aplomb and sincerity. This is truly a must see DVD.
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