Album Description From composer David Arnold (Casino Royale, Independence Day) comes the sweeping original score to the motion picture Amazing Grace. Recorded in London with some of the world's top musicians, Arnold brings to life the intense journey of Williams Wilberforce and his quest to abolish the British Slave Trade in the UK during the 1700s. Amazing Grace is the story of the famed hymn, its author John Newton (Albert Finney) and the powerful journey of William Wilberforce (Loan Gruffund- A&E's Horatio Hornblower, Fantastic Four) the man who risked his life and followed his calling to end slavery. Wilberforce's dream finally came true around the time of his death. Britain's slave trade was abolished and slaves were finally free. Experience this music journey as history unfolds and the power of one voice changes the world.
Item Specifications...
Record Label Spring House/Emd
Format Soundtrack
Dimensions: Length: 5.55" Width: 4.97" Height: 0.54" Weight: 0.2 lbs.
Binding CD
Release Date Mar 1, 2007
Publisher CHORDANT ACNT# 3707
ISBN 0012411205 EAN 0094638850922 UPC 094638850922
A Fantastic movie needs fantastic music!!! Mar 27, 2007
I love the film and I love the music however something is off and I think I know what it is; this is made for television music. Like the film it suffers from its limitations whereas the movie makes up for its limitations by the strength of the action and the quality of the acting the music doesn't have that luxury.
So what you great instead of great sweeping soundscapes are a series mostly good but repetitive "mood" songs. You have to see the music in context of the movie for it too make sense. It does almost nothing for me on its own.
