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from: Varese Sarabande
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0030206689327
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Varese Sarabande
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Varese Sarabande
Release Date: April 22, 2008
Studio: Varese Sarabande
Sales Rank: 1885
MPN: 066893
Disc 1:- Opening Titles (2:44)
- Street Shanty / Finding Palmes (1:25)
- Abigail (1:36)
- Tarred & Feathered (2:20)
- Leaving For Philadelphia (2:20)
- Facing Defeat (2:56)
- The Militia Passes By (2:48)
- The Declaration Of Independence (6:05)
- John and Abigail (1:12)
- John Says Goodbye (3:26)
- Battle at Sea (5:30)
- No Letters (1:32)
- Abigail in Paris (1:55)
- The Villa (3:43)
- Dressed for the Opera (1:09)
- Hot Air Balloon (:51)
- Meeting with the King (1:49)
- The Oath (1:21)
- First President (1:07)
- Adams In The Cold (2:51)
- Dissatisfaction (2:45)
- Adams Resigns (2:08)
- Wall of Strength (1:43)
- Searching for Charles (1:44)
- Abigail Leaves Farm (1:03)
- Our Son Is Dead (3:20)
- The White House (3:04)
- Abigail Dies (5:00)
- Letter To Jefferson (3:52)
- Farewell to Adams (5:11)
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Album Description:
Starring Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney, executive produced by Playtone's Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and directed by Emmy®-winner Tom Hooper, JOHN ADAMS is a seven-part epic miniseries event that explores American history through the eyes of one of the greatest of the founding fathers, John Adams (Giamatti), a fiercely independent spirit whose unwavering vision steered America through a tumultuous period.
Based on David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, the miniseries is produced for HBO Films by Playtone.
Amazon.com:
HBO's lavish, sprawling John Adams epic was given vital emotional wallop by the soundtrack. Two composers created music which was needed to convey the fervor of a newly emerging nation, and the quiet moments of a proud man who lived a long life shot through with sadness--losing his first a child, and then later, in his twilight years, his beloved wife Abigail. The orchestral sweep is clearly of the Twentieth Century, undulating like American landscapes. However both Rob Lane and Joseph Vitarelli are adept at drawing on our shared cultural sensibilities. They evoke the period of the Revolutionary War without stilted mannerisms. While the script, actors and the director portray history, the soundtrack resonates emotionally with the modern world. --David Greenberger
Average Rating: 
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If you enjoyed the music on this series you will certainly enjoy the cd. Each piece is titled pursuant to the scene for which it was written, as is common for soundtrack music made into stand-alone compositions, but you do not have to relate the pieces to the segment in the television program to enjoy them. They stand on their own as modern stylized versions of early american music. Good technical quality.
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Rob Lane and Joseph Vitarelli have not only written a reflective and shimmering work of music. They have provided a textbook example of how to write film music.
The thirty tracks of this HBO Series soundtrack strike notes that are alternately noble, daring, pensive, and troubled. All of it is stirring in the way that one's soul is moved in proximity to great literature or the finest musical art. Yet, as is the nature of the case with a genre of music meant to frame a visual depiction ... Read More
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I bought this CD strickly for the opening score for the beginning of the series. It just puts goosebumps on me. I play it over and over on my car's CD player.
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I watched a few of these episodes on HBO and couldn't get the theme song out of my head so I bought the soundtrack. Great ambient music, especially during patriotic events (eg. 4th of July, elections, etc.). Best tracks are 1, 2, and 5.
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After watching the excellent miniseries JOHN ADAMS on DVD, I knew I had to purchase the soundtrack. Rob Lane and Joseph Vitarelli have crafted a musical score for the film that packs the emotional power that was so much a part of David McCullough's book. From the patriotic "Opening Titles," a martial piece that somehow manages to convey that the drama it introduces is one of flesh and blood human beings, not wooden soldiers led by marble statues, to the soulful "Farewell to Adams," played in the ... Read More
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