It's sadness verges on melancholy yet it manages to stay beautiful throughout. Nice use of piano and flute that continually restates the simple theme.
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Portman's music is gorgeous, BUT, it is being used and abused to death in other films (i.e., trailers for The Notebook, and about a half-dozen other trailers) and in numerous commercials. I wish they would leave it alone.
shareI love the score for this film! It is absolutely beautiful. It is probably one of my all time favorite film scores.
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I completely agree - I own it and listen to it quite often. It is a very moody soundtrack to me and gorgeous to listen to every time.
shareI love this score. It should've won the Oscar. It definitely should've beat The Red Violin. Another one of my favorite Rachel Portman scores is Life is Sweet. Excellent film.
shareI am a big fan of the composer and this is my favorite by her. Even though it is somewhat repetitious, not uncommon for film scores anyway, it's glowingly beautiful, soft and lovely. Emma's score is wonderful and there's a bit more fun and whimsy in it, something which Portman is good at, but Ciderhouse is number one for me.
shareHa! No wonder I thought it was the same score that was used in Emma!!!
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