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Patrick Doyle's score to Alfonso Cuaron's contemporary update of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations is a provocative amalgam of styles that results in a continually intriguing record. Working with a variety of different musicians -- including guitarist John Williams, pianist Cyrus Chestnut, saxophonist James Carter, whistler Carey Wilson and vocalists Césaria Évora, Miriam Stockley, Kiri Te Kanawa and Tori Amos -- Doyle has created a rich tapestry of sounds that draws from classical music, traditional film scores, opera, flamenco, Latin music, pop, new age and jazz, among many others. While some segments don't work as well as others, the album is an adventurous, unpredictable score that's welcome in an era of overblown, schmaltzy and underwritten soundtracks. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Great Expectations (Original Score)
01/06/1998 | Atlantic / Wea
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Credits
- David Snell
- Conductor
- Miriam Stockley
- Vocals, Performer
- Philip Todd
- Performer
- Mel Wesson
- Programming, ?
- Paul Wickliffe
- Engineer
- Patrick Doyle
- Producer
- Bau
- Guitar, Guitar (12 String)
- Eric Altenburger
- Design
- Roy Prendergast
- Editing
- Maggie Rodford
- Producer
- Craig Kallman
- Executive Producer
- Lawrence Ashmore
- Orchestration
- Steve Kirby
- Bass
- Aya Takemura
- Assistant Engineer
- Janis Kelly
- Vocals, Performer
- Totinho
- Percussion, Sax (Soprano)
- Ben Georgiades
- Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
- Alfonso Cuaron
- Executive Producer
- Alvester Garnett
- Drums
- Anthony Ruotolo
- Assistant Engineer
- Carey Wilson
- Whistle (Human), Performer
- Luis Ramos
- Guitar
- José Paris
- Guitar (Acoustic)
- Bruno Quinquet
- Engineer, Mixing
- Darren Higman
- Executive Producer
- Nando Andrade
- Piano
- Claire Lewis
- Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
- Tori Amos
- Performer
- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
- Vocals, Performer
- John Williams
- Guitar
- Césaria Évora
- Vocals, Performer
- Guy Barker
- Trumpet, Performer
- Yves Beauvais
- Producer
- James Carter
- Saxophone, Performer
- Cyrus Chestnut
- Piano, Performer, Producer
- Jose DaSilva
- Producer, Mixing
- Paul Hulme
- Engineer, Mixing
- John Williams
- Performer
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