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AMAZON

"IMAX picture receives an orchestral and ethnic beauty of a Williams, not the Williams"


Review by Thomas Glorieux:

Imax pictures can represent the best of both scene as music. Remember that this remains the perfect fit of an incredible scenery with a matching musical delight of tones. See it as trailer use but simply a documentary with a wonderful background score. You don't have to be a big name composer to come up with some of the best emotional music inside you, Amazon of composer Alan Williams may seem as a choice without much anticipation but rest assured, the result is one of high quality with some amazing highlights and sensational themes. And perhaps you have to see it my way. First I didn't even knew this score existed but you read a singular review, you are willing to give it a shot and you discover the worth of entertainment of an amazing celebration for musical lovers.
The score Amazon has several things to know something of, first a journey through a rainforest in Central America represents a wide sound of instrumental choice and second a documentary means the music supports the visuals. But thematic beauty rains like the drops of water around the emotional quality of Alan Williams' score.

It is the score itself that relaxes and delivers the prime moments of beauty, followed by some tracks of ethnic support. The score begins and ends a la Waterworld. Howard fans would scream foul play but will discover that the rest remains a gift for musical standards, the main theme and the Mamani theme are both glorious soft epic translations, while accompanied through visuals must only stun the audience. Choral it delivers not much but just perfection nonetheless in 'The Zoe' and the absolute highlight of the score 'Journey's End', truly one of the best musical moments for a documentary. Amazon is in all its glory a refined and amazing voyage through beauty, Alan Williams may be just a small name in the music business, he won't be for long if such projects keep returning to the screen and commercial outlets. Documentary scores maintain a second choice but absolutely don't disappoint by any means if the music simply has heart. To tell the truth, Amazon has heart and beauty and bring together a relaxing and at times amazing result. If people have listened to documentary scores, such as Amazon and liked what they heard then I would recommend another high scale effort, Millennium by Hans Zimmer. Both deliver magic and thematic quality unseen and unfortunately unheard before, change it while you can. Good music deserves to be heard more then often.

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Tracks Single Disc

1. Amazon (1.53)    Excellent Track

2. Mamani (3.19)    Excellent Track

3. The Journey Begins (3.25)

4. Bolivian Village (1.44)

5. The Rain / Searching For Herbs (3.09)

6. Animal Montage (2.06)

7. Underwater (1.41)

8. The River (2.16)

9. Flight (1.47)    Excellent Track

10. Faces From The Past (2.17)

11. The Zoe (3.01)

12. Mamani Arrives (3.49)    Excellent Track

13. The Dart Of Death (1.33)

14. The Village (2.16)

15. Meeting At The Market (2.26)

16. Journey's End (2.22)    Excellent Track

17. End Credits (2.08)    Excellent Track

Total Length: 41.14

 

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Original Soundtrack by Alan Williams

Produced by by Alan Williams

Orchestrations by Larry Rench

Recorded at Sony Scoring Stage; Culver City

Also See:

Millennium