CD 1 – THE GREAT BLOCKBUSTERS  66.40

1. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
   Also sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss) – Sunrise
   David Bell (organ)
   London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt (P) 1990 (1.44)
2. APOCALYPSE NOW
   The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre) (Wagner)
   Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1992 (4.45)
3. AMADEUS
   Requiem in D minor K626 (Mozart) – Lacrimosa
   Northern Sinfonia Chorus ∙ London Symphony Chorus
   Northern Sinfonia / Richard Hickox (P) 1991 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics (3.09)
4. TITANIC
   My Heart Will Go On (James Horner)
   Orchestra / David Abel (P) 1998 (4.19)
5. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
   You Only Live Twice Main Theme (John Barry)
   City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra / Nic Raine (P) 2001 Silva Screen Records Ltd+ (2.54)
6. STAR WARS
   Star Wars Main Theme (John Williams)
   Geoff Love and his Orchestra (P) 1978/1997* (3.15)
7. GLADIATOR
   Gladiator Theme (Zimmer/Gerrard/Badelt) (extract)
   Crouch End Festival Chorus directed by David Temple
   City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra / Nic Raine (P) 2002 Silva Screen Records Ltd+ (2.20)
8. GALLIPOLI
   Au fond du temple saint (Temple Duet) (Les Pechêurs de perles)
   Nicolai Gedda (tenor) ∙ Ernest Blanc (baritone)
   Orchestre du Théâtre de l’Opéra-Comique / Pierre Dervaux (P) 1961/1989*
   EMI France (5.22)
9. THE GODFATHER III
   Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni)
   Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1980/1987* (3.40)
10. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
    The Fellowship (Howard Shore)
    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra / Nic Raine (P) 2002 Silva Screen Records Ltd+ (5.51)
11. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
    Fawkes the Phoenix (John Williams)
    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra / Nic Raine (P) 2003 Silva Screen Records Ltd+ (3.36)
12. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
    Hymn to the Fallen (John Williams)
    Crouch End Festival Chorus
    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra / Paul Bateman (P) 1999 Silva Screen Records Ltd+ (6.02)
13. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
    Divertimento for String Trio in E flat ‘Puchberg’ K563 (Mozart)
    III. Menuetto (Allegretto)
    Augustin Dumay (violin) ∙ Gérard Caussé (viola) ∙ Gary Hoffman (cello)
    (P) 1990 EMI France (5.18)
14. FANTASIA
    The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Dukas arr. Bates) (extract)
    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1990 (6.36)
15. BRAVEHEART
    End titles (James Horner)
    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra / Paul Bateman (P) 1995 Silva Screen Records Ltd+ (7.06)

CD 2 – THE CLASSIC MOVIES  62.42

1. SOMEWHERE IN TIME
   Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (Rachmaninov) – II Adagio sostenuto (opening)
   Cécile Ousset (piano)
   City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1984 (4.29)
2. CHARIOTS OF FIRE
   Miserere mei, Deus (vv 1–4 & 17–20) (Allegri)
   Timothy Beasley-Murray (treble) ∙ Gerald Finlay (cantor)
   Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury (P) 1984 (5.44)
3. THE DEER HUNTER
   Cavatina (Stanley Myers)
   Manuel Barrueco & Steve Morse (guitars) (P) 2001 Angel Records (3.13)
4. PLATOON
   Adagio for Strings (Barber)
   Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy (P) 1985/1985* (6.20)
5. DEATH IN VENICE:
   Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor (Mahler) – IV Adagietto (conclusion)
   New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1969/1988* (3.05)
6. AMERICAN BEAUTY
   Any Other Name (Thomas Newman)
   Produced and performed by Nikolaj Bloch & Sally Herbert (P) 2001 (4.05)
7. E.T.
   E.T. Main Theme (John Williams)
   Ron Goodwin and his Concert Orchestra (P) 1988 (3.57)
8. SCHINDLER’S LIST
   Schindler’s List Main Theme (John Williams)
   Tasmin Little (violin)
   New World Philharmonic / Iain Sutherland (P) 1994 (5.02)
9. THE MISSION
   Gabriel’s Oboe (Morricone)
   Ennio Morricone and his Orchestra (P) 1987 Virgin Records Ltd (2.12)
10. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO + JULIET
    Symphony No. 25 in G minor K183 (Mozart) – I. Allegro con brio (opening)
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1977/1997* (4.41)
11. JEAN DE FLORETTE
    Main theme (from La forza del Destino Overture by Verdi)
    Hallé Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1979/1991* (2.54)
12. ALIEN
    Serenade in G ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’ K525 (Mozart) – II. Romance
    (Andante)
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1977/1997* (5.43)
13. CINEMA PARADISO
    Cinema Paradiso Love Theme (Morricone)
    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra / Paul Bateman (P) 1996 Silva Screen Records Ltd+ (3.32)
14. EYES WIDE SHUT
    Waltz No.2 from Jazz Suite No.2 (Shostakovich)
    The Philadelphia Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1997 (3.43)
15. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
    Ode to Joy (Symphony No.9 in D minor ‘Choral’, Op.125) (Beethoven)
    James Morris (bass) · The Westminster Choir
    The Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1988 (3.21)

CD 3 – FAVOURITE MOVIES   75.10

1. ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE
   Serenade in G ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’ K525 (Mozart) – I. Allegro
   Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1977/1997* (5.49)
2. OUT OF AFRICA
   Clarinet Concerto in A K622 (Mozart) – II. Adagio
   Sabine Meyer (basset clarinet)
   Staatskapelle Dresden / Hans Vonk (P) 1990 EMI Electrola GmbH (6.35)
3. AMADEUS
   Concerto for Two Pianos in E flat K365 (Mozart) – III. Rondo (Allegro) Radu Lupu & André Previn (pianos)
   London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn (P) 1977/1990* (6.44)
4. SIDEWAYS
   Memories of the Alhambra (Tárrega)
   Christopher Parkening (guitar) (P) 1976/2005* Angel Records (3.53)
5. THE JOY LUCK CLUB
   Flute & Harp Concerto in C K299 (Mozart) II. Andantino (extract)
   James Galway (flute) ∙ Fritz Helmis (harp)
   Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1972/1985* (3.57)
6. THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY
   Stabat Mater (Giovanni Battista Pergolesi)
   Lesley Garrett (soprano) ∙ Robin Blaze (countertenor)
   London Session Orchestra / Paul Daniel (P) 2003 (3.54)
7. LORENZO’S OIL
   Ave verum corpus K618 (Mozart)
   Stockholm Radio Chorus ∙ Stockholm Chamber Choir
   Berliner Philharmoniker / Riccardo Muti (P) 1987 (3.23)
8. JFK
   Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat K417 (Mozart) – III. Rondo
   Barry Tuckwell (horn)
   Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1972/1988* (3.12)
9. CARRINGTON
   String Quintet in C D956 (Schubert) – II Adagio (opening)
   Hungarian Quartet ∙ Laszlo Varga (cello) (P) 1972/1992* EMI France (4.35)
10. RUNAWAY BRIDE
    Le nozze di Figaro – Overture (Mozart)
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis (P) 1962/1990* (4.17)
11. HILARY AND JACKIE
    Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85 (Elgar) – I. Adagio–Moderato (opening)
    Robert Cohen (cello)
    London Philharmonic Orchestra / Zdenĕk Mácal (P) 1980/1998* (3.44)
12. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    Symphony No. 40 in G minor K550 (Mozart) – I. Molto allegro (extract)
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1987 (5.31)
13. ELIZABETH
    Nimrod (‘Enigma’ Variations) (Elgar)
    London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1971/1986* (3.54)
14. MINORITY REPORT
    ‘Unfinished’ Symphony (Schubert) – I. Allegro moderato (opening)
    Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1976/1996* (4.07)
15. THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY
    Serenade in G ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’ K525 (Mozart) – IV. Rondo (Allegro)
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1977/1997* (3.03)
16. BILLY ELLIOT
    Swan Lake (Scene Act II No.10) (Tchaikovsky)
    London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn (P) 1976/1988* (2.47)
17. THE RIGHT STUFF
    Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (conclusion) (The Planets, Op.32) (Holst)
    Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1981 (4.48)

CD 4 – THE PIANO AT THE CINEMA   75.11

1. THE PIANO
   The Heart asks Pleasure First / The Promise (Michael Nyman)† Music composed, directed and produced by Michael Nyman
   (P) 1993 Michael Nyman Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd (3.12 )
2. ELVIRA MADIGAN
   Piano Concerto No. 21 in C K467 (Mozart) – II. Andante 
   Stephen Hough (piano)
   Hallé Orchestra / Bryden Thomson (P) 1987 (6.45)
3. FACE/OFF
   Prelude No.15 in D flat ‘Raindrop’ (Chopin)
   Dmitri Alexeev (piano) (P) 1986 (5.50)
4. AMADEUS
   Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor K466 (Mozart) – II. Romance (extract)
   Annie Fischer (piano)
   Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1960/1990* (6.13)
5. PRIVATE BENJAMIN
   Waltz in C sharp minor Op.63 No.2 (Chopin)
   Dmitri Alexeev (piano) (P) 1985 (4.12)
6. THE TRUMAN SHOW
   Rondo alla turca from Piano Sonata No.11 in A K331 (Mozart)
   Andrei Gavrilov (piano) (P) 1990 (3.25)
7. THE ASSOCIATE
   Piano Concerto No.25 in C K503 (Mozart) – II. Andante
   Christian Zacharias (piano)
   Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / David Zinman
   (P) 1987 EMI Electrola GmbH (7.06)
8. A BEAUTIFUL MIND
   Piano Sonata No.11 in A K331 (Mozart) – I. Andante grazioso (Theme)
   Andrei Gavrilov (piano) (P) 1990 (1.56)
9. IMMORTAL BELOVED
   Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ‘Moonlight’ Op. 27/2 (Beethoven)
   I Adagio sostenuto (extract)
   Dame Moura Lympany (piano) (P) 1991 (3.55)
10. THE PIANIST
    Nocturne in C sharp minor Op. Posth (1830) (Chopin)
    Maria Tipo (piano) (P) 1994 EMI France (4.21)
11. THE MUSIC LOVERS
    Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor (Tchaikovsky)
    I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (opening)
    Horacio Gutiérez (piano)
    London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn (P) 1976/1994* (3.20)
12. WHAT LIES BENEATH
    Gymnopédie No.1 (Lent et douloureux) (Satie)
    Anne Queffélec (piano) (P) 1988 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics (3.31)
13. PAYCHECK
    Waltz in D flat ‘Minute’ Op.64 No.1 (Chopin)
    Dmitri Alexeev (piano) (P) 1985 (1.49)
14. ROSEMARY’S BABY
    Für Elise (Bagatelle No.25) (Beethoven)
    Dame Moura Lympany (piano) (P) 1988 (3.18)
15. THE TRUMAN SHOW
    Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11 (Chopin) – II. Romance: Larghetto (opening)
    Martha Argerich (piano)
    Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit (P) 1999 (3.51)
16. OCEAN’S ELEVEN
    Clair de lune (Debussy)
    Dame Moura Lympany (piano) (P) 1988 (4.54)
17. SHINE
    Polonaise No.6 in A flat Op.53 (Chopin)
    Alex Slobodyanik (piano) (P) 1999 (6.45)

CD 5 – OPERA AT THE CINEMA    72.35

1. THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
   Casta Diva (Norma) (Bellini)†
   Maria Callas (soprano)
   Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Tullio Serafin (P) 1961/1997* (5.33)
2. CAPTAIN CORELLI’S MANDOLIN
   La donna è mobile (Rigoletto) (Verdi)
   Alfredo Kraus (tenor)
   Philharmonia Orchestra / Julius Rudel (P) 1979/1996* (2.15)
3. CLOSER
   Soave sia il vento (Così fan tutte) (Mozart)
   Margaret Marshall (soprano) ∙ Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) ∙ José van Dam (bass)
   Wiener Philharmoniker / Riccardo Muti (P) 1983
   Live recording (3.19)
4. BASQUIAT
   D’amor sull’ali rosee (Il trovatore) (Verdi)
   Leontyne Price (soprano)
   Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1978/1986* (4.41)
5. TRADING PLACES
   Non più andrai (Le nozze di Figaro) (Mozart)
   Claudio Desderi (baritone)
   London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (P) 1988 (3.38)
6. COPYCAT
   Vissi d’arte (Tosca) (Puccini)
   Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
   Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Antonio Pappano
   (P) 2001 Euripide Productions under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd (3.25)
7. MY LEFT FOOT
   Un’aura amorosa (Così fan tutte) (Mozart)
   John Aler (tenor)
   London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (P) 1987 (4.42)
8. MISS CONGENIALITY
   Der Hölle Rache (Die Zauberflöte) (Mozart)
   Edita Gruberova (soprano)
   Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Bernard Haitink (P) 1981 (2.47)
9. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
   Canzonetta sull’aria (Le nozze di Figaro) (Mozart)
   Dame Felicity Lott & Gianna Rolandi (sopranos)
   London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (P) 1988 (3.04)
10. PHILADELPHIA
    La mamma morta (Andrea Chénier) (Giordano)†
    Maria Callas (soprano)
    Philharmonia Orchestra / Tullio Serafin (P) 1955/2005* MONO (4.52)
11. BABETTE’S FEAST
    Là ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni) (Mozart)
    Eberhard Wächter (baritone) ∙ Graziella Sciutti (soprano)
    Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini (P) 1961/2002* (3.14)
12. HEAVENLY CREATURES
    E lucevan le stelle (Tosca) (Puccini)
    Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
    Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire / Georges Prêtre (P) 1965/1997* (3.02)
13. CALLAS FOREVER
    L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (Carmen) (Bizet)†
    Maria Callas (soprano)
    Chœurs René Duclos
    Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris / Georges Prêtre (P) 1964/1997* (4.19)
14. MOONSTRUCK
    Che gelida manina (La Bohème) (Puccini)
    Alfredo Kraus (tenor)
    National Philharmonic Orchestra / James Levine (P) 1980/1991* (4.59)
15. DRIVING MISS DAISY
    Song to the Moon (Rusalka) (Dvořák)
    Lucia Popp (soprano)
    Münchner Rundfunk Orchester / Stefan Soltesz (P) 1988 (5.51)
16. DIVA
    Ebben? ne andrò lontana (La Wally) (Catalani)
    Ghena Dimitrova (soprano)
    Münchner Rundfunk Orchester / Lamberto Gardelli (P) 1984 (3.26)
17. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
    Belle nuit (Barcarolle) (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) (Offenbach)
    Jessye Norman (soprano) ∙ Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
    Orchestre Symphonique et Chœurs de l’Opéra National
    du Théatre Royal de la Monnai, Bruxelles / Sylvain Cambreling (P) 1988 (4.20)
18. THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK
    Nessun dorma (Turandot) (Puccini)
    José Carreras (tenor) · Chœurs de l’Opéra du Rhin
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg / Alain Lombard (P) 1978/1990* (4.11)

CD 6 – BAROQUE GOES TO THE CINEMA  69.48

1. FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL
   The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon) (Handel)
   Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1984 (2.47)
2. THE AVIATOR
   Fugue (from Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565) (J. S. Bach)
   Wayne Marshall at the organ of Coventry Cathedral (P) 1990 (6.17)
3. THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE
   Zadok the Priest (Handel)
   Royal Choral Society
   London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (P) 1972/1996* (6.01)
4. CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
   Double Violin Concerto in D minor BWV 1043 (J. S. Bach)
   II. Largo ma non tanto (opening)
   Yehudi Menuhin & Christian Ferras (violins)
   Bath Festival Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin (P) 1960/1989* (2.32)
5. SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME
   Gloria in excelsis Deo (Gloria) (Vivaldi)
   Taverner Choir and Players / Andrew Parrott (P) 1994 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics (2.32)
6. TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY
   Viola da Gamba Sonata in G minor BWV1029 (J. S. Bach) – II Adagio
   (opening)
   Jordi Savall (viola da gamba) ∙ Ton Koopman (harpsichord)
   (P) 1978/1989* EMI Electrola GmbH (2.30)
7. GALLIPOLI
   Adagio in G minor (Albinoni realised Giazotto) (extract)
   Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1974/1986* (5.48)
8. KRAMER V. KRAMER
   Mandolin Concerto in C RV425 (Vivaldi) – I. Allegro
   André Saint-Clivier (mandolin)
   Toulouse Chamber Orchestra / Louis Auriacombe (P) 1968/1987* EMI France (2.56)
9. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
   Goldberg Variations (J. S. Bach) – Aria
   Maria Tipo (piano) (P) 1986 EMI France (3.02)
10. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
    Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.12 (Handel) – III Larghetto e piano
    Bath Festival Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin (P) 1964/1999* (4.11)
11. RUNAWAY BRIDE
    Air ‘on the G string’ from Suite No.3 in D BWV1068 (J. S. Bach)
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1974/1997* (3.31)
12. ORDINARY PEOPLE
    Canon in D (Pachelbel)
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1974/1997* (4.58)
13. THE OTHER SISTER
    The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) – Concerto No.4 in F minor ‘Winter’ (II. Largo)
    Yehudi Menuhin (violin) · Camerata Lysy Gstaad / Alberto Lysy (P) 1981 (2.09)
14. MEET THE PARENTS
    Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring from Cantata No.147 (J. S. Bach) 3.28
    Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir David Willcocks (P) 1972/1989*
15. BARRY LYNDON
    Sarabande from Keyboard Suite in D minor (Handel) Andrei Gavrilov (piano) (P) 1982/1996* (2.59)
16. LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER
    Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor BWV1056 (J. S. Bach) – II. Largo Andrei Gavrilov (piano)
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1987 (3.24)
17. HANNIBAL
    Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G BWV 1048 (J. S. Bach)
    I. Allegro moderato
    Polish Chamber Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk (P) 1979/1997* (5.15)
18. BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY
    Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah) (Handel)
    Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir David Willcocks (P) 1973/1992* (4.26)

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