Classic Fm At The Movies

This CD is perhaps very undderated for its musical genius. When your watching a film, the music in the background is one of the major aspects that creates the atmosphere that you are supposed to be feeling. With Ghost, Maurice Jarr creates emotion when the penny is being pushed up by Patrick S's ghost. With this cd you get to appreciate the orchestral brilliance of composers such as John Williams (Harry Potter, Star Wars), Klas Badlect (pirates of the Carribbean). It opens your eyes to other types of music other than just what is in the charts. I saw some of these songs at the Royal Albert Hall and I was in floods of tears about how beautiful the msuic was. I would ...  Read the complete review

I have always loved film music. I have many cds with film music on but this is by far the best. It is a 3 cd boxset with forty tracks in all from a variety of composers from the most famous of all, John williams to lesser known but equally good film composers such as Danny Elfman. This CD includes some very well chosen tracks such as Apollo 13 and Dr. Zhivago as well as the more well known and recognisable tunes such as Pirates of the Caribbean and ET. All tracks are played by very well regarded orchestras, mostly the Royal Philharmonic and Royal scottish national orchestra. The variety on this cd really is great, there are some fabulous recordings and there is ...  Read the complete review

I recently got into listening to classical music and particularly enjoyed music played by a large orchestra as it gave such a great variety and texture of sound. I also really enjoy watching movies, and this cd is really great as it includes some of the best music from the movies that are classical or played by a large orchestra. There are a variety of different song from a load of different great films and composers. This CD comes as a 3 cd set and each CD has over 10 different songs on it. I really enjoyed this great CD and listening to these songs that i have now purchased the Classic Fm at the movies: the sequel box set and the more recent ultimate ...  Read the complete review