Memoirs Of A Geisha - Soundtrack

This original soundtrack from the film 'Memoirs of a Geisha' is on the Sony Classical label and was released in 2005. The original score and the songs were composed by John Williams who add this success to his collection of 3 others including War of the Worlds. The eighteen tracks run for a little over an hour (61:02 minutes to be exact.) * 1. Sayuri's Theme 1:31 * 2. The Journey to the Hanamachi 4:06 * 3. Going to School 2:42 * 4. Brush on Silk 2:31 * 5. Chiyo's Prayer 3:36 * 6. Becoming a Geisha 4:52 * 7. Finding Satsu 3:44 * 8. The Chairman's Waltz 2:39 * 9. The Rooftops of the ...  Read the complete review

2005 was quite a busy year for composer John Williams with a total of four film scores appearing throughout the year (the last time this happened was in 1997). Beginning with the Spielberg blockbuster War of the Worlds, it was followed by the final Star Wars score, Revenge of the Sith, and later in the year came another Spielberg film, Munich. All of those were competent and dramatic, though none of them have escaped feelings of a mixed nature. While I have similar feelings towards those three as well, the fourth score, Memoirs of a Geisha, certainly is an absolute delight, and one I consider as one of the absolute highlight scores of 2005. Based on the popular novel of ...  Read the complete review