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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0794043907425
Format: Soundtrack
Label: New Line Records
Manufacturer: New Line Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: New Line Records
Release Date: December 05, 2006
Sales Rank: 5960
Studio: New Line Records
Disc 1:- Veni, Veni Emanuel
- Words Of The Prophet
- Nazareth
- You Shall Be His Wife
- The Annunciation
- To Elizabeth
- The Magi
- Why Is It Me?
- Corde Natus Ex Parentis
- Return Of Mary
- I've Broken No Vow
- Census
- The Journey
- Give Me A Sign
- The Shepherd
- And Thou Bethlehem
- Is There A Place For Us?
- A Star Shall Come Forth
- I Bring You Good Tidings
- The Strength I Prayed For
- The Shepherd's Gift
- In Rosa Vernat Lilium
- Silens Nox
- Rosa Aeterna Floret
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Album Description:
This score follows not only Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem, but the centuries of musical reverberations thereafter. It plants its humble seeds in the Middle East where the gentle tones of Persian and Turkish ney flutes articulate melodic figures, and strident Roman horns and drums bind Herod the Great's soldiers to the military terminology of the age. The score then blossoms from these seeds, extending its tendrils across centuries of European traditions. Pre-Baroque instruments such as viola da gamba, vielle, harp, and recorders guide the score westward with the elemental sounds of strings and winds. The second half of the soundtrack covers Mary's isolation and her relationship with Joseph by weaving throughout the choral writing and knitting the work together into a dramatic, reverent whole.
Amazon.com:
In the beginning, soundtracks to Biblical movies adhered to a Hollywood template with more fidelity than most people attend to the Ten Commandments. The first commandment of Biblical film scores was: 'Thou shalt render orchestral grandeur unto the epic as did Elmer Bernstein on The Ten Commandments and Miklos Rozsa on Ben-Hur.' Peter Gabriel's score to The Last Temptation of Christ, released as Passion, changed all that like the Second Coming. His mix of world-music elements, wailing singers, and otherworldly electronics prevailed, influencing countless film scores and emulated to almost plagiaristic perfection by John Debney's soundtrack for The Passion of the Christ. Mychael Danna departs from that path on The Nativity Story, the 2006 film interpretation of Mary's journey. His sound is more medieval and classical than Middle Eastern. Rather than blowing Turkish duduks à la Gabriel and Debney, he uses recorders and wood flutes. He likes building from simple folk themes to extravagant expanses where a lone flute segues into a sweeping string arrangement that morphs into slowly cascading voices. He taps into Gregorian chant and plainsong, and even when he uses Persian vocalist Azam Ali (from Vas and Niyaz), he has her singing an Abbess Hildegard-style hymn called 'Nazareth.' But this is a Hollywood Biblical epic and Danna bends to another commandment of the genre: 'Thou shalt wring tears and awe-inspired wonder.' You don't need to see the film to know that the heavens must be opening--as they only do in Hollywood--on 'And Thou Bethlehem.' Danna's The Nativity Story isn't a sea change like Gabriel, but it is a new tributary. --John Diliberto
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Wondwerful movie
A wonderful movie. What better could you ask for than to see how our savior was born. The movie was something to share with everyone. Rejoice and be happy, our Savior was born that night. Praise GOD
Rating: - A lovely accompaniment to movie
What a lovely way to enjoy the beautiful music from the movie in my car. Truly a classic and must have for your Christmas collection!
Rating: - Great Christmas Item
This is a great Christmas item to have. The music is perfect for background noise. It's very beautiful and festive, but won't make it hard to interact with other while playing. I love the rendition of Lo How a Rose Er Blooming at the end. Very haunting and beautiful.
Rating:  - The Nativity Story Sound Track
I believe the music composition is based more on Catholic Religion than Christianity yet, a great sound track to listen to.
Rating: - Great Soundtrack!
This was a phenomenal soundtrack. Most soundtracks only bring you back to the movie. This one went farther. It makes you feel like you would be in that time period and the emotions Mary and Joseph would have felt. I highly recommend this.Even if you can only rent the dvd to watch, keep the soundtrack to listen and reflect on the beauty and emotion that the movie gave.
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