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Album Review: Sylvia

  • Artist: Gabriel Yared
  • Rating: StarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: November 11, 2003
  • Type: Soundtrack
  • Genre: Soundtrack

Review

Composer Gabriel Yared has consistently avoided the overwrought symphonic excess of his contemporaries. His dedication to simplicity has made him a darling among filmmakers who favor character development over bombast. His elegant score for director Christine Jeffs' Sylvia Plath biopic utilizes the lush strings and Victorian solemnity that fueled his work on the English Patient. The main theme employs a tight, "Eleanor Rigby"-esque cello arrangement that appears frequently throughout, and paints the film in rich, period splendor. The author/poet's eventual suicide is characterized by a sparse piano motif that constantly interrupts the orchestral work, mirroring its' subject's manic episodes. Although the piece as a whole seems caught between the big and small screens, like Mark Snow's incidental X-Files music with a bit of Merchant Ivory thrown in, Sylvia works its magic, partly due to its talented composer, but mostly as the result of its doomed protagonist. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Opening Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (2:28)
First Meeting Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (1:26)
Making Love Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (2:19)
The Cows Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (3:08)
The Scar Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (2:43)
The Marriage Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (1:20)
The Beach Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (3:35)
Seeds of Doubt Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (1:56)
Don't Ever Leave Me Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (2:04)
Devon Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (3:50)
Fire Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (4:47)
Empty Streets Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (3:07)
Lonely Christmas Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (1:08)
Last Love Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (1:39)
Romance Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (2:40)
Beethoven Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (1:28)
A Beautiful Dream Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (3:46)
Dying Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (3:10)

Credits

Gabriel Yared (Producer), Gabriel Yared (Orchestration), John Bell (Orchestration), Nicholas Bucknail (Clarinet), Peter Cobbin (Engineer), Peter Cobbin (Mixing), Isobel Griffiths (Contractor), Nick Ingman (Orchestration), Anthony Pleeth (Cello), David Theodore (Oboe), Robert Townson (Executive Producer), Rolf Wilson (Leader), Susan Bohling (Cor Anglais), Andrew Dudman (Assistant), John Bell (Orchestration), Mirek Stiles (Assistant), Sophie Cornet (Music Editor), Jean Pierre Arquié (Producer), Nathaniel Méchaly (Realization), Nathaniel Méchaly (Synthesizer Programming)
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