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Nicola Piovani
Life Is Beautiful (La Vita E Bella)
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Soundtracks

Track Listings (17) - Disc #1
1. Buon Giorno Principessa
2. La Vita E Bella
3. Viva Giosue
4. Grand Hotel Valse
5. La Notte Di Favola
6. La Notte Di Fuga
7. Le Uova Nel Cappello
8. Grand Hotel Fox
9. Il Treno Nel Buio
10. Arriva Il Carro Armato
11. Valsa Larmoyante
12. L' Uovo Di Struzzo-Danza Etiope
13. Krautentang
14. Il Gioco Di Giosue
15. Barcarolle
16. Guido E Ferruccio
17. Abbiamo Vinto

CD Details

All Artists: Nicola Piovani
Title: Life Is Beautiful (La Vita E Bella)
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Virgin Records Us
Original Release Date: 10/20/1998
Release Date: 10/20/1998
Album Type: Soundtrack
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Soundtracks
Style: Comedy & Spoken Word
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 724384642822

Synopsis

Amazon.com

One of 1998's better soundtracks also follows the most simple of formulas. Nicola Piovani's score for Life Is Beautiful is an impressionistic soundtrack at its finest--a delicious mix that sounds inspired by both simple folk melodies and Morricone's Cinema Paradiso score. Throughout, Piovani's themes are like a kid in candy store: bright-eyed and innocent. Tension is gradually introduced on tracks like "Il Treno Nel Buio," but ultimately this score is light and pleasant. The lone vocal cut, Monserrat Caballe singing on "Barcarolle," just makes this disc seem all the more Italian. Piovani hasn't created an epic score, but he has accentuated the difficult themes of Life Is Beautiful exceptionally well. --James Hendrickson

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CD Reviews

Life does not getmore beautfil than this!!!

Robert Pollock | 09/14/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The musical score form the movie, 'Life is Beautiful', is something to be treasured. I bought this CD only 3 days after I saw the film. The music has a way of envoking such powerful emotions, and it truly does make you(well me atleast)feel that life is beautiful."

Absolutely Charming and Memorable

Robert Pollock | Durham, NC USA | 12/26/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Before I listened to this, I held Edward Scissorhands in high esteem as the most beautiful score of all time. Life is Beautiful proved otherwise. Nicola Piovani made a charming score with heartfelt themes while still retaining the Italian nature of the film and its controversial subject. There are two innocent-sounding main themes that make up the film, one which is a deep somber theme for the theme of the film, and the other which is a light-hearted charming theme for Benigni's character. Both are used equally in the film and with great effect. Besides listening to the wonderful themes, I enjoyed listening to the Italian-influenced music, such as "Grand Hotel Valse" or "Grand Hotel Fox", which create the time and place of the movie without being intrusive. The music throughout the film is happy but tracks such as "La Notte Di Fuga", "Il Treno Nel Buio", and "Il Gioco Di Giosue" still remind the listener of the Holocaust-influence in the film. After the dark music, the CD ends with an absolutely moving rendition of the main theme, the best rendition of it in the whole film. Anyone who holds foreign films and their music in disregard should see Life is Beautiful. It's the perfect marriage between music and visuals, and it is not the same without Piovani's wonderful score."

Married to it!

Robert Pollock | 09/30/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I was so moved by the film & the music that I chose to walk down the aisle to Bon Giorno Principessa. Its a beautiful piece of music"