Track Listing

1. Theme from Angela's Ashes
2. My Story
3. Angela's Prayer
4. My Dad's Stories
5. Lord, Why Do You Want the Wee Children?
6. Plenty of Fish and Chips in Heaven
7. Dipsy Doodle (As Used in the Film "Angela's Ashes")
8. Lanes of Limerick
9. Looking for Work
10. Pennies from Heaven (As Used in the Film "Angela's Ashes") - Billie Holiday
11. My Mother Begging
12. If I Were in America - Nat Gonella & His Georgians
13. Delivering Telegrams
14. I Think of Theresa
15. Angels Never Cough
16. Watching the Eclipse
17. Back to America
18. Angela's Ashes Reprise

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #82500 in Music
• Released on: 1999-12-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack

Customer Reviews

Voice-Over Ruins the CD...
When I saw Angela's Ashes in the Theater a few years ago, I was so taken with John Williams' beautiful score that I rushed right out and bought the Soundtrack CD. I was VERY disappointed to find that about 80% of the Score is drowned out by the over-dubbing of dialogue from the film. If I wanted to hear film dialogue, I would get the DVD and play that. It's too bad that Mr. Williams' lovely music is forced to play second fiddle to an actor playing Frank McCourt, and the CD packaging says NOTHING about every track having a monologue over the music. (There is an import version of the CD that omits the annoying voice-over, but that didn't do me any good......I had already bought this version.)

Williams does it again
Williams continues to surprise and amaze me everytime he writes a new score. This is no exception. This is the somber side of Williams, like Schindler's List, Presumed Innocent, and Seven Years in Tibet. If you like those, you'll like this one. If you're interested in the music, I recomend the Decca release (at Amazon.co.uk) because it doesn't have narration over the music like the US Sony release.

Extraordinary
Wow. Angela's Ashes--wow. If you're looking for a "Star Wars" fanfare or something lively to pep you up for a good sprint, this isn't the CD to buy. But if you are looking for something beautiful and almost spiritually moving, this is perfect. It has a lot of similarities to "Seven Years in Tibet," "Schindler's List," and "Empire of the Sun," only with an Irish/American twist. It is so amazing how John Williams can make even the most saddening situations absolutely gorgeous. He definitely sees the beauty of them.

I haven't even seen the movie that inspired this soundtrack, and yet, the music is so powerful it touches and moves me every time I listen. When track #17 plays, I almost cry....and don't even know the circumstances of the moment. If you enjoy any of John William's before-mentioned soundtracks, I guarantee that you'll enjoy this one.