Track Listing

1. Back Where You Belong (Theme from The Water Horse)
2. The Water Horse Main Title
3. Angus Feeds Crusoe
4. You Didn't Even Get Wet
5. The Workshop
6. Ann
7. Bathtub
8. Driving To The Loch
9. Run Angus
10. The Fishermen
11. Angus In Training
12. Swimming
13. The Children Laugh
14. The Dinner Party
15. There's No Monster
16. Saving Crusoe
17. The Net
18. The Jump
19. End Of The Story
20. The Water Horse Suite

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18921 in Music
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2007-12-04
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Album Description
THE WATER HORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP is a sweeping epic rooted in one of the most enduring and intriguing legends of our time. Set in the desolate landscape of the Scottish Highlands during World War II, the story begins with an enchanted egg...and what hatches will set in motion an adventure that will take a young boy on an unforgettable journey of a lifetime.

Soundtrack composed by six time Academy Award nominee James Newton Howard and features the new song "Back Where You Belong" by Sinead O'Connor and new music by the Chieftains

Amazon.com
The lead attraction on the soundtrack for this Scotland-set movie is "Back Where You Belong (Theme from The Water Horse)," a song written and performed by Sinéad O'Connor, and produced by Daniel Lanois. It's a heartwrenching ballad that's all the more powerful because O'Connor's performance is so pared down. In an age of overbearing movie themes, it's a refreshing approach, full of tenderness and dignity. The song bookends the CD with "The Water Horse Suite," a piece performed by Irish trad-music superstars, the Chieftains, that steadily builds up momentum over the course of its eight-minute duration. Sandwiched between these two tracks is James Newton Howard's score. In his liner notes, director Jay Russell calls it "a beautiful Celtic symphony which delivers the complexity of Gustav Mahler with the simple grandeur of Aaron Copland." Er…not quite. Howard does not deviate much from the Hollywood template for family/fantasy films, except this time he introduces Celtic flavors on a few cues. At his best ("The Fishermen"), Newton Howard evokes a certain fierceness, but overall this is fairly standard. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews

Outstanding with or without the film:"A Celtic Symphony..between Mahler...and Copeland"
Take Ireland's #1 group "The Chieftains", throw in Sinead O'Connor's voice and an absolutely first-class orchestra to boot, and you are swept into the deep waters of Loch Ness ,Scotland with strength and great bravado,yet with also simplicity and tenderness.Six time Oscar nominated composer James Newton Howard has composed ascruptiously delicious Celtic-flavoured score sprinkled with the Uilleann Pipes,tin whistle et al of "the Chieftains" and lush strings,bold brass and reed and wind instruments in virtually one continuous Celtic symphony.Each wonderfully harmonious track flows uncut into the next, and the listener is carried to the Highlands.Howard is one of my top five score composers and he excels in backing all of the action required for the Jay Russell film.Even without the film, though, this CD stands quite beautifully on it's own, especially for we Celts or for those who adore our music.Highly recommended film and soundtrack.Howard's other recent soundtrack to I Am Legend and Restoration: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture Soundtrack among others.

Mr. Howard does it again!
Being an admirer of both celtic music and James Newton Howards work, I was really excited about this album. But, my interest was peeked even further when discovered that the Chieftains had collaborated with Howard for this score. And I wasn't dissapointed.
The whole score is made up of melancholy, majesty, jaw-dropping swells of melody and emotion and the beauty of Scotland.

Celtic Music
Very easy to listen to. Evokes the atmosphere of the story, but also stands on its own merits. Just wish there was more of it.