The Hard Game of Love

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On their first secular album in six years, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver may not break any new ground, but as always, they do what they do extraordinarily well. Combining layered, often chill-bump-good harmonies with bold instrumental verve, the reigning International Bluegrass Music Association Vocal Group of the Year tackles a number of songs that hearken more to old-style, heartbreak country music than to the strict ‘grassy canon. But whether the repertoire is contemporary or vintage (Bill Anderson’s "We Missed You"), the performance never veers from traditional style and, in that sense, may seem a bit dated to bluegrass fans who came to the genre via Alison Krauss & Union Station, et al., and expect more subtlety in the playing or poetry in the lyrics. However, there’s plenty of variety with the addition of the swingy "A Thing of the Past," where the guitar accents dart in and out like a flirtatious suitor at a dance, with "The Hand Made Cross," the album’s only nod to the spiritual hereafter, and with "Oak Ridge Rendezvous," only the second instrumental of Lawson’s long career. All in all, this is a consistently solid and lively effort from one of bluegrass’s most bankable acts. --Alanna Nash

The Hard Game of Love,Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver,Sugarhill [Country],Bluegrass,Country,Pop

Average customer rating: A good value The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann Good mix of film music A mixed collection of movie music Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens

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Tracks:

1. The Man from Snowy River (Bruce Rowland)
2. The Winds of War (Bob Cobert)
3. Blue Velvet (Angelo Badalamenti)
4. Witness (Maurice Jarre)
5. Raising Arizona (Carter Burwell)
6. Pee Wees Big Adventure (Danny Elfman)
7. Halloween (John Carpenter)
8. A Nightmare On Elm Street (Charles Bernstein)
9. The Fly (Howard Shore)
10. RoboCop (Basil Poledouris)
11. The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
12. The Right Stuff (Bill Conti)
13. The Final Conflict (Jerry Goldsmith)
14. The Abyss (Alan Silvestri)
15. Brainstorm (James Horner)
16. Peggy Sue Got Married (John Barry)
17. My Left Foot (Elmer Bernstein)
18. The Dead (Alex North)
19. Stanley & Iris (John Williams)
20. The Milagro Beanfield War (Dave Grusin)
21. Driving Miss Daisy (Hans Zimmer)

Tracks:

1. Steel Magnolias (Georges Delerue)
2. Unforgiven (Lennie Niehaus and Clint Eastwood)
3. Raggedy Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
4. The Grifters (Elmer Bernstein)
5. Green Card (Hans Zimmer)
6. City Slickers (Marc Shaiman)
7. Father Of The Bride (Alan Silvestri)
8. While You Were Sleeping (Randy Edelman)
9. Babe (Nigel Westlake)
10. The Adventures Of The Great Mouse Detective (Henry Mancini)
11. The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
12. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Laurence Rosenthal)
13. The Secret Garden (Zbigniew Preisner)
14. A Little Princess (Patrick Doyle)
15. Rudy (Jerry Goldsmith)
16. Iron Will (Joel McNeely)
17. Memphis Belle (George Fenton)
18. Eye Of The Needle (Mikl)
19. Total Recall (Jerry Goldsmith)
20. Back To The Future Part III (Alan Silvestri)

Tracks:

1. To Die For (Danny Elfman)
2. The Player (Thomas Newman)
3. Black Robe (Georges Delerue)
4. Medicine Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
5. 2001 (Alex North)
6. Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire (Joel McNeely)
7. The Crow (Graeme Revell)
8. Blade (Mark Isham)
9. The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
10. Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
11. Scream (Marco Beltrami)
12. The Sixth Sense (James Newton Howard)
13. Xena: Warrior Princess (Joseph LoDuca)
14. Air Force One (Jerry Goldsmith)
15. Starship Troopers (Basil Poledouris)
16. The Matrix (Don Davis)
17. The Iron Giant (Michael Kamen)
18. Youve Got Mail (George Fenton)
19. A Little Romance (Georges Delerue)
20. Pleasantville (Randy Newman)

Tracks:

1. Sunset Boulevard (Franz Waxman)
2. L.A. Confidential (Jerry Goldsmith)
3. Rounders (Christopher Young)
4. The Score (Howard Shore)
5. The Replacements (John Debney)
6. Gone In 60 Seconds (Trevor Rabin)
7. The Bourne Identity (John Powell)
8. Rush Hour 2 (Lalo Schifrin)
9. XXX (Randy Edelman)
10. Die Hard (Michael Kamen)
11. The Last of the Mohicans (Trevor Jones)
12. Moby Dick (Christopher Gordon)
13. The Mists Of Avalon (Lee Holdridge)
14. Cleopatra (Alex North)
15. Life As A House (Mark Isham)
16. Emma (Rachel Portman)
17. In The Bedroom (Thomas Newman)
18. Cast Away (Alan Silvestri)
19. One True Thing (Cliff Eidelman)
20. Unfaithful (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek)
21. Far From Heaven (Elmer Bernstein)
22. Ice Age (David Newman)
23. Shrek (Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell)

Customer Reviews:

A good value.......2007-05-17

I wasn't expecting to have 4 discs for this price, and the music is a quality selection of film music, giving a good scope of the genre, and a very listenable transfer.

The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann.......2006-07-25

This collection is bound to capture your heart and evoke a tin ear on successive tracks. I found much to like and some duds - easy to skip over.
Very good value.

Good mix of film music.......2006-07-02

Good mix of films!
I'm a big fan of this soundtrack music and will be looking for more CD's like this.

A mixed collection of movie music.......2006-02-23

For the price, this CD is a great bargain. The musical selections, as you might expect, are mixed in quality ranging from extraordinary to so so, the balance being worthwhile and interesting. Sonically the CD is excellent.

Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens.......2006-01-06

I have been listening to great scores for many years and this collection is truly inspirational in so far as the choice of different scores takes you on a journey of listening pleasure matched by only a few collections.The price is incredibly reasonable for hours of listening pleasure. Don't pass this one up

Average customer rating: Doyle Lawson is a hoss excellent Welcome back, Doyle!

Hard Game of Love Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Manufacturer: Sugarhill [Country] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Country Gospel | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: You Gotta Dig a Little Deeper School of Bluegrass Gospel Radio Gems Original Band Treasures Money Can't Buy ASIN: B0000666XA Release Date: 2002-05-07

Tracks:

1. Blue Train (Of The Heartbreak Line)
2. The Hard Game Of Love
3. Oak Ridge Rendezvous
4. We Missed You
5. Nightingale
6. Standing Room Only
7. Poor Boy Working Blues
8. In My Dreams
9. A Thing Of The Past
10. My Trust In You
11. The Hand Made Cross
12. As Long As The World Stands

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On their first secular album in six years, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver may not break any new ground, but as always, they do what they do extraordinarily well. Combining layered, often chill-bump-good harmonies with bold instrumental verve, the reigning International Bluegrass Music Association Vocal Group of the Year tackles a number of songs that hearken more to old-style, heartbreak country music than to the strict `grassy canon. But whether the repertoire is contemporary or vintage (Bill Anderson's "We Missed You"), the performance never veers from traditional style and, in that sense, may seem a bit dated to bluegrass fans who came to the genre via Alison Krauss & Union Station, et al., and expect more subtlety in the playing or poetry in the lyrics. However, there's plenty of variety with the addition of the swingy "A Thing of the Past," where the guitar accents dart in and out like a flirtatious suitor at a dance, with "The Hand Made Cross," the album's only nod to the spiritual hereafter, and with "Oak Ridge Rendezvous," only the second instrumental of Lawson's long career. All in all, this is a consistently solid and lively effort from one of bluegrass's most bankable acts. --Alanna Nash

Customer Reviews:

Doyle Lawson is a hoss.......2005-07-04

This guy never quits. He's been creating unbelievable vocal combinations for a long time. This band, and these songs, are as good as anything he has done...

excellent.......2002-06-20

Doyle and the boys will win some awards with this one.We Missed You is a tear jerker and the Hard Game of Love is as good as it gets.Jamie Dailey and Barry Scott are destined for stardom.

Welcome back, Doyle!.......2002-06-13

What a great return to bluegrass for Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver! After six years without a secular album, and too many southern-style gospel albums that took him further and further away from the bluegrass sound, Doyle is back with a vengeance, as well as with the best vocal blend I've heard from this group in years. Great songs, fine instrumentals, and super singing make this the best Quicksilver album in ages. This is solid, traditional bluegrass, and the singing can't be bettered. This is what Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver are all about!

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2. You're My Best Friend - Dean Collinson/Paulette Ivory/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus...
3. Seven Seas Of Rhye - James Graeme/Dean Collinson/Sally Ann Triplett/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony...
4. Bicycle Race - Dean Collinson/Paulette Ivory/James Graeme/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony...
5. Fat Bottomed Girls - James Graeme/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus/Martin Yates
6. A Kind Of Magic - Paulette Ivory/Dean Collinson/James Graeme/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony...
7. Radio Ga Ga - James Graeme/Dean Collinson/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus...
8. Killer Queen - Paulette Ivory/James Graeme/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus...
9. Don't Stop Me Now - Dean Collinson/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus/Martin Yates
10. Play The Game - Sally Ann Triplett/James Graeme/Paulette Ivory/Dean Collinson/Electravox/Elektramania...
11. It's A Hard Life - Dean Collinson/James Graeme/Sally Ann Triplett/Paulette Ivory/Electravox/Elektramania...
12. The Miracle - Paulette Ivory/Sally Ann Triplett/Dean Collinson/James Graeme/Ron Raines/Electravox/Elektramania...

Tracks:

1. Prelude (Who Wants To Live Forever) - Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Martin Yates/Elektramania
2. Somebody To Love - Sally Ann Triplett/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus/Martin Yates
3. Breakthru - Dean Collinson/Paulette Ivory/Sally Ann Triplett/James Graeme/Electravox/Elektramania...
4. We Will Rock You - Paulette Ivory/Sally Ann Triplett/Dean Collinson/James Graeme/Electravox/Elektramania...
5. Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Sally Ann Triplett/Dean Collinson/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus...
6. Save Me - Paulette Ivory/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus/Martin Yates
7. Flash - Sally Ann Triplett/James Graeme/Paulette Ivory/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony...
8. I'm Going Slightly Mad - James Graeme/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus/Martin Yates
9. Headlong - Paulette Ivory/Dean Collinson/James Graeme/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony...
10. Who Wants To Live Forever - Dean Collinson/Sally Ann Triplett/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus...
11. Bohemian Rhapsody - Dean Collinson/James Graeme/Paulette Ivory/Sally Ann Triplett/Electravox/Elektramania...
12. We Are The Champions - Dean Collinson/James Graeme/Paulette Ivory/Sally Ann Triplett/Electravox/Elektramania...

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