Now Playing: Movie Themes

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This is a unique project that allows Grusin to combine both of his extraordinary talents as a solo recording artist and Hollywood film composer. In taking some of his best known cinematic themes and rearranging them for solo piano, his considerable gifts as an instrumentalist are also highlighted.

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Great jazz piano

Marvellous !

"Now Playing: Movie Themes - Solo Piano" by Dave Grusin

Wow!

Music . . . Maestro, Please. . .

Now Playing: Movie Themes - Solo Piano
Dave Grusin
Manufacturer: Grp Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00028X26Y
Release Date: 2004-07-13

Tracks:

On Golden Pond
New Hampshire Hornpipe
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
Lupita (Suite From Milagro Beanfield Wars)
Pistolero (Suite From Milagro Beanfield Wars)
Milagro Theme (Suite From Milagro Beanfield Wars)
Memphis Stomp
Se Fue
Hurricane Country
It Might Be You
Theme From Mulholland Falls
Random Hearts
Heaven Can Wait
Letting Go
Mud Island Chase

Album Description

This is a unique project that allows Grusin to combine both of his extraordinary talents as a solo recording artist and Hollywood film composer. In taking some of his best known cinematic themes and rearranging them for solo piano, his considerable gifts as an instrumentalist are also highlighted.

Customer Reviews:

Great jazz piano.......2007-03-19

As far as I am concerned, Dave Grusin can do no wrong. Even though he has recorded all of these selections before, it's a new approach going just solo piano. Good selections! Easy to listen to at any time. I hope he continues to record.......... I'll continue buying!!

Marvellous !.......2005-10-12

I just bought this CD by Dave Grusin. I've been following Dave's musical paths for over 25 years. I din't realize that he has also composed the soundtrack for many great films prior to this. Almost all of them have a place in this wonderful album. Be it Heart is a lonely hunter or Heaven Can Wait, Dave proves that he is an absolute virtuoso of the piano. My personal favourite is the theme from Mulholland Falls which according to me is a difficult composition. I can't think of any one song in this CD which is inferior. The songs just flow on from each other. It's a difficult task for any musician to do a solo album (esp a music composer) but Grusin comes up a complete winner. It also just goes to show that if a musician writes great material it would last a lifetime and it certainly does ! March on DG !

"Now Playing: Movie Themes - Solo Piano" by Dave Grusin.......2005-09-09

As a fan of both Dave Grusin's film scores and his jazz music, I was curious about this disc, as it is a collection of his movie themes and songs, but performed solo on piano by the composer. I have many of these songs on his other CDs, and so I was afraid it would be, to me, repetitive. I couldn't have been more wrong: Hearing these themes with no one between the composer and the listener was a whole new experience. The disc is on the quiet side - some would lump it under "Easy Listening," as though it were made for elevator music, which is not the case at all - but this is a disc that grows on you the more you listen. Highly recommended for jazz lovers and for those film-music lovers who want a different take on some familiar themes.

Wow!.......2005-01-26

This is an amazing CD. I don't know if I can add more to what others have written other than to say this is a very moving CD. I was particularly impressed with the Memphis Stomp from The Firm. Just amazing... Did I say yet this CD is amazing????

A must have for any Grusin fan.

Music . . . Maestro, Please. . ........2005-01-25

First off, I'd have to congratulate one of my favorites, Mr. Dave Grusin, for coming up with this wonderful project. Though he admits that there were some challenges that came along with this recording since most of this material was originally written for orchestra, it still came out perfectly. There's no doubt in my mind that he's such a great pianist, a virtuoso at that! He's got what it takes to be one. He's got the extraordinary ability and the inherent expression and rhythm that make these pieces so pleasing to the ears.

Listen to his heartwarming interpretation of "It Might Be You," the theme from the movie "Tootsie," and you'll definitely agree with me that this is the very best piece of all and it's my absolute favorite. This song is an Academy Awards Nominee for "Best Original Song" in 1982.

The other remarkable pieces are "On Golden Pond," theme from the movie of the same title, "Theme from Mulholland Falls" and the most intriguing melody, "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter." Some of the listeners are deeply moved and affected with this piece that it made them cry. I guess there's some poignancy on the melody that affects the listener's sensitivity. The pieces with melancholy melodies are "Letting Go," the theme from Jon Voight's movie "The Champ," and "Random Hearts," theme from the movie of the same title. Not to mention "Hurricane Country" which is also remarkable. It has an exotic rhythm to it and he used fingernails on the strings to produce the 'harp-like' sound. This piece is marvelous. Imagine all these innovations he's done to produce the desired sounds from a piano. He's such a great talent and his creativity is amazing!

According to Mr. Grusin, the most challenging piece is the last one - "Mud Island Chase," the theme from Tom Cruise's movie "The Firm." In this piece, he had to use a mallet to produce the desired sounds from a piano, like "rapping and striking the interior and exterior wood, strumming the strings and beating them with a mallet, as well as playing the keys in a traditional manner." But he also assured that "there was no permanent damage to the piano (Steinway 459) sustained."

This is solo piano playing at its very BEST!

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