The other day, a short man with a thick neck came to my door,
\nmaking me an offer I couldn’t refuse. “Sign here, mac,” he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
God, I hate it when the UPS delivery guy shows up during
\nRosie O’Donnell<\/i>.<\/p>\n
This time, though, he came bearing a special package, containing<\/p>\n
The Godfather Trilogy: 30th Anniversary<\/i>, a disc compiling
\nsome of the most memorable music from the triad of films into one
\n52-minute package. It does, though, leave me with an interesting
\ndilemma: What would happen to me if I dared to give such a disc a
\nbad review? Would I wake up with the head of the lead singer of
\nMotley Crue next to me in bed? Would someone cut the brakes on my
\nSaturn? Or, worst of all – would I be subject to a bombardment of
\nflame mail?<\/p>\n
Fortunately, I needn’t have worried. This collection featuring
\nrenditions performed by The City Of Prague Philharmonic (Paul
\nBateman, conductor) is performed well and solidly constructed.
\nWhile it’s very much aimed for those who are familiar with the
\nmovies, even someone who has never seen even the original
\nGodfather<\/i> (like me) can appreciate the high quality of the
\ncompositions of Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola and Pietro Mascagni.<\/p>\n
One question, though – why isn’t more music from
\nThe Godfather – Part II<\/i> featured? Of all three films, this
\none draws the short straw, with only four selections culled from
\nits soundtrack. The music proves to be just as interesting as its
\nbrothers, and I would have had no problem with the producers of
\nthis disc expanding it to include more selections from this
\nfilm.<\/p>\n
If you’ve never seen the films, chances are you might not be
\nable to place the specific music with its corresponding action. But
\nthe fact is the music is so much a part of the culture these days
\nthat it transcends the films the tracks come from, and can be
\nenjoyed by everyone. You don’t have to have seen
\nThe Godfather<\/i> to appreciate “Love Theme From The Godfather,”
\narguably the most recognizable piece of music from the trilogy.<\/p>\n
Interestingly enough, while
\nThe Godfather – Part III<\/i> endured some of the roughest
\nreviews from film critics, its music proves to be the strongest of
\nthe group, followed a close second by the original
\nGodfather<\/i>. The two selections “Marcia Religiosa” and “Marcia
\nFesta” following so close together symbolizes two sets of emotions
\nat almost opposite poles, yet the transition between the two
\nselections is nearly flawless.<\/p>\n
All of this said, if you’ve loved
\nThe Godfather<\/i> trilogy of films, then
\nThe Godfather Trilogy: 30th Anniversary<\/i> is the kind of disc
\nyou’ll want to keep at the ready. The diehard fan might find some
\nholes with the track selection, and they might not be ready to slap
\nthe cement shoes on the original soundtracks and send them to sleep
\nwith the fishes. But all in all, these 17 songs do hit at the heart
\nof the three films, capturing the magic of all three scores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5729],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-39466","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-soundtrack","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39466"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}