Before Sunset/Before Sunrise

Edition: Audio CD Price: $14.99

Genre:  Pop  Soundtracks & Film Scores  Classical Crossover  Original Score  Vocal Jazz  Soundtrack Artists:  Various Artists  Julie Delpy  Andrea Eckert  Hanno P�schl  Karl Bruckschwaiger  Tex Rubinowitz  Erni Mangold  Dominik Castell  Haymon Maria Buttinger  Harold Waiglein

Play all track samples  —  Stop Tracks: 1. Je T'aime Tant - Julie Delpy 2. Living Life - Kathy McCarty 3. A Walz For A Night - Julie Delpy 4. 'Andante' From Sonata For Viola Da Gamba In G Major, BWV 1027 - Ketil Haugsand 5. Dido And Encas Overture - The Scholars Baroque Ensemble 6. An Ocean Apart - Julie Delpy 7. Come Here - Kath Bloom 8. Varianto 25 From The Goldberg Variations In G Major, BWV 988 - Igor Kipnis 9. The Human Pump - Harald Waiglein 10. Dancing With Da Rat - Loud 11. Trapeze - Lou Christie

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Editorial review:

Before Sunrise and Before Sunset are director Richard Linklater's intimate romantic bookends. Separated by nine years, the latter film picks up the threads of an unfinished conversation spurred during the former's chance encounter between an American writer (Ethan Hawke) and French grad student (Julie Delpy). Commitments have long since changed their lives, but the question remains: What if? Hawke and Delpy blurred the lines between filmmaking and reality by penning their own dialog for the second installment, while the actress further underscored that sensibility by writing and performing the core songs for its soundtrack. Their warm, vulnerable charm offers character insight rare in a song-score, while the folk contributions of singers Kathy McCarty and Kath Bloom and chamber pieces by Bach and Purcell complete the ambience; several songs from the 1995 film round out the collection. --Jerry McCulley

Customer reviews:

Sentimental and Honest

It had been years since watching the first film, Before Sunrise, so I rented it and watched it again before watching Before Sunset. Watching them back-to-back is the way to go...it adds to the drama and passion. Loved both films. There seemed to be some prohetic statements and ideas in the first film that actually come to pass in the second. Music was great, scenery awesome. You really WANT these characters to connect again. I was especially moved by the way they had both matured in Before Sunset. I hope there will be a 3rd installment (maybe even more) of this wonderful story. I would love to see how/if their love endures through time.

Allright compliation that captures some essence of the movie..

I'm pretty sure everyone thinking about buying this is probably a fan of these cute little movies. The movies work because they are intellgent with great characaters but also because they evoke that feeling that is pretty hard to describe but easy to recognize. This soundtrack is able to capture that "essence" to some degree and it is worth owning if you are a big fan of the movies but other wise you will probaby want to steer clear.

Julie Delphy sings three songs on the album and they are all good. Like the other reviewer said "Waltz For A Night" is OK but not as good as in the movie and after watching it again I decided the actors reactions to the song are what made it great. Living Life is really catchy and maybe the best song on the disc...I'm surprised it didn't get any radio play. The classical music is pretty good as well but sometimes feels out of place mixed in with the contemporary songs. The biggest flaw of the album is how uneven it is. Honestly the last three songs are pretty much garbage. I don't even recognize them from the movie and never listen to them.

Just for the record, I classified this CD as "coffe house" under the genre section of my ipod.

Bottom Line: If you liked the movies you might really enjoy the first half of this CD. Otherwise you can probably pass on this.

before sunset/before sunrise

I mainly bought this cd because I loved the song that Julie Delpy sang at the end of before sunset. Later I found out that she has made many cds. I am still glad that i bought this cd, it is full of random interesting songs. I also want to support these types of films.