Little Women [Original Score] by Thomas Newman (CD, Jan-1995, Sony Classical)

Album Features
UPC:	074646692226
Artist:	Thomas Newman
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1995
Record Label:	Sony Classical
Genre:	Soundtracks

Track Listing
1. Orchard House (Main Title) - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
2. Meg's Hair - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
3. Snowplay - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
4. Scarlet Fever - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
5. Ashes - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
6. Spring - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
7. Fayette's Welcome, La - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
8. Telegram, A - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
9. Two Couples - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
10. Burdens - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
11. New York - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
12. Harvest Time - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
13. Maria Redowa - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
14. Letter from Jo - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
15. Amy Abroad - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
16. Limes - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
17. Beth's Secret - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
18. For the Beauty of the Earth - (with Claire Danes/Trini Alvarado/Kirsten Dunst/London Symphony Orchestra)
19. Little Women - (with Claire Danes/Trini Alvarado/Kirsten Dunst/London Symphony Orchestra)
20. Learning to Forget - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
21. Valley of the Shadow - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
22. Port Royal Gallop - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
23. Domestic Experiences - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
24. Laurence Boy, The - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
25. Lovelornity - (with London Symphony Orchestra)
26. Under the Umbrella (End Title) - (with London Symphony Orchestra)

Details
Playing Time:	37 min.
Producer:	Thomas Newman, Bill Bernstein
Distributor:	Naxos (Distributor)
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Original score written by Thomas Newman.Personnel: Claire Danes, Trini Alvarado, Kirsten Dunst (vocals).Audio Mixer: Shawn Murphy.Recording information: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England; Whitfield Street Recording Studios, London, England.Editor: Bill Bernstein.Arranger: Thomas Pasatieri.Largely overshadowed by The Shawshank Redemption, Thomas Newman's other Academy Award-nominated score from 1994, Little Women nevertheless remains one of the finest efforts of the composer's career, its unsentimental pastoral beauty vividly evoking Louisa May Alcott's indelible frontier world. Employing period instruments including piano, flute and strings, Little Women boasts a homespun charm that wonderfully complements Newman's warm, lilting melodies -- perhaps the most telling tribute one can pay this music is that the original compositions fit interchangeably with the soundtrack's public domain entries from Francis Johnson, Claudio Grafulla and Conrad Kocher, capturing the sound and spirit of early Americana to perfection. ~ Jason Ankeny