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The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: TV soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK]

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: TV soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK]Artist: Original Soundtrack
Label: Silva Screen
Category: Music

List Price: £9.99  (EUR11.42)
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Seller: soundtracksdirect
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 21 reviews
Sales Rank: 7225

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 77 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 4.9 x 0.4

EAN: 5014929070520
ASIN: B000025MR8

Release Date: October 1, 1999
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Tracks:

  • Opening Titles
  • Main Theme
  • Friday
  • Crusoe's Youth Remembered
  • Away From Home
  • Adrift
  • Solitude
  • Shelter
  • Scanning The Horizon/Flashback Escapdes In York
  • Cannibals
  • Wild Goats
  • Palm Trees
  • In Search Of Rescue
  • Civilised Man
  • Distant Shores
  • Alone
  • Catching Dinner
  • Poor Robinson
  • Danger
  • Closing Titles
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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.co.uk Review
This 13-part TV adaptation of Defoe's classic story is one of the most comprehensive of the many versions made for large or small screen over the years. It was a huge success when broadcast on both sides of the Atlantic in the mid-1960s. One aspect of its appeal was the title theme, which was so popular it was released as a single. The "Main Theme" is an adventurous piece with a slightly melancholy lilt. Thankfully it doesn't re-appear endlessly throughout the score. One effect that does--and takes a little getting used to--is a manipulated bass guitar which strikes what can only be described as "wet" notes! Overall the score is a very varied work, as you'd expect from so much material, including flashbacks that expanded beyond Defoe's original island perimeters. This allowed the composers to stretch beyond merely painting a portrait of loneliness and to capture the quaintness of the English countryside ("Escapades in York") as well as lush beauty of a tropical paradise ("Exploring the Island"). --Paul Tonks

Customer Reviews:
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5 out of 5 stars Haunting and so beautiful   October 31, 2003
Adrian Nathan (Eastwood, Notts, United Kingdom)
34 out of 34 found this review helpful

For those of us who fondly remember the black and white tv series that was shown repeatedly during the long school summer holidays of our youth this album is an essential.
The main theme will be familiar to many, even those who have never seen the show as it has featured in tv adverts over the years.It and several others are repeated in different versions throughout the cd and those tunes really do get inside your head.
The orchestration is superb and there are some wonderful solos that really tug at the heartstrings.
At over 70 minutes long the collection is also great value for money.


5 out of 5 stars CHILDHOOD YEARS RE-LIVED WITH ROBINSON CRUSOE   July 22, 2004
29 out of 29 found this review helpful

Help! I can't stop playing this CD! It has rekindled so many childhood memories of being sat in front of a black and white t.v. set circa 1972, watching Robinson Crusoe. But this music has stayed with so many people years after the series was last shown, and that has to be a sign of just how good it is in itself. The themes are simple, yet memorable, and skilfully handled in their varied instrumental arrangements, they easily stand up to repeated listening. For example, the Main Theme appears initially with a soaring string melody, but later appears for solo viola(?), evoking the mood of Crusoe's fate. The same theme re-appears yet again, transformed by some rather up-beat bongos or similar percussion, giving both a Pacific islands atmosphere and a slightly 60's feel to the music. Overall it is very varied - some tracks sound like they could have strayed from a Spaghetti Western score, but one set on a desert island in the early 18th century - sort of Morricone meets Playford's English Dancing Master, and the pastiche baroque harpsichord numbers representing Crusoe's youth are just classics of their type. One of many favourite tracks has to be 'Pirates', with its bustling melody, great harmonies and rhythms - there's more than a touch of humour here. There's no denying the nostalgia value of this CD for us over-thirties, but this music is better than that and deserves to be heard by a wider audience. Buy it!


5 out of 5 stars Marvellous memorable music from a superb TV series   January 12, 2003
sedstevo (UK)
23 out of 23 found this review helpful

I, like many others of my generation enjoyed watching the TV series during a school holiday when I was younger. The music had always remained with me and as I grew older, spent many hours trying to find out who wrote and recorded the music. It was via the internet on a discussion of other topics that someone remarked on where I might find some sources. Needless to say, I bought the soundtrack straight away (in fact I bought two) and then went on to buy the video set as well. The music succeeds on several fronts. One, as a genuine soundtrack that superbly matches the film story, two as taste of music and sound of the period and thirdly as part of the soundtrack to my younger years. It is haunting, romantic, dramatic and many things more. I highly recommend it.


5 out of 5 stars Classic music from the 1960's b/w TV series   June 3, 2002
21 out of 21 found this review helpful

Take a nostalgic trip down memory lane with this wonderful CD featuring all the soundtrack music from the 13 episode TV series.This CD was made in 1997 an expanded CD from an earlier one made in 1990.It contains 29 tracks (76 mins playing time),though many of the peices are repeated 2 or 3 times albeit in different versions. Everybody can remember the opening music but you'll be surprised how many different peices you remember after all these years! There really are some gems in there ( main theme,friday,smugglers,adrift,palm trees) to name but a few - you'll remember them when you hear them!
I hope this has been of use. As a foot note, the 4 videos of the actual TV series have now been deleted (june 2002) let's hope they re-issue them.
Happy listening !


5 out of 5 stars The haunting music from the classic 1960's TV series   May 30, 2002
steve.t.w@btopenworld.com (The High Peak in Derbyshire)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful

Take a nostalgic trip down memory lane with this wonderful CD featuring all the music from the classic black & white, dubbed,13 episode TV series. We can all remember the main theme but you'll be amazed at how many of the other tunes you remember! The music is wonderfully sad and haunting. I hope it brings back wonderful memories and music as good as this deserves to be remembered. The CD has 29 seperate tracks (76 mins)though many of the tunes are repeated albeit with slightly different arrangements. Hope this has been of help !

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