| View Larger Image | Earthquake: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Audio CDJohn Williams (Composer)
| List Price: | $11.98 | |
| | Binding: | Audio CD | | Format: | Soundtrack | | Studio: | Varese Sarabande | | Release Date: | May 09, 1995 | | Sales Rank: | 355,528th |
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TRACK LISTING |
Disc: 1
- Track 1: Main Title: Earthquake
- Track 2: Miles on Wheels
- Track 3: City Theme
- Track 4: Something for Rosa
- Track 5: Love Scene
- Track 6: City Sleeps
- Track 7: Love Theme
- Track 8: Cory in Jeopardy
- Track 9: Medley: Watching and Waiting/Miles' Pool Hall/Sam's Rescue
- Track 10: Something for Remy
- Track 11: Finale & End Title
- Track 12: Earthquake: Special Effects
- Track 13: Aftershock
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 7 reviews)
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Williams goes bossa-nova and I can dig it by Horst Meisterfluscher  4 Stars
April 17, 2005
Actually, the only bossa-nova track is SOMETHING FOR ROSA. And it's my favorite track. I couldn't help but notice that Williams engaged in a bit of self-repetition when he took an EARTHQUAKE track called THE CITY SLEEPS and redid it as a SUPERMAN track called THE PLANET KRYPTON. (Not that there's anything wrong with that. Maybe. Possibly. Let it also be said that the awakening-city shtick was first done by Vaughan Williams in his LONDON SYMPHONY.) Williams has always been inordinately fond of trumpet triplets and the triplet showcase here is MILES ON WHEELS. Claire Fischer's pianism in CITY THEME is absolutely breathtaking.
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Young Williams does Jazz by Jose Luis Negrete (Griffin, GA United States)  5 Stars
June 16, 2003
A score that is everything but a disaster... John Williams' soundtrack for Earthquake was originally released on vinyl back in 1974. A collector's item worth for keeps, now a digital recording and with an extra track (Something for Remy)not included in the LP version, all of it with superb digital editing, this time in Varese Sarabande label. You will not regret to pay whatever price is asked for this piece.
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The Best Jazz of John Williams and the most Beautiful by BRUCE C ZELLER (OLYMPIA, WA. United States) 5 Stars
January 20, 2001
I didn't know what to think when I saw the movie and listened to the score, but afterward, I borrowed the movie from a friend and then I had this CD put on order and I didn't want to stop listening to it. Then during Christmas time I got the movie. This is the best early recording that I have of John Williams! He now tops the list of my favorite composers putting Bernard Herrmann the second on the list.
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The Earth Trembles by Luis M. Ramos (Caracas, Venezuela)  3 Stars
June 06, 2000
"Earthquake" is an interesting blend of jazz, pop and classical styles that has the listener wondering if this is really for a disaster film, since John Williams wrote a nice score where the pop and jazz moments are the best on this album. The earthquake sound effects are the only things that lead us to say "Yes, this is for a disaster movie." However, I felt kinda disappointed of the classical part of this album because it bores. Maybe Mr. Williams was saving his classical chops for something better.
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"Early John Williams - superior score for a so-so film" by J. Lovins (Missouri-USA) 4 Stars
April 22, 2000
From a disaster film comes this wonderful score by John Williams, who briefly played piano for the great Henry Mancini on various albums in the '60s. This of course was before Mr. Williams found his own niche in the world of music. The score for this film is far superor than the film itself, Williams themes are solid and thoroughly enjoyable.A few stand outs - "CITY THEME" (track three) solo piano to start with, followed by the full and haunting orchestration, simply beautiful - "THE CITY SLEEPS" (track six) a light and different theme rises from the baton of Maestro Williams, nice touch. This early John Williams is a must for any film score collector or Williams fan.Total Time: 32:50 on 13 Tracks/ Varese Sarabande - VSD 5262 (1990)
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