This really isn't a music soundtrack it is the dialogue from the best scenes in the movie... It includes Colonel Kurtz whispering "The horror... .............. the horror....." (trail end of last track), reciting The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot, or the dialogue including "... you're an errand boy ...sent by grocery clerks to collect a bill." For true ( possibly obsessive) fans of the movie or Brando this is a must.
April 7, 2007 |  | Great Idea, Terrible Execution |  |
I am unbelivably disappointed in this offering. Never in the field of soundtracks for movies about human conflict has so little been delivered when so much is deserved... Never has a movie begged for a soundtrack that incorporates much of the dialogue with the score, and never has said soundtrack failed so miserably. What are the two iconic scenes from the movie? Of course, the river skiing scene to the tune of 'Satisfaction', and the unforgettable attack on the village by the Air Cav with Wagner blaring on the speakers. Well guess what, kids? Satisfaction is deleted COMPLETELY, and the most moving scene in the movie (the attack on the village) is given about two minutes, and does not include much of the cockpit conversations (such as the errant flare), the radio chatter concerning the downed chopper, the call for the air strike, or the warning from the jets, "get back, this is going to be a big one". Buying this cd is like buying a 2001 Space Odyssey soundtrack without Strauss... DO NOT BUY THIS ABORTION!
October 12, 2006 | | One of those cds for a long car ride... deep into the jungle | |
It's one of those films that gets under your skin, isn't it? And now you want more, you want the soundtrack. You want to go deeper into the jungle.....
This double-cd album can do this. It's part The Doors, part soliloquy/voice over by Martin Sheen, and part Carmine Coppola & Walter Murch compositions (Academy Award winning). Yet the voice overs by Martin Sheen as Captain Willet are the prized recordings here. Interspersed with genuine jungle sounds, Marlon Brando and his brilliant Warrior poetry and Asian gongs and bells, the Willet dialogue tracks are intoxicating, a dark euphoric madness that holds true to Joseph Conrad's theme in the novel.
So is this soundtrack for you? Not if you're expecting the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" or the complete compositions of Carmine Coppola. His works can be found on the Apocalypse Now Redux album which completely abandons what Joseph Conrad tried to impart to us in the first place. That cd contains the scores and orchestral work if that's what you want. Only the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack has "... the horror... the horror...." July 3, 2002
This is not your typical movie soundtrack, and it is a refreshing approach. Basically this 2CD set plays like a condensed version of the film, with all of the highlights captured in dialogue, sound, etc. The music is worked into these audio "scenes" nicely. "The End" is also featured here in a stunning mix that matches the visuals of this great war film. Even if you haven't seen the film, this soundtrack will certainly intrigue and even excite.
June 28, 2001I was sorely disappointed with this album. The narration presented here is genuinely spellbinding, for sure. But the music is crushingly second-rate. I was reminded of how jarringly off the composed score for this film was. The only piece of music which works here, and in the film, is "The End." That piece was brilliantly integrated with the visuals and tone of the film, something that cannot be said of Carmine Coppola's bizarrely inept score. Buy "The Apocolypse Now Sessions" by the Rhythm Devils for music closer to the film. Like the documentary "Hearts of Darkness," this album, inspired by the film, comes closer to the spirit the film tried to capture than the film itself.
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