The Terminal (Score)

Editorial Review:

Those who thought the three-decade collaboration between director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams couldn't possibly yield any more musical surprises will find themselves warmly rebuffed here. Based on the true story of an exiled man-without-a-country who made Paris' Orly airport his home, director Steven Spielberg's storytelling liberties have transformed it into an unlikely comic romance between Tom Hanks' mythical Krakhozian refugee Viktor and Catherine Zeta-Jones' Amelia. Williams' captures the wistful tone with an airy, oft-impressionistic score that recalls a winning marriage of Michel Legrand's elegant piano-jazz conceits and Rachel Portman's delicate, introspective pastoralism. Too often underutilized in recent years, Williams' own rich jazz background frequently serves him well here, informing Amelia's love theme with emotional grace and serving as perfect counterpoint to the ethnic inventions carried by Emily Bernstein's soulful clarinet (Williams even gets to concoct a lovably pompous anthem for Viktor's fictional Krakhozia) and the bracing jolts of bright, post-modernist influenced orchestral music that holds it together. -- Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

repetitive but fun:

the music makes you want to dance (ballroom dance) hence why i bought it. It's very uplifting.

Main title sticks in my head:

The Viktor Navorski theme loomed in my head until I purchased the CD and then repeated the .mp3 over & over. Love it.

The Terminal:

This is a very good soundtrack. If you liked the movie, you will like this one as well. The movie is a feel good movie and so is the soundtrack. When you listen to this music you get a happy feeling!
It really belongs in the top of John Williams work!
Enjoy!

Great Clarinet music:

I love the clarinet playing. It made me get this soundtrack!

Tracks:

1. The Tale Of Viktor Navorski
2. Dinner With Amelia
3. A Legend Is Born
4. Viktor And His Friends
5. The Fountain Scene
6. The Wedding Of Officer Torres
7. Jazz Autographs
8. Krakozhia National Anthem And Homesickness
9. Krakozhia National Anthem And Homesickness
10. Looking For Work
11. Gupta's Deliverance
12. Finding Coins And Learning To Read
13. "Destiny"... "Canneloni" ... And The Tale Of Viktor Navorski Reprise
14. A Happy Navorski Ending!

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