Michael Kamen – What Dreams May Come (1998) [FLAC]

For reasons never made entirely clear, Ennio Morricone’s completed score for the 1988 afterlife fantasy What Dreams May Come was rejected by producers just weeks prior to the film’s arrival in theaters. Composer Michael Kamen was recruited to replace Morricone at the 11th hour, and for a rush job, it’s a remarkably accomplished and creative work, beautifully conveying the possibilities of life after death in a manner that’s neither heavy-handed nor ponderous. By turns upliftingly radiant and suffocatingly melancholy, What Dreams May Come boasts a dreamlike lyricism that successfully captures the otherness of director Vincent Ward’s onscreen milieu. At the same time, however, Kamen communicates the universal emotions at the story’s core, evoking love and loss with genuine compassion and sensitivity.

TRACKLIST:
1. I Once Met This Beautiful Girl By A Lake/That Was The Last Time We Saw The Children Alive
2. Children’s Melody/Tunnel Crash/Christy’s Death/The Journey Begins/I Still Exist/Annie Loses Faith
3. Summerland–The Painted World/The Painted Bird Flies/Christy Flies
4. Marie’s World (Leona Is Marrie)
5. Longing (Lost Children)
6. Annie’s Suicide/Soul Mates
7. In Hell/Stormy Seas/Recognition (Albert Is Ian)
8. Sea Of Faces/Falling Through Hell/Annie’s Room
9. Beside You/Divorce
10. Together In Hell/Death And Transfiguration/Together In Heaven
11. Reunited/Reincarnation/When I Was Young
12. Beside You – Mick Hucknell/Mark Snow

Total runtime: 60:43
Release Year: 1998
Recorded at: Air Lyndhurst Studios and Abbey Road Studios, London
Encoding: FLAC / dbpoweramp at max settings

DOWNLOAD LINK:
Download from MEGA (https://mega.nz/#!j9AVCZqS!0DqOMw8LZHdc2qmO0Wc4zLnslUUGm5N5kjbj1E7Gc6k)

Ripped from my personal collection, bought in a small used-records shop in Milan.

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Wow… while I knew that Morricone’s score was replaced, I had no idea it was so close to the theatrical release, and the rushed timeframe makes this greatest of Michael Kamen scores even more amazing!!

This has always been my favourite Kamen soundtrack, and has spent a great deal of time in my CD players over the years. It is also one of the five soundtrack I give to non-soundtrack-fans who are curious to know about scores.

This is a must-have in anybody’s collection!

Thank you very much!

Clemery76: Thanks for your kind post.

When I was younger, the movie (with the tremendous help of the soundtrack) left me with one of the strongest feelings of melancholy and sadness I’ve ever felt. And I’m not the emotional person at all. It’s weird, altough the music also contains optimistic (dare I say playful) music, for me it always remains associated with sadness and depression. Only a handful of soundtracks can leave me with this kind of strong emotion (for example I was haunted by Edward Scissorhands music when I was a kid and literally couldn’t sleep for three days). These experiences eventually led me to appreciate and love film music.

Thank you share!

Thanks for sharing!

Clemery76: Thanks for your kind post.

When I was younger, the movie (with the tremendous help of the soundtrack) left me with one of the strongest feelings of melancholy and sadness I’ve ever felt. And I’m not the emotional person at all. It’s weird, altough the music also contains optimistic (dare I say playful) music, for me it always remains associated with sadness and depression. Only a handful of soundtracks can leave me with this kind of strong emotion (for example I was haunted by Edward Scissorhands music when I was a kid and literally couldn’t sleep for three days). These experiences eventually led me to appreciate and love film music.

While the story didn’t affect me quite as much as it did you (based on your post), I, too, was left with a great sadness with this film, mainly based around the casting through, as it could have been a much better film if the casting wasn’t so bizarre. Annabella Sciorra was grating and didn’t endear herself to empathy/sympathy in the slightest, while Robin Williams didn’t quite capture the dramatic gravitas required of the role… but aside from Good Will Hunting the year before, Williams was mostly a comedic actor before tihs.

some links still work, great share man!!!!

the late great kamen. thank you

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Links do not work at all. Would you please re-up? Thanks and thanks for this share.

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Clemery76: Thanks for your kind post.

When I was younger, the movie (with the tremendous help of the soundtrack) left me with one of the strongest feelings of melancholy and sadness I’ve ever felt. And I’m not the emotional person at all. It’s weird, altough the music also contains optimistic (dare I say playful) music, for me it always remains associated with sadness and depression. Only a handful of soundtracks can leave me with this kind of strong emotion (for example I was haunted by Edward Scissorhands music when I was a kid and literally couldn’t sleep for three days). These experiences eventually led me to appreciate and love film music.

Give James Horner’s "House of Sand and Fog" a listen: the second-to-last track is possibly the saddest piece of music I’ve ever heard.

Links do not work at all. Would you please re-up? Thanks and thanks for this share.

The filefactory link still works.

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beautiful music and � great movie.

Thanks for the share!!

Much appreciated.

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Thanks.

Thanks for this one. Not heard of it before.

Thanks a lot!

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Is the link not working? Doesn’t seem to take me to a download page.

I also could not access the link. Is it still available?

Can anyone reup this?

Plus one.

Does anyone have this?

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Thanks so much! 🙂

Can this please be re-upped, aor maybe someone could send me a link? I would really appreciate it.
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Here you go guys, I’ve reuploaded the soundtrack for you. Enjoy!

Thank U 🙂

Thanks for sharing.

Rep. added, Thank you very much.

Thank you kindly.

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Thanks so much!