| Title | Shakespeare In Love | |
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| Composer | Stephen Warbeck | |
| Awards | Academy Award | |
| Label, Year | Sony Music, 1998 | |
Review
Much has been written already about this score, considering all Academy Awards the movie has won, including score. The orchestral music has something for everyone: playful and delightful as well as mournful and lyrical movements. Appropriate for a dramatic comedy in a historical setting. The score stresses the drama more than the comedy, though. The very first track and the last tracks are excellent. A great success for the relatively new-comer Warbeck.
Track Rating
| Title | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beginning Of The Partnership | 2:00 |  |
| 2 | Viola's Audition | 3:21 |  |
| 3 | A Plague Of Both Your Houses | 1:40 |  |
| 4 | The De Lesseps' Dance | 2:59 | |
| 5 | A Daughter's Duty | 0:47 | |
| 6 | In Viola's Room | 2:54 | |
| 7 | A New World | 1:39 | |
| 8 | Love & The Rehearsal | 4:19 | |
| 9 | The Arrival Of Wessex | 1:17 | |
| 10 | Greenwich | 0:52 | |
| 11 | The Brawl | 3:13 | |
| 12 | News Of Marlowe's Death | 2:52 | |
| 13 | Love & The End Of The Tragedy | 2:11 | |
| 14 | The Missing Scene | 1:42 | |
| 15 | The Fight | 2:20 | |
| 16 | The Play & The Marriage | 2:09 | |
| 17 | Wessex Loses A Bride | 1:51 | |
| 18 | The Prologue | 1:30 | |
| 19 | The Play (Part I) | 2:25 | |
| 20 | The Play (Part II) | 3:56 | |
| 21 | Curtain Call | 2:21 | |
| 22 | Farewell | 1:30 | |
| 23 | The End | 5:06 | |
| 55:21 |
| Criteria | Weight | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Composition | 50% | 7 |
| Multitude of themes | 10% | 8 |
| Continuity | 10% | 8 |
| Instrumentation | 10% | 8 |
| Sound quality | 10% | 8 |
| Score length | 10% | 7 |
| Final Rating | 100% | 7/10 |