The English Patient: Original Soundtrack Recording (1996) [Reissue 2003]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 75:05 minutes | Full Scans included | 3,4 GB
or DSD64 5.1 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Scans included | 4,81 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (downmixed to stereo tracks) 24bit/44,1 kHz | Full Scans included | 736 MB
Original music composed by Gabriel Yared, and performed by Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
Gabriel Yared composed most of the music for the soundtrack of one of 1996's most acclaimed dramas, which was largely performed by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; John Constable (on solo piano) and Marta Sebestyen (vocals) are also featured. Yared's score is mostly typical wide-screen epic stuff–nothing special. More interesting are Hungarian folk singer Sebestyen's occasional contributions. A few period pop/jazz cuts by Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, and Fred Astaire are interspersed throughout, and are most likely more effective on screen than on disc, where they juxtapose uncomfortably with the orchestral instrumental pieces.