Track Listings (19) - Disc #1| All Artists: Randy Armstrong Title: Dinner on the Diner: Original Music from the PBS Primetime Series Members Wishing: 2 Total Copies: 0 Label: Ellipsis Arts Original Release Date: 5/16/2000 Release Date: 5/16/2000 Genres: International Music, Pop, Soundtracks Style: Number of Discs: 2 SwapaCD Credits: 2 UPC: 052296368029 |
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Elegant dining, elegant music: that's the idea behind this intriguing package, a two-CD set featuring the music accompanying the PBS prime-time series Dinner on the Diner. The series features famous chefs whipping up delic... more » |
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Amazon.com Elegant dining, elegant music: that's the idea behind this intriguing package, a two-CD set featuring the music accompanying the PBS prime-time series Dinner on the Diner. The series features famous chefs whipping up delicious meals as their train speeds through Spain, Scotland, South Africa, and Southeast Asia. Composer Randy Armstrong was given the task of writing music true to each of these cultures. Cofounder of the Do'a World Music Ensemble, Armstrong has a collection of more than 200 instruments from around the world. By utilizing his own playing experience and carefully researching the indigenous music of the respective countries, Armstrong has put together a respectful and pleasant soundtrack, each section reflecting a distinct region. The colorful booklet details each of the musical pieces--how they originated and how they sync up with the visual images--and even includes recipes. The music is both suggestive and unobtrusive. It can stand on its own, though, and will serve as a pleasant reminder of the series itself. Its safe, mildly exotic sound perfectly mirrors the cloistered realm of a dining car traveling through wild lands. --Wally Shoup Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsThe old question of a soundtrack score standing on its own F. Behrens | Keene, NH USA | 05/23/2000 (4 out of 5 stars) "The trouble with most soundtrack albums is that the music seldom "works" out of context. Travelogues, on the other hand, do not quite have that problem since the music seldom is chosen to support a dramatic situation but rather to create a mood. So when PBS planned a series called , which is centered around "the biggest names in cooking preparing exquisite regional recipes aboard the dining cars of beautifully restored, historic trains" (as per the press release) a score had to be devised to create the auditory essence of the locales and of the recipes. Naturally the audio-visual tie in is lost on the 2-CD box set put out on the Ellipsis Arts label (CD 3680). The score was "composed, produced, performed, and selected" by Randy Armstrong, known to many for his connection with the Do'a World Music Ensemble. How much you will enjoy hearing the music of the series depends on your taste for the music of Spain, South Africa, Scotland, and Southeast Asia. Depending on my own tastes (and whose taste can one depend on?), I found myself greatly enjoying the Spanish and Scottish segments, while reacting less to the rest, many of which are quite catchy but (to me) too repetitious to be fully satisfying. I am sure that even that small percent is going to be very effective in the visual context; but a CD must stand on its own merits. An attractive booklet accompanies the CDs and helps you visualize what will be on your screen. My wife read the four recipes and thought (a) they were too complicated for your average cook and (b) the fat content was far too high. Also p. 20 has some sort of ink stain that blots out part of the text. Oh, well. But as far as the music is concerned, many will love all or certainly most of it, based on their own tastes. So whatever a critic says has to be taken with a grain of salt--or 8 lbs of rock salt, as the first recipe demands."
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