Lady in the Water (2006)
Track Listing
| 1. | Prologue | 02:52 |
| 2. | The Party | 06:40 |
| 3. | Charades | 05:50 |
| 4. | Ripples in the Pool | 01:50 |
| 5. | The Blue World | 04:25 |
| 6. | Giving the Kii | 01:49 |
| 7. | Walkie Talkie | 02:08 |
| 8. | Cereal Boxes | 02:33 |
| 9. | Officer Jimbo | 03:31 |
| 10. | The Healing | 04:04 |
| 11. | The Great Eatlon | 04:41 |
| 12. | End Titles | 01:43 |
| 13. | The Times They Are a-Changin' - A Whisper in the Noise | 05:59 |
| 14. | Every Grain of Sand - Amanda Ghost | 04:15 |
| 15. | It Ain't Me Babe - Silvertide | 03:46 |
| 16. | Maggie's Farm - Silvertide | 03:36 |
| Total Time: | 59:42 |
Ratings
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User Average Rating:
4 Stars
Review Average Rating:
4.08 Stars
Reviews
4.08 StarsDan Goldwasser (SoundtrackNet)
"Throughout all 42-minutes of score, you can definitely feel the quality and care that Howard has put into the work. He did what all composers strive to do: not just support the film, but actually elevate it."
Christian Clemmensen (Filmtracks)
"Buy it... if you're intrigued by the idea of James Newton Howard's darkly romantic writing expanded to the ultimate in complexly harmonic layers, memorable themes, and the balanced mix of superior orchestration and choral beauty."
"Avoid it... if you're a sourpuss or a picklepuss, and you'd rather be clubbed over the head by far more simplistic scores."
Jonathan Broxton (Movie Music UK)
"Ignoring the four tawdry Bob Dylan covers tacked on the end of album (one of which, 'Maggie’s Farm', is performed on screen), Lady in the Water is a quite superb score, easily one of the best of the summer, one of the best from a Shyamalan film, and in the top ten of James Newton Howard’s career. The lightness of touch, the effortless beauty, the intricate inter-weaving of themes, and the overall magical, fantastical aspect will keep listeners enthralled for the duration."
Christopher Coleman (Tracksounds)
"The difficulty with LADY IN THE WATER is not that thematic material is lacking but that the listener only gets a few seconds glimpse here and there. In between those most enjoyable moments is a bit too much musical mumbling."
James Southall
"This is consistently a very good score and features some music which goes well beyond just 'very good' - overall, perhaps some parts in the middle aren't quite interesting enough to elevate the score to being quite at the same level as The Village, but even so it's clearly one of 2006's finest."
Soundtrack Express
"By all accounts, Howard had to work hard to give credibility to Lady in the Water, but he clearly relishes his Shyamalan ventures (indeed, they are largely nothing like anything else in his ouvre) and has apparently taken the Goldsmithian approach of writing for what the film ought to be, rather than what it is."