Track Listing

1. With The Help of God, Shine - David Helfgott, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
2. Polonaise No.6 in A flat, Op.53 -"Heroic" - David Helfgott, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
3. Did He Win? - David Helfgott, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
4. Wil You Teach Me? - David Helfgott, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
5. Scales to America - David Hirschfelder, Mary Doumay, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
6. 10. Fast zu ernst - Wilhelm Kempff
7. These People Are a Disgrace - David Helfgott, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
8. Prélude No.15 in D flat, Op.28, No.15 - "Raindrop" - David Helfgott
9. Your Father Your Family - David Helfgott, Noah Taylor, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
10. Tell Me a Story, Katharine - David Hirschfelder, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
11. Back Stage - David Helfgott, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
12. Punished for the Rest of Your Life - David Helfgott, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
13. Moments of Genius - David Hirschfelder, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
14. La Campalesson - Arr. Edwards/Hirschfelder - David Helfgott
15. Letters to Katharine - David Hirschfelder, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
16. First Movement Cadenza - David Helfgott
17. Night Practice / Parcel from Katharine - David Helfgott, David Hirschfelder, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
18. As If There Was No Tomorrow - David Helfgott, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
19. The Rach. 3 (Part One) - David Helfgott, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
20. Complicato in Israel - David Helfgott, Mary Doumay, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
21. Raindrop Reprise - David Helfgott
22. Bath to Daisy Beryl - Ricky Edwards, Mary Doumay
23. Gloria - Arr. Edwards/Hirschfelder - Jeffrey Crellin, Geoffrey Payne, Choir, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
24. Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C sharp minor, S.244 - David Helfgott
25. Prélude in C sharp minor, Op.3, No.2 - David Helfgott
26. The Flight of the Bumble-Bee - David Helfgott
27. Rach. 3 Reborn - David Helfgott, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
28. Goodnight Daddy - David Helfgott, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
29. A Loud Bit Of Ludwig's 9th - Arr. Edwards/Hirschfelder - Choir, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
30. Sospiri - David Helfgott
31. What's The Matter, David/Appassionata - Arr. Edwards - Ricky Edwards, Orchestra
32. La Campanella - Arr. Edwards - David Helfgott
33. Familiar Faces/Rach. 3 Encore - David Helfgott, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards
34. Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera - Arr. Edwards/Hirschfelder - Jane Edwards, Choir, Geoffrey Lancaster, Gerald Keuneman, Orchestra, Ricky Edwards

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14850 in Music
• Released on: 1997-01-06
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Original language: English
• Running time: 64 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
A film about classical music and mental illness would normally be a box-office disaster. Yet such was the life-affirming brilliance of director Scott Hicks Shine, the true story of Australian pianist David Helfgott's battle against mental breakdown and his self-expression through Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3, that the film found an adoring audience. Composer David Hirschfelder faced the extraordinarily difficult task of crafting a score of sufficient maturity to stand beside some of the greatest classical masterpieces ever written. Had he failed the film itself could not have worked, yet work it did, and triumphantly so. This soundtrack album features 34 tracks, 14 by Hirschfelder, the remainder bring his arrangements of the classical selections used in the film. Necessarily, the resulting album is somewhat diverse and even fragmented. Despite this, Hirschfelder has done a remarkable job of assembling the pieces into a musical tapestry, in which his own delicately understated compositions sit comfortably besides Vivaldi, Beethoven and, of course, Rachmaninov, with David Helfgott himself playing on many of the tracks. Shine made the actor Geoffrey Rush an overnight star, going on to roles in Shakespeare in Love and Elizabeth--the latter eliciting another fine score from Hirschfelder. --Gary S. Dalkin

Customer Reviews

Sublime Listening
The film 'Shine' is one of my favourites, and no small part of that is because of its incredible soundtrack. With a mix of both well-known classics and original scores by David Hirschfelder, this is a great purchase even for those who would not normally consider buying a Classical album.

Shine On!!
Not having seen the film I was introduced to the film score by something of an accident. Nevertheless it soon became one of my favourites. The overall theme being classic piano pieces with a few other incidental pieces from the film thrown in for good measure. The music itself is quite dark and has a heavy Eastern European flavour courtesy of Rachmaninov and others. Obviously this won't be everyone's taste, however it needn't be something which is only of interest to classical experts. Well worth a listen.