Ulysses' Gaze (soundtrack)


Ulysses' Gaze is a soundtrack album by Greek composer Eleni Karaindrou featuring music for the film Ulysses' Gaze by Theodoros Angelopoulos recorded in 1994 and released on the ECM New Series label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stacia Proefrock awarded the album 4½ stars stating "perhaps no previous Karaindrou score contains the evocative power of her compositions for Ulysses' Gaze, the film about memory, artistic quests, and war... The theme associated with "A," the central character who serves as the Ulysses of the film's title, is a constant repetitive framework upon which small vignettes of European folk music and elegiac song are built. The effect mirrors the film's journey across a portion of Europe torn apart by political divides and war, but more importantly provides small fragments of the pure images of peace and beauty that are so essential for Ulysses to find".

Track listing

  1. "Ulysses' Theme" - 1:25
  2. "Litany " - 3:12
  3. "Ulysses' Theme " - 1:27
  4. "Woman's Theme" - 1:10
  5. "Ulysses' Theme " - 1:11
  6. "Ulysses' Theme " - 1:33
  7. "The River" - 5:01
  8. "Ulysses' Theme" - 2:12
  9. "Ulysses' Theme/Litany" - 6:55
  10. "Ulysses' Gaze/Woman's Theme/Ulysses' Theme/Lento/Largo/Dance" - 17:03
  11. "Byzantine Psalm" - 1:12
  12. "Ulysses' Theme " - 1:33
  13. "Ulysses' Theme " - 1:32
  14. "Ulysses' Theme " - 3:36
  15. "Ulysses' Theme/Lento/Largo" - 5:29
  16. "Litany " - 3:31
  17. "Ulysses' Theme " - 1:31

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