If you have seen the film then all the memories just come
flooding back as you are taken into a different reality when listening to this masterpiece.

Neer
written a review in my life, but felt compelled to after listening to this

I saw the film quite a few years ago at the cinema and went
straight out to buy the CD. Both the film and the score have that rare quality; they play in your
mind and on your soul hauntingly many hours after you've watched or listened.

The music is
moving, emotive and truly beautiful.

I have actually come to Amazon to order a spare copy of the
CD and a gift for someone else and decided to write this review whilst I was at it.

I will never
tire of it

Newman's style is simple
regarding orchestration, but extremely effective, with his beautiful motifs combined with oodles of
suspensions in the sweeping and yet mostly delicate strings interspersed designate the mood. The
odder tracks are those of Joe Black comically meeting the world, such as the pizzicatoed "Peanut
Butter Man" cue.

Variety is achieved through a selection of old style blues and jazz tracks which
complement the album superbly, bringing back that melancholy final scenario at the party.

And you
can't forget the credits roll of the relaxed, gentle, and extremely moving medly of "Somewhere Over
The Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World".

So you may get this CD because you liked the film.
You may get it because you're a fan of Thomas Newman. You may get it because you accidentally
clicked on the wrong button and managed to order half the contents of amazon.co.uk in one very
expensive moment of error. Otherwise, you get it for Track Number 6: Whisper Of A Thrill.

Well,
that's why I bought it. I mean, I saw the film when it was on BBC1 however long that was ago now,
and thoroughly enjoyed it, but didn't notice the music at all. (As I say, it is pretty subtle).
Then those Government teaching recruitment adverts came on the TV... Remember those? The "Those Who
Can, Teach" adverts? With the, "Can you spot the mean number?" lines, and a load of people dressed
as numbers with one grabbing an ice-cream off another one? And annoying though it was, whenever the
advert came on I would sit back and turn up the volume, and think, "Wow, whoever wrote the music to
this advert is an absolute genius..."

And then I (quite by accident and luck) discovered that it
was "Whisper Of a Thrill" from Meet Joe Black. So there you have it. That one track is possibly my
favourite film music cue of all time, with its beautiful and haunting motif. I bet that Newman had
a hard time refraining himself from peppering it throughout the score. Instead he saves it for key
moments, and as such it never becomes overused and stale, but a fabulous gem. And that piano climax
gets me every time. If you're a fan of the film it'll send you into goosepimples, I promise.