Gabriel Yared, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields - The English Patient (Original Soundtrack Recording) (1996)

Gabriel Yared composed most of the music for the soundtrack of one of 1996's most acclaimed dramas, which was largely performed by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; John Constable (on solo piano) and Marta Sebestyen (vocals) are also featured. Yared's score is mostly typical wide-screen epic stuff--nothing special. More interesting are Hungarian folk singer Sebestyen's occasional contributions. A few period pop/jazz cuts by Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, and Fred Astaire are interspersed throughout, and are most likely more effective on screen than on disc, where they juxtapose uncomfortably with the orchestral instrumental pieces.

Tracklist:
1-1 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - The English Patient [3:37]
1-2 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - A Retreat [1:26]
1-3 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Rupert Bear [1:27]
1-4 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - What Else Do You Love? [1:06]
1-5 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Why Picton? [1:09]
1-6 Fred Astaire - Cheek To Cheek [3:20]
1-7 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Kip's Lights [1:30]
1-8 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Hana's Curse [2:11]
1-9 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - I'll Always Go Back To That Church [1:54]
1-10 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Black Nights [1:57]
1-11 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Swoon, I'll Catch You [1:53]
1-12 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Am I K. In Your Book? [1:00]
1-13 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Let Me Come In! [2:41]
1-14 Benny Goodman - Wang Wang Blues [2:53]
1-15 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Convento Di Sant'anna [9:12]
1-16 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Herodotus [1:12]
1-17 Muzsikás;Marta Sebestyen - Szerelem, Szerelem [4:37]
1-18 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Ask Your Saint Who He's Killed [1:10]
1-19 Benny Goodman - One O'Clock Jump (Music From The Motion Picture) [3:16]
1-20 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - I'll Be Back [4:03]
1-21 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Let Me Tell You About Winds [1:00]
1-22 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Read Me To Sleep [5:02]
1-23 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - The Cave Of Swimmers [2:01]
1-24 Shepheard's Hotel Jazz Orchestra - Where Or When [2:19]
1-25 Julie Steinberg - Aria (From The Goldberg Variations) [3:04]
1-26 Ella Fitzgerald - Cheek To Cheek [3:47]
1-27 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - As Far As Florence [5:12]
1-28 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields;Gabriel Yared;Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Én Czak Azt Csodálom (Lullabye For Katharine) [1:10]