Babe: The Deluxe Edition (CD)
Added on Saturday, January 09, 2021 Posted by Philippe Mouchon
Varèse Sarabande presents Babe: The Deluxe Edition (CD). Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Nigel Westlake. Babe was a massive surprise hit and universally praised with seven Oscar noms. The charming symphonic score by Nigel Westlake, has been expanded and includes a new essay with Director, Actor and Composer insights.
Babe was a massive surprise hit in 1995. A children’s film starring a talking pig seemed to be the last thing anybody expected from visionary filmmaker George Miller (Mad Max), but writer-producer Miller, adapting a 1983 book with director and cowriter Chris Noonan, created a universally praised, moving film about a farm pig (a combination of animatronics and computer graphics) who longs to be a sheepdog.
With a memorable lead performance by James Cromwell as Babe’s farmer-owner, Babe received glowing reviews and seven Oscar nominations, winning for Best Visual Effects.
A major part of Babe’s exquisite, perfectly pitched storybook tone is the charming, resonant symphonic score by Australian composer Nigel Westlake.
Westlake interpolated a tapestry of classical works, most notably the maestoso section of Saint-Saëns’ third (Organ) symphony, to perfectly capture the human emotions of the film’s animal characters, while ironically treating the humans with an animal-like comedy and whimsy.
(The Saint-Saëns melody had been adapted into the British reggae pop hit, “If I Had Words,” by Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Kelley; a sped-up version is used in Babe’s end credits.)
Babe was released as a music-and-dialogue album at the time of the film.
This CD Club edition features the expanded score as music only, packaged with a new essay by Tim Greiving featuring insights from Miller, Noonan, Cromwell and Westlake.
UPC: 888072198562
Release Date: 1/8/2021
Limited Edition Of 1500