Randy Edelman COME SEE THE PARADISE Film Soundtrack OST LP '86 Milan Alan Parker

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	$		32

Come See The Paradise (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – An Alan Parker Film
Randy Edelman

Label: Milan America ?– F A 614, RC 270, D 831645-938
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: France
Released: 1990
Genre: Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack

Vinyl: MINT. Clean on visual inspection. Plays superbly.
Cover and sleeve: EX-NEAR MINT. Colours are unfaded and no tears on sleeve. Some edge is visible all round but the cover remains intact.

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Track listing:
A1. Love Theme From Come See The Paradise     
A2. Fire In A Brooklyn Theatre     
A3. Shikataganai     
A4. Love Is The Sweetest Thing     
A5. Lily And Mini     
A6. Flower That Blooms In The Rain     
A7. Kawamura Family Theme     
A8. Jack And Lily

B1. Nevertheless     
B2. You Can't Spit A Heaven     
B3. Forget Me Not     
B4. Little Tokyo     
B5. Terminal Island     
B6. Santa Anita     
B7vDon't Sit Under The Apple Tree     
B8. Bad Days     
B9. Love Birds     
B10. Nine Tiny Seconds     
B11. A Little Bag Of Magic     


Review:
A 1990 film that has since been completely forgotten, Come See the Paradise tells the touching story of romance and perseverance between an American man (played by Randy Quaid) and a Japanese-American woman during the domestic turmoil of World War II. Executive Order 9066, written and implemented by President Roosevelt's wartime government, puts the pair through undue trials when the family of the Japanese woman is imprisoned in the American desert.

Her husband, battling his own demons and a brush with the law, must also overcome the prejudice of the woman's Japanese-born family, slowly attempting to win over their hearts by showing his loyalty and commitment to the woman he loves. It is an intensely personal film, and it redeems itself (despite poor editing that managed to cut out the scene in which the script explains the title of the film) through its character development and masterful use of songs appropriate to the culture and time.

Director Alan Parker has often allowed his sons to dabble in the scoring efforts for his films, eventually allowing them to completely handle the scoring duties for his 2003 film, The Life of David Gale, and both Alex and Jake Parker have a role in rounding out the music for Come See the Paradise.

The primary scoring responsibilities, however, would fall on Randy Edelman, whose talents in heavy drama weren't well known at the time. This score came before Gettysburg and Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story in 1993, and it would mark Edelman's arrival on the industry scene with a single, popular, minute-long track in his score.

Edelman's sensibilities for melody, naturally existing from his songwriting past, would be employed to provide the likable charm for Come See the Paradise, something he has done several times since.

Compared to those efforts, Edelman's work here is not as inspiring, perhaps, with the spirit of the film calling for a very simple thematic approach rather than the grandiose one that his listeners are now accustomed to hearing.


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