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Marcus -- I just watched this again the other day, and I remember thinking that it was a pretty good film, but that the soundtrack was mediocre. I can't imagine why anyone would want to buy a CD of the soundtrack.

- Jason

Post 1

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 10:51pm

I just got an image of Ayn Rand singing "Proud Mary", Tina Turner style... And can you picture her being one of the female dancers in Big Daddy Kane's "Big Ole Butt"?

These images, they haunt me; I really do need a lobotomy.

Post 2

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 4:00am

1. Main Title: ";A Sense of Life"; (Narration by Sharon Gless)
2. Family, Youth and Independence
3. An Adult Entity
4. ";Canadian Capers"; (Gus Chandler, Bert White and Henry Cohen)
5. Cyrus
6. Revolution, Victor Hugo and God
7. A Door Opening
8. Aristotle and Plato
9. Russia as Hell
10. A heart Skipping Beats
11. Arrival in America, Movies and DeMille
12. Her Ideal Face: Frank O'Connor
13. ";Benevolent Inevitability";
14. ";Writing Engine";
15. RKO and the Movie Diary
16. IDEAL: ";The Man on the Rock"; (Kay Gonda performed by Janne Peters)
17. The Match King
18. WOMAN ON TRIAL
19. WE THE LIVING
20. Permission Denied, ANTHEM and the Birth of THE FOUNTAINHEAD
21. Frank Lloyd Wright
22. H.U.A.C.: ";A Dubious Undertaking"; (Testimony: Congressman John McDowell and Ayn Rand)
23. THE FOUNTAINHEAD: Novel to Film
24. Return to New York: Ayn and Frank's Theme
25. ATLAS SHRUGGED: ";The Feminine Roark";
26. America and ";The Problem of Universals";
27. Non-fiction: Marilyn Monroe, Racism, Apollo 11
28. Nora
29. Man at his Best (Narration by Sharon Gless), End Credits, ";Will O' the Wisp"; (Music by Herbert Kurster)

Love the title names ;-)

Does anyone have a clue what "Canadian Capers" could be about? The Brandens perhaps?

(Edited by Marcus Bachler on 2/11, 4:11am)

Post 3

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 6:28am

"Canadian Capers" was one of her favourite pieces of tiddlywink music. It was a late piece of ragtime, as I recall. If you want to listen to this and other similar stuff, there used to be a site run by a chap with the unlikely name of 'Dismuke' who had a stack of AR's tiddlywink music online in streaming sound - it may still be available of you search.

Post 4

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 9:55am

Thanks for that Peter.

I will have to check it out :-)

I can't work out if this soundtrack is all music or not apart from the two Sharon Gless narration tracks?

How can you have a piece of music called the following?

H.U.A.C.: ";A Dubious Undertaking"; (Testimony: Congressman John McDowell and Ayn Rand)

Post 5

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 10:30am

Marcus,

I'm looking forward to track 26: America and "The Problem of Universals" sounds like it should have some catchy lyrics.

For some reason I have the image of IOE done to Gregorian chant.

Bill

Post 6

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 4:28pm

Here's the site Peter referred to: music with an Ayn Rand connection:

http://dismuke.org/aynrand/selections.html

Post 7

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 4:29pm

I just found this description of the CD........

"This CD soundtrack from the feature documentary, Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life, features Jeff Britting�s original music from the film, Ayn Rand�s testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, excerpts of narration by Sharon Gless, and dialogue from Ayn Rand�s play Ideal (performed by Janne Peters).

This unique soundtrack also contains two of Ayn Rand�s favorite �tiddlywink� pieces from her private record collection: Canadian Capers and Will o� the Wisp."

Post 8

Saturday, February 12, 2005 - 8:30am