Released 1994 Label MCA Schindler's List
(1993) Sabrina
(1995) Release date 7 December 1993 | Length 64:35 Producer John Williams Artist John Williams | |
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Genres Soundtrack, Classical music Awards Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Places recorded Sony Pictures Studios, Symphony Hall Similar John Williams albums, Soundtracks | ||
Schindler's List: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the film score of the 1993 film of the same name, composed and conducted by John Williams. The original score and songs were composed by Williams, and features violin player Itzhak Perlman.
Contents
The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. It also received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Score.
Theme from Schindler's List is one of the most recognized contemporary film scores, particularly the violin solo. Many high-level figure skaters have used this in their programs, including Katarina Witt, Irina Slutskaya, Johnny Weir, and Yulia Lipnitskaya.
Track listing
- "Theme From Schindler's List" – 4:15
- "Jewish Town (Krakow Ghetto - Winter '41)" – 4:40
- "Immolation (With Our Lives, We Give Life)" – 4:44
- "Remembrances" – 4:20
- "Schindler's Workforce" – 9:08
- "Afn Pripetshek / Nacht Aktion" (with Li-Ron Choir) – 2:56
- "I Could Have Done More" – 5:52
- "Auschwitz-Birkenau" – 3:41
- "Stolen Memories" – 4:20
- "Making the List" – 5:11
- "Give Me Your Names" – 4:55
- "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)" – 2:17
- "Remembrances (with Itzhak Perlman)" – 5:17
- "Theme from Schindler's List" – 2:59
Not on the soundtrack
Other tracks that appear in the film, but not in the soundtrack, are the epic "Exodus" for mixed choir and orchestra by Wojciech Kilar as the trailer music in the film, an instrumental arrangement of the song "Szomorú Vasárnap" by Rezső Seress, the famous tango "Por Una Cabeza" by Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera, the German schlager "Im Grunewald ist Holzauktion" by Otto Teich as well as "Mein Vater war ein Wandersmann", "In einem kleinen Cafe in Hernals", and the German marching song Erika (Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein) by Herms Niel. Also Polish hit songs "To ostatnia niedziela" and "Miłość ci wszystko wybaczy" are featured in the film. Bach’s English Suite No. 2, which is played during the searching in the ghetto, is also missing.
Also not included on the soundtrack disc album but was played during the film was Wilhelm Strienz’ version of Gute Nacht Mutter; it played as the Jewish women were being led from the train to the gas chambers.
Mamatschi, schenk' mir ein Pferdchen is played on loudspeakers in the camp, when the children are taken away on trucks.
Songs
Schindler's List: Theme From Schindler's List4:15
Jewish Town (Krakow Ghetto - Winter '41)4:40
Immolation (With Our Lives - We Give Life)4:44