Schindler's List (soundtrack)

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Schindler's List: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Released1994
RecordedSeptember - October 1993
Studio Sony Pictures Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Genre Soundtrack
Length64:35
Label MCA
Producer John Williams
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Schindler's List: Original Motion Picture Soundtrackis the score album for Steven Spielberg's 1993 film of the same name. Composed and conducted by John Williams, the original score features violinist Itzhak Perlman. [1]

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, Anton Shulepov, Yuna Shiraiwa, Paul Wylie, Johnny Weir, Tatiana Navka, Roman Sadovsky, Satoko Miyahara, Nicole Schott, Jason Brown and Yulia Lipnitskaya. [2] [3]

Track listing

  1. "Theme from Schindler's List"
  2. "Jewish Town (Krakow Ghetto - Winter '41)"
  3. "Immolation (With Our Lives, We Give Life)"
  4. "Remembrances"
  5. "Schindler's Workforce"
  6. "Oyfn Pripetshik / Nacht Aktion" (OYF'N Pripetshok performed by The Li-Ron Herzeliya Children's Choir Tel Aviv, conducted by Ronit Shapira)
  7. "I Could Have Done More"
  8. "Auschwitz-Birkenau"
  9. "Stolen Memories"
  10. "Making the List"
  11. "Give Me Your Names"
  12. "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)" (performed by The Ramat Gan Chamber Choir Tel Aviv, conducted by Hana Tzur)
  13. "Remembrances (with Itzhak Perlman)"
  14. "Theme from Schindler's List (Reprise)"

Not on the soundtrack

The recordings of "OYF'N Pripetshok" and "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav" heard in the film are very different from the album versions. The recording of "OYF'N Pripetshok" used in the film is from the 1991 film Billy Bathgate . The recording of "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav" used in the film is from the 1991 film Pour Sacha . Both recordings are contained on the soundtrack albums for those films.

Other tracks that appear in the film, but not in the soundtrack, include:

In addition, Wojciech Kilar's 1981 composition Exodus for mixed choir and orchestra was used as score in the trailer in the film.

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI) [4] Gold15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [5] Silver60,000^
United States (RIAA) [6] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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