Customer Reviews
Experience the spirit of Africa - By: P. DATTA, 26 Jan 2007 
Out Of Africa- Original Soundtrack features all the soundtracks of the beautiful & breathtaking scenery of Africa. When you actually listening to the soundtracks, it feels though you arein Africa & relighting the key moments of the Oscar winning movie. If you like refreshing music, then this album to purchase. It is absolutely brilliant. Experience the spirit of Africa.
Seven Minutes Makes Little Difference - By: Martin A Hogan, 28 Mar 2005 "Out Of Africa" was nominated for 11 Oscars, including Sound & Original Score. This recording by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra is nearly identical to the 12 song `official' soundtrack. However, there is an additional seven minutes of music, including the complete Adagio from the Mozart clarinet concerto & some miscellaneous traditional music that was omitted from the film. The sweeping drama is still here & I see little difference between the Original & this recording other than seven minutes. It's a toss-up, but each one will not disappoint.
Short-schrift on gorgeous music! - By: Martin A Hogan, 22 Mar 2005 
John Barry won an Oscar for this score & it still holds up as a classic. Each selection is moving & heartfelt. Barry is at his best here, by pulling emotions out & just barely keeping under the radar of over-whelming emotional sweeps. There is only one drawback to this soundtrack & that is that it is only a little over (33) thirty-three minutes long. That's a tragedy. You might consider buying the Royal Scottish National Orchestra's recording. I found it to be nearly identical & it certainly does justice to Barry's work.
Out of Africa, Out of Dreams - By: , 09 Jan 2004 Imagination can take you to the golden prairies of Africa but Out of Africa takes your imagination & brings it to life. Watching the film for the scenery alone is worthwhile but take that together with a facinating story based on true life with a list of characters that are played by some of the greatest actors & actresses & you have a film to watch time after time.
The bad guys are played to perfection, sometimes you hate them, sometimes you cannot help but sympathise with them. For me though, the reason I watch this film over & over is for the charisma that comes from the complicated romance between Robert Redford & Meryl Streep, certainly not the run of the mill romance, but a romance based on reality.
Not only though do you have beautiful scenery, a love story but also the story of a developing Africa & how the people who were settled there from foreign lands fellin love with the country & did everythingin their power to improve conditions.
You may not think that a love story is the film for you but this one really does have something for everyone, strugglesin the coffee plantations & man's achievement of conquering flight.
After watching this film you will be planning your next holiday to be on the plains of Africa. Enjoy it, again & again.
