I agree with many on Amazon who say that much of James Horner's music has sounded the same of late, but that this soundtrack is exceptional. Quiet, elegant, melancholy, moving: not words you'd use to describe a movie soundtrack, especially a wide-release flick like this, these days. I even agree that some of the pieces remind me of Henryk Gorecki. "The Waves of the Caspian Sea," for example, sounds remarkably like the Polish composer (and Gorecki is one of my favorites), to the point that I almost expect to see Gorecki's name in the credits. Themes from that piece recur throughout and also bring the disk to a close. Overall, truly haunting and beautiful.
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