Shakespeare in Love (soundtrack)
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Shakespeare in Love is the original soundtrack album
, on the Sony Classical label, of the 1998
Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe-winningfilm
Shakespeare in Love
, starring Joseph Fiennes
, Gwyneth Paltrow
(who won the Academy Award for Best Actress
for her role as "Viola De Lesseps" in this film), Geoffrey Rush
, Tom Wilkinson
, Imelda Staunton
, Ben Affleck
and Judi Dench
(who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
for her role as "Queen Elizabeth I" in this film). The original score
and song
s were composed by Stephen Warbeck
.
The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (lost to the score of Elizabeth
) and a Grammy Award
: Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (lost to the score of A Bug's Life
).
Shakespeare in Love is the original soundtrack album
, on the Sony Classical label, of the 1998
Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe-winningfilm
Shakespeare in Love
, starring Joseph Fiennes
, Gwyneth Paltrow
(who won the Academy Award for Best Actress
for her role as "Viola De Lesseps" in this film), Geoffrey Rush
, Tom Wilkinson
, Imelda Staunton
, Ben Affleck
and Judi Dench
(who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
for her role as "Queen Elizabeth I" in this film). The original score
and song
s were composed by Stephen Warbeck
.
The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (lost to the score of Elizabeth
) and a Grammy Award
: Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (lost to the score of A Bug's Life
).
Shakespeare in Love is the original soundtrack album
, on the Sony Classical label, of the 1998
Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe-winningfilm
Shakespeare in Love
, starring Joseph Fiennes
, Gwyneth Paltrow
(who won the Academy Award for Best Actress
for her role as "Viola De Lesseps" in this film), Geoffrey Rush
, Tom Wilkinson
, Imelda Staunton
, Ben Affleck
and Judi Dench
(who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
for her role as "Queen Elizabeth I" in this film). The original score
and song
s were composed by Stephen Warbeck
.
The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (lost to the score of Elizabeth
) and a Grammy Award
: Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (lost to the score of A Bug's Life
).
Soundtrack album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television program. In some cases, not all the tracks from the movie are included in the album; however there are rare cases of songs in the trailers that do not appear in...
, on the Sony Classical label, of the 1998
1998 in film
-Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:...
Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe-winningfilm
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
Shakespeare in Love
Shakespeare in Love
Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 British-American comedy film directed by John Madden and written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard....
, starring Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes is an English film and stage actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of William Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love, Sir Robert Dudley in Elizabeth, Commisar Danilov in Enemy at the Gates, Martin Luther in Luther, Merlin in Camelot, and his portrayal of Mark Benford in the...
, Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Kate Paltrow is an American actress and singer. She made her acting debut on stage in 1990 and started appearing in films in 1991. After appearing in several films throughout the decade, Paltrow gained early notice for her work in films such as Se7en and Emma...
(who won the Academy Award for Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Actress
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
for her role as "Viola De Lesseps" in this film), Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Roy Rush is an Australian actor and film producer. He is one of the few people who has won the "Triple Crown of Acting": an Academy Award, a Tony Award and an Emmy Award. He has won one Academy Award for acting , three British Academy Film Awards , two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen...
, Tom Wilkinson
Tom Wilkinson
Thomas Geoffrey "Tom" Wilkinson, OBE is a British actor. He has twice been nominated for an Academy Award for his roles in In the Bedroom and Michael Clayton...
, Imelda Staunton
Imelda Staunton
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton, OBE is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for her performances in the British comedy television series Up the Garden Path, the Harry Potter film series and Vera Drake...
, Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck
Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt , better known as Ben Affleck, is an American actor, film director, writer, and producer. He became known with his performances in Kevin Smith's films such as Mallrats and Chasing Amy...
and Judi Dench
Judi Dench
Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA is an English film, stage and television actress.Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo...
(who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. Since its inception, however, the...
for her role as "Queen Elizabeth I" in this film). The original score
Film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...
and song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
s were composed by Stephen Warbeck
Stephen Warbeck
Stephen Warbeck is an English composer, best known for his film and television scores.Warbeck was born in Southampton. He first became known for the music for Prime Suspect and won an Academy Award for his score for Shakespeare in Love...
.
The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Academy Award for Best Original Score
The Academy Award for Original Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.-Superlatives:...
and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (lost to the score of Elizabeth
Elizabeth (soundtrack)
Elizabeth is the original soundtrack of the 1998 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film Elizabeth starring Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Richard Attenborough and Joseph Fiennes...
) and a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
: Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (lost to the score of A Bug's Life
A Bug's Life
A Bug's Life is a 1998 American computer animated adventure comedy film produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States on November 25, 1998. A Bug's Life was the second Disney·Pixar feature film after Toy Story, and the third American computer-animated film after Toy...
).
Track listing
- 1. The Beginning of the Partnership 2:00
- 2. Viola's Audition 3:21
- 3. A Plague of Both Your Houses 1:40
- 4. The De Lesseps' Dance 2:59
- 5. A Daughter's Duty :47
- 6. In Viola's Room 2:54
- 7. A New World 1:39
- 8. Love & the Rehearsal 4:19
- 9. The Arrival of Wessex 1:17
- 10. Greenwich :52
- 11. The Brawl 3:13
- 12. News of Marlowe's Death 2:52
- 13. Love & the End of the Tragedy 2:11
- 14. The Missing Scene 1:42
- 15. The Fight 2:20
- 16. The Play & the Marriage 2:09
- 17. Wessex Loses a Bride 1:51
- 18. The Prologue 1:30
- 19. The Play (Part 1) 2:25
- 20. The Play (Part 2) 3:56
- 21. Curtain Call 2:31
- 22. Farewell 1:30
- 23. The End 5:06
- Total Time: 55:04
Shakespeare in Love is the original soundtrack album
Soundtrack album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television program. In some cases, not all the tracks from the movie are included in the album; however there are rare cases of songs in the trailers that do not appear in...
, on the Sony Classical label, of the 1998
1998 in film
-Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:...
Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe-winningfilm
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
Shakespeare in Love
Shakespeare in Love
Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 British-American comedy film directed by John Madden and written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard....
, starring Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes is an English film and stage actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of William Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love, Sir Robert Dudley in Elizabeth, Commisar Danilov in Enemy at the Gates, Martin Luther in Luther, Merlin in Camelot, and his portrayal of Mark Benford in the...
, Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Kate Paltrow is an American actress and singer. She made her acting debut on stage in 1990 and started appearing in films in 1991. After appearing in several films throughout the decade, Paltrow gained early notice for her work in films such as Se7en and Emma...
(who won the Academy Award for Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Actress
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
for her role as "Viola De Lesseps" in this film), Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Roy Rush is an Australian actor and film producer. He is one of the few people who has won the "Triple Crown of Acting": an Academy Award, a Tony Award and an Emmy Award. He has won one Academy Award for acting , three British Academy Film Awards , two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen...
, Tom Wilkinson
Tom Wilkinson
Thomas Geoffrey "Tom" Wilkinson, OBE is a British actor. He has twice been nominated for an Academy Award for his roles in In the Bedroom and Michael Clayton...
, Imelda Staunton
Imelda Staunton
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton, OBE is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for her performances in the British comedy television series Up the Garden Path, the Harry Potter film series and Vera Drake...
, Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck
Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt , better known as Ben Affleck, is an American actor, film director, writer, and producer. He became known with his performances in Kevin Smith's films such as Mallrats and Chasing Amy...
and Judi Dench
Judi Dench
Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA is an English film, stage and television actress.Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo...
(who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. Since its inception, however, the...
for her role as "Queen Elizabeth I" in this film). The original score
Film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...
and song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
s were composed by Stephen Warbeck
Stephen Warbeck
Stephen Warbeck is an English composer, best known for his film and television scores.Warbeck was born in Southampton. He first became known for the music for Prime Suspect and won an Academy Award for his score for Shakespeare in Love...
.
The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Academy Award for Best Original Score
The Academy Award for Original Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.-Superlatives:...
and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (lost to the score of Elizabeth
Elizabeth (soundtrack)
Elizabeth is the original soundtrack of the 1998 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film Elizabeth starring Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Richard Attenborough and Joseph Fiennes...
) and a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
: Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (lost to the score of A Bug's Life
A Bug's Life
A Bug's Life is a 1998 American computer animated adventure comedy film produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States on November 25, 1998. A Bug's Life was the second Disney·Pixar feature film after Toy Story, and the third American computer-animated film after Toy...
).
Track listing
- 1. The Beginning of the Partnership 2:00
- 2. Viola's Audition 3:21
- 3. A Plague of Both Your Houses 1:40
- 4. The De Lesseps' Dance 2:59
- 5. A Daughter's Duty :47
- 6. In Viola's Room 2:54
- 7. A New World 1:39
- 8. Love & the Rehearsal 4:19
- 9. The Arrival of Wessex 1:17
- 10. Greenwich :52
- 11. The Brawl 3:13
- 12. News of Marlowe's Death 2:52
- 13. Love & the End of the Tragedy 2:11
- 14. The Missing Scene 1:42
- 15. The Fight 2:20
- 16. The Play & the Marriage 2:09
- 17. Wessex Loses a Bride 1:51
- 18. The Prologue 1:30
- 19. The Play (Part 1) 2:25
- 20. The Play (Part 2) 3:56
- 21. Curtain Call 2:31
- 22. Farewell 1:30
- 23. The End 5:06
- Total Time: 55:04
Shakespeare in Love is the original soundtrack album
Soundtrack album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television program. In some cases, not all the tracks from the movie are included in the album; however there are rare cases of songs in the trailers that do not appear in...
, on the Sony Classical label, of the 1998
1998 in film
-Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:...
Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe-winningfilm
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
Shakespeare in Love
Shakespeare in Love
Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 British-American comedy film directed by John Madden and written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard....
, starring Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes is an English film and stage actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of William Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love, Sir Robert Dudley in Elizabeth, Commisar Danilov in Enemy at the Gates, Martin Luther in Luther, Merlin in Camelot, and his portrayal of Mark Benford in the...
, Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Kate Paltrow is an American actress and singer. She made her acting debut on stage in 1990 and started appearing in films in 1991. After appearing in several films throughout the decade, Paltrow gained early notice for her work in films such as Se7en and Emma...
(who won the Academy Award for Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Actress
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
for her role as "Viola De Lesseps" in this film), Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Roy Rush is an Australian actor and film producer. He is one of the few people who has won the "Triple Crown of Acting": an Academy Award, a Tony Award and an Emmy Award. He has won one Academy Award for acting , three British Academy Film Awards , two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen...
, Tom Wilkinson
Tom Wilkinson
Thomas Geoffrey "Tom" Wilkinson, OBE is a British actor. He has twice been nominated for an Academy Award for his roles in In the Bedroom and Michael Clayton...
, Imelda Staunton
Imelda Staunton
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton, OBE is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for her performances in the British comedy television series Up the Garden Path, the Harry Potter film series and Vera Drake...
, Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck
Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt , better known as Ben Affleck, is an American actor, film director, writer, and producer. He became known with his performances in Kevin Smith's films such as Mallrats and Chasing Amy...
and Judi Dench
Judi Dench
Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA is an English film, stage and television actress.Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo...
(who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. Since its inception, however, the...
for her role as "Queen Elizabeth I" in this film). The original score
Film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...
and song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
s were composed by Stephen Warbeck
Stephen Warbeck
Stephen Warbeck is an English composer, best known for his film and television scores.Warbeck was born in Southampton. He first became known for the music for Prime Suspect and won an Academy Award for his score for Shakespeare in Love...
.
The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Academy Award for Best Original Score
The Academy Award for Original Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.-Superlatives:...
and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (lost to the score of Elizabeth
Elizabeth (soundtrack)
Elizabeth is the original soundtrack of the 1998 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film Elizabeth starring Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Richard Attenborough and Joseph Fiennes...
) and a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
: Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (lost to the score of A Bug's Life
A Bug's Life
A Bug's Life is a 1998 American computer animated adventure comedy film produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States on November 25, 1998. A Bug's Life was the second Disney·Pixar feature film after Toy Story, and the third American computer-animated film after Toy...
).
Track listing
- 1. The Beginning of the Partnership 2:00
- 2. Viola's Audition 3:21
- 3. A Plague of Both Your Houses 1:40
- 4. The De Lesseps' Dance 2:59
- 5. A Daughter's Duty :47
- 6. In Viola's Room 2:54
- 7. A New World 1:39
- 8. Love & the Rehearsal 4:19
- 9. The Arrival of Wessex 1:17
- 10. Greenwich :52
- 11. The Brawl 3:13
- 12. News of Marlowe's Death 2:52
- 13. Love & the End of the Tragedy 2:11
- 14. The Missing Scene 1:42
- 15. The Fight 2:20
- 16. The Play & the Marriage 2:09
- 17. Wessex Loses a Bride 1:51
- 18. The Prologue 1:30
- 19. The Play (Part 1) 2:25
- 20. The Play (Part 2) 3:56
- 21. Curtain Call 2:31
- 22. Farewell 1:30
- 23. The End 5:06
- Total Time: 55:04