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A Passage to India

It's the early 1920s. Britons Adela Quested (Judy Davis) and her probable future mother-in-law Mrs. Moore (Peggy Ashcroft) have just arrived in Chandrapore in British India to visit Adela's unofficial betrothed, Ronny Heaslop (Nigel Havers), who works there as the city's magistrate.

Adela and Mrs. Moore, who long for "an adventure" in experiencing all India has to offer, are dismayed to learn upon their arrival that the ruling British do not socialize, let alone associate, with the native population. Such people as the Turtons, Mr. Turton (Richard Wilson) being Ronny's superior, who openly thumb their noses at the idea in their belief that the Indians are an inferior people.

They are further dismayed to see that Ronny adheres to that custom in not wanting to jeopardize his career. At the local white only club, Adela and Mrs. Moore find a like-minded Brit in the form of Richard Fielding (James Fox), the school master at government college, he who offers to organize a small, but truly inclusive, social gathering with some natives for them, unlike the large party the Turtons organize, where the natives are treated poorly, and are used more as window dressing for Adela and Mrs. Moore's benefit.

In addition to Fielding's colleague, eccentric Brahmin scholar Professor Narayan Godbole (Sir Alec Guinness), Adela, and Mrs. Moore would like to invite Aziz Ahmed (Victor Banerjee), a young, widowed local physician with whom Mrs. Moore had a chance encounter. As Mrs. Moore is the first Brit who has ever treated him with kindness as she did at that encounter, Aziz is happy to attend.

As Aziz wants to impress them by being what he thinks they want him to be, which is more western, he offers to organize an outing for this small collective to the Marabar Caves, which has some renown. The outing is despite Aziz never having been to the caves himself, and despite the expense to himself, that sum of money which he really can ill afford.

Something that happens at the caves has the potential to bring the British-Indian bridge that has been forged within this small collective come crumbling down, that something which also threatens Aziz and Adela's lives in the process.

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Play	Title	Artist
	A Passage to India
	Tea For Two
	Freely Maisie
	In a Monastery Garden
	God Save the King
	Roses of Picardy
	The Sun, whose Rays are All Ablaze
	THE COMPLETE SCORE: A Passage to India	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	The Marabar Caves*	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	The Bombay March**	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Ghosts	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	The Temple**	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Frangipani* / Original Main Title*	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Chandrapore*	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Adela**	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Expectations*	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Bicycle Ride*	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Climbing the Cliffs**	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Nightmare*	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Kashmir	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Back to England	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	BONUS TRACKS: Colonial Club Orchestra**	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Himalayan Mountain Horns	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Punjaub March (Charles Payne)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Procession 1**	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Procession 2*	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Procession 3*	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Procession 4*	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Procession 5*	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	A Passage To India	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	The Marabar Caves	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Bombay March	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	The Temple	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Frangipani	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Chandrapore	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Adela	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Expectations	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Bicycle Ride	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Climbing To The Caves	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Dances from NOTRE DAME DE PARIS: Prelude	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Fete de fous (The Feast of Fools)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Grimace de Quasimodo (Entrance of Quasimodo)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Marche du roi – Le Tour de la ville (The King's March)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	La Belle et la Bête – Pas de deux (Beauty and the Beast)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	La Cour des miracles (The Court of Miracles)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	ORIENT SUITE: TAI PAN – Overture	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	SHOGUN – Mariko's Theme	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	SHOGUN – Tea and Jealousy	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	THE PALANQUIN OF TEARS	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	THE MESSAGE – Concert Suite: The Declaration	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	The Hegira and Expulsion	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Building the First Mosque	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	The Prayer and The Spread of Islam	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Entry into Mecca	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	THE BLACK MARBLE: True Romance (Dark Eyes) and End Titles	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Disc Time:	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	A PASSAGE TO INDIA: Bombay March	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER (CROSSED SWORDS): Main Title and The Prince and The Pauper	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	MOURIR A MADRID: To Die in Madrid	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	BEHOLD A PALE HORSE: Spain Regained	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	March from Behold a Pale Horse	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	THE COLLECTOR – Concert Suite: The Collector / The Catch / End Titles Music	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	A WALK IN THE CLOUDS: The Harvest	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	UPRISING – Concert Suite: Out of the Sewers / Uprising / I Am Lucky	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	POPE JOAN: Overture	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	TWO BITS (unused score): Two Bits	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS: Lieutenant General Tanz / On the Terrace at Versailles	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	THE BRIDE: THE BRIDE	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	GIUBELIO – Cantata for Orchestra & Chorus: Heri (Yesterday)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Hodie (Today)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Semper (Always)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Lawrence of Arabia: Overture	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Jesus of Nazareth: Birth of Christ	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	A Passage to India: Adela's Theme	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: Fanfare	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Is Paris Burning: Main Title	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Ghost: End Credits	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	The Man Who Would Be King: Main Title	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Witness: Building the Barn	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Ryan's Daughter: Suite	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Doctor Zhivago: Lara's Theme	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Welcoming Fanfare of the Théatre National Populaire (Popular National Theater of Paris)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Grand Prix - Overture	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Witness - Building the Barn	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	The Tin Drum - Suite	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Ghost - End Credits	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Gorillas in the Mist - End Credits	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Dead Poets Society - Keating's Triumph	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Sunshine - Sunshine	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Villa Rides - Main Title	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Doctor Zhivago - Suite	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	The Man Who Would Be King - Suite	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	A Passage to India - Suite	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	The Year of Living Dangerously - Suite	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Shadow of the Wolf - The White Wolf	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Fatal Attraction - Suite	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	A Walk in the Clouds - A Walk in the Clouds	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Ryan's Daughter - Suite	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Uprising - Main Title	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Jacob's Ladder - End Credits	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Lawrence of Arabia - Suite	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Is Paris Burning? - Paris en Colere	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Overture (from Lawrence Of Arabia)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Suite (from Doctor Zhivago)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Adela's Theme (from A Passage To India)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Suite (from Jesus Of Nazareth)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	End Credits (from Ghost)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Main Theme (from Villa Rides)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Suite (from The Fixer)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Fanfare / "I Ain't Captain Walker" (from Mad Max:Beyond Thunderdome)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Main Title / The Samurai (from Red Sun)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	March (from Topaz)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Allie's Theme (from The Mosquito Coast)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Kwan's Sacrifice (from The Year Of Living Dangerously)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Building The Barn (from Witness)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	The Paris Waltz (from Is Paris Burning?)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Lara's Theme (from Doctor Zhivago)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Suite (from Ryan's Daughter)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Overture (from The Professionals)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Theme (from Fatal Attraction)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Suite (from The Tin Drum)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Main Title (from No Way Out)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Suite (from Enemy Mine)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	The Night Of The Generals	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Main Title (from El Condor)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	The Man Who Would Be King	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Building The Barn	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Suite (from Lawrence Of Arabia)	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Remembrance	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Ryan's Daughter Suite	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	A Passage To India Suite	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Doctor Zhivago Suite	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Offering	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Lawrence Of Arabia Suite	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Fanfare From Mad Max-Beyond Thunderdome	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Suite Georges Franju-La Tet Contre Les Murs/Therese Desqueyrous/Les Yeux Sans	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Witness	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Shogun	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Lullaby From The Damned	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Ryan'S Daughter	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Doctor Zhivago	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Lawrence Of Arabia	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	JosÈ Nieto / The Night Of Spanish Film	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	If You Are Told That I Died	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Jose Nieto / Two Love Themes: I. It Is Necessary To Kill B II. This Is My Land	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Captain Cook	Maurice Jarre: Performer
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	Walking Through Seville	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Jose Nieto / The Lord Of The Dragon: I. Main Titles-Themes Of "Ix" II. Dawn III. Duel In "Boca Del Infier	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Jose Nieto / Teresa De Jesus: I. The Inside Castle II. Journey To Seville III. Priest Graci·n Iv. Teresa's Death-	Maurice Jarre: Performer
	Jose Nieto / The Lord Of The Dragon: I. Main Titles-Themes Of "Ix" II. Dawn III. Duel In "Boca Del Infier	Maurice Jarre: Performer

User reviews

Charles Hall

8/10

The emotional depth and complexity of the characters are skillfully underscored by the haunting melodies and evocative themes present in the soundtrack.

Mary Taylor

7/10

The use of traditional Indian instruments in the music enhances the authenticity of the setting and creates a rich and immersive listening experience.

James Wilson

7/10

The music perfectly conveys the sense of adventure and curiosity felt by Adela and Mrs. Moore as they explore the culture and society of India.

Donna Young

5/10

The emotional depth of the music enhances the audience's connection to the characters and their struggles.

Deborah White

6/10

The soundtrack effectively conveys the sense of adventure and exploration felt by the characters as they navigate the complex social dynamics of colonial India.

Mary Wilson

10/10

The music perfectly complements the emotional depth of the characters and the intricate relationships portrayed in the story, enhancing the audience's connection to the narrative and the unfolding drama.

Joseph Carter

5/10

The use of traditional Indian instruments in the score adds an authentic and immersive quality to the viewing experience.

Michael Mitchell

7/10

The soundtrack effectively reflects the tensions and contrasts between the British ruling class and the native Indian population, adding depth to the storytelling.

Charles Thompson

9/10

The use of traditional Indian instruments and melodies in the soundtrack adds an authentic and immersive layer to the film, transporting the viewers to the vibrant and diverse world of British India during that period.

Linda Jackson

5/10

The melodies are haunting and evocative, staying with the audience long after the film has ended.

Paul Parker

5/10

The music enhances the tension and cultural clashes depicted in the film, adding depth and emotion to the storytelling.

Betty Parker

6/10

The orchestration is skillfully crafted, blending Western and Indian musical elements seamlessly.

Anthony Wilson

5/10

The soundtrack of A Passage to India beautifully captures the exotic and mysterious atmosphere of British India in the 1920s.

Thomas Brown

5/10

Overall, the soundtrack of A Passage to India is a standout element of the film, elevating the viewing experience and immersing the audience in its rich and vibrant world.

Mark Jackson

5/10

The score's dynamic range, from tender moments to intense drama, mirrors the highs and lows of the characters' journey.

Joshua White

9/10

The soundtrack of A Passage to India beautifully captures the essence of the early 1920s British-Indian setting, setting the tone for the cultural clash and tensions portrayed in the film.

Donald Gonzalez

8/10

Overall, the soundtrack of A Passage to India is a masterful accompaniment to the film, enhancing the narrative and enriching the viewer's experience.