Ordinary People Soundtrack (

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Tags: plea for understanding
Alternate Names:
Title in Español:

Gente corriente
Title in Italiano:

Gente comune
Title in Português:

Gente Vulgar

Synopsis

Teen-aged brothers and best friends Buck and Conrad Jarrett were involved in a boating accident which claimed Buck's life.

Shortly thereafter, Conrad tried to commit suicide.

After a four month hospitalization, Conrad is back in his upper middle class suburban Chicago home with his parents, Calvin and Beth Jarrett.

The Jarretts collectively are publicly trying to get on with their lives, Conrad who is back at high school in his senior year partaking in his old activities such as the swim team and choir.

But things in the Jarrett household are not all right.

Although stating he is unsure why he decides to do so, Conrad restarts his psychiatric therapy outside of the hospital with a Dr. Berger.

This therapy may be able to uncover the reasons for the Jarretts' collective unhappiness, and leads each to examine not only the overall family dynamic but the individual relationships with each of the other two.

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Ordinary People
Canon in D major
(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden
What I Did for Love
ORDINARY PEOPLE: Main Title: Canon in D§ (Arranged and words added by Noel Goemmanne)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
The Dining Table§*
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
She Remembers Bucky in His Room§*
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Buck in the Yard§
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Jeannine & Conrad
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Conrad's Hallelujah* (contains “Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah, G.F. Handel arr. Marvin Hamlisch)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Christmas Tree
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
The Revelation§
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Time to Go Bowling*
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Why Did You Do It?§ / The Plane Ride*
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
I Miss Him Too§*
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
She's Dead
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
What Was the One Wrong Thing You Did?§*
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Do You Want Some Breakfast?
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Remembering the Dance§*
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
She Goes Up Steps§*
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Handle on It*
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
End Title: Canon in D§ (Johann Pachelbel arranged by Jean-François Paillard)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
BONUS TRACKS: Who's Got the Most? (source)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Country Radio (Source)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Classical Station* (Source)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Jazz Station* (Source)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Rock Station* (Source)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Montovani Radio* (Source)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Transistor Radio #1* (Source)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Transistor Radio #2* (Source)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Deck the Halls (Source) (Traditional Welsh Air adapted by Marvin Hamlisch)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
She's Dead (Instrumental)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Do You Want Some Breakfast?* (alternate)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Do You Want Some Breakfast?* (original version)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
End Title: Canon in D§* (alternate)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
SAVE THE TIGER: Main Title: “I Can't Get Started With You” (Ira Gershwin & Vernon Duke)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Stompin' at the Savoy (Benny Goodman, Chick Webb & Edgar Sampson)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Where Are All My Dreams Now?
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Air Mail Special (Jimmie Mundy, Benny Goodman & Charlie Christian)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Low Sierra*
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Love Has a Way* (Charles Fox & Jason M. Darrow)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Buttons and Bows / Exit for Harry (Jay Livingstone & Ray Evans)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
That Old Black Magic (Johnny Mercer & Harold Arlen)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Theme From Save the Tiger (Harry's Theme)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
L.A. Sunset*
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Exit Factory
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Surf
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
BONUS TRACKS: Where Are All My Dreams Now? (long version)*
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Isn't It Romantic?* (Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers)
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
After Romantic*
Marvin Hamlisch: Performer
Goldberg Variations - Shame (Nicholas Angelich)
James Horner: Performer
Má Vlast - The Tree of Life (Paavo Berglund/Staatskapelle Dresden)
James Horner: Performer
Tristan und Isolde - Melancholia (Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Antonio Pappano)
James Horner: Performer
Casta Diva - The Iron Lady (Tullio Serafin/Maria Callas/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Coro del Teatro alla Sca
James Horner: Performer
Swan Lake - Black Swan (London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn)
James Horner: Performer
Symphony No. 7 - The King's Speech (Philadelphia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti)
James Horner: Performer
Clair de Lune - Twilight (Leif Ove Andsnes)
James Horner: Performer
Cello Suite No. 1 - The Soloist (Pablo Casals)
James Horner: Performer
Peer Gynt - The Social Network (Ilse Hollweg/Beecham Choral Society/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham)
James Horner: Performer
Concerto for 2 Violins - Music of the Heart (Christian Ferras/Yehudi Menuhin/Bath Festival Orchestra)
James Horner: Performer
Polonaise - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Piotr Anderszewski)
James Horner: Performer
Concerto in G for Strings - Marie Antoinette (Andrew Parrott/Taverner Players)
James Horner: Performer
Symphony No. 6 - The Aviator (Antonio Pappano/Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma)
James Horner: Performer
Violin Concerto in D major - There Will Be Blood (Yehudi Menuhin/Berliner Philharmoniker/Rudolf Kempe)
James Horner: Performer
Die Forelle - Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Ian Bostridge/Julius Drake)
James Horner: Performer
Tosca - Quantum of Solace (Ruggero Raimondi/David Cangelosi/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Antonio Pa
James Horner: Performer
Ave Maria - 28 Days Later (Dame Janet Baker/Sir Philip Ledger)
James Horner: Performer
Lucia di Lammermoor - The Fifth Element (Natalie Dessay/Matthew Rose/Evelino Pidò/Concerto Köln/Sascha Recke
James Horner: Performer
Adagio for Strings - Platoon (Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy)
James Horner: Performer
My Heart Will Go On - Titanic (Orchestra/David Abel)
James Horner: Performer
Main Theme - Star Wars (Geoff Love & His Orchestra)
James Horner: Performer
Cello Concerto in E minor - Hilary and Jackie (Jacqueline du Pré/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli)
James Horner: Performer
Canon in D - Ordinary People (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Sir Neville Marriner)
James Horner: Performer
Main Theme - E.T. (Ron Goodwin)
James Horner: Performer
Main Theme - Schindler's List (Tasmin Little/Philharmonia Orchestra/Walter Susskind)
James Horner: Performer
Préludes Livre I - The Usual Suspects (Samson François)
James Horner: Performer
Pathétique Sonata - The Age of Innocence (Walter Gieseking)
James Horner: Performer
Piano Concerto No. 5 - The Dead Poets Society (Emil Gilels/Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell)
James Horner: Performer
Cavatina - The Deer Hunter (Manuel Barrueco With Steve Morse)
James Horner: Performer
Carmina Burana - Natural Born Killers (Philharmonia Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti)
James Horner: Performer
Also sprach Zarathustra - 2001: A Space Odyssey (London Philharmonic Orchestra/David Bell/Klaus Tennstedt)
James Horner: Performer
Symphony No. 9 - A Clockwork Orange (James Morris/Westminster Choir/Philadelphia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti)
James Horner: Performer
Jazz Suite No. 2 - Eyes Wide Shut (Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Paavo Järvi)
James Horner: Performer
Nessun Dorma - Bend It Like Beckham (José Carreras/Choeurs de l'Opéra du Rhin/Orchestre Philharmonique de
James Horner: Performer
A Little Night Music - Alien (London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green)
James Horner: Performer
Suite in No. 3n - Seven (English Chamber Orchestra/Sir Philip Ledger)
James Horner: Performer
Trio "Puchberg" - Mission: Impossible (Augustin Dumay/Gérard Caussé/Gary Hoffman)
James Horner: Performer
Symphony "Unfinished" - Minority Report (Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Charles Mackerras)
James Horner: Performer
Hungarian Rhapsody - Shine (Alfred Cortot)
James Horner: Performer
Le Nozze di Figaro - Runaway Bride (1990 Digital Remaster) (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis)
James Horner: Performer
Mandolin Concerto - Kramer vs. Kramer (Giovanni Scaramuzzino/Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi)
James Horner: Performer
Concerto Grosso - Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (Bath Festival Orchestra/Yehudi Menuhin)
James Horner: Performer
Requiem - The Big Lebowski (Patrizia Pace/Waltraud Meier/Frank Lopardo/James Morris/Swedish Radio Choir/Stockholm Chambe
James Horner: Performer
Nocturne No. 20 - The Pianist (Alexandre Tharaud)
James Horner: Performer
Impromptu - Billy Elliot (Lambert Orkis)
James Horner: Performer
Stabat Mater Dolorosa - The Talented Mister Ripley (Lesley Garrett/Paul Daniel/London Session Orchestra/Robin Blaze)
James Horner: Performer
Enigma Variations - Elizabeth (London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult)
James Horner: Performer
Memories of the Alhambra - Sideways (Christopher Parkening)
James Horner: Performer
Rhapsody in Blue - Manhattan (Wayne Marshall/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle)
James Horner: Performer
Flower Duet - Sex and the City (Mady Mesplé/Danielle Millet/Orchestre du Théâtre National de I'Op&ea
James Horner: Performer
Casta Diva - The Iron Lady (Tullio Serafin/Maria Callas/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Coro del Teatro alla Sca
James Horner: Performer
Tosca - Quantum of Solace (Ruggero Raimondi/David Cangelosi/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Antonio Pa
James Horner: Performer
Lucia di Lammermoor - The Fifth Element (Natalie Dessay/Matthew Rose/Evelino Pidò/Concerto Köln/Sascha Recke
James Horner: Performer
Nessun Dorma - Bend It Like Beckham (José Carreras/Choeurs de l'Opéra du Rhin/Orchestre Philharmonique de
James Horner: Performer
Requiem - The Big Lebowski (Patrizia Pace/Waltraud Meier/Frank Lopardo/James Morris/Swedish Radio Choir/Stockholm Chambe
James Horner: Performer
Flower Duet - Sex and the City (Mady Mesplé/Danielle Millet/Orchestre du Théâtre National de I'Op&ea
James Horner: Performer

User reviews

Lisa Young
7/10

Each track in the soundtrack complements the narrative, enhancing the overall viewing experience.

Susan Thomas
8/10

The somber melodies evoke a sense of grief and loss that resonates with the central theme of the film.

Amanda Jackson
8/10

The soundtrack of Ordinary People perfectly captures the emotional depth and complexity of the characters' struggles.

Sarah Anderson
8/10

The use of instrumentation and arrangement is masterfully done, adding layers of depth to the storytelling.

Edward Hernandez
2/10

The soundtrack of Ordinary People fails to capture the emotional depth and complexity of the story. The music feels generic and uninspired, lacking the nuance needed to enhance the film's themes and character development.

Betty Adams
8/10

The emotional resonance of the music elevates the film to a whole new level, making it a truly unforgettable cinematic experience.

Jennifer Anderson
5/10

The soundtrack of Ordinary People beautifully captures the emotional depth and complexity of the characters' inner struggles. The haunting melodies and somber tones perfectly reflect the pain and turmoil experienced by the Jarrett family as they navigate through grief, guilt, and healing. The music enhances the storytelling, evoking a sense of melancholy and introspection that resonates with the audience long after the film has ended.

Mary Taylor
9/10

The soundtrack of Ordinary People expertly mirrors the characters' journey of healing and self-discovery with its moving and introspective compositions. The music deftly navigates through moments of grief, resilience, and eventual hope, creating a powerful emotional resonance that lingers long after the film has ended. Each track feels like a poignant reflection of the characters' internal struggles and personal growth, making the soundtrack an essential element in conveying the film's profound and thought-provoking narrative.

Sarah Wright
9/10

The emotional depth and sensitivity of the Ordinary People soundtrack perfectly captures the complex and tumultuous family dynamics portrayed in the film. The haunting melodies and poignant orchestration beautifully evoke the inner struggles and emotional turmoil of the characters, adding a layer of depth to the storytelling that is truly captivating.

Jennifer Williams
2/10

Overall, the soundtrack of Ordinary People falls short in evoking the necessary emotional resonance to elevate the film to its full potential. It fails to create a cohesive and immersive auditory experience that complements the profound themes explored in the story.

Robert Thompson
4/10

The score often feels intrusive and manipulative, overshadowing the subtlety of the performances and the narrative. It distracts rather than enhances the viewing experience, making it difficult to fully engage with the characters and their struggles.

Andrew Jones
8/10

The soundtrack seamlessly transitions between moments of tension and introspection, reflecting the characters' inner turmoil.

Joseph Hall
7/10

The music enhances the mood of each scene, creating a powerful connection with the audience.

Emily Campbell
7/10

The haunting melodies linger long after the film ends, leaving a lasting impact on the viewer.

Amanda Perez
6/10

On the other hand, while the soundtrack effectively sets the tone for the film, some may find it a bit too melancholic and heavy-handed at times. The repetitive motifs and somber orchestration may become overwhelming for some viewers, detracting from the overall viewing experience. Despite its emotional resonance, the soundtrack's lack of variation and occasional melodrama may hinder its ability to fully engage certain audiences.