The opening cue, ‘The Amalfi Theme', is a gorgeous acoustic, timeless guitar led piece with the gentle strummed mandolin sound that evokes memories of warm Mediterranean evenings and the smell of baked olive trees. The second cue, ‘Who'll Buy An Old Gold Ring?' firmly dates the film with a wistful vocal set against a muted saxophone and a big band sound that reeks of the 1930s. In contrast, track four, ‘A Te, O Cara Amor Tatora' is a stirring operatic solo portraying more classical Italian music, while ‘Church On Sunday' is one of the score's many highlights. Is in an interpretation of ‘Pie Jesu' using a delightful choirboy solo intermixed with a fantastic jazz clarinet and pizzicato strings giving a unique, unforgettable cue. The score is packed with lovely romantic scoring like the luscious ‘Meg & Darlington's Theme', ‘Fan Language' and ‘Stella's Departure”, as well as exquisite light jazz cues such as ‘Cocktails On The Darlington's Yacht'. However, the composer has included tracks carefully honed in the style of the great Italian operatic composers, producing gems like the stirring arias ‘Amor Amor' and 'La Lumi' and some delightful, rather risqué, 1930s-style dances based on more stately operatic subjects, such as ‘The Madam B Quickstep', The Pearl Fisher Onestep' and ‘The Santa Lucia Quickstep'. The album is brought to a close with ‘Where's This Old Crate Going?' which is a splendid revisit of the main themes in a lovely combination of orchestra and jazz creating a tranquil, laidback ending to a wonderfully varied score.

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