Trumpeter and composer Mark Isham rises to the occasion with his score for director Gavin O'Connor's Miracle. The film chronicles the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team's rousing victory over the supposedly superior (then) Soviet Union. Isham engages instantly with the anthemic "The Team," a spirited and memorable slice of Copland-esque Americana that echoes Randy Newman's score for The Natural, and lays the groundwork for what turns out to be a simplistic yet delightful piece of work. Too often composers overwrite their less complex subjects, causing an awkward juxtaposition between the visual and audio aspects of films that should have remained two-dimensional. That Isham succeeds without appearing either jaded or sentimental is a testament to his talents and obvious emotional investment in the film's characters. Like the film itself, Miracle the soundtrack is an underdog of sorts, and definitely worth rooting for. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide
Miracle
02/10/2004 | Hollywood Records
All Music Guide Review
Miracle Track Listing
Credits of Miracle
- Paul Cohen
- Cello
- Frank Macchia
- Orchestration
- Rene Mandel
- Violin
- Michael Markman
- Violin
- Edward Meares
- Bass
- Victoria Miskolszy
- Viola
- Bruce Morgenthaler
- Bass
- Brian O'Connor
- Horn
- Simon Oswell
- Viola
- Katia Popov
- Violin
- Michele Richards
- Violin
- Geri Rotella
- Flute
- Mark Sazer
- Violin
- Steve Schaffer
- Percussion
- Kurt Snyder
- Horn
- David Speltz
- Cello
- Jim Thatcher
- Horn
- Doug Tornquist
- Tuba
- Cecilia Tsan
- Cello
- Ken Yerke
- Violin
- Brian Ross
- Music Supervisor
- Matt Funes
- Viola
- Jon Lewis
- Trumpet
- David Riddles
- Bassoon
- Andrew Shulman
- Cello
- Sebastian Toettcher
- Cello
- John Walz
- Cello
- Drew Dembowski
- Bass
- Booker T. Washington White
- Music Preparation
- Sandy DeCrescent
- Orchestra Contractor
- Lisa Sutton
- Violin
- Michael Hoffman
- Trombone
- Curtis Roush
- Supervising Music Editor
- Natalie Leggett
- Violin
- Mitchell Leib
- Music Executive
- Pat Sullivan
- Mastering
- Gary Bovyer
- Clarinet
- Christian Kollgaard
- Bass
- Rafael Rishik
- Violin
- Rich Ruttenburg
- Keyboards
- Yu Tong Sharp
- Violin
- Shawn Mann
- Viola
- Darrin McCann
- Viola
- Armen Anassian
- Violin
- Antony Cooke
- Cello
- David Parmeter
- Bass
- Emily Bernstein
- Clarinet, Soloist
- Irina Voloshina
- Violin
- Roberto Cani
- Violin
- Tim Morrison
- Trumpet
- Michael Valerio
- Bass
- Thomas Dienner
- Viola
- Liane Mautner
- Violin
- Steve "Syco Steve" Williams
- Trombone
- Galina Golovin
- Violin
- Piotr Jandula
- Viola
- Andy Ackland
- Pro-Tools
- Ralph Williams
- Clarinet
- Allen Savedoff
- Bassoon
- Jennifer Levin
- Violin
- Aimee Kreston
- Violin
- Monica "Blackheart" Zierhut
- Producer
- Gregory Goodall
- Percussion
- Phillip Edward Yao
- Horn
- David F. Walther
- Viola
- Ana Landauer
- Violin
- James Burt
- Music Editor
- Marina Manukian
- Violin
- Cassandra Richburg
- Viola
- Shalini Vijayan
- Violin
- Andrew Thomas Malloy
- Trombone
- Julia Ann Gigante
- Violin
- Songa Lee
- Violin
- Judith Farmer
- Bassoon
- Desirée Craig Ramos
- Soundtrack Manager
- Jim Walker
- Flute
- Bruce Dukov
- Violin
- Phil Ayling
- Oboe
- Steve Becknell
- Horn
- Charlie Bisharat
- Violin
- Darius Campo
- Violin
- Franklyn d'Antonio
- Violin
- Brian Dembow
- Viola
- David Duke
- Horn
- Steve Edelman
- Bass
- Arni Egilsson
- Bass
- Alan Estes
- Percussion
- Armen Garabedian
- Violin
- Pamela Goldsmith
- Viola
- Clayton Haslop
- Violin
- Norman Hughes
- Violin
- Katie Kirkpatrick
- Harp
- Stephen Krause
- Engineer, Mixing
- Ken Kugler
- Conductor, Orchestration
- Dane Little
- Cello
- David Low
- Cello
- Mark Isham
- Composer, Score Producer












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