Henry Mancini

The Thorn Birds

Henry Mancini - The Thorn Birds

04/27/2004 | Varese Sarabande 

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All Music Guide Review

For reasons unknown, it took over two decades for Henry Mancini's score for the smash 1983 television miniseries The Thorn Birds to earn an official soundtrack release, but Varèse Sarabande's lavish two-disc release proves worth the wait. Nor has time dimmed The Thorn Birds' power -- this deeply romantic, intimate score remains one of Mancini's most stirring, rivaling the composer's most legendary big-screen efforts. Mancini eschews epic drama in favor of smaller-scale nuance, evoking the doomed romance of novelist Colleen McCullough's tale in finely honed strokes. The music is elegant yet understated, rich in variety but amounting to something far greater than the sum of its disparate elements. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

The Thorn Birds Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Main Title
  • 4:18
  • Sound Clip for Main Title from The Thorn Birds


  • 2
  • Go!
  • 1:16
  • Sound Clip for Go! from The Thorn Birds


  • 3
  • Drogheda
  • 1:37
  • Sound Clip for Drogheda from The Thorn Birds


  • 4
  • Young Meggie
  • 1:31
  • Sound Clip for Young Meggie from The Thorn Birds


  • 5
  • Ralph, Meggie and Mary
  • 2:24
  • Sound Clip for Ralph, Meggie and Mary from The Thorn Birds


  • 6
  • Stuie Grows Up
  • 1:29
  • Sound Clip for Stuie Grows Up from The Thorn Birds


  • 7
  • Paddy and Fiona
  • 2:46
  • Sound Clip for Paddy and Fiona from The Thorn Birds


  • 8
  • Passion Play
  • 3:22
  • Sound Clip for Passion Play from The Thorn Birds


  • 9
  • The Story of the Thorn Birds
  • 2:16
  • Sound Clip for The Story of the Thorn Birds from The Thorn Birds


  • 10
  • Meggie Grows Up
  • 1:33
  • Sound Clip for Meggie Grows Up from The Thorn Birds


  • 11
  • Baby Hal Dies
  • 3:04
  • Sound Clip for Baby Hal Dies from The Thorn Birds


  • 12
  • The Rams and the Ewes
  • 2:06
  • Sound Clip for The Rams and the Ewes from The Thorn Birds


  • 13
  • Parting
  • 1:53
  • Sound Clip for Parting from The Thorn Birds


  • 14
  • The Theme from "The Thorn Birds"
  • 2:35
  • Sound Clip for The Theme from "The Thorn Birds" from The Thorn Birds


  • 15
  • Fire on Drogheda
  • 2:43
  • Sound Clip for Fire on Drogheda from The Thorn Birds


  • 16
  • Search for Paddy
  • 3:07
  • Sound Clip for Search for Paddy from The Thorn Birds


  • 17
  • Father Ralph Returns/Funeral Procession
  • 2:40
  • Sound Clip for Father Ralph Returns/Funeral Procession from The Thorn Birds


  • 18
  • Meggie's Heartbreak
  • 4:03
  • Sound Clip for Meggie's Heartbreak from The Thorn Birds


  • 19
  • It's Shearing You're Hearing
  • 4:18
  • Sound Clip for It's Shearing You're Hearing from The Thorn Birds


  • 20
  • Luke and Meggie
  • 2:33
  • Sound Clip for Luke and Meggie from The Thorn Birds


  • 21
  • Marry Me, Meggin
  • 2:18
  • Sound Clip for Marry Me, Meggin from The Thorn Birds


  • 22
  • Arrival at the Vatican
  • 2:03
  • Sound Clip for Arrival at the Vatican from The Thorn Birds


  • 23
  • The Announcement
  • 0:50
  • Sound Clip for The Announcement from The Thorn Birds


  • 24 (2)
  • Meggie Leaves Drogheda
  • 1:21
  • Sound Clip for Meggie Leaves Drogheda from The Thorn Birds


  • 25 (2)
  • Arrival at Queensland
  • 2:12
  • Sound Clip for Arrival at Queensland from The Thorn Birds


  • 26 (2)
  • Beginning of the End
  • 2:28
  • Sound Clip for Beginning of the End from The Thorn Birds


  • 27 (2)
  • Welcome to Himmelhock
  • 1:52
  • Sound Clip for Welcome to Himmelhock from The Thorn Birds


  • 28 (2)
  • New Kid in Town
  • 1:22
  • Sound Clip for New Kid in Town from The Thorn Birds


  • 29 (2)
  • Matlock Island
  • 3:23
  • Sound Clip for Matlock Island from The Thorn Birds


  • 30 (2)
  • Beach Walk
  • 2:29
  • Sound Clip for Beach Walk from The Thorn Birds


  • 31 (2)
  • Forbidden Love
  • 1:39
  • Sound Clip for Forbidden Love from The Thorn Birds


  • 32 (2)
  • Ralph and Meggie
  • 1:56
  • Sound Clip for Ralph and Meggie from The Thorn Birds


  • 33 (2)
  • Paradise Lost
  • 3:10
  • Sound Clip for Paradise Lost from The Thorn Birds


  • 34 (2)
  • Vacation's End
  • 3:30
  • Sound Clip for Vacation's End from The Thorn Birds


  • 35 (2)
  • Meggie Leaves the Himmelhocks
  • 1:43
  • Sound Clip for Meggie Leaves the Himmelhocks from The Thorn Birds


  • 36 (2)
  • Meggie Goes Home
  • 2:46
  • Sound Clip for Meggie Goes Home from The Thorn Birds


  • 37 (2)
  • Photographs
  • 2:17
  • Sound Clip for Photographs from The Thorn Birds


  • 38 (2)
  • Together
  • 1:10
  • Sound Clip for Together from The Thorn Birds


  • 39 (2)
  • Good-Bye, Dane
  • 2:06
  • Sound Clip for Good-Bye, Dane from The Thorn Birds


  • 40 (2)
  • Justine Visits Drogheda
  • 1:30
  • Sound Clip for Justine Visits Drogheda from The Thorn Birds


  • 41 (2)
  • The Greek Tragedy
  • 1:34
  • Sound Clip for The Greek Tragedy from The Thorn Birds


  • 42 (2)
  • Bye Bye Dane
  • 1:45
  • Sound Clip for Bye Bye Dane from The Thorn Birds


  • 43 (2)
  • Loss of a Son
  • 2:53
  • Sound Clip for Loss of a Son from The Thorn Birds


  • 44 (2)
  • Meggie Reveals the Truth
  • 5:06
  • Sound Clip for Meggie Reveals the Truth from The Thorn Birds


  • 45 (2)
  • Be Happy
  • 5:12
  • Sound Clip for Be Happy from The Thorn Birds


  • 46 (2)
  • Ralph Dies
  • 3:37
  • Sound Clip for Ralph Dies from The Thorn Birds


  • 47 (2)
  • End Title
  • 0:44
  • Sound Clip for End Title from The Thorn Birds


  • 48 (2)
  • Anywhere the Heart Goes (*)
  • 2:28
  • Sound Clip for Anywhere the Heart Goes (*) from The Thorn Birds


    • Credits of The Thorn Birds

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