and the distorted horns of the "Woeful Wedding" and the manic accordion of "Marvelous Marriage," the latter being one of the few times that the music jumps to the forefront in the film. No wonder I was so surprised that it was not until listening to the soundtrack that I really noticed that Newman's score was so wonderful. Even more surprising given how often I play the final track that I give the rest of the album a listen. I expect that this original motion picture score is going to be nominated for an Oscar. I thought Newman deserved to win for "Road to Perdition," a film that was basically Conrad Hall's cinematography set to Newman's music, but only the late Hall won. It would be rather ironic if Newman did win for a score that was less central but equally important in this film. But for the time being, at least, I think this is his best score. Now, I have to go back and play "Drive Away" again while I clean up the latest in an unfortunate series of messes. This is an awesome score to an awesome movie! This has a lot of cool songs that just sound great. I love The Reptile Room, The Wide Window, and Taken By Surpreeze the most because they basically sound the same. Loverly Spring, Concerning Aunt Josephine, Hurricane Herman, One Last Look, The Letter That Never Came, Drive Away, and others. I would totally recommend you get this CD.