Film Music Reporter

Deutsche Grammophon has released a soundtrack album for the German drama Lara. The album features the film’s original score composed by Arash Safaian (with piano solos by Alice Sara Ott) and performed by the German Chamber Orchestra of Berlin, as well as classical pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric Chopin and Robert Schumann. The soundtrack is now available to download overseas. Visit the British Amazon store to check out audio samples. Lara is directed by Jan-Ole Gerster and stars Corinna Harfouch, Tom Schilling, Volkmar Kleinert, André Jung, Rainer Bock, Mala Emde and Gudrun Ritter. The movie follows a woman as she faces her unrealized dreams and ambitions on her 60th birthday. The drama premiered at various film festivals this year and will be released in German theaters on November 7.

Here’s the album track list:

1. Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: 2. Adagio (after Marcello S. Z799) – Johann Sebastian Bach – Alice Sara Ott (4:23)
2. Flowers Dantini – Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, Wind Quartet (0:58)
3. Lara – Alice Sara Ott, Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin & Samy Moussa (7:23)
4. Flowers Narzisse – Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, Wind Quartet (2:16)
5. 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 12 in C Minor – Frédéric Chopin – Alice Sara Ott (2:54)
6. Flowers Mimosa – Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, Wind Quartet (1:02)
7. Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise” – Ludwig van Beethoven – Alice Sara Ott (3:22)
8. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 / Pt. 1: Für Kleinere: 10. Fröhlicher Landmann, von der Arbeit zurückkehrend – Robert Schumann – Alice Sara Ott (0:57)
9. Flowers Santini C – Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, Wind Quartet (0:56)
10. Andante favori in F Major, WoO 57 – Ludwig van Beethoven – Alice Sara Ott (7:45)
11. Flowers Germini -Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, Wind Quartet (1:47)
12. Waltz No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 34 No. 2 – Frédéric Chopin – Alice Sara Ott (6:00)
13. Flowers Santini A – Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, Wind Quartet (1:53)
14. Toccata in C Major, Op. 7 – Robert Schumann – Sviatoslav Richter (7:17)