This is a terrific cd, and I recommend it to all ER fans alike.


COULD HAVE BEEN A 5 STAR AFFAIR WITH A LITTLE SURGERY   May 8, 2004
 8 out of 8 found this review helpful

Having enjoyed 2 hours of ER reruns each weekday morning for the last year or so (and purchasing season 1 and 2 on DVD), I finally broke down and got this soundtrack CD. It's full of excellent mood music from the series. It's a shame that 3 of these 17 tracks have vocals. It sort of ruins the mood (sorry Marc, I've enjoyed seeing you live though). The insert doesn't even identify which episodes they're from. Apart from tracks 6, 9, and 17, this is what a true soundtrack should sound like - full of music from the show, not a handful of thrown together singles. I'm sure glad my CD player is programable. Be sure to check out the 2 versions of the Theme From ER. This could have been a solid 5 star affair if only someone had done a little surgery on it first.


Great for ER fans, and people who just like dramatic music.   May 9, 2001
 6 out of 7 found this review helpful

OK...I have to lay my predjudicial cards out on the table. I'm not really an ER fan. Part of me still can't fathom why so many people set aside 10 P.M. on Thursday nights to watch a show filled with so many soap opera-style love stories, blood & guts scenes, and so many things that you don't expect to happen in a real ER, such as a post-football game brawl, since September 19, 1994. And yet my girlfriend can't get through a single Friday afternoon phone conversation without telling me what happened on the show last night. I know who everyone on the show is without my ever intending to.

With that said, the reason I bought this CD is because I like the theme a lot. It's one of those themes that stick in your head after you hear it the first time. Two versions are included: the version we hear on TV every week, and a longer version that sounds like it was intended for the final credits, if we ever actually got to see the final credits roll.

The songs by Marc Cohn and Duncan Sheik are terrific. The rest of the Martin Davitch score is fairly typical "ER" music: some fast-paced emergency operation scenes here, a few patient death scenes there, and love scenes way over there. I believe this is one of those CD's where the music has much more meaning if you're familiar with the episodes in which it appears, much like the "Miami Vice" soundtracks from the 1980's.

But even if you're like me and don't make a habit of watching the show, you can still enjoy the score as a piece of the TV/film music genre: the Davitch pieces sound perfect for any kind of action/adventure movie.


Mellow piano and sharp orchestral type pieces - fantastic   July 31, 1999
 5 out of 5 found this review helpful

I love this CD. The piano tracks are excellent setting a wonderful mood. I especially love 'Goodbye Baby Susie', 'Doug and Carol' and 'The Hero'. Which are all the better if you are famillar with ER and the storylines the tunes relate to. The tracks with vocals have wonderful lyrics and the version of 'It came upon a midnight clear' is the best I've heard.


FORGET SIENFELD, ER IS THE #1 SHOW ON TELEVISION   May 14, 2004
 5 out of 8 found this review helpful

Shame on tv guide for callling Seinfeld the best tv show ever. That title belongs to ER. I am writing this review after having just watched the tenth season finale last night. It once again proved that ER is and always will be the greatest show on televiusion. As for the soundtrack, it is pERfect! It contains music from the first two seasons of the show, from popular episodes like: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, THE GIFTS, MAKE OF TWO HEARTS,
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN, HELL AND HIGH WATER, THE HEALERS, ETC. It also contains the well known theme. This is definatly worth the price. I suggest that the producers of ER as well as Martin Davitch release another soundtrack, one for the last few seasons, including music from episodes: ON THE BEACH, LOCKDOWN, CHAOS THEORY, HINDSIGHT, NOW WHAT, FREEFALL, NICU, FORGIVE AND FORGET, THE STUDENT, WHERE THERE'S SMOKE and last nights episode DRIVE. Until when and if they do thar, buy this cd. It's the pERfect cd for ER fans.