OLIVER TWIST

Original soundtrack from Roman Polanski treatment of Charles Dickens chestnut, starring Ben Kingsley, Jamie Foreman. Rachel Portman returns to her roots, suggests early 20th-century British folk song style of Vaughan Williams, Holst. Main London theme is forward-moving idea for strings in minor key with dips into major. Secondary ideas balance with nods to more serious content. There's no filler here. Portman shapes the work in a big arch with her theme at the start and finish, offers considerable variety within. David Snell conducts City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

1. Streets of London
2. Road to the Workhouse
3. Kind Old Woman
4. Oliver Runs Away
5. Artful Dodger
6. Fagin's Loot
7. Game
8. Oliver Learns the Hard Way
9. Watching Mr. Brownlow's House
10. Escape from Fagin
11. Prelude to a Robbery
12. Robbery
13. Toby and the Wounded Oliver
14. Nancy's Secret Journey
15. Murder
16. Wanted: Bill Sykes & A Fierce Dog
17. Death of Bill Sykes
18. Newgate Prison