The Classic FM Chart - 1 March 2015, 5pm

The film that everyone's been talking about has a soundtrack that's this week's highest new entry.

Danny Elfman, best known for his music for Tim Burton's fantastic fantasies, has written the score for a fantasy of a slightly more adult kind.

Elfman's Fifty Shades of Grey original score is this week's highest new entry at No.5 in the Classic FM chart. 

It's a very contemporary sounding work, eschewing Elfman's trademark sound for something more reminiscent of Thomas Newman's The Shipping News, or Elfman's own Dolores Claiborne. Impressive, but not enough to unseat Andre Rieu who continues his reign at the top of the chart, ever since 2015 began.

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Title & Artist
1 1 LOVE IN VENICE, ANDRE RIEU
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2 3 THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, LPO/PARRY
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3 4 HOME SWEET HOME, KATHERINE JENKINS
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4 6 ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI
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5 NEW FIFTY SHADES OF GREY - ORIGINAL SCORE, DANNY ELFMAN
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6 RE-ENTRY THE MAGIC OF, ANDRE RIEU
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7 16 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY - THE CLASSICAL ALBUM, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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8 5 PIANO ENCORES, JI LIU
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9 8 50 CLASSICAL SHADES, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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10 RE-ENTRY TENORE, JONATHAN ANTOINE
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11 7 SERENATA, ALFIE BOE
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12 11 THE TALLIS SCHOLARS SING THOMAS TALLIS, TALLIS SCHOLARS
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13 12 CLASSICAL VOICES, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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14 18 CLASSIC FM - 50 CLASSICAL CHILLOUT, VARIOUS ARTISTS
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15 2 LOVE WAS A DREAM, ALFIE BOE
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16 NEW JOURNEY EAST, NEMANJA RADULOVIC
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17 14 RIEU ROYALE, ANDRE RIEU
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18 RE-ENTRY ELGAR/CELLO CONCERTO/SEA PICTURES, DU PRE/BAKER/LSO/BARBIROLLI
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19 10 LUX, VOCES8
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20 27 THE ARMED MAN - A MASS FOR PEACE, KARL JENKINS
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21 15 THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING - OST, JOHANN JOHANNSSON
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22 19 KINGSMAN - THE SECRET SERVICE - OST, HENRY JACKMAN/MATTHEW MARGESEN
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23 RE-ENTRY CLASSIC FM - 50 BEDTIME CLASSICS,
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24 9 THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION, KATHERINE JENKINS
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25 20 HOMECOMING, NICOLA BENEDETTI
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26 21 OUT OF DARKNESS, JESUS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE CHOIR
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27 RE-ENTRY 2001 - A SPACE ODYSSEY, ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
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28 28 IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI
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29 17 SOL3 MIO, SOL3 MIO
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30 RE-ENTRY HOLST/THE PLANETS, LSO/DAVIS
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