The Classic FM Chart - Sunday 10 May 2015, 5pm
The re-assembled Avengers smash their way to the top of this week's Chart.
The original soundtrack album of Avengers: Age of Ultron has unseated Einaudi's Islands after it spent 200 weeks in the Classic FM Chart and seven days in the top spot.
The stirring Avengers score, performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra, was written by Brian Tyler who replaced Alan Silvestri, who composed the music for Avengers: Assemble. In this episode, Tyler set out to pay homage to John Williams's classic scores for Star Wars, Superman, and Raiders of the Lost Ark while referencing the scores for the Iron Man, Thor and Captain America films in order to create a similar musical universe. Danny Elfman also contributed music to the score, using Silvestri's theme from the first film to create a new hybrid.
Craig Armstrong's beautiful score for Far from the Madding Crowd also enters the Chart this week at No. 13.
| This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEW | AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON - OST, BRIAN TYLER/DANNY ELFMAN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 2 | 2 | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, LPO/PARRY Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 3 | 1 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 4 | 3 | SMETANA/STRING QUARTETS 1 & 2, PAVEL HAAS QUARTET Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 5 | 13 | MONTEVERDI/VESPERS OF 1610, SIXTEEN/CHRISTOPHERS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 6 | 7 | CLASSICAL VOICES, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 7 | 14 | TIMELESS - BRAHMS & BRUCH VIOLIN CONCERTOS, GARRETT/ISRAEL PO/MEHTA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 8 | 5 | THE MAGIC OF, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 9 | 8 | CLASSIC FM - 50 CLASSICAL CHILLOUT, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 10 | 11 | BACH/6 CELLO SUITES, PAUL TORTELIER Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 11 | 10 | THE HOBBIT - BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES, HOWARD SHORE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 12 | 16 | BACH/SIX SUITES FOR UNACCOMPANIED CELLO , YO-YO MA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 13 | NEW | FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD - OST, CRAIG ARMSTRONG Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 14 | 9 | IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 15 | 22 | LOVE IN VENICE, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 16 | 12 | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS/MACMILLAN/OBOE CONCERTO, BRITTEN SINFONIA/MACMILLAN Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 17 | 20 | RIEU ROYALE, ANDRE RIEU Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 18 | RE | TENORE, JONATHAN ANTOINE Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 19 | NEW | VIVALDI/THE 4 SEASONS, TOGNETTI/AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 20 | 15 | THE ARMED MAN - A MASS FOR PEACE, KARL JENKINS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 21 | 30 | INCEPTION - OST, HANS ZIMMER Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 22 | 25 | 50 CLASSICAL SHADES, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 23 | 4 | LUDOVICO EINAUDI/PORTRAIT, ANGELE DUBEAU/LA PIETA Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 24 | 19 | THE CHOPIN PROJECT, OLAFUR ARNALDS/ALICE SARA OTT Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 25 | 29 | AND THE BRIDGE IS LOVE - ENGLISH MUSIC, ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA/LLOYD WEBBER Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 26 | 18 | VIVALDI/L'ESTRO ARMONICO, RACHEL PODGER Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 27 | 21 | GLADIATOR - OST, HANS ZIMMER & LISA GERRARD Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 28 | 23 | CHAMBERS, CHILLY GONZALES Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 29 | RE-ENTRY | HOLST/THE PLANETS, LSO/DAVIS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
| 30 | 26 | 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon - Download from iTunes |
