The Cider House Rules

1	Main Titles 2:13
2	Homer's Lessons 3:45
3	Young Girl's Burial 0:44
4	Homer Asks Wally for a Ride 1:29
5	Homer Leaves Orphanage 4:40
6	The Ocean 1:01
7	The Cider House 4:15
8	Wally Goes off to War 1:50
9	Lobster Dinner 0:54
10	Burying Fuzzy 1:38
11	Homer & Candy on the Dock 2:25
12	Rose Rose Is Pregnant 1:18
13	Abortion 1:54
14	Picklers Leave 1:19
15	Dr. Larch Dies 1:40
16	Homer Returns to the Orphanage 3:44
17	Good-Night, You Kings of New England 1:09
18	End Credits 4:35

Barnes & Noble

The same shining gifts that made English-born composer Rachel Portman's Academy Award- winning score for Emma so memorable are here to enjoy again. As both composer and orchestrator, her range in film scores has been remarkable, from The Joy Luck Club and Marvin's Room to Addicted to Love and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!, among others. In this film, which is based on John Irving's best-selling novel about an orphaned boy searching for rules to live by in life, Portman's music is by turns pastoral ("The Cider House") and soaringly panoramic ("Wally Goes off to War"). Most effective throughout is pianist John Lenehan, whose delicate strength at the keyboard perfectly expresses the nuances of the score. "Homer's Lessons" is a typically lyrical passage. A harp gently joins the solo piano and is followed by a rising tide of excitement as strings sweep in with a full orchestra (David Snell, conductor), and then the piece reverts back to a melodic solo piano. Together the composer and musicians paint rich pictures in sound. Andrew Velez

All Music Guide

The soundtrack to The Cider House Rules, the film adaptation of John Irving's novel, features a score by Academy Award-winning composer Rachel Portman, who has written music for a wide array of films, including Emma, Benny & Joon, and The Joy Luck Club. Her orchestral score for this film reflects its poignancy, humor, and unflinching look at the moral impact of abortion. Heather Phares