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Hi, i recently watched the remake of Romeo + Juliet, right at the start, there is a piece of classical music, with kind of female chants throughout it.
A segment of the song is on the movies 2nd soundtrack album under the name "O Verona"
A segment of the track can be sampled here (http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1108719&BAB=M)

Id like to find out the composer, or even better a place where i can purchase the whole track.

Thanks for all your help, Michael.

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I have never heard this piece before.  I am very sorry I cannot give you a title.

What you might do, however, is detailed google search on the movie title, song title, and -exclude- the text of the song (that is, the Shakespeare) and see if you can turn up info about just the music.  If you have a year the movie was made, names of actors/actresses/other performers/director, etc., that would help you refine your search.  Do you know the movie studio that issued it?  Or the distributor?  A google search might turn op this info.  Particularly if you know the "model" of the remake.  Was it the famous Zeffirelli work?

Another thing would be to purchase the soundtrack to the movie.  Surely the info would be there, and you could then buy the entire piece.

And, last, I am sure there must be newsgroups that would be germane, such as, "Shakespeare", "movie scores", and topics like that.

This is the best I can for you.  I regret that I can't help you more than this.  mb

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