When I was doing my Industrial Training in year 2008, I got a movie from one of my friend, named "August Rush". I was instantly fall in love with this movie, and its soundtracks...
That was a great movie, by Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Freddie was played as son of Keri and Jonathans in that movie. And very ironically, Keri thought her son was died, Jonathan dont even know that he actually is a father of a son and, most importantly, Freddie, even though he was rise in orphanage, he always believes that his parents still alive, waiting for him.
Keri was played as a beautifully and renowned cellist, Lyla, while Jonathan was played as a bass player and vocalist in a club, Louis. One day, music brought them together, they met, and fall in love with each other. However, due to the different life, Lyla's father separated them, and forbidden them from seeing each other anymore. What they did not know was, not even Lyla knew about that, Lyla was carrying a baby.
After Lyla delivered the baby, Lyla's father sent the child to the orphanage, and lied to Lyla that her son was died. He did not want to ruin Lyla's career, even though in my perspective, he did all this for himself. However, life always not the way we want it to be. Lyla gave up her music career, and at the same time, losing Lyla, Louis decided to give up his music career as well.
Eleven years later, Evan, Freddie's character, grown up, and he was born to be musician, a prodigy born to music. He always believes that his parents still alive, and waiting him to go to them. And most importantly, he believes that music, will lead him to them, and one day, music will bring them back together. Because this belief, he ran away from orphanage, started his journey, his music journey.
Meanwhile, Lyla's father was dying, and he told Lyla the truth, that her son still alive. Once Lyla knew about this, she was almost breakdown, she missed her son so so much. And she started her journey to look for her son as well, and at the mean time, she was invited to be a special guest in a concert. Hence, she picks up her cello again.
Louis, was having a very rough life, even though he was working in a company, dated a girl, but his life, never happy. He tried to forget about his past, forget where he from, who he is, and most importantly, he forced himself to not thinking about Lyla. However, he failed to do so, especially after attending an engaging dinner of his old band's buddy. He decided to go back to his old life, finding Lyla, the woman that he loves the most ever in his life.
Three main characters, started their journeys to find the one that they cared the most while once again, three of them, started their music careers.
Evan was a kid, and he was used by a monger, who used a bunch of talented kids in music to earn money for him, playing on the streets, performing inside bars. The monger was amazed by Evan talents, and he believed that with Evan, sooner or later, he will become rich. At first, Evan was happily because he did not know how to play any musical instruments, but the monger gave him a chance to play around with those instruments. He started with guitar, without instructions, he managed to get the rhythms, and extra-ordinary skills which might take ages to play. However, very soon, he found out he was just a tool to the monger, to earn money. The monger stopped him from looking for his parents. One of the touching scene was where Louis met Evan at the street, and they played a duel guitar together. Both of them having a weird feeling, but they did not know they are father and son.
Evan was running away from the monger, and he hided himself in a church, where his talents was discovered by the priest and he was sent to one of the most important music school, Juilliard school. He started to receive proper music knowledge, and he started to compose a song, called August's Rhapsody. His ideas always come from his surrounding, noises are rhythms to him. His talent amazed all the academics, and decided to use his work in once in a year concert. However before the starts of the concert, the monger found him, and forced him to go with him. As the story goes on, we all know that Evan must be able to get away from the monger again and able to catch up with the concert.
Lyla was invited to the the same concert. After her show, she walked away. At the mean time, Evan's show time started. When the music started to play, Lyla was slowing down, and eventually stopped. She felt something from the rhythms. The music caught Louis's ears as well, and he saw Lyla's name on the banners hanging around the city. He knew that this might be the last chance he get so close to Lyla. He started to run towards the concert stadium.
August's Rhapsody is a very touching song to me. I cant help my tears while watching it, especially when Lyla and Louis both walked towards the stage, watching the back of the conductor. Lyla knew that, that was her son, Louis did not understand where the weird feeling came from, but once he looked the way Lyla looked at Evan, i guess, he knew who is the kid.
The story ended, with a happy ending. After watching this, i was so go into the soundtrack, that was so fascinating.
