根据查尔斯·狄更斯的同名小说改编，讲述一个名叫奥利佛·退斯特的小孤儿在伦敦求生的故事。身上一个便士都没有的奥利佛开始时在作坊打工，后来被拐入黑帮，成了一个小偷，最终得到拯救。 by James Christopher Monger Academy award-winning composer Rachel Portman (Emma, Chocolat, Cider House Rules) paints Roman Polanski's vision of Charles Dickens' beloved tale of Oliver Twist with such wide pastoral strokes of melody that she may as well be scoring the entire English countryside. Like Thomas Newman without all of those pesky atonal sevenths, Portman gives 19th century London an instantly engaging sense of place. Utilizing a main cue that sounds like a combination of Ennio Morricone's "Ecstasy of Gold" and "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" filtered through "Eleanor Rigby" -- it's not as cool as it sounds, but it is awfully beautiful -- Portman's character motifs, especially "The Artful Dodger," who is all harp and woodwinds, fit like a glove. Much has been said of the irony of Polanski making a "family film," and that his take on Twist is surprisingly tame and traditional, but both he and Portman are so on the same page emotionally that it's impossible to walk away uninspired.