The music's
better than the film - you'd better believe it
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Compilation
soundtrack's can be a bit hit and miss but here are two which have
got the balance just about right.
Nigel
Bell
Music from
Vanilla Sky
Director Cameron Crowe not only has an eye for film but an ear
for good music.
Indeed the soundtrack
to his latest movie is probably better than the picture
itself.
Having said
that, the inclusion of tracks like Radiohead's Everything In Its
Right Place, really work in the film and standout on this CD.
It's a mix of
the old and the new. Classic tracks like Peter Gabriel's Solsbury
Hill mixing with new bands like Red House Painters.
Just as the
film covers a multitude of genres, so does the soundtrack. You have
REM alongside The Monkees alongside Leftfield.
It's nice to
give a big thumbs up to Paul McCartney who comes along with a winning
song in the form of the Vanilla Sky title track. It's actually better
than the majority of tracks on his new album Drivin'
Rain.
Chuck in Bob
Dylan, Chemical Brothers and Jeff Buckley and you can see this is
an eclectic mix but one which works a treat.
Music from Vanilla
Sky is released on Reprise Records 9362-48109-2
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Music from
Ocean's Eleven is, if anything, even more rewarding than Vanilla
Sky in the way composer David Holmes mixes music from the 60s with
modern day.
While he puts
his own twist on the lounge scene the listener might be shocked
by the early inclusion of rap in Handsome Boy Modelling School (featuring
Trugoy from De La Soul).
Retro is swiftly
restored, however.
Watch out for
lesser know standards by Perry Como (Papa Loves Mambo) and Elvis
Presley (A Little Less Conversation).
Meanwhile, Holmes
mixes his score with compositions by Percy Faith and Quincy Jones.
The tracks are
linked by dialogue from the film so George Clooney lovers are in
for a treat.
In that sense
Ocean's Eleven is very much in the Pulp Fiction/Reservoir Dogs vein.
Possibly not as immediate as those albums, in terms of known songs,
it nevertheless stands up well.
Music from the
Motion Picture Ocean's Eleven is released on Warner Sunset/Warner
Bros. 9362-48112-2
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