Soundtrack Hall Of Fame
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[SOUNDTRACK] - Various Artists - Soundtracks - 1994 |
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| Audio CD (June 28, 1994); Number of Discs: 2
One of the best movies of all time is complemented nicely by one of the best soundtracks of all time. A number ONE for anyone with a love for classic American music, or for the average music enthusiast. Rolling Stone (9/22/94)
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[SOUNDTRACK] Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy Nail, John Mauceri, Andrew Lloyd Webber,Tim Rice, Evita (Related Recordings)
| Audio CD (November 12, 1996); Number of Discs: 2
New York Times (11/21/96) ...[Madonna's] Eva Peron puts her voice in a class with Patti LuPone and Elaine Page....[she] radiates on `Another Suitcase In Another Hall' and gracefully looks back for a contemporary pop ballad on `You Must Love Me'....Antonio Banderas fares just as unexpectedly well... |
Various Artists - Soundtracks - 1993, Howard Shore
| Audio CD (January 4, 1994)
Number of Discs: 1 An good combination of diferent kinds of music. The Oscar winning song "Streets of Philadelphia" is the high light of this movie soundtrack. |
[EXPLICIT LYRICS] - Various Artists - Soundtracks - 1994
| Audio CD (September 27, 1994); Number of Discs: 1
Dick Dale's surf-guitar provided the memorable title theme ("Misirlou"), for Quentin Tarantino's 1994 smash, and although that sound runs throughout the soundtrack (along with bits and pieces of dialog from the movie), this is a pretty eclectic bunch of really terrific songs. I don't know how it all manages to hang together, but it does (you might say the same for the interwoven stories in the movie). Where else are you going to find Chuck Berry, Maria McKee, Al Green, The Statler Brothers, Kool & the Gang, Urge Overkill (singing a Neil Diamond ballad!), Ricky Nelson, Dusty Springfield, and the Tornadoes (among others) one album? McKee's beautiful "If Love is a Red Dress (Hang Me in Rags)" is a standout, partly because it's less familiar. One of the few soundtracks of the '90s that went into the CD player and stayed there for weeks and months thereafter. --Jim Emerson |
Alan Silvestri, Whitney Houston, Various Artists - Soundtracks - Song Collections
| Audio CD (November 17, 1992); Number of Discs: 1
At the time of its release, this was the watershed for soundtracks, selling a kazillion copies. It documents Whitney Houston's character in the Kevin Costner movie, which required Houston to play only herself (although one hopes she wouldn't end up with someone as smarmy as Costner). The album is as much a testament to the production of Babyface who, through the mid-1990s, actually was the mainstream of contemporary hit music. Houston's singing is much better than her acting, and almost every song enjoyed a long tenure at the top of all the charts. Along with "I Will Always Love You" and five other Houston songs, the soundtrack also features Lisa Stansfield, Kenny G with Aaron Neville, and Joe Cocker with Sass Jordan. --Scott Wilson
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[SOUNDTRACK] Various Artists - Soundtracks - Song Collections
| Audio CD (August 13, 1991); Number of Discs: 1
Based on Irish writer Roddy Doyle's novel and lovingly directed with admirable restraint by the sometimes bombastic Alan Parker, this quirky 1991 tribute to the enduring and universal power of American R&B took some cynical criticism for its reliance on Baby Boomer-era classics such as "Mustang Sally," "Take Me to the River," and "In the Midnight Hour." But that sword cuts two ways: by casting a motley crew of real musicians, including the guts 'n' gravel-voiced young vocalist Andrew Strong, Parker didn't have to do much coaxing to reveal the obvious respect and affection his players have for this music. The material may not be fresh, but the love with which it's played is timeless. --Jerry McCulley |
Various Artists - Soundtracks - 1992, Paul Westerberg
| Audio CD (June 30, 1992); Number of Discs: 1
A splendid Seattle-scene overview featuring the likes of Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, Mudhoney--everyone of note, in fact, save Nirvana Bonus: two songs from Minnesotan Paul Westerberg, his first since folding the Replacements. --Jeff Bateman |
Various Artists - Soundtracks - 1990
| Audio CD (March 13, 1990); Number of Discs: 1
There's not a note of James Newton Howard's background score from the movie, just a jukebox selection of songs heard on the soundtrack. It's better balanced than most such exercises, with Natalie Cole's rowdy Wild Women Do kicking off a collection of mostly upbeat dancefloor workouts and heavy-echo ballads that reflect the feel good mood of the movie (a modern Pygmalion-like romance starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts). Sounding both chic and trashy, David Bowie's Fame 90 sits comfortably in the Hollywood Boulevard setting while Go West's optimistic King Of Wishful Thinking sums up not just the film but Tinsel Town's outlook in general-you can almost imagine it being played, to wild approval, at production planning meetings. Inoffensively anonymous, Lauren Wood's Fallen, Jane Wiedlin's Tangled, Roxette's It Must Have Been Love and Peter Cetera's No Explanation all feature the type of grandiose outpouring of emotion that goes over big Stateside. Robert Palmer provides a touch of genuine class with Life In Detail, a driving song that could've been designed to accompany drive-by shots of LA's alien-nation nightlife. Though Real Wild Child, a smirking celebration of teenage energy by Christopher Otcasek, is another high point, it figures that the best track is the title tune. One more reason to remember Roy Orbison fondly. --Monty Smith -- © Emap Consumer
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[SOUNDTRACK] - Various Artists - Soundtracks - 1987
| Audio CD (October 31, 1989); Number of Discs: 1
Williams makes this oldies collection something special. Director Barry Levinson seems to have a knack for picking popular songs that truly add to his films (see RAIN MAN and DINER for more proof). This collection, chock full of great oldies like I GET AROUND, FIVE O'CLOCK WORLD, and WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD, is made even better by the often humorous dialogue (spoken by Robin Williams) interspersed throughout. This is one of Williams' better performances and this disc gives fans a funny and sometimes touching reminder of his unique talent. |
Various Artists - Pop - Dance/Party
| Audio CD (August 10, 1987); Number of Discs: 1
The soundtrack is wonderful and the oldies songs are so great for dancing and listening. It takes you right through the movie step by step. |
| Audio CD (July 7, 1987); Number of Discs: 1
Maybe this music by Prince & The Revolution will never quite sound as, well, revolutionary as it did in 1984 (and nothing else has ever sounded like the extraordinary cooing and fluttering of "When Doves Cry"), but it's a pop landmark in Prince's Artist-ic career. The hit movie was really just a big-screen showcase for Prince to perform these songs (some of them in tear-the-roof-off "live" versions set in a Minneapolis club). I don't know why that warped sermonette introduces "Let's Go Crazy" (one thing you've got to love about Prince: he's always been weird), but somehow I'm glad it's there. Other highlights include the sexual scorcher "Darling Nikki" (with its crazy backwards coda) and that anthemic title tune. Don't you miss Wendy and Lisa, too? --Jim Emerson |
Various Artists - Soundtracks - Song Collections
| Audio CD (July 7, 1987); Number of Discs: 1
The Los Lobos did a miraculous job doing the soundtrack to La Bamba because it brings back those old song back to life. If you love pure rock and roll and sincere ballads, watch the movie, fall in love with it, and then get this! |
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