4Play: Various Artists, Songs from the Motion Picture, Various Artists, Harry Gregson-Williams
April 18, 2010
Various Artists - Repo Men: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - RelativityFuturistic Jude Law/Forest Whitaker vehicle Repo Mens storyline sends repossessors after those who cant pay for their equally futuristic mechanical internal organ replacements. The soundtrack music, as might be expected, is appropriately quirky, blending atmospheric classics (Rosemary Clooneys Sway, The Mamas and the Papas Dream a Little Dream) with more modern, scratchy tunes like Becks Nausea and UNKLEs Burn My Shadow as perfect accompaniment to this thought-provoking sci-fi yarn.
Songs from the Motion Picture - When Youre Strange - Rhino
The movie brings together rare footage of The Doors shot all the way from the place the band members met (UCLA Film School), through the bands growth to arena performances, and to their demise. The soundtrack features 13 Doors songs sampling the bands six albums, interspersed with Jim Morrisons poetry as read by Johnny Depp (who also narrates the film itself.) In addition to the spoken-word interludes, youll find such classic Doors tracks as Break on Through, Light My Fire (Live on Ed Sullivan), and Hello, I Love You.
Various Artists - Crazy Heart - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - New West
Jeff Bridges just snagged his first Academy Award for his work in Crazy Heart, for which he also performed some of the songs, including hard-edged country opener Hold on You and the introspective Wesleys Piano. Also on the soundtrack are the movies theme (The Weary Kind) as performed by Ryan Bingham, plus more classic country tunes by Waylon Jennings, Sam Phillips, and Buck Owens; standouts include surprises from Robert Duvall (Live Forever sung a capella) and Colin Farrell, who offers up his take on Gone, Gone, Gone.
Harry Gregson-Williams - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Soundtrack - Disney
Accompanying Jake Gyllenhaals turn as the videogame hero are dynamic and compelling instrumentals, including Running from Sheik Amar, Raid on Alamut, and The Sands of Time. While those are the standouts, all of the tracks carry an adventurous tone and feature Gregson-Williams expert compositional skills, last heard in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. In addition, youll also get the closing credits song by Alanis Morissette - I Remain, a Middle-Eastern ballad sung from the perspective of Tamina, the female lead.