The Beach

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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0643443107921 Format: Soundtrack Label: Wea Manufacturer: Wea Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Wea Release Date: 2000-02-21 Studio: Wea
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Editorial Reviews: You can always rely on Danny Boyle's movies to have decent music and The Beach doesn't disappoint even if it's unlikely to connect as extensively as the Trainspotting soundtrack. Musical co-ordinator Pete Tong has pulled out all the stops to secure exclusive tracks from major artists, and no less than seven of the numbers here have never been released before, while those that have--including UNKLE's desolate Lonely Soul with Richard Ashcroft, Barry Adamson's paranoiac Vietnam dream sequence Richard, It's Business As Usual and Moby's beats lullaby "Porcelain" from Play--are of the highest class. The new material doesn't disappoint either. Leftfield open up the album with some whiplash drums, Underworld make their customary contribution playing down frantic beats in favour of the jogging mantra "8 Ball", All Saints enjoy their best-ever moment parading along the sunkissed "Pure Shores" with William Orbit, and Sugar Ray rerecord Brian Eno and John Cale's gossamer pop number Spinning Away. Elsewhere New Order provide their first new music since the release of Republic with "Brutal", a trademark number with production from Rollo who returns with Faithless on the bubbling, mesmeric standout "Woozy". Orbital close the package with their pumped up interpretation of the Angelo Badalamenti score complete with snippets of Leonardo DiCaprio's dialogue. Life's The Beach, then you die. --Mike Pattenden
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Classic Tracks From Some Great Bands! Comment: This is a great album, containing some mesmerising tracks from the likes of Leftfield, Faithless and UNKLE. Some other reviews mention that the Blur track spoils the album, although not to the standard of the likes of UNKLE, Blur are not a bad choice at all! The highlight of the album has got to be both Woozy (Faithless) and Beached (Orbital & Badalamenti) but all the tracks have a chilled tropical feel to them representing the hidden meanings in the film well (check 'Richard, its business as usual' for the darker moments). All in all a great album that deserves a listen!!... Customer Rating: Summary: A Combination Of Great New Songs! Comment: Granted, the movie was fairly exciting, but this score made me run to the store! Mostly a combination of fairly unknown singers/songwriters, except for 'Moby' ("Porcelain" is incredible), 'All Saints' ("Pure Shores" dominated the airwaves)and 'Sugar Ray', the sound is hard-edged, electronic bohemia. The digital percussion reigns high here and the bass tracks pull every song together. A combination of luxury and danger fills the mood of this collection. "Richard, It's Business As Usual" is a truly annoying track, but "Brutal" and "Lonely Soul" ends the CD with realistic maturity. Even the end track, "Beached" with DiCaprio narrating survives well, granted that musician extraordinaire, Angelo Badalamenti, pulls out all the stops on electronic music. One of the best, truly original Soundtracks in quite a while. Customer Rating: Summary: I am amazed at the songs on this cd! Comment: There isn't one song on this cd that i don't like. Most of them are soft, and easy to listen to, kind of relaxing even. Every song has a good beat and really sticks in my head the whole day! Customer Rating: Summary: Superb soundtrack. Comment: I first saw the film a few months ago and absolutely loved it so I thought I'd give the soundtrack a listen. I was stunned by the sheer quality of the artists on the cd. My favourite track on the album is easily Lonely Soul by Unkle featuring Richard Ashcroft. Every song is brilliant, with the exception of Pure Shores which is good but has been played to death over the radio. Standout tracks are Lonely Souls, 8 Ball, Porcelain, Woozy, Beached and Snake Blood. Notice how I've mentioned most of the songs on the album, it's that good. If you have seen the film then buy this as it brings back the atmosphere of the film perfectly. If you haven't seen the film then buy this as it is the perfect chill out album then go watch the absolutely fantastic movie. Customer Rating: Summary: Fantastic, so chilled! Comment: One of the best soundtracks i have ever heard. The standout tracks have to be 'Lonely Souls' by UNCLE featuring the brilliant Richard Ashcroft and 'Voices' by the much underrated Dario-G. 'Porcelain' by Moby is probably the most chilled song your ever likely to hear while 'Pure Shores' by the All-Saints makes you feel like you are on THAT beach. All the other songs are of the highest quality and i could go on forever about them. The only 'out of place' track is the one by Blur. Unfortunately, as it was in the film, i guess it had to be in the soundtrack! A must buy album. More Reviews