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Rating:  - American Beauty
It doen't come as a surprise that one of the best movies would have an equally great soundtrack. It is nice listening to songs that are not the most popular top fourty hits because alot of unkown artist get their recognition on a CD like this. Lastly one of my favorite songs "Us Me Up" also played by Widespread Panic was included ending my search for the original artist.
Rating:  - The 2 Rules of Soundtracks
There are two basic rules when putting out a "soundtrack". First Rule: include all of the songs that were major players in the movie. I bought the soundtrack specifically to get the song played by the duaghter's friend near the end, and it's not even on the soundtrack! I now know that it's Anne Lennox ("Don't Let It Bring You Down" off her Medusa album), but I didn't until I was forced to research it ....so examining the track list before I bought the disc was no help. The Second Rule (besides not talking about Fight Club) is to NOT include songs that WEREN'T in the movie. I've seen the movie twice and there are still 3 or 4 tracks that I can't connect at all to the movie.
A good soundtrack might also take a bit of value added creative liscence. Kevin Spacey's whistling as "The Seeker" faded out in the movie was excellent. Why not find a way to include that in the soundtrack? (Take a cue from the Pulp Fiction soundtrack -- great music, nothing out of character, and neat soundbytes from the movie.) Overall, there are a couple great tracks on the American Beauty soundtrack, but it may not be worth buying.
Rating: - Hardly a soundtrack
This album, like most on the market, shouldn't be called a soundtrack. It's missing the film music by the great Thomas Newman (only two cuts!). If I want a pop album, I'll go to the pop section; I wanted a soundtrack and will wait for the soundtrack to be released.
Rating:  - Lennox missing
Well, this is for the reviewer from Illinois, whose review was dated januari 17. The track you missed on this cd is a song by Annie Lennox, coming from, correct me if I'm wrong, her Medusa album...One of the best albums ever...Hope to have served you well...To be quite honest that was also one of the few songs of the movie I liked...
Rating: - Some great tracks
In my opinion, there were really only 5 tracks from the cd that are representative of the film. Of those five, I like repeatedly listening to 3 - the first 2 and the last 1. Those 3 tracks are fabulous and for me, were worth buying the cd, although that is all I found spectacular on the cd. Unfortuneately the track where Mena Suvari's character plays something on the stereo is not included. If it were, there would be 4 tracks for which it would be worth buying the cd.
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