1 |
I
Cried Like a Silly Boy - DeVotchKa |
2 |
Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung |
3 |
Key West - Nick Urata |
4 |
Jesus
Has a Plan - Nick Urata |
5 |
To
Love Somebody - Nina Simone |
6 |
Written in the Stars - Nick Urata |
| 7 |
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen - Golden Gate Quartet
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8 |
Promise
to Jimmy - Nick Urata |
9 |
The Escape Artist - Nick Urata |
10 |
The
Last Time - Nick Urata |
11 |
Steal
Away - Robbie Dupree |
12 |
Faking Death - Nick Urata |
13 |
The
Marriage of Figaro - German Opera Orchestra of Berlin
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ALBUM REVIEW:
With an album cover like that, one would expect the songs
in this soundtrack to be airy fairy (is it just us who think
that Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor look really lovely as a
couple, with or without the adorable puppies?). But listeners
would be in for a treat because of the eclectic collection
of music in this compilation.
The
40 minute album is headlined by four piece multi instrumental
and vocal ensemble DeVotchKa’s “I Cried Like A
Silly Boy”. The flamboyance of this trippy track reminds
you of the movie plot, and the psychedelic passion of love.
You can almost call it a guilty pleasure. It is followed by
British New Wave musical group Wang Chung’s “Dance
Hall Days”, a retro tune which reminds you of the good
old days of rock and roll.
Continue
indulging in the mood of love with American singer Nina Simone’s
big band number “To Love Somebody”, African American
gospel music group Golden Gate Quratet’s enjoyable “Nobody
Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen” and the talented
Robert Dupree’s groovy “Steal Away”.
The
soundtrack producers have thoughtfully included a few score
cues on this album. Composed by Nick Urata (one of the four
members in the band DeVotchKa), the music evokes different
feelings, ranging from melancholy and contemplativeness to
joy and merriment.
Utara,
who sings and plays several instruments like theremin, guitar,
bouzouki, piano and trumpet in the band, manages to conjure
a mental image of a couple who falls in love, faces troubles
and eventually overcoming them to fall back in love again.
Depending on your stomach to imagine Carrey and McGregor being
partners in this relationship, the music may go either way
for you (the fluorescent yellow which screams at you on the
album cover also works as a double edged sword)
When
the enjoyable album ends with an excerpt from the opera “The
Marriage of Figaro”, you’d be thinking –
is love a comedy for us to laugh at?
ALBUM
RATING:
 
Recommended Track: (1) I Cried Like A Silly Boy – DeVotchKa
Review
by John Li
Posted
on 7 October 2010
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