American Beauty: Original Motion Picture Score
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Performer: Kevin SpaceyPerformer: Annette Bening
Performer: Thora Birch
Performer: Wes Bentley
Performer: Mena Suvari
Performer: Chris Cooper
Performer: Peter Gallagher
Performer: Allison Janney
Performer: Scott Bakula
Performer: Sam Robards
Performer: Barry Del Sherman
Performer: Ara Celi
Performer: John Cho
Performer: Fort Atkinson
Performer: Sue Casey
Performer: Kent Faulcon
Performer: Brenda Wehle
Performer: Lisa Cloud
Performer: Alison Faulk
Performer: Krista Goodsitt
Edition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2000-01-11
Music Label: Dreamworks
Soundtracks:
- Dead Already
- Arose
- Power Of Denial
- Lunch W/ The King
- Mental Boy
- Mr. Smarty-Man
- Root Beer
- American Beauty
- Bloodless Freak
- Choking The Bishop
- Weirdest Home Videos
- Structure & Discipline
- Spartanette
- Angela Undress
- Marine
- Walk Home
- Blood Red
- Any Other Name
- Still Dead
Free Music Notes for American Beauty: Original Motion Picture Score
Free Music Review: Musical Beauty
Hit: 5 Stars
I've had this score for years and have always loved it. I use to write to it a lot, great music for it, two particular faves being "American Beauty" and "Structure and Discipline". I actually heard the latter at a "trendy" restaurant recently and was reminded of how good it was, which prompted me to give the score another complete spin. I hadn't listened to it in a fairly long time and it just shined all the more becuase of it.
This music is wonderful. Anyone who would give this 1 or 2 stars simply is a tone deaf idiot, or they're trying to be cute (and we're all very impressed). Newman does an incredible job of creating mysterious, charming, and haunting pieces on this score. All of those adjectives also apply to the movie obviously, and Newman does a great job of conveying the movie's emotions through sound.
Anyway, after 130 reviews, I'm sure this one doesn't even matter. But maybe it will help raise the overall review to the 5 stars it rightfully deserves.
Take a hit, take a sip, and lay back and get lost. If you do lay back though, beware of "Root Beer" and "Spartanette" if you have earphones in at full blast.
American Beauty: Original Motion Picture Score Poster
We knew Thomas Newman was versatile (he's created gripping soundtracks for everything from The Shawshank Redemption to Desperately Seeking Susan), but his score for American Beauty is simply gorgeous and one of his best. Filled with inventive instrumentation--tablas, bird calls, dulcimer, banjo, ukulele, detuned mandolin, and more--the score varies between highly rhythmic, world-music influenced passages ("Dead Already," "Lunch with the King") and the more subdued ("Mr. Smarty-Man," "American Beauty"). Throughout, Newman's score is inventive and a great complement to the dark comedy's numerous mood swings. The movie's other soundtrack--a collection of memorable alt-rock tracks--gave us just a sampling of this score. Here's the rest. It's short (37 minutes) but sweet. --Jason VerlindePop Music CDs
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