Michael Kamen - The Iron Giant: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Artist: Michael KamenComposer: Various Artists - Soundtracks
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1999-08-03
Music Label: Wea International
Soundtracks:
- Blast Off - Tyrones Kids
- Rockin' in the Orbit - Jimmie Haskell
- Kookie's Mad Pad - Edd Byrnes
- Salt Peanuts - Nutty Squirrels
- Comin' Home Baby - Mel Torm?
- Cha-Hua-Hua
- Let's Do the Cha Cha - The Magnificents
- Blues Walk - Lou Donaldson
- I Got a Rocket in My Pocket - Jim Lloyd
- Searchin' - The Coasters
- Honeycomb - Jimmie F. Rodgers
- Destination Moon - Ames Brothers
- You Can Be... - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
- ...Who You Choose to Be - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Free Music Notes for The Iron Giant: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Free Music Review: Super Hip Man!
Hit: 5 Stars
You will be surprised at how good this soundtrack is! If you love the 50's or are curious about that era in times music, this soundtrack will take you to a very special place out of this world. You won't want to leave...
The Iron Giant: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Poster
English poet laureate Ted Hughes originally conceived The Iron Giant as an instructive diversion for his and wife Sylvia Plath's children. In the 80's, the Who's Pete Townshend adapted it as a rock-oriented album and stage musical. But in transforming it into a feature-length animated film, director Brad Bird (The Simpsons, King of the Hill) added a hipster retro-'50s sensibility that colorfully evokes the era's various obsessions with cold war angst, flying saucers, space travel, and hi-fi. The film's soundtrack captures those often-anxious preoccupations with loopy delight, offering up a smart sampling of exotic eclectica that ranges from the cocktail jazz cum proto hipster rap of Edd "Kookie" Byrnes' "Kookie's Mad Pad" to the smooth pop harmonies of the Ames Brothers ("Destination Moon") and the Space Age roots R&B of the Tyrones ("Blast Off") and Jimmy Lloyd ("I Got a Rocket in My Pocket"). And those who appreciated the trash/outre musical sensibilities of Pecker should love Jimmie Haskell's "Rockin' in the Orbit," the Nutty Squirrels' Chipmunk-ish "Salt Peanuts," and the late great Mel Torme's hilariously earnest "Comin' Home Baby." Composer Michael Kamen's suitably dramatic underscore is also represented by a brief orchestral suite that manages to be both wistful and sprightly. --Jerry McCulleyPop Music CDs
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