Nashville: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Free Music Notes for Nashville: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Free Music Review: Absolutely essential for fans for the film
Hit: 5 Stars

At times, Altman's cast members let him down somewhat: as many below complain, "200 Years," for example, is a very unpleasant song to listen to, and one wonders why someone didn't step in to tell Karen Black to end the phrase "...help me keep from slidin' down some more" in "Memphis" an octave higher, since she cannot reach that final low note. Still, the treats on this album are incredible, from Keith Carradine's charming solo on "I'm Easy" to the great Broadway actress Barbara Harris's no-holds-barred rendition of "It Don't Worry Me," which closes the film.

But the real reason which makes this album a must-have is the presence of Ronee Blakely, the most gifted singer and songwriter in the film (and whose great character, the fragile but much-loved Barbara Jean, is considered similarly talented by the film's characters). Blakely's gorgeous songs remind us what popular culture is capable of stirring within us, and from the infectious "Tapedeck in His Tractor (The Cowboy Song)," with its catchy beginning riffs, to the melancholy "Dues," to the sad soaring duet "One, I Love You," every song she sings is almost transcendently beautiful. Best of all is her great last song which ties the whole film together, "My Idaho Home," her personal salute to the American dream of an innocent past which seemed both to haunt and elude the American people at the height of Watergate. This album is worth owning just for that song alone.

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