Spider-Man 3: Music From & Inspired By
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Free Music Review: Excellent Alt./Indie Soundtrack for Real Music Fans
Hit: 5 Stars
Wow. Let me tell you a little story. I bought the Spiderman 2 soundtrack for one reason and one reason only: it was the only place I could get "Vindicated" by Dashboard Confessional, which was and is an amazing song. With the exception of "Hold On" by Jet, the rest of that soundtrack is awful. Nothing but tuneless, sludgy, personality-free MOR rock with no reason to exist. I could only get through it a few times.
Then I heard that the soundtrack for the third Spiderman film was going to be a different story altogether. It would feature music by artists who are ACTUALLY good: honest to God indie and alternative bands with talent, creativity and an ability to write songs. All that horrible MOR Hoobastank-Train stuff was gone! I rejoiced and I planned on buying the album right away, considering it featured exclusive tracks from a bunch of bands I love. I did just that and was NOT disappointed. This is a great collection of music.
I won't go into an insane amount of specifics about the tunes included. Snow Patrol contributes one of their best songs yet with the beautiful and lush "Signal Fire." The Yeah Yeah Yeahs play it rough and loose with "Sealings." The Flaming Lips continue to inspire with two songs, including a great and very self-aware cover of the Spiderman theme song. There isn't a weak spot on the album. In fact, it feels more like a great mixtape a friend would make for you than the soundtrack to a big budget action flick like Spiderman.
Listen, if you actually like alternative music, you need to buy this soundtrack (even if you just want to fill in gaps in your Jet, Killers, Wolfmother, etc. catalogs). Part of the reason I'm writing this review is to give it a review it actually deserves. I'm pretty sure that all the people giving it one star actually like the Spiderman 2 soundtrack, and thus don't have a clue about what great rock music is. Just keep in mind that this is for fans of real alternative music (like what's being played at Coachella and reviewed on Pitchfork) NOT top 40 "rock" like Nickelback.
I hope all these one-star reviews from Yellowcard fans don't turn people off from this great new collection from some of the best alt. bands around right now.
Free Music Review: Look what Spidey caught in his web!!
Hit: 5 Stars
Spiderman 3 is the latest in the hugely successful franchise, and like its predecessors, comes with a great accompanying rock soundtrack with a diverse array of sounds.
In keeping with the darker theme of the story, the songs are more downbeat this time around, comprising mostly new songs (with the exception of Chubby Checker's "The twist").
Opening is Snow Patrol in their typical melancholic sound with "Signal fire" (already a UK top 10 hit).
The Killers get out the buzzing guitars for the upbeat "Move away", which is all things we know and love about them.
Still on the upbeat side of things are "Sealings" by yeah Yeah yeahs (with rough, jagged guitars), the rocking "Pleased to meet you" by Wolfmother, the dance rock "Cut off the top" by Beatsteaks, "Portrait of a summer thief" by Sounds Under Radio, and "Small parts" by The Oohlas (with its sunny, girl group sound).
For ballads, we have "Red river" by The Walkmen, "Stay free" by Black Mountain, the acoustic "Sightlines" by Rogue Wave, the gentle, folk-like "Summer day" by Coconut Records", the jangly "Falling star" by Jet, and "A letter from St Jude" by The Wyds.
Special mention has to be made of two songs; The Flaming Lips give us a Wings-meets-Queen ballad "The Supreme being teaches Spiderman how to be in love" (which manages to name drop Mohammed Ali, and incorporate bits of the Spiderman theme), and the lovely "Scared of myself" (very touching lyrics, - Cause I'm scared, scared of myself without you- dealing with Spidey's fear of losing Mary Jane) by Simon Dawes, who has an incredible voice.
A superb soundtrack!!
Free Music Review: Really great CD! Finally a spiderman soundtrack that I like!
Hit: 5 Stars
Spiderman soundtracks 1 and 2 were ok. The first one definately had the better songs, I liked that nickelback song and I even liked the sum 41 song.... even though I dont like the band. Corey Taylor's bother was the best track on that cd and so the cd was somewhat decent.... still not worth buying to me. Spiderman 2 for some reason had alot of really bad bands on it dashboard confessional, train, hoobastank, yellowcard, taking back sunday... All these bands are horrible talentless artists and have no business being on the soundtrack to a great film! So I was surprised with the song list of really great bands on this spiderman 3 soundtrack. I picked it up today and listened to it and I am reviewing it.
Ok so first off the highlights include snow patrol, the killers, yea yea yeas, wolfmother, the walkmen, flaming lips, jet, and even the legendary chubby checker. All these bands are up and coming artists or have been up and coming for the past few years. Seriously put bands like the killers and the yea yea yeas on a cd and I am buying it! Music today is lagging very much. Its not what it used to be and the good bands are few and far between. But not on this cd! They took all the best current bands and got them to record songs specifically for this soundtrack. Good buy for anyone who needs some new music in their life. This soundtrack I must say has to be the best soundtrack since 1997's romeo & Juliet. The best spiderman soundtrack to date
Free Music Review: Best so Far
Hit: 5 Stars
The Spider-Man series has a history of notable soundtracks. The first one featured...umm...well, it had "Hero", a very good song by two less than mediocre artists. That's actually all I remember of the first one.
The second was a huge step in the right direction. The songs by Dashboard, Yellowcard, and Jimmy Gnecco w/ Brain May were stellar, although the rest fell quite short.
With the soundtrack to Spider-Man 3, they finally got it right. There's hardly a bad song in the bunch, and the ones that are good are GOOD. The Killer's song is better than 3/4 of their last album. Snow Patrol contributes a truly awesome song, which I expected. Jet more than makes up for their Spider-Man 2 effort "Hold On" with one of the best songs on this CD. Wolfmother, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and the Flaming Lips all give very noteworthy performances, as well.
However, I think the strength of this soundtrack lies in songs from lesser-known artists. Coconut Records, Sounds Under Radio and Black Mountain offer some pretty amazing songs, while Simon Dawes' "Scared of Myself" may be my favorite song on the record.
This CD is well worth a buy. If you like the big artists who are on here, you won't be disappointed. And if you like finding new bands who are awesome, you won't be disappointed either.
Free Music Review: The soundtrack to "Spider-Man 3" is great!
Hit: 5 Stars
The soundtrack to "Spider-Man 3" is great! It isn't as great as the first two, but, still it's great!
Track Listing
1. Signal Fire - Snow Patrol
2. Move Away - The Killers
3. Sealings - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4. Pleased To Meet You - Wolfmother
5. Red River - The Walkmen
6. Stay Free - Black Mountain
7. The Supreme Being Teaches Spider-Man How To Be In Love - The Flaming Lips
8. Scared Of Myself - Simon Dawes
9. The Twist - Chubby Checker
10. Sightlines - Rogue Wave
11. Summer Day - Coconut Records
12. Falling Star - Jet
13. Portrait Of A Summer Thief - Sounds Under Radio
14. Letter From St. Jude - The WYO's
15. Small Parts - The Oohlas