Various Artists - Soundtrack - Finding Forrester (2000 Film)
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Free Music Review: One song makes the entire CD
Hit: 5 Stars
Even if you hate all the other tracks on this CD, having it just to listen to Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World is quite enough. What makes it even better is remembering it from the movie, which is also wonderful.Free Music Review: Ignorance must be bliss
Hit: 5 Stars
Obviously the people who rate this album low do not know what good music is. For the people who are clueless, that "it's not even music" tracks are Miles Davis. THE best musician of the last 100 years.Free Music Review: Great Soundtrack
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a awesome cd this cd is fun and enjoyable to listen to. The best songs on this disc are all of themFree Music Review: Hal Willner does it again
Hit: 4 Stars
This is one of the few soundtracks which chooses "songs" over a score, and it still produces a work of marvelous integrity. I'm probably one of many who considered immediate purchase of this CD upon seeing Miles Davis's name amongs the credits. Where I may rank among a fewer number of people is that I bought it because its producer, Hal Willner. Hal is one of the most intelligent ans tasteful producers in the business. You may remember some of his most notable works. He put together collections of Kurt Weil, Charles Mingus, and Thelonious Monk's music, in each case performed by people specially brought together for these sessions. In addition to this, what always stands out in Wilner work is his choice of musicians, selecting people who are not normally associated with the composers being honored. For instance choosing Lou Reed to sing Weil's "September Song", to name one such choice. Yet the key here is that the ultimate result is not a "crazy marriage" but a lovely, unexpected association. In Finding Forrester, he chooses Miles as the thread of the movie's sound. I think is no coincidence that the tunes (in some cases is not the whole piece) represent a period in Davis' life in which he was a reclusive, as the main character is in this movie. There's a contemplative quality to these pieces, specially "Little Church," which establish Forrester's world as much as it probably defined Miles' mood. Two more notable additions are Bill Frissell and Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. Both of them rendered versions of "Over the Rainbow" that are worth buying the CD by themselves. Ornette Coleman's contributions, challenging and personal as any of his compositions are, work very well in the context of the movie but are, somewhat, disruptive to the listening flow. Overall, one of the greatest soundtracks this year. I don't give it five stars because it does not beat buying Miles' (where most of these tunes come from). Welcome yourself to the brilliant insight of Hal Wilner, bask in Miles' music, and get yourself a copy.Free Music Review: A song was missing
Hit: 4 Stars
I generally agree with the reviews that I have just read. When I saw the movie I wasn't able to sit through all the credits because the people I was with needed to go. I wasn't concerned at the time because I felt I could go to the record store, by the CD, and also get the additional information I wanted. It didn't happen that way. While I am happy with the CD there is one song, a gospel song, that is missing. I had hope to find out the name of the song, but more importantly, the name of the group that sang the song. It came at an early stage in the movie when he was still in his old school. In an above review I reading something about "African American Choir" is that the name of the group or just a generalization in reference to the gospel song that was sung? Any information on this topic would be helpful. I liked the song, but more importantly, I liked the way the group sang it and would enjoy buying their CD.