1 |
In
The Air Tonight - Nonpoint |
2 |
One
Of These Mornings - Moby |
3 |
We're
No Here - Mogwai |
4 |
Sinnerman
(Felix Da Housecat's Heavenly House Mix) - Nina Simone
|
5 |
Auto
Rock - Mogwai |
6 |
Arranca
- Manzanita |
| 7 |
Ready
For Love - India.Arie |
8 |
Strict
Machine - Goldfrapp |
9 |
Pennies
In My Pocket - Emilio Estefan |
10 |
New
World In My View - King Britt |
11 |
Sweep
- Blue Foundation |
12 |
Anthem
- Moby |
13 |
Blacklight
Fantasy - Freak Chakra |
14 |
Mercado
Nuevo - John Murphy |
15 |
Who
Are You - John Murphy |
16 |
Ramblas
- King Britt |
17 |
A-500
- Klaus Badelt |
REVIEW
Just
for the record, I have yet to watch the movie and I was more
into Magnum PI then Miami Vice back in the eighties. Since
that was such a long time ago, all that I can remember about
television in the eighties are leading men with rich facial
hair, colorful shirts and bared bodies with hairy chests.
The ladies? Well, they were not given serious roles back then. I
don’t know about the young punks out there, but the
eighties does seem a tad kitschy to me right now and I wonder
why the nostalgic old folks in Hollywood are trying to remake
something as rustic and unfashionable as greased hair, handlebars
and the synthesizer.
Back to
the soundtrack, Jan Hammer, who produced the wildly popular
original Miami Vice soundtrack was not involved in this latest
reincarnation. That leaves quite a big hole to fill if you
ask me. Heavyweights such as Moby (One of These Morning, Anthem)
and Mogwai lent their sounds to the album, and their tracks
are decidedly the tastier bits from this compilation. Yes,
Moby, the hairless geek that mixes repetitive one-liners (also
happens to be the title of the song apparently) with atmospheric
beats that causes brain damage if you listen to too much of
it – but the dudes lapped everything up anyway.
Mogwai,
on the other hand, lends some sweeping guitar riffs and panoramic
beats that should translate well to slow-motioned shots of
Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx acting cool in We’re no
here (Singlish!). The band from Glasgow added another poignant
piano piece, Auto Rock that builds to a crashing crescendo,
just about perfect for the looking-pensively-out-of-the-car-window-with-neon-lights-flashing-by-in-a-sweaty-Miami-evening
shots.
Based
on the tracks alone and ignoring the movie that comes along
with it (is that a cardinal sin for soundtrack reviewers?),
tracks such as Nina Simones’s Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat’s
Heavenly House Mix), India.Arie’s Ready for Love as
well as Goldfrapp’s Strict Machine are already hits
in their own right and will definitely outlast the enterprise.
All
in all, this soundtrack is somewhat like the eighties –
kinda tacky from outside looking in, but once you crank up
the volume and immerse yourself in the atmosphere, it is not
all bad. However, you can still buy the 1984-1989 Miami Vice
television series soundtrack you know.
SOUNDTRACK
RATING:
Review
by Lim Mun Pong
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