1 |
Pineapple
Express - Huey
Lewis And The News |
2 |
Electric
Avenue - Eddy Grant |
3 |
Dr.
Greenthumb -
Cypress Hill |
4 |
Lost At Birth
- Public Enemy |
5 |
Poison
- Bell Biv DeVoe |
6 |
Wanted Dread And Alive - Peter Tosh |
7 |
Don't
Look Around - Mountain |
8 |
Pineapple
Chase (aka The Reprise of the Phoenix) - Graeme Revell |
9 |
Bird's
Lament - Moondog & The London Saxophonic |
10 |
Coconut
Girl - Brother Nolan |
11 |
Hilawe - Arthur
Lyman |
12 |
Tha Crossroads - Bone
Thugs-N-Harmony |
13 |
Pineapple
Fight (aka The Nemesis Proclaimed)
- Graeme Revell |
14 |
I
Didn't Mean To Hurt You
- Spiritualized |
15 |
Woke
Up Laughing - Robert Palmer |
SOUNDTRACK REVIEW:
If you have no knowledge about this buddy movie, the title
wouldn’t make any sense to you. And this also means,
the 53 minutes of music in this soundtrack album wouldn’t
make much sense to you too. What is a “Pineapple Express”?
A transport system? A fast food joint? And why are leading
men Seth Rogen (he who looks serious), James Franco (he who
looks tickled) and Gary Cole (he who looks painful with the
neck brace) carrying firearms on the album cover? We have
no idea either (the movie wasn’t released here theatrically),
but we are going to enjoy the 15 tracks on the disc anyway.
The
opening track “Pineapple Express” performed by
Grammy Award winning American rock band Huey Lewis and the
News sets the mood for things to come. The catchy theme song
specially recorded for the movie is an enjoyable listen. British
reggae musician Eddy Grant’s “Electric Avenue”
is a familiar tune if you were born in the 1980s, and the
popularity of the tune can be seen from its frequent usage
in commercials and TV shows. New York based hip hop band Public
Enemy’s ups the energy of the album with the rapping
extraordinaire “Lost at Birth”. For something
more vintage, listen out for Jamaica born reggae singer Peter
Tosh’s “Wanted Dead or Alive”.
Composer
Graeme Revell’s (Grindhouse – Planet Terror, Street
Kings) score for the movie is represented by “Pineapple
Chase (aka The Reprise of the Phoenix)" and “Pineapple
Fight (aka The Nemesis Proclaimed)" on the album. With
a duration of about three minutes each, these two adrenaline
pumping score cues are listenable but may be lost amongst
the other songs on the disc. Another instrumental track “Bird’s
Lament” by blind American composer Moondog & the
London Saxophonic is one relaxing track to listen to, with
its soothing saxophone melodies. “Hilawe” is performed
by American jazz vibraphone and marimba player Arthur Lyman,
and is a quielty pleasant track that will have you smiling.
English
singer songwriter’s “Woke Up Laughing” closes
the album on an agreeable note. So would you finally know
what the “Pineapple Express” is after playing
the soundtrack album? Probably not, but we’d tell you
anyway: it’s a rare kind of cannabis, in the context
of the movie, that is.
ALBUM RATING:
Recommended Track: : (9) Bird’s Lament – Moondog
& the London Saxophonic
Review
by John Li |
