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THE HEARTBREAK KID (Various)

 ABOUT THE SOUNDTRACK

Artistes: Various
Label:
Capitol Records
Release Date: October 2, 2007
Links:
www.capitolrecords.com

www.heartbreakkidmovie.com


 

 



TRACK LISTING
1
Tale Of The Horny Frog - The Flaming Lips
2
She Makes Me Fall Down - Buva
3
Put The Message In The Box - World Party
4
Honey Come Home - John Alagia
5
Ashes To Ashes (1999 Digital Remaster) - David Bowie
6
Painting by Chagall - The Weepies
7
Gypsy Woman - Brian Hyland
8
Take Em or Leave Em - Amy La Vere
9
First Cut Is The Deepest - Buva
10
Canciones de Amor - Julieta Venegas
11
Maybe I'm Not The One - The Flaming Lips
12
After Party - Ozomatli
13
Different Drum - Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs
14
Suffragette City (1997 Digital Remaster) - David Bowie

ALBUM REVIEW:

Despite Ben Stiller looking stoned on the album cover (is the girl making funny faces beside him irking him that much?), we didn’t think that the music contained in this 51 minute soundtrack would be heartbreaking at all. In fact, the 14 songs in the album are anything but heartbreaking. Especially with a song title like "The Tale of the Horny Frog" kicking off the disc.

Known for the psychedelic music arrangements and, yes, weird song titles, American rock band The Flaming Lips is an apt choice to include on the soundtrack. Other than the memorably cheeky opening track, they also perform “Maybe I’m Not the One” on the disc.

Other inclusions of the soundtrack are acoustic musician Buva’s “She Makes Me Fall Down” and “The First Cut is the Deepest” (rather melancholic titles if you ask us, but don’t worry, they are not that depressing to listen to), English rock singer David Bowie’s “Ashes to Ashes” and “Suffragette Party” (nice addition to the soundtrack, definitely), pop folk band The Weepies’ “Painting By Chagall” (a soothing listen) and Mexican singer Julieta Venegas’ "Canciones de Amor" (a pleasant and lightweight tune).

If you are looking for music to wallow in self pity after a breakup, this is definitely not the album you should be looking for. Oh, on second thoughts, you may actually want to check this out because it may just cheer you up and have you look on the brighter side of things. There’s British alternative rock band World Party’s “Put the Message in the Box” which perks you up with its upbeat melody, American singer songwriter Amy Lavere’s "Take Em or Leave Em" which quirkily skips along with its pleasing arrangement and Los Angeles eight piece band Ozomatli’s "After Party" which is a satisfying four minute listen.

Playing the disc on your player will leave no heartbreaks of any sort, definitely.

ALBUM RATING:



Recommended Track: (12) After Party - Ozomatli

Review by John Li

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This soundtrack review is made possible with the kind support from Warner Music


 


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