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 | Title : Spider-Man: Music From And Inspired By
Author : Various Artists
Release Date : 20020430
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
Amazon.com Price : $11.59
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Editorial Reviews :
The boys will be so pleased. Radio-friendly stadium rock is back in a big way, and Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man makes capital use of the trend. Like the blockbuster film itself, there's an attempt to provide something enjoyably disposable for everyone--resulting in 'anthemic' songs you nod along to, and then forget the second they're done. Bands and artists you probably don't know (Bleu, Black Lab, Greenwheel) add the Everyman feel Spider-Man's character is said to approximate, while heroes Aerosmith provide an appropriately cartoonish cover of the original 'Spider-Man Theme' (but nice to hear them hammily rocking, rather than wringing it ballad style). And if Kid Rock shouted the chorus on a Beastie Boys joint, and their studio guitarist stole the riff from 'Devil Went down to Georgia' and used it for an intro, you'd have Sum 41's latest effort ('What We're All About'). Throw in Danny Elfman, some buzz from the Hives ('Hate to Say I Told You So') and the Strokes ('When It Started'), add the token Mary Jane (Macy Gray's 'My Nutmeg Phantasy'), and the soundtrack does what it should--provides rock-solid support for the film, and then fades out.
Buyer Reviews :
I listened to bits of this CD in a store the day the movie came out. I was pleasantly surprised to hear the theme to the 60's cartoon as the first track. Hero and Bother are extremely strong songs and they made it even more tempting for me to buy the CD. The two Danny Elfman tracks were a little derivative of his Batman score but different enough to leave me wanting more. (Any chance they'll release a score along with the soundtrack?) The clincher though for me was Aerosmith's cover of the Spider-Man theme. Wow!
I haven't seen the movie yet but if it's as much fun as the soundtrack, I know that I won't be disappointed. The soundtrack is edgy without being caustic. It's fun without 'bubble-gum pop'ishness. The word 'alternative' is over-used in music. Instead, I shall say merely that the feel of this music was right for my vision of a Spider-Man movie. Exciting, hip, at times touching and even some geekiness mixed in.
(by Owen C. Marshall)
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