Soundtrack of Our Lives [Import]

Product Description
Japanese pressing of the punk rock act's 2003 album, pressed onto an enhanced CD it's scheduled to include bonus material. Details TBA. Bad News. 2004.

Soundtrack of Our Lives,Welton,Jvc Victor,Rock,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: TSOOL: Behind the Music A very fun Swedish garage rock album with a couple little problems - you'll still like it! - 4.5 stars The soundtrack of my past month. One of my favorite CDs, one of my favorite bands Complexity, superbity, geniality

Behind the Music Soundtrack of Our Lives Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Origin, Vol. 1 Welcome to the Infant Freebase A Present from the Past Extended Revelation Gimme Five! ASIN: B00006JKCK Release Date: 2002-09-24

Tracks:

1. Infra Riot
2. Sister Surround
3. In Someone Elses Mind
4. Mind The Gap
5. Broken Imaginary Time
6. 21st Century Rip Off
7. Tonight
8. Keep The Line Movin'
9. Nevermore
10. Independent Luxury
11. Ten Years Ahead
12. Still Aging
13. In Your Veins
14. The Flood
15. Into The Next

Amazon.com

The buzzing sitars and swirling guitars that herald Behind the Music's opening track, "Infra Riot," are enough to suggest that this is no ordinary Scandinavian band. The Soundtrack of Our Lives' music is miles removed from the Hives' primitive garage rock. They specialize instead in generously layered psychedelia with big nods to the Yardbirds and Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd. Behind the Music, the eccentric Swedish outfit's third release, is a propulsive, incense-scented pleasure. From the widescreen chorus of "Sister Surround" to the stomping Who tribute "21st Century Rip Off," they brazenly borrow from the past and manage to make it sound like an epiphany. Crestfallen Oasis fans should have particular reason to rejoice. --Aidin Vaziri

Customer Reviews:

TSOOL: Behind the Music.......2007-04-03

This is a great rock'n'roll album, and for once the official Amazon review is right on: the influence of psychedelic rock and The Who are obvious throughout. There's definitely no problem with the music--the only problem is with the lyrics. They are usually either weak and cheesy or flat-out nonsensical; it's evident that the singer learned English purely from rock'n'roll records, because his lyrics sound like a mash-up of classic rock lyrics. If their singer had worked as hard at mastering English as the other band members have obviously worked at mastering their instruments, TSOOL could be a truly great band (for American audiences). Meanwhile, this is a good disc that you should pick up if you just feel like having some new rock music to wake you up in the morning and don't care about being presented with any really deep thoughts.

A very fun Swedish garage rock album with a couple little problems - you'll still like it! - 4.5 stars.......2006-01-08

The Soundtrack Of Our Lives clearly have a lot of talent and a great ear for catchy hooks, but they aren't masters quite yet. They still have a slight cheesiness in their vocals and lyrics which stops them from being truly great. What they're great at doing is making epic garage rock sounds (which, admittedly, all tend to sound eerily similar). Every track here is good even if there's some notable standouts - "Sister Surround", "Infra Riot" and "Mind The Gap" being but a few. They're a good band, there's no question about that, but they certainly could be better. The lyrics are also not that interesting, but I think the intent of the album is to rock out - not to contemplate poetic lyrics. Ebbot Lundberg is a pretty decent garage rock singer, but he's definitely not great. If you like garage rock then chances are you'll like this as well as their follow-up "Origin Vol. 1" (which has the lesser hit "Bigtime" on it). Recommended!

Highlights include:
the entire album!

The soundtrack of my past month........2005-04-06

This is a disc I picked up by chance because it was in the bargain bin at the local store. Hey, one man's trash is another man's treasure. This album is great. Yes it has many musical links to past bands, but "Behind The Music" sounds very fresh and new also. Maybe a cross between certain 60's groups, and early 90's brit-pop bands. It's a good hour of music, and my current favorites are "Infra Riot", "Sister Surround", "Broken Imaginary Time", and the excellent "21st Century Rip Off". In short, much like the album cover, this is work of art.

One of my favorite CDs, one of my favorite bands.......2005-02-27

I see "psychedlic" used a lot to describe TSOOL's music, but to me it is straight-ahead pop rock. I saw them live in Denver a couple years ago and they played a full-out show for a small audience. "The Flood" performed live was outrageously powerful. Now that I've gotten all their releases, I really appreciate what a great group this is. This is the best CD, though. As great as their rock stuff is, the strong point are the ballads "Tonight" and "Nevermore."

Complexity, superbity, geniality.......2004-10-18

The most successful swedish bands, such as The Hives and The Cardigans (or, God forbid, the horrible Roxette), might have given people the idea that swedish music is basic, boring pop music. That is partly true. However, there is more to this rugged nordic country than what meets the eye.

One of the more complex bands from Sweden are undoubtly the Soundtrack of Lives, a brilliant band that doesn't bend to anyone. It's the only explanation I can see why they haven't become the next Oasis (I know, they still exists as a band, but who listens to them nowadays?).

This album is their most easy-listened so far, even is the new album, Origin 1, has promised to be more of a traditional rock album. However, TSOOL isn't a band that can be put into a certain category. They combine and divide the elements of rock, pop, hysteria and pure joy and create something unique.

Behind the music starts off with one of the best opening tracks ever made, Infra Riot. It is followed up by the more complex, but not less mind-blowing Sister Surround. One might have been given the idea that this is just a rock album at this point. These tracks are brilliant, straight-forward rock with a sound that takes the listener back to happier times in rock's history.

But we have begun trodding on a beautiful journey. The band takes us to places seldom explored. We get narcotic tracks filled with what seems to be jibberish, but might as well be philosophical epilogues. There are ballads so powerful even a bitter cynical as myself get tears in my eyes - the latter part of the album is even stronger than the first, if you ask me. And let us not forget that this band can really rock you off your shoes, if they feel like it.

Do I have any complaints? Well, the songs does not form a unity as in earlier works (Welcome to the Infant Freebase!) and some of the tracks might be banalities, if you see to lyrics or the chords. But music isn't a science. It's something you're supposed to feel in the stomach, to pour out while screaming and dancing and crying at the same time. Not many band can bring my heart with sadness and gladness at the same time as Soundtrack can. You can't be a cynic altogether, after all.

Average customer rating: Don't Remeber THIS "Alamo" Defending the Alamo Excellent CD Enjoyable a-typical score None Better

The Alamo Manufacturer: Hollywood Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Alamo (Widescreen Edition) Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis The History Channel Presents The Alamo The Patriot: Original Motion Picture Score (2000 Film) Remembers the Alamo ASIN: B0001NBN6G Release Date: 2004-04-06

Tracks:

1. Flesh And Honor
2. 300 Miles Of Snow
3. What We're Defending
4. El Bexareno
5. La Zandunga
6. Who Took Their Loved Ones
7. Listen To The Mockingbird Sing
8. The Evacuation Of Bexar
9. The Calm After The Storm
10. The Visitation Of Saint Ursula
11. Quiet Mountain
12. They Ain't Bear
13. Bonham's Ride
14. Sell Our Lives Dearly
15. Night Falls On The Alamo
16. Deguello De Crockett
17. The Last Night
18. The Battle Of The Alamo, Part 1
19. The Battle Of The Alamo, Part 2
20. The Battle Of The Alamo, Part 3
21. The Battle Of The Alamo, Part 4
22. The Battle Of The Alamo, Part 5
23. The Battle Of The Alamo, Part 6
24. The Death Of Crockett
25. Runaway Scrape
26. Blood, Or Texas

Amazon.com

Carter Burwell cut his film scoring teeth on many a Coen brothers movie, quickly gaining a reputation for a quirky, human-scaled inventiveness that informed everything from jazz and folk to orchestral music and even the well-timed nod to Morricone. That often introspective sensibility is well paired to director John Lee Hancock's revisionist take on the legend of San Antonio's fabled doomed fortress, which focuses more on the conflicted human dimensions of its characters than familiar cardboard, pop culture heroics. Burwell's use of orchestral pomp is deliberate and decidedly restrained; more often the composer leans on spare, evocative passages of simple, though ever-inventive folk-based music (like the elegiac "Quiet Mountain") played by various combinations of guitar, banjo, and violin. Vintage traditional Mexican and American tunes are also given their atmospheric due via Jennifer Hammond's and Craig Eastman's arrangements of "La Zandunga" and "Listen to the Mockingbird Sing," respectively. But its Burwell's own peculiarly modernist instincts that inform both tradition ("Crockett's DeGuello") and his own masterfully understated cues, particularly the bleak, almost gothic emotional landscape of his six-part "Battle of the Alamo Suite" and its bittersweet coda, "Blood or Texas." --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Don't Remeber THIS "Alamo".......2006-07-21

When making another version of a film that has already been made producers,directors,performers,and score composers are too often tempted to "do it differently",as if by twisting and turning a basic premise they will succeed..The classic film version of"The Alamo"is and remains the John Wyane version,which was nominated for several academy awards.Granted,the John Wyane version had little to do with actual history,but,then again,the purpose of the film industry has always been to entertain,not to teach..John Wyane,who produced and directed,as well as being the star of that film chose Dimitri Tiomkin to score his film.
Tiomkin,and old-line symphonic genius,provided a magnificent score,at once adventurous and poingnant..
The people responsible for this version of"The Alamo"decided to teach,rather than entertain,and,at the same time attempted to be politically correct as well.Thus,the mythic aspects inherent in the John Wyane version were replaced by morally ambiguous nonsense,and heroics were more or less eliminated in favor of a rather desperate survival theme,coupled with some added imperialistic touches with the addition of the Sam Houston charecter as a major player along with Bowie,Crockett,and Travis.
The people responsible for this film ,having many fine symphonic-oriented composers to choose from instead opted for minalmism by Carter Burwell..One can hardly imagine,for instance,a five-star gourmet meal served on a foam plate,with plastic knife and fork.Likewise one can hardly imagine a would-be epic western (even if it is very revisionist)bearing a score that plays like a new-age snoozer...But this is exactly what Burwell has given us...There are no epic themes here...There is an enormous orchestra credited as having participated in this project however when one listens to the finished product one is hard-pressed to HEAR any evidence of this participation.
John Wyane's script called for a lot of action on-screen,and Tiomkin obligingly provided very suitable musical themes..
The script for this new film does not call for very much action,even short-changing the audience during the final battle scene by shooting it in near-darkness,and underscoring it with a dirge-like monotone.
This new film was"troubled"from the very start.Ron Howard was supposed to direct but he didn't.The cast was shuffled around several times.Some "Main"charecters were eliminated entirely ,although thier traces continued to show up in the trailers released for this movie..While on the subject of the trailers for this film,the music used in them was 110% better than the Burwell claptrap..Scenes featured in the trailers were actually NOT in the finished film.The film was scheduled for a christmas opening,a slot usually reserved for top-of-the-line oscar contenders,and was then,suddenly yanked,and later released in April,where it died a much-deserved death after about a week in theatres,a colossal flop.
The film was terrible,and part of this is due to the Burwell score which is terrible-plus.

Defending the Alamo.......2005-09-09

I enjoyed the film and, in particular, the intelligent and sensitive portrayal of David Crockett but...so much had been cut by the time it was released as a DVD in England. The soundtrack is pleasant enough so if you liked it on the screen you will enjoy the CD but we do not have the Deguello on its own, (but have the haunting duo with David Crockett's fiddle), and we do not have the saucy little tune played at San Jacinto. On balance, worth buying.

Excellent CD.......2005-06-22

This is an excellent CD. If you are interested in this CD you will love "Audio Tour of the Alamo and Old San Antonio of the Wild West". This CD will gudie you around the Alamo Battlefield in present day San Antonio sshowing yu the actual locations of events of the battle. To hear a sample of this audio tour go to
http:www.alamoaudiotours.com you can also purchase this CD here on Amazon.com

Enjoyable a-typical score.......2005-03-05

Most war movies have underscore's that pulse with energy and power of battle. Carter Burwell takes another course. His music is melancholy and some people have taken the celtic sounding music and complained out it but I found the music to be powerful and perfectly fitting with the movie. The Alamo is also enjoyable as a single listening experience although it does help to have seen the movie. I particularly enjoyed the track where Crockets fiddle is combined with the Mexican "Slit Throat" band. Overall, I found this cd to be enjoyable and it gets better every time i listen to it.

None Better.......2004-12-01

A few comments about the movie The Alamo, if you would indulge me for a moment. It is pertinent. I didn't have high expectations for this film, the trailers I saw made it out to be another larger-than-life, ain't-afraid-of-nothing, cliché-filled motion picture. We lived in San Antonio for several years, it is a great town filled with wonderful people. We visited the Alamo on several occasions. It is a holy place for Texans, sacred, and being "non-Texans" I am sure most of the locals felt we really couldn't appreciate or even grasp the significance of the place, the honor of those who fought and died there. I must admit it was all somewhat lost on me. Thus, I was fully expecting this movie to be overdone and nauseating, especially considering I am not the biggest fan of two of the lead actors (Billy Bob Thorton and Dennis Quaid).

OK, please bear with me, I will get to my point in a second. We ended up renting the film as I had heard the cinematography was sensational (it was). But my biggest surprise was the film itself. Not the script, not the actors, but the entire film. I can't really put into words how good it was, not perfect, but an excellent motion picture and probably an accurate depiction of the individuals and events as they occurred. And both Thornton and Quaid were exceptional...they deserve Oscars come January, and it will be a shame if they don't get them.

Now, concerning this soundtrack. To put it simply, if this CD isn't the best soundtrack winner for 2004, then there is a conspiracy going on. It isn't on Amazon's editors picks, nor the customer's favorites list, I chalk that up to being it was just recently released. However, it should be on both, and highly competitive for the top honors this year. It is simply that good. Carter Burwell set a new standard with the soundtrack for O Brother, Where Art Thou? and may have exceeded it with this one. The music here just puts the visualizations of the movie back into my head...the music retells the story as well as the images.

The bottom like is fairly straightforward, if you liked the movie than you owe it to yourself to get this soundtrack. There is absolutely no way you will be anything other than engrossed in it.

Average customer rating: Origin, Vol. 1 Rock is NOT dead - just on the radio Another very good Soundtrack Of Our Lives album - unfortunately it suffers from "Behind"'s same flaws Superb Band Toiling in Relative Obscurity Proto-Who

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Tracks:

1. Believe I've Found
2. Transcendental Suicide
3. Bigtime
4. Heading For a Breakdown
5. Mother One Track Mind
6. Midnight Children
7. Lone Summer Dream
8. Royal Explosion (Part II)
9. Wheel Of Boredom
10. Borderline
11. Song For The Others
12. Age Of No Reply
13. To Somewhere Else
14. World Bank

Customer Reviews:

Origin, Vol. 1.......2006-07-15

Origin, Vol. 1~ The Soundtrack of Our Lives is a totally alright cd with decent lyrics, a rock sound that one has heard thousands of times before and a vibe that is definitely not new or ground breaking by any stretch of ones imagination. Then one might wonder why I give this cd in question three out five stars ? Well, the reason is that this album is just that o.k. and therefore deserves its 3 stars. The book-let is quite neat and the photos are shot in that "olde" national geographic way which is quite nice and being a huge fan of National Geographic I found this to be very witty indeed.

Rock is NOT dead - just on the radio.......2006-02-24

Rock is alive and well - just hanging out in the basement. TSOOL is proof, and a must have if your inner rocker is hungry.

Radio - at least the terrestrial type - is as dead as a doornail between the FCC dumbing it down to irrelevance and the payola going on with various record labels. If you want good music, you've got to find it on Satellite or by word of mouth.

Origin, Vol 1. has been getting heavy rotation in my cd player for longer than I can even remember. I also highly recommend 2001's Behind the Music.

Great band - lots of energy and excellent sound production.

Another very good Soundtrack Of Our Lives album - unfortunately it suffers from "Behind"'s same flaws.......2006-01-08

"Origin Vol. 1" should've learned from "Behind The Music"'s flaws, but they somehow manages to repeat the same mistakes. It's basically the exact same style just with different songs. And, once again, all the songs sound pretty much the same. Ebbot Lundberg is a decent singer, but he could definitely improve. He has a rough sounding voice which relatively fits the band's style. The lyrics aren't that interesting, but I don't think that was the intent of the album. It's essentially an album to rock out to. Like "Behind The Music", "Origin Vol. 1" has some standout tracks - these are "Believe I've Found", the hit "Bigtime", "Mother One Track Mind", "Transcendental Suicide" and "Heading For a Breakdown" (pretty much the first 5 songs). Unfortunately, unlike their previous album, not all of the songs are good here. The quality of these first five, though, definitely makes up for that. If you're a fan of garage rock or the band, you'll probably like this a lot. Recommended!

Highlights include:
"Believe I've Found"
"Transcendental Suicide"
"Bigtime"
"Heading For A Breakdown"
"Mother One Track Mind"
"Midnight Children" (kind of)
"Lone Summer Dream"
"Wheels Of Boredom"
"Borderline"
"Song For The Others" (sort of)

Superb Band Toiling in Relative Obscurity.......2005-11-30

This is a superb disc from top to bottom...well-crafted contemporary Rock n' Roll which has been largely ignored by the music industry...how long can bands of this caliber continue to sustain themselves devoid of airplay? It's a sad state of affairs when TSOOL, and other tight acts, like the Libertines, Stereophonics, Alkaline Trio, etc. can't crack the airwaves while other talentless, music industry-created crap is jammed down our throats (use your imagination...insert poseur act of your choice here...). Origin I is a great disc...it seems the only way these guys and others like them will survive is through good reviews and aggressive word-of-mouth campaigns...enjoy the music.

Proto-Who.......2005-07-12

TSOOL's Origin 1 is a not-bad collection of proto-Who-type songs. Fans of Behind the Music will not be disappointed, but I wish they'd gone further into the psychedelic revivalism that spawned such stellar cuts as "Sister Surround" and "Still Aging". This time out there are more misses than hits, though "Transcendental Suicide" lights up the CD player every time, and "Borderline" is a solid anthem. I hope with Origin 2, they devolve in just the right ways.

Average customer rating: Great collection of B-Sides, EP tracks from TSOOL TSOOL Continues With Consistently Rewarding Songs

A Present from the Past Soundtrack of Our Lives Manufacturer: Wea International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Neo-Psychedelia | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Sweden | Scandinavia | Europe | International | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Extended Revelation Welcome to the Infant Freebase Origin, Vol. 1 Behind the Music Novaks ASIN: B000BYKAU0 Release Date: 2005-12-07

Tracks:

1. Dog Days [#]
2. Galaxy Gramophone
3. Can't Control Myself
4. Infinite Zero [#]
5. New Messiah [#]
6. Nobrainer [#]
7. Side Effects [#]
8. Not Kinda Worried
9. It Ain't Free (Living in a Bubble) [#]
10. When Lightning Bugs Arrive
11. To Somewhere Else
12. We'll Get By [#]
13. Avenger Hill Street Blues
14. News of the World
15. Playstation Bordello
16. Cleaning Session Raga

Tracks:

1. Dow Jones Syndrome
2. Room Without a View [#]
3. Everyday Preacher [#]
4. Greatest Hit Providers
5. Blind Date [#]
6. James Last Experience
7. Tarde Sed Tute [#]
8. Hang Ten
9. Lost Highway
10. Pass Through Fear [#]
11. Four Ages, Pt. 1
12. Slow Drift Awayy
13. Still Get Around [#]
14. We're Gonna Get It Right
15. World Bank
16. Retired Teenage Angst

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Anthology of B-sides and Rarities Culled from the Swedish Rock Group's Many Single Releases from Throughout their Career.

Customer Reviews:

Great collection of B-Sides, EP tracks from TSOOL.......2006-02-06

This collection of B-Sides, single tracks and EP tracks (and some unreleased gems as well)will fill out your TSOOL collection. The only thing missing are some of the live tracks released as B-Sides otherwise you'd have just about everything the band recorded that's worthwhile here in addition to their essential albums. "Dow Jones Syndrome" and "Nobrainer" are the two best tracks from the "Gimme Five!" EP (although the entire "Gimme Five!" EP is represented here). We also get the tracks from the band's long out of print "Homo Habilis Blues" EP as well as the "Bonus Future" EP included with the 2002 touring edition of "Behind the Music". This two CD set doesn't really build the way that their album releases do (not a surprise given that these the EPs are scrambled and interwoven with various B-sides)so don't expect something as powerful as their last couple of albums. This release is still a delight for fans.

If you didn't purchase all of their singles/EP releases such as myself (hey, there's only so much $$ out there to spend on any band), this is a great double disc place to pick them all up (or at least the worthwhile stuff). While there aren't any duff songs on here some are better than others. For example, "James Last Experience" and the instrumental "Play Station Bordello" are petty good but don't quite hold up to the best material on their albums. If you're waiting for "Origin Part 2" this is a pretty good set to pick up and keep you happy until that album is released. The newer material is, for the most part, top notch and holds its own against the band's strongest material on this set.

A pity these guys didn't garner any Grammy nominations so that other folks might discover the talent from Sweden. Since their last album didn't sell as well as the previous one I'm not surprised they didn't get any nominations (and the Grammys have always been more of a Dog and Pony show anyway--what can one expect from an awards ceremony that equates "Best" with "Bestselling" and a body that gave The Beatles only a handful of Grammys--most of them AFTER they spilt up!). Rest assured that if you discovered the band with "Behind the Music" this collection is worthwhile picking up.

TSOOL Continues With Consistently Rewarding Songs.......2005-12-22

The release of A Present From The Past from The Soundtrack Of Our Lives marks the second release of the year from the band. The earlier release, Origin. Vol. 1, in March 2005 was slated to be the first of a two volume undertaking by this longstanding swedish group. As it turned out, Origin. Vol. 1 was released in the Spring followed by the band embarking on a heavy touring schedule. Over the course of that time, the band reconsidered - placing the second volume on hold (for now anyway). Instead, some of those aforementioned tracks, B - sides, and rare EP tracks were collected for this 2 CD Set. The end result with this release is a memborable experience that gets better with every listening. However, the release A Present from The Past should not be viewed by fans as a collection to bide time until the band's next release. The collection of songs presented here stands on it's own merit and should viewed in it's entirety as a full album. Culled from various sources, the 2 cd set flows beautifully from start to finish. The emotional depth, moods, textures of sound and artistry attained is stunning. In fact, it's so amazing to the listener to consider that with this band's B - Sides they stand head and shoulders above other groups primary offerings. Newer songs like "New Messiah" and "Side Effects" mesh wonderfully with older material such as "Greatest Hit Providers" and "Were Gonna Get It Right" creating a cohesive, uplifting experience. A Present From The Past will not only serve the function for some as an introduction to the band but also confirm the fact to older listeners that this band is indeed very special. The songwriting abilities as well as the breadth of the quality material this band possesses in the end amounts to a listening moment that should be treasured.

Average customer rating:

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Tracks:

1. The Kentuckian: Prelude/The Steamboat - National Philharmonic Orchestra/Fred Steiner/Ambrosian Singers
2. The Magnificent Ambersons: Theme And Variations/George's Homecoming - Austrailian Philharmonic Orchestra/Tony Bremner
3. Sisters: Separation Nightmare/Breton's Murder/Dirge - London Studios Orchestra
4. This Is Cinerama: Ladies & Gentlemen, This Is Cinerama - Cinerama Philharmonic Orchestra/Louis Forbes
5. The Best Years Of Our Lives: Main Title - London Philharmonic Orchestra/Franco Collura
6. The Best Years Of Our Lives: Homecoming - London Philharmonic Orchestra/Franco Collura
7. In Love And War: Main Title/Requiem - National Philharmonic Orchestra/Fred Steiner/Ambrosian Singers
8. South Seas Adventure: Journey To Hawaii - Cinerama Symphony Orchestra/Normal Luboff
9. South Seas Adventure: Finale - Cinerama Symphony Orchestra/Normal Luboff
10. Cheyenne Autumn: Overture - Symphony Orchestra Of Rome/Alex North
11. Cheyenne Autumn: Main Title - Symphony Orchestra Of Rome/Alex North
12. The Four Musketeers: Overture - Lalo Schifrin
13. The Four Musketeers: Frozen Pond Fight - Lalo Schifrin
14. Voyage Of The Damned: Lament - Lalo Schifrin
15. Voyage Of The Damned: Tragedy/Time Pulse - Lalo Schifrin
16. Raintree County: Susanna's Madness/War Begins - MGM Studio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/John Green
17. Sunrise At Campobello: Main Title/Hyde Park Ten Years Wiser/End Cast - National Philharmonic Orchestra/Ambrosian Singers/Fred Steiner

Average customer rating: the bong water blues A fantasic rock album! Not the place to start for potential fans Psychadelic!

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Tracks:

1. Mantra Slider
2. Firmament Vacation
3. Underground Indian
4. Chromosome Layer
5. Instant Repeater 99
6. Embryonic Rendezvous
7. Four Ages ( Part Two)
8. Grand Canaria
9. Endless Song
10. Confrintation Camp
11. Blow My Cool
12. Senior Breakdown
13. Bendover Babies
14. The Homo Habilis Blues
15. For Good
16. Magic Muslims
17. Rest In Peace
18. Retro Man
19. Theme From Hallo
20. Legend In His Own Mind

Album Description

Debut from 1998 for Swedish rock outfit includes 20 tracks of dark, dramatic rock 'n' roll echoing the majesty and ambitions of classic albums past. Their sound recalls everyone from The Doors to Pink Floyd to Led Zeppelin, however avoiding the pitfall of nostalgia.

Album Details

The Debut Album from 1997 from the Swedish Musicians that Came from the Remnants of the Union Carbide Productions. Their Sound and Style Draws Heavily from Rock and Progressive Bands of the 1960's and 70's. You Really Can't Call them Retro, but They have Cunningly Utilized These Sounds to an Entirely Different Effect. They Could have Fit Right in Alongside Many of the Prog Bands of the Past, but Theirs is Quite a Distinctly Different Sound Altogether....and Very Invigorating and Addicting at That!

Customer Reviews:

the bong water blues.......2006-10-28

This was purchased on the strength of the rolling credits at the end of the 2002 movie "Spun". A Jonas Akerlund film about a traveling meth lab cooker (Mickey Rourke) and the users (Brittany Murphy) who follow his every movement (which would explain the film scores need for the song "Instant Repeater 99"). Aside from that The Soundtrack Of Our Lives' (or TSOOL for the loyalist) 1998 release "Welcome To The Infant Freebase" really didn't capture the mood of the film itself (just in case you thought it would), although the anthematic "99" is certainly worth several repeat performances.

I'm not saying the band was mis-cast by Akerlund, but you get an extreme sense of who their hero's really are on this outing ie; that late 60's pharmaceutical jazz cafe sound of Yes or the acid induced improv of early 70's Pink Floyd. The Peter Gabriel era of Genesis is also an obvious influence on the band and perhaps explains the fairy tale art rock quality you're hearing on this CD. Hardly bikers falling over themselves in a methamphetamine rage, more like hippie wannabe's tip toeing over spilt bong water.

olofpalme63

A fantasic rock album!.......2004-11-11

This is a awsome album from start to finish, okay all the songs are not masterpieaces but many of em are and there is enuf great music here to make it a must have album from Swedens best rock band ever.
If you like old classic rock music, like Pink Floyd, The WHO, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones and ather great bands, and whant somting new but with the same greatnes that this old bands hade this album is for you.
Its sound like a mix betwen thos classic rock bands but on the same time it sounds new fresh and original.

A must have for any music lover.

Not the place to start for potential fans.......2004-01-24

"Welcome to the Infant Freebase" is a far more acquired taste of music than is the gloriously brilliant "Behind the Music", and I would not reccomend this to be the first Soundtrack of Our Lives album you pick up. The songs here are long and drawn out, although not boring in the least. This type of rock could be called pretentious, and to a certain point, it is, but I also see it as being a bold debut from one of Sweden's premier bands. There is alot of experimentation here, and the influence of Pink Floyd is very apparent. The result is a trancier, trippier album than the later efforts from this band.

This is a very good album, but for potential fans of this great band, I would recommed you pick up "Behind the Music" first, and after you fall in love with that album, then give this one a try, because your mind will be more succeptible to the grand ideas of TSOOL.

Psychadelic!.......2003-08-26

the song i've given 5 stars really kick ...!

i give 5 stars to these songs:

2:Firmament vacation
5:Instant repeater '99

I give 4 stars to these:

4:Chromosome layer
8:Grand Canaria

The rest of the song get 3 stars.
Yet another Great swedish gang!

Average customer rating:

Soundtrack of Our Lives Welton Manufacturer: Snapdragon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B0007O26DI Release Date: 2003-01-01

Tracks:

1. Title Track for a Soundtrack
2. Disappearing Act
3. Part of Me That Starts With You
4. Going Nowhere Fast
5. Punchline
6. Just Friends
7. Awkward
8. Better Half
9. Coldest Winter Ever

Product Description

This is the debut album for the fourpiece band Welton, residing in Fort Smith, Arkansas. After self-releasing 3 EPs and touring the West Coast a couple times since their formation in 1999, they signed to the fairly new Snapdragon Records. Some of these songs immediately reminded me of Staring Backs last album On; shredding riffs and lots of terrific breaks. They occasionally throw in an acoustic guitar for a few seconds as well though, and theres quite a bit of powerpop punk material there as well. But absolutely cracking are the churning guitarlines in literally every song on this 9 song album. And still... theres a latent trace of emotional rock in this release, due to sudden breakdowns and intermezzos of calmer sung pieces.

Average customer rating: Extended Revelation for those without this album. Extended Revelation's delectable psychadelia There's no relevation but some pretty good music here Unassuming profoundly '60s with the full sound of the '90s

Extended Revelation Soundtrack of Our Lives Manufacturer: Wea International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Welcome to the Infant Freebase A Present from the Past Origin, Vol. 1 Behind the Music Gimme Five! ASIN: B00006902L Release Date: 2002-08-13

Tracks:

1. Regenesis
2. Psychamantum X2000
3. Let It Come Alive
4. Interstellar Inferiority Complex
5. Century Child
6. Safety Operation
7. Impacats & Egos
8. Aqua Vera
9. From Gravity To Gold
10. So Far
11. Serentine Age Queen
12. Mega Society
13. Black Star
14. Love Song # 3105
15. Jehovah Sunrise
16. All For Sale

Album Description

The full title of this album is Extended Revelation For The Psychic Weaklings Of Western Civilization. The music is actually beautiful and not pretentious like the title. A bit more focused than their debut. This hour-long effort focuses on the trippy ethereal side of the group's personality. Bjorn Olsson's sterling, ultra-atmospheric guitar work is the group's secret weapon. Originally released in 1998.

Customer Reviews:

Extended Revelation for those without this album........2004-06-24

After discovering TSOOL through the Behind the Music album , I decided to investigate further, and luckily for me, came across this gem. Its smart, clever and it influenced by the folkish elements of the late sixties.

The band seem to be a lot more relaxed with this affair, as opposed to the faster and more urgent Behind the Music. This does not mean that this album is all laid back folky whimslings however. It is at times meaty, rocky and toe tapping but it retains a psychedelic aura that makes this album a supreme pleasure on the ears.

Alikened to Kula Shaker, and also supporting them on tour, Crispian Mills (Kula Shaker's lead vocalist and guitarist) once declared the Soundtrack of Our Lives as the 'best band in the world ever', although this may be a little tounge in cheek, he does make the point that this band is very special, and hopefully one that can keep up its excellent musical past.

Extended Revelation's delectable psychadelia.......2004-04-13

Here we see a band in mid-transition from the MC5 garage-rock sound of their original incarnation as Union Carbide Productions to the Rolling Stones grooves of 'Behind The Music' as Soundtrack Of Our Lives. 'Extended Revelation' shows a band searching for an identity, falling somewhere in between 70's classic-rock and Pink Floydian keyboard noodling, yet retaining much of their guitar grit. This updated 'riff meets prog' formula works well, a tribute to the musical talent of the band itself, experimenting with sound, mood, and studio-tweaking. The stand-out track 'Impacts And Egos' truly defines this CD, pseudo-psychadelia meets guitar flash, with a touch of experimentalism and heart-felt emotion. Overall a strong album.

There's no relevation but some pretty good music here.......2003-05-27

Hype can be a bad thing. Sure, it pushed The Beatles to fame but it was also the downfall of many talented musicians. The hype machine surround around TSOOL and Behind The Music may undo what years of touring and making solid albums created. It would be a pity. While these guys aren't the "saviors of rock 'n' roll" they're very talented, witty and actually know their music history.

Extended Relevation may, at first, seem like a knock off of Soft Machine or early Waters era Pink Floyd. Once you get past the doodles and music references, you'll discover a blend of rich melodies and guitar riffs worth trudging through the first couple of tracks for. ER like the follow up EP Gimme Five is less about a walk down music memory lane and more about pulling out all the stops without being ashamed about the influences the band proudly wear on their collective sleeve. It's not the band's most cohesive work nor most commerical (Behind The Music fits into both of those slots). It's clear, however, listening to the music that TSOOL have found a way of having their cake (playing hommage to their influences)and eating it, too (trying to capture a mass audience).

ER earned a five star review on the AMG site. While I think that's a bit too generous (like many of their reviews I might add), 4 stars seems appropriate once you get past the filler on this fine album. If you like 70's rock with a 21st century sensibility, you'll like EX and The Soundtrack of Our Lives. If you're looking for tuneless moaning, I'd suggest listeing to anything by the Yeah Yeah Yeah's (a band long on hype but short on substance) or The Vines (ditto).

Unassuming.......2003-02-28

This will sneak up on you. After the third listening I got it, and now I listen to it all the time. You will find yourself floating away on these songs...they all flow together and there is a sort of softly psych element to it. I went and purchased their other two CD's, and one Union Carbide Productions CD. I love them all. Pink Floyd, the Moody Blues, and the Beatles all could have made this record. Its that good.

profoundly '60s with the full sound of the '90s.......2002-10-03

I Only know Soundtrack of our Lives from this one album. I got it a few years ago, after listening to it at a friend's place. I played it a couple of times, and then more or less forgot about it. Recently, I started listening to it again, and now I love it. Apparently this Swedish band had to grow on me. I now regard it as one of Swedens finest, together with Kent.

The atmosphere of the songs is profoundly '60s, but with the full sound of the '90s. Sometimes there is this massive sound of guitars and organ, but most songs are more introvert. There is a distinct psychedelic touch to many of the songs on this album, but they are never boring like psychedelic songs of the sixties tend to be after a while. This is an album that needs listening to in peace and quiet, high volume, eyes closed.

Many bands have gone back to the sound of the sixties, Soundtrack of our Lives, although sometimes reminiscent of bands like Kula Shaker, or even Black rebel Motorcycle Club, has managed to do this in their own, very special way.

Average customer rating: THE BEST OF BETTE! One of Gerhardt's Best Simply superb! Priceless for all old movie fans

Classic Film Scores for Bette Davis Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Newman | Newman, Alfred | ( N ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Waxman | Waxman, Franz | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Now Voyager: The Classic Film Scores of Max Steiner Captain Blood: Classic Film Scores for Errol Flynn Casablanca: Classic Film Scores for Humphrey Bogart Sunset Boulevard: The Classic Film Scores of Franz Waxman Captain from Castile: Music from Alfred Newman Film Scores ASIN: B000003EM2 Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Warner Brothers Fanfare/It Can't Be Wrong [From Now, Voyager] - National Philharmon
2. Blindness (Judith's Theme) /Winter/Resignation [From Dark Victory] - National Philharmon
3. Main Title [From A Stolen Life] - National Philharmon
4. Elizabeth [From the Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex] - National Philharmon
5. Forsaken [From Mr. Skeffington] - National Philharmon
6. Main Title/Stanley and Roy/Finale [From in This Our Life] - National Philharmon
7. All About Eve
8. Main Title [From All About Eve] - National Philharmon
9. Waltz [From Jezebel] - National Philharmon
10. Main Title/Rosa Moline/Train, the/Rosa's Death [From Beyond the Forest] - National Philharmon
11. Carlotta [From Juarez] - National Philharmon
12. Main Title [From the Letter] - National Philharmon
13. Main Title/Henriette and the Children/Love Scene/Finale/End Cast [from - National Philharmon

Customer Reviews:

THE BEST OF BETTE!.......2003-11-23

For those who cherish those Bette Davis Golden Oldies as I do, you'll not want to be without this CD. All her most memorable film scores are here: Warner's fanfare introduces the exquisite "It Can't Be Wrong/Charlotte's Theme" from "Now, Voyager", Steiner's poignantly haunting score for "Dark Victory" the suitably regal score for "All About Eve" by Alfred Newman and the instantly recognizable theme for "A Stolen Life" - again by Max Steiner.

Korngold's score for "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" is fine as are the various scores for "Deception", "The Letter" and "All This, and Heaven Too" & "In This Our Life". When Davis made "Dark Victory" she was a bit "upstaged" by Max Steiner's score towards the final fade-out of the film. Judy Traherne ascends the staircase, says good-bye to Daffy and Don (her dogs) and quietly insists that her maid Martha leave her alone, undisturbed to die in peace: "beautifully and finely". During this shot, the angels are singing ethereally and Davis flung herself at director Edmund Goulding during reheasal and demanded: "Damn it, who's playing this scene? Max or me??" No fears. It worked. Beautifully.

One of Gerhardt's Best.......2002-07-26

This is one of the best albums from the classic film scores series conducted by Charles Gerhardt with the National Philharmonic Orchestra. Max Steiner composed most of the scores represented here. Max Steiner was one of the greats. My favorite cut is the "main title" from A STOLEN LIFE. This tune was uesd again in A SUMMER PLACE with Troy Donahue. Both films have their central settings in New England. This tune greatly captures the feeling of the land and sea and the people living on the New England coast. This is a lush and beatiful cd.

Simply superb!.......2002-01-14

This is one of about a half dozen or so recordings of classic film scores conducted by Mr. Charles Gerhardt, performed by the National Philharmonic Orchestra, and produced by Mr. George Korngold (Erich Wolfgang Korngold's younger son). These recordings were made in the 1970's, and with, perhaps, one exception, have yet to be equalled much less surpassed! Almost single handedly, they have shaped the film scores of today and made CDs of same a major profit center for the recording industry. Don't just buy this one; grab anything that has Mr. Gerhardt name on it!

Priceless for all old movie fans.......2000-03-13

I have had this album for years and was thrilled to find it is out in CD. This is a must have for anyone who loves old movies, especially movies of the '30's and '40's. The music is beautiful and fully orchestrated by the National Philharmonic. Each selection elicits all of the atmosphere and attendant feelings of the film for which it was written.

Average customer rating: Days of our lives love songs Not worth the time Awful like what i heard Stinko

Days of Our Lives: Love Songs Various Artists Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Like Sands Through The Hourglass All the Days of My Life (So Far) Through the Basement Walls Days of Our Lives: A Complete History of the Long-Running Soap Opera Days of Our Lives: The Complete Family Album ASIN: B00070Q8JA Release Date: 2005-02-01

Tracks:

1. I Am Right Here
2. Shadow Of Love - Jeanette Juardo
3. Undone - Kyle Lowder
4. Save A Dance
5. Easy To Love You (Arianne Zucker)
6. Forever
7. In The Right Place
8. When Two Chevys Collide - Peter Reckell
9. How Can The Days Go By?
10. One Last Wish
11. December Rain - Tanya Boyd
12. You Belong To Me
13. I'll Never Hold You Again - Nadia Bjorlin
14. Love The Way You Love Me
15. Forever (Belle & Phillip Version)

Amazon.com

NBC's four-decade soap opera phenom is a television legend, consistently the most popular program of its kind for nearly a decade. That burgeoning success inspired the show's producers to grace it with a unique original musical sensibility, and it's those romantic, genre-spanning songs that are anthologized here. Written by D. Brent Nelson and former Expose member Kelly Moneymaker (with occasional help from others) and performed by Moneymaker and several Days cast members, the songs here center on a powerful, retro-ballad sense that embraces both whispery confessionals like "I Am Right Here" and Tanya Boyd/Celeste's "December Rain" and more gutsy, r&b-charged performances like Moneymaker's "Love the Way You Love Me." The show's music also ranges across modern country-rock romping (Peter Reckell/Bo's "When Two Chevys Collide"), more sedate Nashville sounds (Moneymaker's "How Can the Days Go By?") and AC-friendly rock from cast members Arianne Zucker/Nicole (an upbeat "Easy to Love You") and Kyle Lowder/Brady (the wistful "Undone"). Hardly cutting edge, yet a fitting musical foil for the show's melodramatic romantic daydreams. --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

• Days of our Lives has been a staple of daytime programming for 39 years. The show is watched by millions daily. • Love Songs is a mixture of powerful ballads, intimate whispers, wild celebrations and sensuality. • Days of our Lives cast members Peter Reckell (Bo Brady), Kyle Lowder (Brady Black), Arianne Zucker (Nicole), Tanya Boyd (Celeste) and Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe) reveal their vocal talents while guest vocalist, Jeanette Jurado (formerly of multi-platinum pop trio, Exposé) graces The Shadow of Love. • The show's composers, D. Brent Nelson and Kelly Moneymaker (Exposé, Bo & Hope's theme Can't Live Without Your Love) wrote and produced Love Songs.  • Features an all-star cast of musicians and vocalists (from Natalie Cole's crew to Moody Blues) along with engineers John Whynot (Austin Powers), Frank Rosato (Eddie Money) and mixer Tony Phillips (Seal, Sting, Moulin Rouge).

Customer Reviews:

Days of our lives love songs.......2007-05-14

This was actually really nice to listen to. Alot of the music was what i was looking for and had forgotten about sometime ago. would get this cd agin if i ever lost it.

Not worth the time.......2005-10-19

Absolutely horrible. I would rather watch the paint on my walls dry than to listen to this.

Awful.......2005-10-16

Terrible. No fun at all. Most of these peeps should stick to acting. Songs are, for the most part 'blah'.

like what i heard.......2005-09-04

i really liked this cd it was the first of its kind i have bought. i like that it wasnt just ballads or just country/rock, it had a bit of everything. i especially liked that the stars of my favorite daytime tv show were the ones singing the songs cant wait for the next one to come out

Stinko.......2005-07-31

I actually think that some of the glowing reviews HAD tobe written by Moneymaker. This album is boring schlock. The songs are mediocre and some of these folks flat out can't sing.

Production's is tired sounding too.

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