Various Artists: Lost Highway
- David Bowie - I'm Deranged (Edit)
- Trent Reznor - Videodrones; Questions
- Nine Inch Nails- The Perfect Drug
- Angelo Badalamenti - Red Bats With Teeth
- Angelo Badalamenti - Haunting & Heartbreaking
- The Smashing Pumpkins - Eye
- Angelo Badalamenti - Dub Driving
- Barry Adamson - Mr. Eddy's Theme 1
- Lou Reed - This Magic Moment
- Barry Adamson - Mr. Eddy's Theme 2
- Angelo Badalamenti - Fred & Renee Make Love
- Marilyn Manson - Apple of Sodom
- Antonio Carlos Jobim - Insensatez
- Barry Adamson - Something Wicked This Way Comes (Edit)
- Marilyn Manson - I Put A Spell On You
- Angelo Badalamenti - Fats Revisited
- Angelo Badalamenti - Fred's World
- Rammstein - Rammstein (Edit)
- Barry Adamson - Hollywood Sunset
- Rammstein - Hierate Mich (Edit)
- Angelo Badalamenti - Police
- Trent Reznor - Driver Down
- David Bowie - I'm Deranged (Reprise)
Amidst all the hype associated with this soundtrack actually lies a few decent
tracks. However you have to wade through the crap for quite some time before
actually stumbling onto a real gem. I suppose this is the case with most
soundtrack material simply because soundtracks were never meant to be listened
too anywhere outside of the narrow confines of the actual theater. The moment
someone in marketing got a hold of the concept of releasing a collection of
songs that had only tacit connections to the film itself as a singular entity,
was the moment we were all doomed to find multiple copies of soundtracks in the
cut out bins of your favorite music store every time you go to the mall.
A word to the wise, if you are buying this release simply because Trent Reznor
has two self-named tracks, you are better off saving your money and buying
the 'Perfect Drug" remix Ep due out later this year. The main reason behind
this line of logic is because the two aforementioned Trent Reznor pieces clock
in at under two minutes combined and actually only serve as prologue material
for the tracks they proceed on the soundtrack.
The Marilyn Manson, Barry Adamson, David Bowie, & Rammstein tracks are nothing
spectacular either. The Angelo Badalamenti tracks are perhaps the best material
on the album short of the totally electronic Smashing Pumpkins piece. Angelo
fabricates several very jazzy pieces which probably mesh with the film rather
well, but fail to contain any type of hard hitting musical finesse that
purchasers of this compilation would be desiring. However if you are one of
those diehard completists I sense you'll pick up this album no matter what I
say.
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