Rock of Ages (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
[United States] : WaterTower Music, 2012.
Format: Streaming Music
Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (1hr., 02 min.)) : digital.
A silver screen adaptation of a Broadway show that turned MTV metal into a musical, the original soundtrack to Rock of Ages can’t help but feel like a faded photocopy, but somebody has taken great care to dress those smeared, blurry images in glitter and highlights, the sparkle deriving from a star-studded cast fronted by Tom Cruise. That Tom Cruise has never, ever seemed to connect with rock & roll, particularly of the gutbucket L.A. sleaze variety celebrated here, matters not because Rock of Ages is not for rock & rollers, it’s for any number of people who like to dress up and play pretend. Now that the glory days of Mötley Crüe, Guns N' Roses, Bon Jovi, and Poison are firmly in the past -- and thereby no longer carry any sense of sexual danger -- it's totally fine to drape a feather boa around your neck, darken your eyes, harden your heart, and sing along with the songs you know by heart. On film or on stage it might be easy to get wrapped up in the spectacle, but on record, it's mere nostalgia. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Other Authors:
Cruise, Tom, artist.
Hough, Julianne, artist.
Boneta, Diego, artist.
Brand, Russell, artist.
Baldwin, Alec, artist.
Zeta-Jones, Catherine, artist.
Blige, Mary J., artist.
Giamatti, Paul, artist.
Maroulis, Constantine, artist.
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Cruise, Tom, artist.
Hough, Julianne, artist.
Boneta, Diego, artist.
Brand, Russell, artist.
Baldwin, Alec, artist.
Zeta-Jones, Catherine, artist.
Blige, Mary J., artist.
Giamatti, Paul, artist.
Maroulis, Constantine, artist.
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Contents:
Paradise City [Tom Cruise] (3:43) -- Sister Christian / Just Like Paradise / Nothin' But A Good Time [Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin] (5:41) -- Juke Box Hero / I Love Rock 'n' Roll [Diego Boneta, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Julianne Hough] (2:23) -- Hit Me With Your Best Shot [Catherine Zeta-Jones] (2:28) -- Waiting For A Girl Like You [Diego Boneta] (3:24) -- More Than Words / Heaven [Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta] (3:08) -- Wanted Dead Or Alive [Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough] (4:19) -- I Want To Know What Love Is [Tom Cruise, Malin Akerman] (3:32) -- I Wanna Rock [Diego Boneta] (2:26) -- Pour Some Sugar On Me [Tom Cruise] (3:13) -- Harden My Heart [Julianne Hough, Mary J. Blige] (2:40) -- Shadows Of The Night / Harden My Heart [Mary J. Blige, Julianne Hough] (1:57) -- Here I Go Again [Diego Boneta, Paul Giamatti, Julianne Hough, Mary J. Blige, Tom Cruise] (3:07) -- Can't Fight This Feeling [Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin] (3:05) -- Any Way You Want It [Mary J. Blige, Constantine Maroulis, Julianne Hough] (2:31) -- Undercover Love [Diego Boneta] (3:06) -- Every Rose Has Its Thorn [Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Mary J. Blige] (2:57) -- Rock You Like A Hurricane [Julianne Hough, Tom Cruise] (2:40) -- We Built This City / We're Not Gonna Take It [Russell Brand, Catherine Zeta-Jones] (2:18) -- Don't Stop Believin' [Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Mary J. Blige] (4:13).
UPC: 794043159664
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.