Must Love Dogs
Music from the Motion Picture
New York, NY : Epic/Sony Music Soundtrax, [2005]
Format: Music CD
Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
You'd think that a rom-com soundtrack that begins with Christopher Plummer reciting Yeats' poem "Brown Penny" would be different than your average collection of sweet, sentimental film music. And you'd be right: the soundtrack to Must Love Dogs is certainly quirky, but perhaps not in the ways the people behind it intended. The album veers between unique choices like the opening track and hyper-traditional ones like Linda Ronstadt's "When Will I Be Loved?" and the quintessential romantic comedy soundtrack song, Natalie Cole's "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)," which has been in so many movies of this kind that it feels like it's on loan. In fact, later on Must Love Dogs actually does borrow from one of the all-time great romantic scores, "Prelude and Lara's Theme" from Dr. Zhivago. The soundtrack also has a twangy angle, with Ronstadt's hit, Sheryl Crow's cover of "The First Cut Is the Deepest," and tracks from country-pop singers as well as artists who flirt with country, such as Stephanie Bentley and Susan Haynes. Susie Suh's gorgeous "Shell" and Rodney Crowell's sweetly traditional "What Kind of Love" are the highlights in this area, although Rilo Kiley's "I Never" and Ryan Adams & the Cardinals' "Dance All Night" are on surprisingly equal footing with these songs while adding a faint whiff of hipness (much like John Cusack's presence in the film). By spanning songs like these, as well as Eddie Holman's flawless "Hey There Lonely Girl" and a goofy cast singalong of the Partridge Family theme "Come on Get Happy," Must Love Dogs certainly has personality -- in fact, it has multiple personalities. ~ Heather Phares
Other Authors:
Plummer, Christopher.
Ronstadt, Linda.
Crow, Sheryl.
Holman, Eddie.
Bentley, Stephanie.
Haynes, Susan (Musician)
Adams, Ryan.
Suh, Susie.
Crowell, Rodney.
Kunzel, Erich.
Cole, Natalie, 1950-2015.
Lane, Diane.
Mulroney, Dermot.
Channing, Stockard.
Perkins, Elizabeth, 1960-
Hillis, Ali.
Rilo Kiley (Musical group)
Cardinals (Musical group : Ryan Adams)
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.
Plummer, Christopher.
Ronstadt, Linda.
Crow, Sheryl.
Holman, Eddie.
Bentley, Stephanie.
Haynes, Susan (Musician)
Adams, Ryan.
Suh, Susie.
Crowell, Rodney.
Kunzel, Erich.
Cole, Natalie, 1950-2015.
Lane, Diane.
Mulroney, Dermot.
Channing, Stockard.
Perkins, Elizabeth, 1960-
Hillis, Ali.
Rilo Kiley (Musical group)
Cardinals (Musical group : Ryan Adams)
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.
Contents:
Brown penny / William Butler Yeats (Christopher Plummer) -- When will I be loved / Phil Everly (Linda Ronstadt) -- The first cut is the deepest / Yusuf Islam (Sheryl Crow) -- Hey there lonely girl / Leon Carr, Earl Shuman (Eddie Holman) -- Don't it feel good / Angelo T. Petraglia, Stephanie Kay Bentley (Stephanie Bentley) -- I never / Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley) -- I'd rather be in love with you / Susan Haynes, Jim Reilley (Susan Haynes) (bonus track) -- Dance all night / Ryan Adams (Ryan Adams & The Cardinals) -- Shell / Glen Ballard, Susie Suh (Susie Suh) -- What kind of love / Rodney Crowell, Will Jennings, Roy Orbison (Rodney Crowell) (bonus track) -- Prelude and Lara's theme from Dr. Zhivago / Maurice Jarre ; arr. Christopher Palmer (Cincinnati Pops Orchestra ; Erich Kunzel, conductor) -- This will be (an everlasting love) / Charles Jackson, Marvin Jerome Yancy (Natalie Cole) (featured in theatrical trailer) -- Come on, get happy / Wes Farrell, Danny Janssen (Diane Lane, Dermot Mulroney, Stockard Channing, Elizabeth Perkins, Ali Hillis).
UPC: 827969640326
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CD SOUNDTRK Must | Southeast | Music CD | In |
Compact disc.
Sound recording.
Soundtrack executive producers, Glen Brunman and Debbie Patton ; music supervisor, Jonathan Hafter ; mastered by Louie Teran for Marcussen Mastering, Hollywood, Calif.
Various artists.
Sound recording.
Soundtrack executive producers, Glen Brunman and Debbie Patton ; music supervisor, Jonathan Hafter ; mastered by Louie Teran for Marcussen Mastering, Hollywood, Calif.
Various artists.