Beaches Ost - Bette Midler

I bought this cd initially because I liked the All Saints Song "Pure shores" which was at number one in 2000 and remains one of the best sellers of that year, and secondly because I have many soundtrack cds and find them to be quite a good buy on the whole as there are often some suprising finds on them. I was so pleasantly suprised by what I got from buying this album. I am into dance music and also quite ambient atmospheric stuff and this was perfect from start to finish. There is no doubt that this soundtrach is truly atmospheric and you can just see yourself swimming in the sea or on the beach soaking up the rays. There are many other ...

Images of beaches conjure up luscious chilled out sounds with samples of waves and exotic birds, not hard hitting techno and garbled rubbish from Blur’s off days. Only a few tracks stand out, Pure Shores by All Saints (I prefer the remix of the single), Spinning Away by Sugar Ray and Porcelain by Moby. The score is by the excellent composer Angelo Badalamenti, who is often used by David Lynch, yet his End Credits theme is ruined by the decision to include Leonardo DiCaprio’s narration over the top of it, which sounds like a more patronising Baz Luehrmann song (and don’t get me started on the casting of Leo!) and will force you to forward through about ...

This is a (somewhat) wonderful compilation of songs. I love listening to it on sunny, breezy days (the few that we have here in Britain!) and it really does give a sense that you are somewhere in a tropical island or lounging on 'the beach' or on a sailboat headed to a secret island resort. The much aired song Porcelain by Moby is very soothing to listen to, as are Voices by Dario G (remember SunChyme? that was great) and the final score by the composer who did the Twin Peaks theme, Angelo Badalamenti. It also features some lines from the film, which are very meaningful and a must if you want to fall asleep listening to Leonardo Dicaprio's voice! Spinning ...