Cruel Intentions - Soundtrack

Cruel Intentions has to be one of the biggest teen films of the 90's and with good reason, its mixture of humour, sex and a fantastic cast really sets it up to do well. And it really did, with a large percentage of the population having seen and (mostly) loved this original film, loosely based on Dangerous Liasons. After seeing the film one of the high points which stuck in my memory was the music, with a number of songs which I already knew and enjoyed aswell as a number of previously unheard songs, which reached the same high standard. This is the reason which I decided to buy the soundtrack. My main concern when buying the Cruel Intentions Soundtrack was ...  Read the complete review

Cruel Intentions has become, without a doubt, one of the most watched films amongst me and my friends. And it's not just the wickedness portrayed by the fantastic Ryan Phillippe and Sarah Michelle Gellar, but undoubtedly also it's fine, fine soundtrack. Althought film sountrcaks do have a bit of a rep for being boring and containing obscure little strange songs from the film, here's a reality check. This soundtrack, featuring big names like Blur, Placebo, Faithless, The Verve and Fatboy Slim dotted amongst slightly lesser known names like Marcy Playground, is dark, anthemic and truly evil, exactly like the film itself. Starting out with a ...  Read the complete review

This is, without a doubt, the best soundtrack I have heard in my life. It even beats the Trainspotting soundtrack, a feat I had previously thought impossible! There isn't one disappointing track on the album and together these songs form a formidable mixture which only makes brief visits to the CD rack before being restored to it's rightful place in my CD player. This is most definitely the CD that has been played the most in my house this year. From the first haunting bars of Every You Every Me to the last nostalgic purr of Bittersweet Symphony it is completely captivating. It offers a heady mixture of sublime melancholy in songs such as Colorblind ...  Read the complete review

A great CD, I must say. First of all I must give brief recommendations to the movie (simply excellent - very seductive - Ryan Phillipe). All through the film I felt myself dancing in this cinema to the songs being played (and people were looking at me quite strangely as well!). The Placebo song is pretty good, I love Fatboy Slim's "Praise You", Blur's Coffee and TV is ok, but not one of my favourites from Blur... Bedroom Dancing's got some hilarious lyrics and is an interesting attempt at symbolism... "and so we danced and danced and danced and danced all night... 12 o'clock, the music stops, she walked away from me, and took her ...  Read the complete review

If you've seen Cruel Intentions, you understand that the movie contains the themes murder, deception, and sexual exploits. Sebastian and his step-sister Catherine are the ideal evil team in the beginning. The music, down to the opening song Every You and Every Me by Placebo helps to evoke these themes even further than the plot and the acting. Every You and Every Me is the perfect tune to introduce you to the selfishness of Catherine and Sebastian. The music varies in mood based on the scene from the upbeat and cheerful Praise You to You Could Make a Killing, a very sad slow song. Nothing is overly cheery and upbeat assuring that the mood stays set, and ...  Read the complete review