True Romance Soundtrack (True Romance)

Member Name: sharktrager

Product:	True Romance
Date:	03/04/02 (1750 review reads)
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Advantages: Excellent songs, Includes some of Hans Zimmer's score

Disadvantages: Not enough Zimmer!

It's a sad fact that in the 1990s it seemed that almost every movie released had a soundtrack CD that had little to do with the movie. 'Songs From And Inspired By...' became a phrase that I came to dread, as it usually meant that hardly any of the music heard on the album got anywhere near the film (except perhaps over the closing credits, but often not even there), and the orchestral score which most movies still had wouldn't get anywhere near the CD.

It was a relief then when I bought the CD soundtrack album to TRUE ROMANCE. For a film which has so much excellent music in it (both songs and score) I was worried that although many of the songs would appear on the album, the excellent score by Hans Zimmer would be ignored.

Thankfully this is not the case, although it is a shame that out of 12 tracks on the album, only 3 are by Zimmer. However the first track ('You're So Cool') is definately the best.

Of the songs which are included, the standouts are Robert Palmer's 'Love Is The Tender Trap' and Chris Isaak's 'Two Hearts' although I'm sure that there was lots of other music included in the film that are not on the CD.

Definately a CD that I'm glad I bought.

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