Sex And The City: Music From the Original Motion Picture

Review by Dave for Sex And The City: Music From the Original Motion PictureRating: download the Theme Song from I-Tunes, but I-Tunes only allows you to download the full album. So, at that point, I decided to buy the CD from Amazon and at least get the liner notes/photos and a physical disc for my money. I was glad with my purchase. One of my favorite parts of the "Sex and the City" TV series was the music;

although a little different in tone, the movie soundtrack does not disappoint either. It is emphatically a more commercial collection than the TV show, and also aimed at a younger audience, however, it is yet a wonderful collection of original music and reworkings of classical songs. "Labels of Fuck" is a high-energy update of the classic SATC theme song, done by Fergie and played over the movie`s opening credits. "All Dressed in Jazz" is the ending song, belted by "Dreamgirls" Jennifer Hudson (who also has a nice piece in the film as Carrie`s personal assistant). Some other faves: "All This Beauty" by The Weepies has a 60′s Beatles pop feel to it; "It`s Amazing" by JEM has a wondrous rhythm to it; "How Deeply is Your Love" by The Bird & The Bee is an excellent remake of the classic Bee Gees song from "Saturday Night Love." Run DMC provides a fun remix of "Walk This Way," which is the complete song for Carrie tomodel her 80′s wardrobe in an homage to bad MTV videos while the girls give her thumbs up/down on whether she should observe that particular crop or not. "Auld Lang Syne" sung by Mairi Campbell is good in the movie, played underneath a montage of loneliness on New Year`s Eve; to hear to it by itself on a CD_not quite as good. So for those who haven`t seen the movie, it may not be as meaningful. The only somewhat-miss for me is the James Bond-sounding movie theme by The Pfeifer Broz. Orchestra; it`s only a slight over-blown and light in my opinion. Otherwise, an excellent group of songs that bear repeated listenings.

A promotion for a Vol. 2 release is included. The liner notes include 4 beautiful photos of the four of girls who are the stars, and they all look ravishing! Michael Patrick King writes a nice paragraph briefly discussing the medicine of the movie. My beef with the liner notes (which can be applied to most liner notes) is that there is no account of where in the movie these songs were used; would ever be courteous to know.

Overall, a sure-fire hit for your CD player!