The 40-Year-Old Virgin [Soundtrack]

Various Artists (Artist), Lyle Workman (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 23, 2005)
• Original Release Date: August 19, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Shout Factory
• ASIN: B000AARKI0
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #120,693 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Life of Illusion

2. Ain't No Mountain High Enough

3. Virgin Man

4. Heat of the Moment

5. Just Got Lucky

6. I Got Ants in My Pants (And I Want to Dance)

7. I'm Every Woman

8. Hello

9. Sharing the Night Together

10. I Ran (So Far Away)

11. Joy

12. Score [Shot Montage]

13. Theme from Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)

14. Never Surrender

15. The Search Is Over

16. Aquarius

17. The First Time [Deleted Karaoke Scene][*]

Editorial Reviews

Featuring 17 Tracks That'll Seal The Deal, Including 2 Cast Recordings

40-year-old Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) has done quite a few things in his life. He’s got a cushy job stamping invoices at an electronics superstore, a nice apartment with a proud collection of action figures and comic books, good friends, a nice attitude. But there’s just one little thing he hasn’t quite gotten around to doing yet - something most people have done by his age. Done a lot. Andy’s never, ever, ever had sex - not even by accident. So is that such a big deal?

Well, for Andy’s buds at the store, it sure is. Although they think he’s a bit of an oddball, there’s certainly a planetful of stranger (and homelier) guys who’ve at least had one go at having a go. They consider it their duty to help Andy out of his dire situation and go to great lengths to help him.

This soundtrack is the key to the big score!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Music You Ever Completely Forgot About, August 26, 2005

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Robert W. Barnwell "BobTheCopywriter" (Starkville, MS, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Audio CD)

The 40 Year-Old Virigin Soundtrack is one of the best combinations of B-Side hits from the 70s and early 80s Pop and Broadway. The sountrack is all the better for not having the standard 70s hits that we've already heard in a dozen movies and commercials. It's brilliant, fun and totally enjoyable.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A diverse sampling of music, September 12, 2005

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George Dionne (Cape Cod, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Audio CD)

The Good
If you haven't seen the movie, that's okay. Just looking at the titles of some of the songs included on the soundtrack is sure to elicit a snicker out of you. You can just imagine where songs like "Virgin Man" (Robinson), "Just Got Lucky" (JoBoxers), "Score" (Workman), and "I Got Ants in My Pants" (Brown) fit into the movie. Although, if you're forty years old (or so) today, a lot of these songs may just remind you of your first time. "Heat of the Moment" (Asia) is one of those songs that really defined the early eighties with its synthesizers and harmonious vocals melodies. "I Ran" (Seagulls) is another one of those songs that you'll never shake from that era.

I'm sure that at a lot of proms and weddings circa 1985 people were slow dancing (and possibly getting lucky) to "Never Surrender" (Hart). Thanks to a Starburst commercial, "Hello" (Richie) seems to be making a comeback. For all the parody it gets, it's a great ballad. If you only get this soundtrack for just one song, get it for "Theme From Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not)" (Scarbury). There's just something about the cheesy, over-the-top, `I'm on top of the world' anthem that stays with you for years (though you're afraid to admit it).

The Bad
You can live without the cast recordings of "Aquarius" and "The First Time". As with most soundtracks, you really need to see the movie first.

The Verdict
The 40 Year Old Virgin Soundtrack scores (couldn't resist) with a diverse sampling of music that will recall your younger and more awkward years.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good soundtrack, but see the movie first, August 14, 2006

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Gregory Shelor "music junkie" (Durham, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Audio CD)

The soundtrack is a good mix of familiar and forgotton late-seventies and early-eighties music. For those who remember those days, this is a nice trip down memory lane. For others who don't, probably not. But if you see the movie first, then the cd becomes a lot better (even funnier, as you remember the scenes in the movie they were playing during). Well worth looking for.

ps- The song Andy kareokes to in his house is called "Word Up" and it was by the r&b band Cameo, and it was a Top 10 hit for them in 1986.