An American Love Story (1998 TV Film) [Soundtrack]

Various Artists - Soundtracks (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 10, 1999)
• Original Release Date: August 10, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B00000JQZA
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #663,636 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Girl

2. My Guy

3. Ooo Baby Baby

4. Ain't No Way

5. Bill's Theme

6. Dark Moon Risin'

7. I Want to See You Again

8. (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

9. People Get Ready

10. Just Like You

11. Chaney's Theme

12. Iko Iko

13. True Love

14. Lovin' Friends

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The Public Television series An American Love Story chronicles a year in the life of an interracial couple in New York--jazz and blues artist Bill Sims and Karen Wilson. They've been together for over 30 years, so it's only fitting that the soundtrack for this family snapshot is filled with the music they've grown with over the past three decades. Classic R&B from the Temptations, Otis Redding, and Mary Wells is featured prominently, alongside tunes from Sims himself. Marcus Miller's score for An American Love Story is both jazzy and folksy, and fits perfectly with this nostalgic mix of Motown and blues. If you enjoy the music of Sims, be sure to check out his self-titled solo CD, released concurrently with this one. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good, R&B-heavy soundtrack compilation from PBS, July 25, 2010

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This review is from: An American Love Story (MP3 Download)

It looks like these unadvertised Sunday MP3 specials are becoming a regular thing on Amazon. This album, a fine collection of love-themed music anchored with some great R&B classics, is going for 20 cents on 7/25/2010. If other recent Sunday bargains are any guide, the price will likely back to normal by tomorrow.

This album is the soundtrack to a 10-hour PBS miniseries focusing on an interracial couple that was originally aired in 1999. The series was highly praised as providing a deeply personal and insightful look at race relations and family ties in the United States.

At this price, the album is a no brainer. It starts out with three classics either written or performed by Smokey Robinson, followed by a great Aretha Franklin tune I had not been familiar with. Otis Redding's "Dock of the Bay" is of course worth the entire special sales price and then some. There are also good modern reworkings of classics -- a nice percussive version of "Iko, Iko" by the Dixie Cups and Asanté singing a Curtis Mayfield tune, "People Get Ready".

There are some nice slow tracks by jazz musician Marcus Miller, and a considerable helping of music by Bill Sims, one of the stars of the series -- the husband and father in the interracial couple featured in the show. His music is solid, modern, bluesy R&B.

I haven't seen the PBS series, but I'm glad this album has brought it to my attention. I'll be looking into possibilities to rent or watch it, it sounds good and definitely has some good music! But it seems this was released on VHS but never on DVD, so it might be hard to see.