Bandits [Soundtrack]

Christopher Young, Bandits | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 23, 2011)
• Original Release Date: October 9, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax
• ASIN: B00005Q464
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #97,711 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett play an unlikely trio of bank robbers in Barry Levinson's outlaw comedy, and this eclectic soundtrack reflects the quirky personalities of their characters. Heard quietly under the film's opening credits, Bob Dylan's "Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum" refers to the bickering duo played by Willis and Thornton, while two '80s hits by Bonnie Tyler ("Holding Out for a Hero" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart") virtually define the neglected housewife-on-the-run played by Blanchett. You'll have to listen closely to hear some of these songs in the film, and two tracks ("Walk on By" and "Wildfire") are exclusive to this release. And while there's not much connective thread from one song to another, their sequencing has an idiosyncratic appeal, just like the film itself. From the soothing effect of Mark Knopfler's "Rudiger" to Five for Fighting's whimsical hero's lament "Superman (It's Not Easy)," these songs convey the same emotional range explored in Christopher Young's "Bandits Suite," a score sampler that closes the disc with instrumental flare. --Jeff Shannon

Product Description

Bandits (Music from the MGM Motion Picture) by Bandits (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good music, but incomplete album, April 29, 2002

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JET (Parker, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bandits (Audio CD)

I loved the movie, and thoroughly enjoyed all the music mentioned and played. I especially liked the inclusion of the Dylan song and "Twist in My Sobriety."

However, I am not sure why the U2 song was not included, as it's played twice in the movie, and is especially significant as the closing song. The only reason I can think of is that the group did not agree to having it on the soundtrack. If that is true, shame on U2 for marring a great set of music! If it was the producers of the album, shame on them for depriving us.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars But were is MSI!?????, July 19, 2002

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michael dahlquist (Elk Grove, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bandits (Audio CD)

Yes, this album is very very incomplete. Aside from the great U2 not being there, where the heck is Mindless self indulgence(my favorite band )??? They were played for like a minute and a half when Bruce willis and that other guy walk in on that young guy and that girl making out. It was a song called kill the rock and its great. So i don't know why they didn't put it there!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A film where the music makes sense, August 1, 2002

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C. Radda (New Britain, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bandits (Audio CD)

There are many little things that would probably go unnoticed in this movie, were it not for soundtrack. I'm thinking of the scene in which Cate Blanchett loses herself in that meal preparation, only to have her almost unbelievably insensitive husband show up to inform her that he won't be eating any of it. It's the music and the life it creates for her that shows the dichotomy of her world; and so, when she inadvertently escapes, we believe it. Are Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, and Blanchett superb? Yes. But it's the music that underscores the acting and directing brilliance.