Customer Reviews

Blood & Chocolate

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Sure, maybe some of the songs in this collection were tacked on in edited forms into the closing credits, but the majority of the music in the film is not here. Great tracks by Rachid Taha (off his Made in Medina album) figure prominently through out and aren't here. Jasmine Tabatabai not only contributes a memorable song to the film, but can be seen performing it live in an early club scene. Also not on the cd.

If you like the darker, richer, exotic music of the film, pick up albums by Taha and Tabatabai.

If you like mediocre compilations of absolutely horrifying covers of once great songs (I actually got physically ill hearing the versions of Venus in Furs and Killing Moon) then maybe pick this up.

The one or two decent tracks (ok, one) like Collide's just aren't worth the buy in.

The art of soundtracking and film scoring has reached an all time low here.

Since the first review focused on what they didn't know about the bands, I'll point out some of the acts:

Tre Lux is Tina Root of Switchblade Symphony, one of the biggest Dark Wave bands of the 90's.

Shiny Toy Guns are huge right now, just played Leno a month ago.

Collide are one of the bigger bands of the goth/electro scene.

Bow Wow Wow...even the other reviewer knew who they are.

Sparklemotion had a hit on itunes from the Napoleon Dynamite Sountrack.

New Skin are a new English band produced by one of the guys who produced Depeche Mode and the Cure.

but whatever - the point is the album is really good - there's only one song I wasn't crazy about and for a soundtrack, that's saying a lot.

I can't say the same for the film...but oh well.

First off, I loved this movie! I am one of the very few who did. I loved the music in the movie as well, but this CD is missing my favorite songs from the movie: Hard-Fi's Cash Machine. The song played as Vivian took Aiden up to the roof of the private property. Some of the music clips also sounded like bits from that one Mandy Moore song. Anyway, weak CD! Good movie. I am reading the book now!

I bought this CD hoping that the songs I liked from the movie were on it. Low and behold, there aren't any songs on her that played in the movie, but in the credits.

Don't bother buying this.. it'd be cheaper to just get the songs you liked from iTunes.

Not going to lie, I bought this solely for the Shiny Toy Guns "Stripped" song that is a cover of a Depeche Mode song from the 80's.
It's an amazing cover song, and while I did give all the others a listen on the soundtrack, I didn't hear anything I really liked- a couple others stood out as okay to me, but I'm a huge STG fan and if you don't like getting electronic copies of songs via iTunes like me, then getting the physical copy is the only option.

If you are a STG fan, this song is a MUST have for your collection.
Take care & God bless.

This music is pulls you into the world where you're desperate to run free; the wind whipping through your fur; the earth griping between your toes. Ang

I think this is an amazing soundtrack, personally the best one I have heard in awhile. All of the songs are really good, and it gives you a really good feel for the movie. It has some movie scores also and I think all of the songs in here really compliment each other. It is a really good album, and I think anyone who is a fan of the movie or music in general should buy it!

Best song: Stripped by Shiny Toy Guns <3

For future reference...

I've heard only bits and pieces of this soundtrack and it's not THAT bad. I've never seen the movie so maybe that's a deciding factor, but here's where my beef with this film/soundtrack begin and end:

WHY ARE YOU PUTTING MUSIC IN YOUR TRAILOR THAT ISN'T EVEN ON THE SOUNDTRACK? (from reading reviews, seems as though that's a recurring problem, songs from the movie not on here that is)

If you're like me and wanted this for the sole reason of the amazing song in the trailor for the movie, well, it's not here. Thank God I decided to check into it before buying this. As for the product itself, if you can find it really cheap go for it. The Collide song alone is worth it (though not new, only a remix of a song that was originally on their remix CD), but there are a few other songs that merit at least a listen.

Oh, and if you're wondering, the song in the trailor is Stand My Ground by Within Temptation. Including them on the soundtrack would've been a good idea just to break up a lot of the monotony.

I'll start off by saying, anyone who read this book was rightly horrified by this movie. It was god awful. It seemed the director was trying to pull off another Underworld, and IT DID NOT work. People who read the book loathed it, and most people who havent read the book, that I've talked to, still thought it was a weak movie.

But we're not talking about that, we're talking about the music, and that wasnt all that bad actually.

Songs to mention are...

'Stripped' for its great imagry and 'mystical' sound.

'Terrible Lie' for Mercury Falls vocals and the way she makes you belive she so angry.

'I Started Something' because its just really really catchy and fun.

'Flesh For Fantasy' sounds oldiesish, but its worth listening to for the catchy lyrics and the wonderful male vocals.

'Love Will Tear Us Apart' simply because this is how the book actually ended. Their love did not make it, and that brings back some memories for book readers.

'Out of City' and 'Kissing A Wolf' have no lyrics, but are both fast paced with good beats. Much fun to listen too if you're in an instrumental mood.

So over all, the CD is good, but out of 16 tracks, I really only listen to those 7. While the other songs are good, I just didnt get into them as much. But that's my opinion.

I get the impression that cover song collections are quite the rage in Hollywood Movie circles when dealing with 'troubled' movie productions. It's cheap in that all the artists cannot command any upfront cash for their appearance. It smacks of indy-cred to get these artists, mostly electro-goth types, together. Too bad most of the cover versions are only mildly interesting. I also suspect that the soundtrack CD will be of more interest in a years time than the movie will...Why the producers of the film decided to so radically transform the book into a forced-copy of 'Underworld' escapes me, I guess filming for so cheap in Eastern Europe was the main reason. Too bad, I really enjoyed the book. Buy the book instead of buying this CD or watching the movie.

Except for Bow Wow Wow (glad to see they are struggling along still, but this IS DEFINITELY NOT their best work), almost all of these bands are probably unknown to 99.99% of the listening public. I have heard of Collide before this, kinda synthy darkwave band, very enjoyable, please go buy their other work ;) Almost of these songs lack the excitement and punch of the originals, why bother then making effort? I guess if I must, the first three songs are pleasant enough to listen to and I kind of like the Collide number as well...The rest can be safely deleted if you decide to convert these tracks to MP3s and just keep the aforementioned four tracks.