Cool World: Original Motion Picture Score [Soundtrack]

Munich Symphony Orchestra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 21, 1992)
• Original Release Date: July 21, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000014SY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #256,616 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Cool World Stomp

2. The Desert Gamble

3. Lonette

4. A Cool New World

5. Nails

6. The Slash Club

7. I'm No Dream

8. Miss Holli Would

9. A Pen Job!

10. The Death Of Nails

11. The Bunny and the Poppers

12. Harris and Lonette

13. The Legend of Vegas Vinnie

14. A Trip Through The Past

15. A Night Out in Cool World

16. She Would if She Could

17. The Spike of Power

18. He's a Doodle!

19. The Cool World Stomp (Reprise)

Editorial Reviews

While director Ralph Bakshi's animated misfire Cool World deserved every bit of its intense critical drubbing, it's a shame Mark Isham's original score suffered so much collateral damage. A bold, kaleidoscopic collision of orchestral cues, jazz, and electronica, it's the composer's most audacious effort to date. Isham creates distinct sonic palettes that represent the film's three opposing milieus, with Carl Stalling-inspired symphonic themes signifying the cartoon realm, lively jazz themes heralding a return to reality, and dark, sleekly sensuous techno throbbing in conjunction with the erotic underworld. Isham navigates these twists and turns with assurance, and even as Cool World threatens to spin off in multiple directions, the music relies on an internal logic that never wavers. -All Music Guide

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The CD that got me into Techno-Dance-Industrial Music, March 31, 1999

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Timothy M. Dolan Jr. "Longwatcher" (Newport News, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songs From The Cool World (Audio CD)

I will always remember this CD as being THE CD that got me into Techno music. I still like it to this very day. The movie it came from was interesting, but not very good, but the soundtrack is fantastic. I tell anyone interested in finding out about Techno-Dance/Industrial music to get this CD early on. Various styles exist on this soundtrack, but all of the songs are all good in their own way. An excellent CD to find out what styles of Techno you like. My favorite songs are the Tompson Twins - Play With Me (Techno-Dance/pop), MLWTTKK - Sex on Wheels (Techno-Industrial), and F.S.O.L. - Papua New Guinea (Techno-Electronica). The closest other CD to this would be "The Crow" Soundtrack (More Industrial in flavor though). Highly Recommend.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent collection, July 31, 2007

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VertigoXpress (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs From The Cool World (Audio CD)

You can usually find this album for fairly little money, and it's well worth the purchase. I've never actually seen the film itself, but it does not have a good reputation, even as a cult film. Not so for this soundtrack, which plays a lot like somebody's personal mix tape of favorite songs. This is unusual, since I've noticed that a lot of soundtracks feature one or two good songs combined with a track list full of discarded songs from bands on the label's roster.

But not this one. Whoever compiled this for the film was really savvy, because there isn't much filler here at all. Some of the tracks are very radio friendly, like Electronic's "Disappointed" and Thrill Kill Kult's "Sex On Wheelz", which surpassed even Bowie's custom-composed title track and wound up being the music used to promote the film in trailers and TV spots. TKK kollectors should get this because they're on here twice, the second track being an otherwise unreleased track called "Her Sassy Kiss".

There are some interesting club cuts on here too, like Moby's "Next Is The E" and the rave classic "Papau New Guinea" by The Future Sound of London. One of the biggest surprises is the contribution from Thompson Twins, "Play With Me", which is a very solid club track. Twins member Tom Bailey also adds an atmospheric instrumental track called "Industry and Seduction", the only time he ever released a solo effort as such.

Even the tracks by artists that you might not recognize (like Pure's "Greedy", which doesn't even appear in the film) are worth a listen. Highly recommended!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Musical Ecstasty, April 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Songs From The Cool World (Audio CD)

This is a Must-Have soundtrack if you like New Wave, electronic/techno music - almost every song is outstanding. Especially cool tracks are Electronic's Disappointed (side project of New Order's Benard Sumner and Smith's Johnny Marr, guest vocals Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant), Moby's Ah-Ah, David Bowie's 'Real Cool World', & Future Sound of London's Papua New Guinea.