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Cop Land: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture

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Actually, there were two Springsteen songs in this movie, both from the "The River." The first was "Drive All Night" ... Stallone (Freddy) plays his while he's sleeping on the couch. The second, when he's with the woman he saved from drowning, also from "The River" is called "Stolen Car." Major disappointment that these songs weren't included on the soundtrack, but go buy "The River" now and you'll get them plus more!

I didnt notice the soundtrack to Copland when I first saw it. Just like Casino - which by any standard has a classic soundtrack - you may not notice it becuase it compliments rather than stand out, and fits so perfectly with the action on screen that it becomes part of it.
It may help to come from Horners more popular works like the LOTR trilogy, ie. to know what a large range he has and therefor that the simple and repetative structure is clearly deliberate, not sloppy.

This is not for fans of string melodies and uplifting themes, you should try Williams for that, no this is more alternative soundtrack, like BladeRunner or American Beauty - a unique take on the traditional sounds of its genre, in this case the 'cop movie'.

It gets my highest rating becuase once I thought about it, on the fifth viewing of this great film, it immediatley stuck with me and found that it provoked many good ideas for my own scripts and music.
Understated, out of print, but not forgotten.



THIS IS REALLY HARD TO FIND, SO ANYONE WHO WANTS A COPY SEND ME AN EMAIL

Before a person writes a review for a soundtrack they need to consiter two things: What movie does the soundtrack/score come from and are they rating the material in the soundtrack or rating they soundtrack for not having certain material on it.
Whenever I ask for a person's thoughts or comments on the Cop Land score the first and immediate response is, "It's no Lord of the Rings." Of coarse it's not! The reason why it is not as good as the Lord of the Rings is because a soundtrack/score is usually as good as the movie it's for. Depending on the composer this may vary. Howard Shore has created a brilliant score from very little to draw from (quite a different situation when speaking about the Lord of the Rings)so of coarse the end results won't be as wonderful as the Lord of the Rings.
When looking at the other reviews for this score, I realize that the main reason for its low rating is that the other reviewers don't like the fact that non-Howard Shore tracks don't appear on the C.D. They want the songs that the movie watcher hears on the radio in the film or the songs the characters lisens to while having some down time. This is a score, so you should expect to have only original orchestrated work in the C.D., or look on the track listings to see if any particular song(s) appear on the C.D., but don't give the soundtrack a low score just because you are mad at being too incompetant to figure out what is actually on the C.D.
I'm not going to to go in depth at what's on this score, all I am saying is it's full with the quality and brilliance that Howard Shore has always produced when he has composed, conducted, and orchestrated a score for a film. No, it's not the Lord of the Rings, but for a medium class police drama, it is quite amazing.

Hey people, there is a blues song in the middle of this film. Stallone is listening to it while lying on the couch. Does anyone know the title to the song? If so please post a response and tell me!

I believe the song you are looking for, which I have been searching for as well is Brothers under the Bridge by Bruce Springsteen. I believe this is the song he puts on the record player when he lays down on the couch, if that's the one you were writing about. Go to circuitcity.com and check out his '18 Tracks' CD. You can listen to part of it. Then try your local napster type site. Good luck.

I was looking for that very song, and I was like there's no way there's a soundtrack to this movie, other than the score. And low and behold I wasn't the only one looking for that Springsteen song. I happened to be listening to Beck's new album Sea Change and it reminds me so much of that song from the film. I had to know just how similar they are. Check it out, Beck - Guess I'm Doin' Fine. Later!