Danny the Dog [Soundtrack]

Massive Attack | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 16, 2004)
• Original Release Date: May 13, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B0002VJT4A
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #195,708 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Opening Title

2. Atta' Boy

3. P Is For Piano

4. Simple Rules

5. Polaroid Girl

6. Sam

7. One Thought At A Time

8. Confused Images

9. Red Light Means Go

10. Collar Stays On

11. You've Never Had A Dream

12. Right Way To Hold A Spoon

13. Everybody's Got A Family

14. Two Rocks And A Cup Of Water

15. Sweet Is Good

16. Montage

17. Everything About You Is New

18. The Dog Obeys

19. Danny The Dog

20. I Am Home

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

International pressing of 2004 soundtrack, featuring 21 tracks written by Massive Attack especially for the film produced by Luc Besson and starring Morgan Freeman, Jet Li & Bob Hoskins. EMI.

Customer Reviews

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Craig Armstrong meets Peter Gabriel, January 2, 2005

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Manny Hernandez "@askmanny" (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Danny the Dog (Audio CD)

This is not typical Massive Attack, which is not to say it's bad: far from that. "Danny the Dog", the soundtrack recorded by the band to a Hong Kong-based production by French movie maestro Luc Besson, is a great album, one that definitely exceeds "100th Window" (and also, it must be said, a first time for Besson: where he does not collaborate with longtime musical partner Eric Serra -they haven't worked together since 1999).

For lovers of the "soundtrack genre" (if there is such a thing), this work falls a little to the left of Craig Armstrong (not surprisingly, since he worked with the band in the past). But, with the exception of the more urban tracks, it reminds of the music to "Long Walk Home" by Peter Gabriel too. In general, it comes across more like the music to a Michael Mann movie than one produced by the director of "The Big Blue", "The Professional" or "The Fifth Element".

Having been released in time for the holiday season, this is one great soundtrack to wrap up 2004, and certainly one deserving a special space... good to be disected with headphones, and I particularly at night. Rain, cheese and wine are up to you. The music comes loaded with enough spirits.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Much better than the "100th Window" i would dare say..., November 29, 2004

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Takis Tz. (InYourHead) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Danny the Dog (Audio CD)

After the not-so-well-received "100th Window" this soundtrack comes as a pleasant addition to Massive Attack's awesome discography.

Packed with (predictably)doomy and deliciously dark atmospheres one can only await the film with anticipation. This is seriously good music and naturally one of the better soundtracks released in recent time.

If i've got it correct, Daddy G wasnt involved with this album (allthough he has released a great solo album in Europe just last month). But regardless of who was involved from the M.A crew,"Danny the Dog" has all the tell-tale signs characteristic of all their releases. Dubby doominess and ingenious backup melodies that make all the pieces blend eventually in to create one big soundscape that intimidates.

Massive Attack belong to a very special elite of groups or musicians whose music is impossibly difficult to get tired of.
This soundtrack is definitely an essential must-have for the fans of the group but it will undoubtedly become a trigger force for the group to be discovered by those who have miraculously still not detected them.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars this is my title, November 18, 2004

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clear diggy "CW" (oakland, ca usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Danny the Dog (Audio CD)

in the massive attack-appreciation community there is a sort of disdain for the post-mezzanine massive attack, being as only one of the three original members is present and now there's this neil davidge person too, who we don't think much of.
though 100th window is regarded as a reasonably good album, (not a classic, just reasonably good) that is only grudgingly, as those of us who have listened from the beginning have a hard time acknowledging it as massive.
but if we can forget for a moment the absence of Daddy and Mushroom, and look at massive as the innovative music entity that they always have been, we can also recall a bit of the same attitude with protection after blue lines. and then mezzanine blew us out of the water.
danny the dog is by far no mezzanine.
BUT it is a departure from the previous work of massive
yes, of course partly because it is a soundtrack.
but if you listen to it just as the latest work of massive attack, you will find that they have continued to do what they have always done - which is come at each new album with a drastically different sound.
extremely good mood music. all instrumental being a film score. inspiring to write to, both good to ignore and immerse oneself in.
i like it better than 100th window.
i would count it as one of their classics.
definitely worth picking up.

-clear