Customer Reviews

Due South, Vol. II: The Original Television Soundtrack

5 star:		(18)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Fan of Due South ? Buy this. Not a fan of Due South ? What the heck, buy it anyway, it's that good.

1. "Oh, what a feeling" You'll go around with the words "What a Russshhhhhh" in your head for ages. A catchy indie guitar song.

2. "Drunken Sailor" (from the ep. Mountie on the Bounty) Takes the well-known song and puts POWER into it, with a tin whistle floating over the melody. Avast ye scurvy sea-dogs !

3. "Robert MacKenzie" (from the ep. Mountie on the Bounty)

I love the beginning to this one. Starts off calm and serene... then POW, you're hit with a song sung by the Mountie himself all about the sinking of the Robert MacKenzie. You can nearly imagine that you're standing at the helm of the ship, mist weaving itself around you... a great track.

4. "Mind" This one's slightly surreal - a song you can listen to yet not be listening to - if that makes any sense.

5. "Mounty on the Bounty" (from the same-named ep) Music taken from the episode. A fiddle (I think it's a fiddle) leads the tune in a Riverdance-style piece. Very good.

6. "Song for a winter's night" The sea ballads have gone - this is a mellow, quiet song by Sarah McLachlan. It's a really lovely song - one of my favourite's.

7. "Slave to your love" This one's okay. Nothing special. A rhythm/blues type song.

8. "From a million miles" Sounds slightly "Dawson's Creek"ish but it's okay.

9. "Take me out to the ball game" (from Dr. Longball) A laid-back, casual sounding song from Trevor Hurst which is very singable. I like the way pauses in the beat are used. This one's cool.

10. "November" Again, a slighty surreal piece of music interuppted by the occasional singing-without-words. It's a nice, dreamy piece, and unlike MIND (track 4) it's powerful at the same time.

11. "Cubically Contained" (from Mountie and Soul) Another laid-back piece which doesn't really build up to anything. Some guy with a guitar doing a talk/singing thing. Doesn't really make a big impression.

12. "Nobody's Girl" (from Mountie sings the Blues) Whenever I hear this, I think of Fraser doing his "dancing like a stick" impression whilst Michelle Wright was singing this. A boppy, feel-good song - nothing too heavy.

13. "Sophia's Pipes" Sounds kinda similar to Mountie on the Bounty (track 5). Also in a Riverdance style. Good stuff.

14. "Western end of the trail" (from Mountie on the Bounty) How much do I love this piece of piano and guitar music ? Your typical Due South tune - okay, so it's played nearly every episode, but it's still really, really good. I only wish it could go on for longer.

15. "Holy Tears" (from Call of the Wild) This track just blows me away every time i hear it. It's so moving. If you remember, it's played at the end of "Call of the Wild part 2. I guess you're just gonna have to hear this yourself. This track stood out from the very first time I heard the CD.

16. "Due South theme '97" The theme music which features at the beginning of every episode. I bought this CD mainly because of this.

Highlights - basically all of it.

Lowlights - there are a couple of weak tracks on here, but overall it's a very well-put-together album.

2 critisism though - 1. I was expecting the theme tune with words to be on here

2. "Northwest Passage" (The Hand of Franklin song) really really really should have featured on the CD, with it being the last thing you here on the last ever episode.

Thankyou kindly for reading this.

Ooooooo, what a feel-ling! What a russsssshh! <g> Even without remembering Ray getting ready in the morning and being in touch with the nearly frenzied energy of that character, this is a jammin' little tune. I DJ a bunch of college bars, and I use some of the songs off this album in my gigs. If you bought the first dS soundtrack, you'll find this one like the show it represents; harder edged, grittier, attitude-ish. Think of them (the albums and the shows) as contrasts of Ray. [lol] Not that I'm a fan or anything. There's a sound bite, like last time, with OFM doing the regular gag "I first came to the city of Chicago...". I was a little disappointed that, like with the first soundtrack, there wasn't more of the motive music used, in addition to the original scores and the commercial releases. (I was pleased however to find the music often played at the end of the show, but the producers have failed miserably NOT to have included the common opening motive with the native/traditional sounding "DO-mah-yu" piece) And, of course, Paul Gross getting a modest plug in there for himself. ; > Again, like the show it highlights, this music is quirky and not likely to meet everyone's tastes, but there's something here for everyone. I recommend it for everyone, but if you aren't sure, watch the show! = ]

I am a huge fan of Due South. Even if you're not, though, you need to give this album a listen. There are two tracks on this CD that I don't enjoy..."Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and "Slave to Your Love." That's it. I still cry when I listen to "Holy Tears," because of the emotional last episode. "32 Down on the Robert MacKenzie" is an excellent, catchy song; it belongs with Gordon Lightfoot's "Ballad of Yarmouth Castle" and "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," other excellent Canadian story-songs about shipwrecks. Speaking of Gordon Lightfoot, Sarah McLachlan's remake of his "Song for a Winter's Night" is excellent--how I would love to hear her and Gordon do a duet of this song! "Western End of the Trail" is another great song...I would love to get a Due South Score by Jay Semko. And the "Due South Theme '97" is great, the traditional theme with a soaring electric guitar line.

I highly recommend this album!

I have ever heard music like this. You can almost imagine that you are in Due South series. Paul Gross gets all my thanks. More this.

I usually only like one or two songs on a soundtrack CD, but no, I love all the selections on this CD. It is totally awsome. I definate must buy. It has a varity. So no matter what music your into, it's proabaly on here.

We have both DS CD's and my family loves them. We hope to hear that more will be available soon. Anytime we get in the car, they are the only two CD's we grab. Paul Gross, Jay Semko, and the rest are great!

This cd is very good. Paul Gross sings Robert Mackenzie, and does so well. The updated version of Take Me Out To The Ball Game is very hip. I recommend this cd, and the Due South Soundtrack volume 1 as well. The music was very well suited for the show.

Like anyone who would be reading this, I am an avid fan of Due South, a program which does indeed utilise sound and music more effectively than any other I know of. That is the reason I bought the first soundtrack, which was a brilliant compilation, highlighting Canadian artists who I would otherwise never here. And that is also why I bought the second album. However, the music selected from the third series to go onto this CD is poor, and I feel it did not fully live up to my expectations. It is no that this album is bad, its just that the old one is so much better.

I loved the Due South show, so as a fan I bought the soundtracks from the show. This one was pretty good, but not as good as vol. 1. The songs were good and enjoyable. I'm not a big fan of country music, but the ones on this album are great.

The sound on this CD is great, and it brings back the series. It's very upbeat and fun. I wish they included the ending theme song, the one with the words "Due South, that's the way I'm going . . . " Other than that, the sound is different than American music; it's refreshing. My kids, ages 10 and 8 like it too.