Easy Virtue [Soundtrack]

The Easy Virtue Orchestra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 19, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B001J36JN4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,579 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Starring Jessica Biel, Kristen Scott Thomas and Colin Firth. Based on a play by Noel Coward. It's the early 1930s. John Whittaker (Ben Barnes), a young Englishman, marries Larita, a sexy and glamorous American (Jessica Biel). His mother, Mrs.Whittaker (Kristen Scott Thomas), has an instant allergic reaction to her new daughter-in-law. A battle of wits ensues and sparks soon fly! Easy Virtue is a light and sexy comedy film featuring glamorous costumes, memorable period music and an all-star cast: Kristen Scott Thomas (The English Patient) and Colin Firth (MAMMA MIA!) and Jessica Biel (7th Heaven, Rules of Attraction). Directed by Stephen Elliot (Priscilla Queen of The Desert). Easy Virtue soundtrack features popular hits from the 20s and 30s such as "Makin' Whoopee" and "Let's Misbehave" as well as contemporary songs "Car Wash," "Sex Bomb" and "When the Going Gets Tough." Soundtrack produced by Marius de Vries, whose credits include Bijork, Madonna, Rufus Wainright, Josh Groban, Annie Lennox and the soundtracks for Moulin Rouge and Romeo and Juliet.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mad About This CD, December 28, 2008

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S. Wallace (Orlando, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy Virtue (Audio CD)

This cd is great! It's energetic, old-fashioned (in a good way), and very fun. It really makes me wish I could see the movie, but it is also a soundtrack that can stand independent of the film. It brings back the wonderful music of the 1930s with some new voices including Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, and Colin Firth. I highly recommend it!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Insouciant/flippant and whimsical, June 5, 2010

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Paul Lawrence "'EJL'" (Australia) - See all my reviews

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Indeed, just like the insouciant/flippant and whimsical movie from which it came this soundtrack album truly captures a certain spirit. A range of old stalwarts are trotted out here as well as a number of more modern numbers being given the 'old skool' treatment with a similar mindset to the music from Moulin Rouge.

Ultimately if you enjoyed the comical film (that had a few poignant moments truth be told) then you will certainly enjoy the music on this disc as it's breezy nature will win you over with shameless ease, it's comic moments being pleasant reminders, perhaps, of a simpler time while it's swinging/winning ways are perfect for background noise while you are busy with something else - like writing reviews perhaps?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It makes me feel like dancin, March 4, 2011

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Jan L. Collins "scenester" (Somerville, Ma. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy Virtue (Audio CD)

I bought this because the music really grabbed me when I saw the film. there were some interesting musical choices given the time period of the film...Car wash for instance, when I heard that, I couldn't help but think, how witty!
The orchestration is very jaunty, upbeat and played well. I like the singing a lot, and the liner notes are interesting. The majority are Cole Porter songs. The biggest reason that the music stayed in my head enough to buy the CD was, oddly enough, Billy Ocean's When The Going Get's Tough....It's the best cut in my opinion and words to live by! I enjoyed the film. Jessica Biel was very good in it and the costuming was fantastic....and it just seemed like a fairly apt representation of a way of life coming to a crumbling end.