Happy Endings [Soundtrack]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 2, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Commotion
• ASIN: B0009UC7CU
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,016 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tropics of Love by Black Heart Procession

2. Glimpse by Calexico

3. How Lucky Am I by Maggie Gyllenhaal

4. Over Your Shoulder by Calexico

5. I Can't Wait by Maggie Gyllenhaal

6. Smokescreen by Greyboy

7. Old Man Waltz by Calexico

8. Just The Way You Are by Maggie Gyllenhaal

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Yet Lacking, August 12, 2005

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Lynne M. Gomez (Bellaire, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Happy Endings (Audio CD)

After I saw the movie "Happy Endings," I knew one thing for sure: as soon as it was out, I HAD to get the soundtrack. I waited a few weeks for the release and finally bought it the day it came out. While I was listening to it for the first time, I thought the music was great (especially the songs done by Maggie Gyllenhaal, who puts all those "singers" like Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan to shame, in my own opinion) and the Calexico song Glimplse, but I also found it disappointing.

The CD has only eight songs (three by Maggie - How Lucky Am I?, I Can't Wait, and her touching rendition of Billy Joel's Just the Way You Are), three by Calexico) and songs by Black Heart Procession and Greyboy. There were some really great tracks in the film that are suspiciously absent from the soundtrack, including Maggie's renditions of Honesty and You Are The Same, Youpi by Kid Loco Featuring Cornu, a cover of Mas Que Nada by Astrud Gilberto, and, what is the most surprising ommision, Ashleigh Darkbloom's Last Night (Doesn't Matter To Me), which constantly plays on the movie's website with How Lucky Am I.

However, don't let the omissions stop you from purchasing a really good soundtrack to an excellent film.

And here's to hoping that a second Happy Endings CD is released with more of the music.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really fantastic, May 2, 2006

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This review is from: Happy Endings (Audio CD)

Maggie Gyllenhaal deserves to have her own solo album. She may not have the best voice around, but she infuses her lyric readings with a raw kinetic passion reminiscent of a young Patti Smith. Her rendition of "How Lucky Am I" is truly haunting. The album is a wonderful companion piece to the underrated film from which the music is culled.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Great, December 23, 2005

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Adam Sacks (Calabasas, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Happy Endings (Audio CD)

A pretty GREAT CD... I really enjoyed this movie but so many great tracks are missing from the soundtrack. Perhaps best to get the DVD and see them that way...