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Hot Fuzz

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I knew the minute I saw Hot Fuzz, I would be picking up the soundtrack. It's a fun, upbeat listen I've gone back to over and over. Like the soundtrack for Shaun of the Dead, sound bites from the movie are interspersed in with the music, often setting up the next song. Don't be put off by the higher price for this import version. It has 8 more tracks than the U.S. release. The actual track list for this soundtrack is:

1. "Theme from Hot Fuzz" - David Arnold
2. "Goody Two Shoes" - Adam Ant
3. "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" - XTC
4. "Village Green Preservation Society" - The Kinks
5. "Solid Gold Easy Action" - T.Rex
6. "Baby Fratelli" - The Fratellis
7. "Blockbuster" - The Sweet
8. "Dance with the Devil" - Cozy Powell
9. "Slippery Rock 70's" - Stavely Makepeace
10. "Uncle Derek"
11. "Night of Fear" - The Move
12. "I Can't Control Myself" - The Troggs
13. "Fire" - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
14. "Kick out the Jams" - Tubthumper
15. "Lethal Fuzz [Osymyso Remix]" - John Eric Alexander
16. "Avenging Angel" - Robert Rodriguez
17. "Souljacker, Part 1" - Eels
18. "Caught by the Fuzz" - Supergrass
19. "Solid Gold Easy Action" - The Fratellis
20. "What did you think of that?"
21. "Here Come the Fuzz" - Jon Spencer & the Elegant Trio
22. "Hot Fuzz Suite" - David Arnold

This is really a great CD. The music is so good. You must be a big fan of the film to really appreciate it because there is dialog inserted with the music.

This cd basically contains all the music from the movie. All the music is fun and also has the action element to it. The last track, the score, is great. I recommend this to anyone who liked hot fuzz.

Any movie than can put a soundtrack behind the action which includes Sweet and T-Rex is a work of cultural art. Having sat through the movie today I was elated when people were being pursued and killed with such an awesome selection of songs all of which were cleverly edited and poignant.

I was genuinely spellbound; I had my teenage years back for a joyous 2 hours. I am nearly 50 and this type of movie is not my fancy but I dragged my wife along and at the end we both agreed we'd love to see it again on the big screen because the visual and aural impact was tremendous.

The plot is touching, funny, cleaver and deserves more than one viewing. Don't be put off by the violence, it is almost like watching a cartoon in places and most of it is probably CGI anyway.

Although I am Australian I understand British comedy more than American sledgehammer comedy. My wife and I agreed as we left the cinema that this movie would have been given an overkill treatment if done by Americans. The British jokes are there for you to discover at various levels. No-one is telling you when to laugh like in the formulaic American dross which comes out annually. Hot Fuzz is a joke name on various levels, let alone some of the obscure references and hidden pearls in the script.

The setting of this movie is a little claustrophobic at times. The town square although real gets well and truly worked to death. The product placement is not subtle but I suppose they had to raise the capital somehow.

Having been in Somerset in 2006 I am surprised I didn't get to see any of the production for this movie around the town of Wells they must have been able to keep things very quiet.

In Australia we would classify this movie as a "right royal piss-take" which to an American is probably an unknown quantity but the Brits probably know what us Aussies mean.

I hope to see it again soon; I am buying the soundtrack CD, what more can you want from a movie that is supposed to entertain.

The hype is genuine this time.

Tom Wynn
Stockton
Australia