The Impostors [SOUNDTRACK]

Various Artists - Soundtracks - 1998

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 13, 1998)
• Original Release Date: October 13, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B00000D9VS
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #265,495 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Prepárense

2. Siboney

3. Parles-Moi d'Amour - Lucienne Boyer

4. Johnny Opens Door & Voltri Radio - Gary DeMichele

5. Sweetie Dear - Sidney Bechet

6. I Get Ideas (When We Are Dancing) - Gary DeMichele,

7. Paris

8. China Boy - Eddie Condon

9. Nearness of You - Steve Buscemi, Gary DeMichele

10. It's Funny to Everyone But Me - Isham Jones

11. Bar Chase - Gary DeMichele

12. I'm Coming Virginia - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra

13. Kiss

14. Parlez-Moi d'Amor - Hope Davis, Gary DeMichele

15. Lifeboat Revealed

16. Candy Chase

17. Skokiaan (South African Song) - Louis Armstrong

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This is the way to score a film. Director Stanley Tucci has taken vintage performances from the likes of Louis Armstrong ("Skokiaan") and Eddie Condon ("China Boy") and woven them perfectly with selections from the Forever Tango Orchestra, a Broadway production's house band, and has created a convincing aura of the '20s. Things only break down when Steve Buscemi, along with Gary DeMichele & Band, murders the Ned Washington/Hoagy Carmichael tune "The Nearness of You." Buscemi starts like he wants to sing it straight and then collapses, stricken with grief, in the middle. --Aaron Tassano

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Information about the Nearness of You, October 20, 1999

By	Rachel Brock (UK) - See all my reviews

If the previous reviewer had bothered to watch the film then he would know that Steve Buscemi breaks down in tears during the song not into Laughter. Honestly Some people. Its a great film and a great Album. You might also like to try the Sound Track to Funny Bones as well

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of fun, December 4, 2000

By A Customer

This is a fun soudntrack for a fun movie. Not the best movie I've ever seen, but still very pleasant. And it goes for the soundtrack as well. A blend of jazz, tango and French opérette (I never thought I'd catch myself enjoying a song in the style of "Parlez-moi d'amour", but I did, despite Hope Davis' sometimes approximative French accent)... Being a jazz fan helps, but even if you're not, it's still nice to listen to. The tangos relate the movie's atmosphere very well.

A final word: the other reviwer is right, "The Nearness of You" is supposed to sound that way, it's part of the movie. Steve Buscemi plays a depressed singer, who bursts into sobs in the middle of a song. It's supposed to sound bad, it's supposed to be funny! If not, I doubt they would have put it on the soundtrack.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Buy, October 13, 2009

By	Larry Torto - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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