In Good Company

 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 11, 2005)
• Original Release Date: January 14, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hollywood Records
• ASIN: B0006VXMFI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,736 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Writer/director Paul Weitz' comic fable rises above its Hollywood generation-gap formula (older worker Dennis Quaid finds himself in a tense relationship with half-his-age new boss Topher Grace--who's also dating Quaid daughter Scarlett Johansson) with a graceful humanity lacking in similar mainstream fare. That warm sensibility is also capably underscored by an inviting slate of pop songs and the evocative original cues of Hedwig and the Angry Inch collaborator Stephen Trask. While there are the handful of expected oldies (Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools, "the debut hits "Reeling in the Years" and "Solsbury Hill" by Steely Dan and Peter Gabriel, respectively), the collection's atmosphere is largely set by a trio of introspective acoustic ballads by Iron & Wine, the similarly toned "Soundtrack of Our Lives" by Ten Years Ahead and David Byrne's, evocative, minimalist ode to the metro mundane, "Glass, Concrete and Steel." Jazz chanteuse Diana Krall contributes a seductively smoky "Besame Mucho" while Trask's percussion-seasoned underscore subtly fuses it all together into a contemporary whole with masterful understatement. -- Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but what about the movie?, January 24, 2005

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John Lennon "Dexter" (Richmond, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Good Company (Audio CD)

This soundtrack is a good compilation of artists and covers a wide variety of music tastes, but if you saw the movie and are looking for songs that were actually played during it, you are out of luck. I just saw the movie yesterday and heard wonderful songs like Damien Rice's Cannonball and The Shins' Those to Come and Gone for Good that I recognized. This soundtrack has neither of these artists and is more instrumental than moving. Only buy this CD if you like these artists independently of In Good Company, because most of them are not in the movie itself.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Soundtrack, January 17, 2005

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laribrook (atlanta) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Good Company (Audio CD)

This was a very good movie and we loved all the songs during the movie so we got the soundtrack. I was disappointed the 'la la la la' song from the trailer was missing and found out it's 40' by Franz Ferdinand so I bought that as well. Then i realized the Shins were missing; however on one website i found by searching google, it lists Gone for None and Those to Come as being on the soundtrack a long with Damien Rice's Cannonball. Are there two versions? Anyway, seeing as I bough this digitally, I'll just buy these left out songs and 'add them on'. Highly Recommend this.

23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an excellent soundtrack, January 14, 2005

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Robert G Yokoyama (Mililani, Hawaii) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In Good Company (Audio CD)

The soundtrack In Good Company and the movie are very good. I really liked the song Glass, Concrete, and Stone by David Byrne. This is a song about the routine of daily life. It is also about how hard everybody works to earn a living. The track Besame Mucho by Diana Krall is another highlight for me. Her rendition of this classic song is very soothing and sensual. Naked as We Came by Iron and Wine is a very pretty song about we all feel insecure at some point in our lives.

Peter Gabriel's hit song Solsbury Hill is included on this soundtrack. I think this song is very uplifting and optimistic. I haven't heard it in years, and I really enjoyed it. Steely Dan's classic Reeling in the Years is just a feel good song. Composer Stephen Trask contributes three wonderful instrumental tracks that enhance the movie well I'm Psyched is a beautiful lively instrumental piece about working together to get the job done. This is one of my favorite tracks on this soundtrack. In Good Company is an excellent soundtrack. I highly recommend it.