Leaving Las Vegas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Mike Figgis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 7, 1995)
• Original Release Date: October 27, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000000QHZ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,514 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro Dialogue

2. Angel Eyes

3. Are You Desirable?

4. Ben and Bill

5. Leaving las Vegas

6. Sera's Dark Side

7. Mara

8. Burlesque

9. On the Street

10. Bossa Vega

11. Ben Pawns His Rolex/Sera Talks to Her Shrink

12. My One and Only Love

13. Sera Invites Ben to Stay

14. Come Rain or Come Shine

15. Ben and Sera - Theme

16. Ridiculous

17. Biker Bar

18. Ben's Hell

19. It's a Lonesome Old Town

20. Blues for Ben

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

There aren't many directors with the talent--or nerve--to compose and play the music for their films (although creepmeister John Carpenter comes to mind), and none have done it more artfully than Mike Figgis on Leaving Las Vegas. Though Figgis was nominated for both writing and directing Oscars (and Nicolas Cage won one for Best Actor) for the 1995 film, listening to his subdued, moody jazz (punctuated by vocal standard renditions by Sting and Don Henley) one can't help feeling that his music was unfairly overlooked. Smokey and mournful, it plays against the Vegas musical stereotype by underscoring the loneliness at the heart of Sin City. --Jerry McCulley

Product Description

The soundtrack to director Mike Figgis' critically acclaimed 1995 drama that Nicolas Cage won the Best Actor Oscar for, no longer available in the U.S.. The album scored by Figgis (a keyboardist & trumpeter as well), topped Billboard's jazz chart at the

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars What Happened, February 7, 2000

By 

Scott C. Cook (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leaving Las Vegas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

The soundtrack for Leaving Las Vegas was very good, Mike Figgis is an excellent conducter of the boozy feel of moments better left without lyrics. However, I cannot in good conscience give the soundtrack a higher rating, as the absence of the Michael McDonald version of "Lonely Teardrops", used twice in the film to great effect, is not available anywhere, I presume, as I've been unable to track it down. WHY? This song is incredible, and well worth the price of admission. Sting and Don Henley not withstanding, they both are very good, but the absence of Mike on the soundtrack is a Major letdown....if anyone knows how to get a copy of the "Lonely Teardrops" version on this movie please let me [e-mail]

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars lonely teardrops not here, February 14, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Leaving Las Vegas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

If you're looking for Michael MacDonald's "Lonely Teardrops," it' ain't on here. Buy "Live At The Beacon." It's on there.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars most key song from Michael - Lonely Tear drops missing?, March 11, 2005

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Cheryl Spencer - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leaving Las Vegas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

This is terrible that the key song in the sound track by Michael McDonald - Lonely Tear Drops is missing??
Is there another version