Customer Reviews

For Love Of The Game: Music From The Motion Picture

5 star:		(14)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This soundtrack is okay, but I have to say I'm VERY disappointed that a few of the great songs from the movie were left out - especially the Dylan classic "I Threw it all Away," which carries the emotional high of the movie to the climactic "pitch out of a jam" scene in the 8th inning. I went after this soundtrack figuring it would be a foregone conclusion that this jem of a song would be on it, but I was wrong.

I will go as far as saying that I am so disappointed that this song didn't make this compilation, that I regret buying it. For those of you who are in my camp; and are looking for this Dylan classic, you will find it on Nashville Skyline (Dylan's quintessential country classic from 1969) - and make sure you get the digitally remastered 2003 reissue.

That's my uncensored take on this soundtrack - because they left this particular track off, I consider it a MASSIVE blunder and give it 3 stars when I otherwise may have given it 4 or 5. What makes this even more of a humorous joke is the fact that I'm giving it this rating for a mere 2.5 minutes of music that could have easily been fit onto a compilation that turned out to be an hour+ of music - but the knock is justified and a well-earned one, I will submit.

For those of you who don't give a hoot about my "issues" with this Dylan song being left off this soundtrack - this is a decent soundtrack - especially if you don't own work from these other artists. I true music lover, however, who is familiar with Dylan's work might stray to my camp and share some of these sentiments.

I thought so. I bought this soundtrack ..., and I didn't expect much out of it, but I must say, I got my money's worth and more! Okay, you might say, so it's worth two bucks, is it worth 9 at Amazon?

The answer is, it depends on your musical taste. This soundtrack has a wide variety of genres and performers, from Roy Orbison to Steely Dan to Jennifer Day to Semisonic to K-Ci and JoJo. It all seems to flow together though, the CD has a definate sense of continuity. BUT. If you want something fast-paced and exciting, this album is not for you.

So, good relaxing music, espcially the classical track at the end.

~C~

After seeing this movie (which was awesome but that is another review),I had to have the soundtrack for several reasons. I love the Trisha Yearwood remake of the Paul Simon song "Something So Right". Mulberry Lane (new to me) does a heartfelt song called "Just One Breath" and Vince Gill closes out the movie with one of the best songs on the album called "Loving You Makes Me A Better Man". Also included, a long list of covers that are enjoyable including Lyle Lovett "Summer Wind",Jonny Lang "Paint It Black" and Joan Osborne "Baby Love". "For Love of The Game" delivers the music with 15 songs on the CD each one a part of the movie itself which is refreshing as often sountrack albums often contain songs that were not even in the movie. A must buy!

I'm so lucky because i got this album "for love of the game"
on last sunday.All i wanna say is that the songs from this
album are very wonderful!and i think Kim Richey's "COME AROUND"
must be the best,although she's not familar to music fans in
CHINA.It's really a fabulous soundtrack you should not miss!

This soundtrack is thoughtful and pensive, capturing the spirit of the film and the mood of a man wanting to know he's done the best he can. It is unfortunate that the song that best exemplifies the story "Against the Wind", by Bob Seeger and the Silver Bullet band, used at a poignant moment in the film, is omitted from the soundtrack.

Great soundtrack. The song "Hope" by Shaggy never escapes my repeat button once I cue it up. But I must ask something I have wondered for years -- who in the world is the male tenor voice alternating vocals with Shaggy on "Hope"?

I really enjoyed the movie and gave the Soundtrack a whirl! I wasn't disappointed!

I ordered the soundtrack from "For Love of the Game", one of my favorite movies. The disc was in great shape and arrived much earlier than I expected. Will definitely buy from the seller again.

This soundtrack isn't available anywhere but online. I was so lucky to have found it. I really enjoyed the music that was played in the movie, and was tickled when I found this on amazon.com.

WHEN KEVIN COSTNER AND KELLEY PRESTON MEET FOR A SECOND TIME AND END UP WALKING AND TALKING THERE IS A SONG THAT IS SUNG BY A FEMALE ARTIST. I CAN'T FIND THE SONG ON THE SOUNDTRACK AND IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY. CAN ANYONE TELL ME THE TITLE OF THE SONG AND WHO SINGS IT?

MEL IN MO.