A Prairie Home Companion: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Various Artist | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: May 23, 2006
• Label: New Line Records
• Copyright: 2006 New Line Cinema Picturehouse Holdings, Inc.
• Total Length: 1:04:24
• Genres: Miscellaneous/Comedy
• ASIN: B000YN0CYM
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Prairie Home Companion Homecoming, June 11, 2006

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H. F. Corbin "Foster Corbin" (ATLANTA, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Prairie Home Companion Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

After you see the wondrous movie, you ought to have the accompanying soundtrack. All the Prairie Home Companion regulars whom we regular listeners know and love-- Butch Thompson, Robin and Linda Williams, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Richard Dworsky, Jearlyn Steele, Prudence Johnson et al.-- are here, along with "musical" guests Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Woody Harrelson, L. Q. Jones, Lindsay Lohan, Tim Russell and John C. Reilly. Guy Noir, Private Eye, would say that Garrison Keillor's fingerprints are all over this CD, as well they should be. After all Mr. Keillor IS the show so he sings with a lot of the other performers and has written some of both the words and lyrics to some of the selections here. His "Goodbye To Mama" is as good a bluegrass tear-jerker as you will want to hear; and with most songs of this persuasion, you don't know if you should laugh or cry. It reminded me a little bit of "Song For Mama" that the Carter Sisters recorded in the seventies. Speaking of the Carters, two A. P. Carter songs made the cut: "Gold Watch And Chain," sung by Meryl Streep and Mr. Keillor and "You Have Been A Friend To Me." If Ms. Streep ever decides to stop making movies, she certainly has a career as a country western/bluegrass singer. Her duets with Lily Tomlin are some of the best on this CD. Of course we found out she could sing when she was in the film POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE. Harrelson and Reilly's hooty jokes are included here-- I wouldn't have missed them-- and the "Red River Valley/In The Sweet By And By" sung by the entire ensemble. I was certain I heard "Softly and Tenderly" sung in the movie, but it's omitted here.

The accompanying musicians are all superb. I particularly like the occasional filigree of Linda Williams' banjo and Richard Dworsky's piano, somewhere between honkytonk and gospel-- I suppose it depends on what day of the week he is playing as to what you call it.

"A Prairie Home Companion" is a close second to my favorite soundtrack CD of recent years, "O Brother Where Art Thou." As Mr. Keillor would say, it's as good as "Powder Milk Biscuits."

4.0 out of 5 stars A Prairie Home Companion, October 18, 2008

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F. Toft - See all my reviews
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While the movie may not have had much of a plot the music was great and it all comes through on this CD. In the movie some of the music was cut out because we were following the plot. With the CD you get the songs uninterrupted. If you liked the music in the film, you will enjoy the CD.

4.0 out of 5 stars movie dedux, August 3, 2006

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patrice d. (new orleans, LA) - See all my reviews

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the CD is a wonderful reminder of the movie that i can enjoy over & over again