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Psycho: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture (1998 Version)

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I am of course prejudice to "Psycho" written by Leon Payne, because I am his daughter. But I think Teddy Thompson did a wonderful job on the song and I am sure Daddy would have been proud of his version

I don't know why people want this CD to be like the original one and they end up disappointed when listening to it...This album can't be like the original because it's from a remake. The purpose of the modern version movie was not to make an exactly copy of it but to recapture and make us relive the incredible story of psycho in our modern world. I think the CD recapture well the essence of this new version and if you are a fan of Psycho, you will certainly like it. It's special in its own way.

Altough the movie was somewhat of a flop, the soundtrack really captures the mood of the film. You can really relate the lyrics to the film, and there is enough variety in it for those people who , well...like variety! At first I thought some of the songs were wierd, but as you listen to them more you can really pick out all the good stuff from them. Each song has something unique about it. It usually turns out that the songs you think are wierd at first, you end up liking the best.

If you're going to attempt to remake a classic film shot-for-shot, especially one in which the original music carried so much of the drama, would't it stand to reason to market that score rather than the dreaded "music from and inspired by"? I'm so completely sick of these compilation albums that have nothing to do with the movie. This is just another example of the Hollywood tail wagging the dog in an attempt to use a movie to sell records (and vice versa). I wonder if there used to be a time when the movie was used to sell the movie? Besides, like so many "music from and inspired by" soundtrack albums, few of the songs appear in the film proper.
If you like the real music for "Psycho" (and I'm of course referring to Bernard Herrmann's FANTASTIC score), get Joel McNeely's rerecording with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra on Varese Sarabande records. That's first-rate!

It's horrifying enough that the loser director Van Sant decided to cash in on the immortal classic, copying it in the worst way imaginable (since all his previous _original_ movies were far below average). Hollywood is a place where one buck is more than a dozen brains. But to think that someone was foolish enough to think that he/she/they/it will make money on a pathetic try to _replace_ the original magnificent soundtrack with this idiotic attempt consisting of a number of tracks that may only sound appealing to the lowest form of lobotomized hiphop fanatics (I can't think of any lower life form)... Norman, please get your knife out and do justice to Van Sant, the makers of this CD, and everyone else responsible for this disgusting show - particularly your impersonator Vaughn...

BTW: I listened to it but of course I haven't bought it. I hope few people will. I wouldn't like it for free, actually - well, if I got it for free, I would possibly burn that CD, deriving much more pleasure from destroying it than from listening to it.

I can't belive they actually tried to recreate this Soundtrack.... All there is to hear is .... I can't belive what they did, they completely ruined the image of this movie and its soundtrack. I would have given it half a star but I can't in this web page!!! >:-(

This album was considerably less accomplished than I'd hoped (possibly like the movie?) It's a ragbag of trendy hopeful and has-been groups (I'll leave you to fill in the blanks), all creating their own sonic soup with no connection to anyone or anything else, and the newly-recorded versions of Bernard Herrmann's original score are fragmentary and simply faster. A dud.

This is one the few soundtracks I've heard that actually captures the movie with pure music.. with the classic shower scene film score "the Murder" that everyone's heard, to Rob Zombie's angst-driven and hard core song "Living Dead Girl"... for those who like variety, there are some mellow songs too, like Teddy Thompson's "Psycho" and Mono's song "Madhouse", but delve deep underneath the innocent melody & into the lyrics and you'll find that all the Psychotica is still there. And of course, what's a modern-day version of Psycho without some modern techno songs like "Once is Not Enough" by Howie B. and Pet Shop Boy's "Screaming".. as a whole, this soundtrack is definitely worth getting.. and it satisfies the Psycho in all of us.

The only good things on the soundtrack is Danny Elfman makeover of the origianl score and Rob Zombie's Living Dead Girl.Other then that,kind of a waste of your money.

Excellent combination of styles with an outstanding result. The best : Pet Shop Boys' "Screaming"