Pushing Daisies [Soundtrack]

James Dooley (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: James Dooley
• Audio CD (December 21, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Records
• ASIN: B001G9LVMA
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #127,506 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Morning Has Broken - Jim Dooley

2. Hopelessly devoted to you, song (for the film version of Grease) - Jim Dooley

3. Birdhouse In Your Soul - Jim Dooley

4. Main Titles - Jim Dooley

5. Lying In The Dark

6. Chuck's News Flash

7. Chuck's Swing

8. Where's My Briefcase?

9. Bittersweets

10. Pie Hole Holding

11. Young Ned's Dissection

12. Homeopaths

13. Morgue To Love

14. Lefty Arrives

15. Jeanine Pie

16. Poor Customer Service

17. Plastic Kiss

18. Wilfred Woodruff's War

19. Chucky Bees

20. Jason Lucas Diamonds

See all 35 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Jim Dooley's soundtrack for Pushing Daisies is a charming and whimsical score which captures all the quirkiness of this delightful, critically acclaimed show. Described as a "forensic fairy tale", Pushing Daisies is about a pie-maker who had the power to bring the dead back to life. The show premiered in the US on ABC on October 3, 2007. Pushing Daisies is the US TV dramedy created by Bryan Fuller who serves as the show's executive producer alongside Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, Brooke Kennedy, Peter Ocko, and Barry Sonnenfeld.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So great, I wish I could give it 10 stars, December 22, 2008

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This review is from: Pushing Daisies (Audio CD)

Finally, the wait is over. A couple of months ago I heard that the soundtrack from the first season of PUSHING DAISIES would be coming out on CD, and I've been practically shaking with anticipation ever since the news appeared. It's here!

There are so many reasons why this CD is so wonderful. First and foremost, it's the music from the best show currently on television. (Unfortunately, that statement will soon be obsolete, stupid ABC.) Hearing the CD brings to mind the brilliant characters and visuals of this most original show.

Jim Dooley's cues are playful, lush, moving, evocative and quite varied in scope. While some of the music cues are short, there are plenty of them here. There's a total of more than 70 minutes of music on this disc, so you definitely get your money's worth.

What makes the CD truly great, of course, is the inclusion of songs by Kristin Chenoweth and Ellen Greene. While each only gets one song to sing solo and a third song is sung as a duet, these are the frosting on the PUSHING DAISIES musical cake. To hear true musical genius going on, listen to the PUSHING DAISIES theme underlying "Morning Has Broken." It's breathtaking.

I fervently hope that Varese Sarabande sees fit to issue a soundtrack CD for the second season (if only to get Kristin Chenoweth's rendition of "Eternal Flame"). But, for now, I'm elated about this release. I'll probably fall asleep tonight with visions of Ned, Chuck, Olive, Emerson, Vivian and Lily dancing in my head...

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing...as expected, December 26, 2008

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B. DeAug (NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pushing Daisies (Audio CD)

As I was hoping, and expecting, this CD is wonderful! It's such a shame the show was cancelled, but I'm just so thankful that this CD actually still came out. I had heard about it a month or so ago, but once it was announced that production was ceasing on the show, all my hopes were dashed for this CD actually being released. But as I said, the CD is a great piece of work for fans of the show, whether you watched it religiously, or occassionaly. Enjoy!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pushing the limit...., September 18, 2009

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Timothy Mintline "Timothy Mintline" (Ferndale, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pushing Daisies (Audio CD)

.....of what most people's brain can comprehend; "Pushing Daisies" was genius, pure and simple. For a show that only lasted two seasons, the character development, complexity, and warmth this show posesses is unparallelled. One main reason for this magnificent feat is due to the incredible underscore that runs throught every episode. Combine that with the singing talents of Ellen Greene and Kristin Chenoweth and you have something that television screens have not seen in many many years and will, unfortunately, most likely not be seen again for quite a while.
My only complaint about this fantastic soundtrack is that it lacks "Eternal Flame" sung by Olive (Kristin Chenoweth) in season two. The genius of placing that song in the scene is probably lost by just listening to the cd, but who doesn't want to hear KC belt it out better than Susanna Hoffs?