Raising Arizona / Blood Simple: Original Motion Picture Soundtracks [2 on 1] [Soundtrack]

Carter Burwell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 15, 1994)
• Original Release Date: March 13, 1987
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B000001548
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,126 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Introduction-A Hole in the Ground [From Raizing Arizona]

2. Way Out There [From Raizing Arizona]

3. He Was Horrible [From Raizing Arizona]

4. Just Business [From Raizing Arizona]

5. The Letter [From Raizing Arizona]

6. Hail Lenny [From Raizing Arizona]

7. Raising Ukeleles [From Raizing Arizona]

8. Dream of the Future [From Raizing Arizona]

9. Shopping Arizona [From Raizing Arizona]

10. Return to the Nursery [From Raizing Arizona]

11. Crash and Burn [From Blood Simple]

12. Blood Simple [From Blood Simple]

13. Chain Gang [From Blood Simple]

14. The March [From Blood Simple]

15. Monkey Chant [From Blood Simple]

16. The Shooting [From Blood Simple]

17. Blood Simpler [From Blood Simple]

Editorial Reviews

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Genre: Soundtracks & Scores
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 15-MAR-1994

Customer Reviews

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Get the original recordings., April 21, 2005

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J. S. Mosier "Uncle Momo" (Bloomington Indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Raising Arizona / Blood Simple: Original Motion Picture Soundtracks [2 on 1] (Audio CD)

This CD is not bad at all for the music that Carter composed.
He borrowed quite a bit from other sources and you can find them
right here on Amazon. The banjo music and yodel is by Pete Seeger
from the CD "Darling Corey And Goofing-Off Suite". The wonderful
Monkey Chant is the Balinese Ramayana Monkey Chant and can be found
on the CD "Bali: Golden Rain" in its original 22 minute version.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Whimsical and eerie, April 4, 2000

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This review is from: Raising Arizona / Blood Simple: Original Motion Picture Soundtracks [2 on 1] (Audio CD)

I bought this for the fantastic Raising Arizona music (my favorite movie) and was a little disappointed. The music has been slightly redone, some of it pretty inexplicably (the main theme is done calypso style). And "Ode to Joy" on banjo, the music I most wanted from the film, is missing. But the dream sequence music is here, and it's all still enjoyable.

I was surprised to find I enjoy the "Blood Simple" music more. I've only seen the movie once, so I can't say whether it's intact. But it's very creepy, a strange contrast to the goofy fun of the Raising Arizona music.

All in all, a great CD, but lacking some of what I expected.

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Missing the only reason I bought the soundtrack..., February 18, 2005

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John Anderson (Provo, UT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Raising Arizona / Blood Simple: Original Motion Picture Soundtracks [2 on 1] (Audio CD)

I bought this soundtrack for the great Raising Arizona music that I heard while watching the DVD--the best part is the end credits with banjo etc. and a variation on "Ode to Joy". IT IS NOT THERE. Only one or two tracks I find enjoyable on the CD for a grand total of about 2 minutes.