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Snatch (2001 Film)

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This album has easily made it into the top ten spots of my 800+ CD collection. It contains the most eclectic blend of music I've heard in quite a while. I guess the other album that comes to mind is "Pulp Fiction" - no wonder Guy Ritchie is being considered the successor of Quentin Tarantino's movie-making style, where music plays a key role.

Musically, the tracks "Diamond", "Golden Brown", "Hot Pants" and... basically the entire album, get you in the Snatch-groove even if you haven't yet seen the movie.

To make the soundtrack even better, four excerpts from lines taken from the movie are included, among them one by un-understandable Brad Pitt and another from Dennis Farina ("I'm coming to London!")

Believe me: this one's worth having!

I saw the movie last night and thought it was just tremendous! Brad Pitt was hilarious in it (for the most part) with the thick accent of GIBBERISH that you can't even understand a word he is saying. The plot was tremendous and very funny! And another thing struck me when I was watching the movie...THE MUSIC! They mixed nearly 30 years of music in one movie. And each song served a purpose and it was outstanding. My favorite track, by far, is Oasis' song...lets just say its called (something) in the bushes. After that, the song Golden Brown by the Stranglers (must be an English band because I've never heard of 'em, which is sad to say that I haven't heard them before here in the U.S. cuz they rock). Other than that, the dialogue tracks are part of some of the funniest parts of the movie. I don't want to give anything away, but if you haven't seen the movie, think about what Avi says on track 20 and when you see the movie you'll see what I'm talking about. =P This is a must-buy soundtrack for 2001 with all genres included!!!!

To start, You really should see the movie before listening to the soundtrack, for, while not required, it will help you understand why pieces like "F**king in the Bushes" are on the same album with "Hava Nagila".

Now that the minor disclaimer is out of the way... this is one of the strangest and greatest collections of music of all time. Ritchie's selections range from classic Broadway ("Hernando's Hideaway") to reggae ("Dreadlock Holiday") to Irish folk ("Golden Brown") to hard rock ("F**king in the Bushes") to DJ techno remixes ("Angel", "Sensual Woman"). It's a collection to make the head spin, but not only does it all fit one one album, it does it wonderfully, combined with strings of dialogue from the movie ("Nemesis" and "Declaration" being my personal favorites). Without question the best piece on the album is "Golden Brown", a slightly off-kilter drinking song that is more than capable of standing on its own. Along with it is Oasis's hard-rocking "F**king in the Bushes", one of the few good performances by the pathetic "We hate the Beatles so much we want to be like them" band. "Cross The Tracks" seems to blend New Orleans style with modern music's beat, making it a definate keeper, while "Don't You Just Know It" is a 50's beach party, and, following the incredibly intense "F**king in the Bushes", seems to break the sound in just the same way "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" blasts into "Here Comes The Sun" (That's on The Beatles' Abbey Road, for all you nonbelievers). This could go on and on through almost every song, but there just isn't enough room. It's an album for all ages - I'm very much a classic rocker and found even the modern techno entertaining, although Ritchie does plug his wife ("Lucky Star"? Please, God, no!), marring the album, but, hey, that's what the 'skip' button is for.

Once again, this is a motley collection of music that somehow manages to fit together into a coherant and funny soundtrack to a coherant and funny movie. A must-have for fans of just about any music.

An audible mosiac from techno beats to reggae funk, this soundtrack not only accompanied the movie perfectly, but also nails the major soul food groups. Groovy tunes by the relatively unknown makes Britney fans cringe. What? For free-minded who listen to music for the joy music brings, Snatch delivers. This is the perfect pre-party acquisition for the young-spirited or that one spice adding some zip to chilling. Right on. Five stars.

I must say that Snatch is one of the best arranged soundtracks to a movie I have heard in a long long time. Not only did it span decades of time, it went to every corner of the earth in search of the answer to the very question: "What song(s) would best fit this movie or movie scene?" Guy Ritchie pulled it off wonderfully. My most favorite track on the soundtrack has to be Disco Science by Mirwais. Never has background music to a certain movie scene sent chills through my spine so efficiently, and raise goosebumps of excitement and energy until this. Hats off to Guy Ritchie and the fellows who helped find and arrange the tracks to the movie.

This has been a good year for soundtracks. First "Oh Brother...", now Snatch. A great soundtrack should not carry the movie, but the mood, and the eclectic, shall I say, whimsical, nature of this collection really brings out the scenes. Even as one listens to the soundtrack alone after seeing the flick, details of the relevant scenes pop up. There is an incredible amount of energy here, and there has to be, to keep up with the disjointed, parallel-plotted movie. This soundtrack has the feel of a road-trip mix made by a friend of diverse musical tastes.

i like this soundtrack even more than the one for LOCK, STOCK & 2 SMOKING BARRELS. it's a fantastic mix of frenetic techno (Overseer's blistering "Supermoves"), '80s New Wave (The Strangler's mellow "Golden Brown"), and old school R&B/Funk (Maceo & The Macks), interspersed with soundbites from the film (i loved that they kicked things off with Brad Pitt's unintelligable babble). this is awesome driving music. my only complaint is that i wish they had included a few more soundbites from this oh-so quotable film. if you dug the movie, buy this soundtrack now.

Guy Ritchie is an intelligent filmmaker. He knows that music creates atmosphere. And so he also knows that if you get a bunch of hit-making artists together to record a soundtrack, yeah, it might sell a lot of albums, but the movie music is gonna blow!

The music for "Snatch" is largely for comic effect, or to set the mood. And because of that, the soundtrack by itself is not all that impressive. It's the way it's organized that makes it work. A listen to this soundtrack is like a trip back through the movie, complete with dialogue snippets.

Which is not to say there are not some really good songs here, because there are. Klint's "Diamond" rolls with jazzy fervor, and 10CC's "Dreadlock Holiday" is a reggae-infused good time. And soul is well-represented by Maceo Parker ("Cross the Tracks") and Bobby Byrd ("Hot Pants"). There is also a good bit of trip-hop here, courtesy of the Herbaliser (who contributes the hypnotic "Sensual Woman"), as well as Massive Attack and DJ Kim Oslen.

But it's the comic-effect songs like John Murphy's "Hava Nagila" and "Hernando's Hideaway" by the Brothers Johnson that you could do without.

All in all, if you liked the frantic, edgy pace of the movie, then you'll like the soundtrack, too. Worth a try, for sure.

-We left the theater and spent an hour looking for the soundtrack at 11PM. Wow! Great movie, even better soundtrack. Stranglers, 10cc, Maceo, even Oasis. The whole thing rocks. Easily the best album I've bought in two years. Get it.

I hear this soundtrack being played in the next room and I'm listening to it and I'm liking it, when on comes "Dreadlock Holiday" by 10CC, and I'm like, "Whoa, wait a minute, where did that come from?! I haven't heard that since I was a wee lad chasing down homemade model rockets with my leg in a cast." What ingenuity to include this nearly-forgotten song in a film. Hats off to Guy Ritchie for that alone. Not having seen the movie itself, I can honestly say this collection of music stands alone. If Maceo & The Macks' "Cross The Tracks" doesn't bring you to your feet and have you shakin' your groove thing, check your pulse, you may be dead.