Customer Reviews

The Thing Called Love: Music From The Paramount Motion Picture Soundtrack

5 star:		(5)
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3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

I bought this soundtrack thinking that it would include the songs that River Phoenix and the other actors sang in the movie, and was really disappointed to find that they were not on it. The CD only included the versions of the songs by the original singers. The songs are decent, but I honestly think that the actors made them sound better, especially the talented Mr.Phoenix!

I bought this also thinking that I'd be able to hear River Pheonix and Samantha Mathis singing as they did in the movie.. If those tracks were on the the CD, I would have easily given this soundtrack a 5 star rating.. As it is, I'm being generous by giving it 3 stars.. BOO to the record producers who didn't include those songs on the soundtrack!

The Thing Called Love is My Favorite Movie, due to Samantha Mathis and River Phoenix, they had such great chemistry in this movie/and off screen, but also the Fantastic Songs in the movie,It just makes you want to dance and sing throughout the whole movie ! You would think this would be one of the best soundtracks ever ! WRONG !! This is like half a soundtrack with "professional" singers singing. Honestly i thought the actors in the movie sounded Way Better then the people singing on this cd. I am glad i did'nt buy this soundtrack, just listening to the samples you get an idea of how unreconizable this cd is.
It is a shame and very disapointing that they did not use the actors from the movie for this cd, and a lot of the songs i wanted to hear are not even on here. I really wish they would make a new soundtrack that includes EVERY song from the movie with Samantha,River and the rest singing. I am trying to gather as much songs as i can and download them to make my own soundtrack. I have also downloaded Unitl Now and State of mine(which is not on the cd), River Phoenix actually singing them from the movie. These were songs he actually wrote himself and this guy on the soundtrack singing "Unitl Now" does not do it justice. This would have to be one of the worst soundtracks ever due to the producers who Messed The Whole Thing Up ! It is really sad that such a great movie gets such a Horrible Soundtrack. It does not do justice to the movie at all ! But I definatley recommend buying the movie. I am just waiting for it to come out on dvd !

Enough people buy this soundtrack assuming they'll be able to hear the tracks laid down by River Phoenix, Sarah Mathison, Sandra Bullock and Dermott Mulroney during the movie. Yet, that is not the case. Is there a bootleg copy of the soundtrack out there that would appease us? Not that we don't enjoy the songs; however, we want to hear them the way they were performed in the movie. Can anyone direct us in the appropriate location? Thanks - Kristen

I was so excited to get this CD as a gift. What a disappointment to have neither of the Samantha Mathis songs on it, especially "Big Bar Hair" (what a fun song) and "Maybe God's a Woman Too." Returned it without even opening the CD, as I mainly wanted those two songs! Guess I'll have to keep rewinding the videotape to hear them. Bummer....

I was very dissappointed that the CD didn't include the songs that river phoenix and samantha mathis sang in the movie. If anyone has those songs then please email me.

Please consider very much whether or not to buy this because i personally think it is a waste of time. It has less than half the songs on here and most of them aren't the ones most people like anyway and if they are then they are sung by different people rather than the people like River and Samantha who sang them in the film (Personally I think that they did a way better job than the guys on the CD anyway). It's just such a shame that such an amazing and inspiring film could have such a rubbish soundtrack. Please, if you really like the film, don't buy the soundtrack since once you've heard it, it goes way down on the list of things you hate and most of the time drags the film down with it.

There's always something missing on soundtracks. Just like on this one. Where's Trisha Yearwood's "She's In Love With The Boy", Elvis' "Can't Help Falling In Love" and "Make The World Go Away", Johnny Cash's "Hey Porter"...Movie is a really nice presentation of what country music's all about. But the soundtrack is lame. Why did they put on different versions of "Until Now" (Rodney Crowell), "Blame It On Your Heart" (Deborah Allen) and "Street Of Love" (Kevin Welch) when movie versions are absolutely better. The only songs I really like are "I Can't Understand" (Trisha Yearwood), "Partners In Wine (Randy Travis) and "Standing On A Rock" (Rodney Crowell).
This could be a really nice country songbook.

Definitely not a soundtrack. More like a "my take on the soundtrack." Like the other reviewers said, where are the songs that were featured in the movie? This is a disgrace!

It's a disappointment to find out that this is NOT the original soundtrack. No songs by River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis or Dermot Mulroney. Where can those performances be found ??????