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The Whole Nine Yards (2000 Film)

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Varese Sarabande presents a Randy Edelman score - "The Whole Nine Yards" with additional tracks featuring Mose Allison, Charles Mingus, Stephanie Biddle and oh yes, Mr. Bruce Willis. Edelman who gave us the score to "Kindergarten Cop" does well on this score, much of it electronic. Tracks twenty-three and twenty-four Edelman creates shades of "Henry Mancini/Pink Panther" cult-sound, which is very welcome and favorable to the score.

The entire CD has a presence of Jazz and Blues flavor, with an exciting score to complete the circle of an enjoyable listening pleasure. Last track gives us "They All Laughed" (Ira & George Gershwin) that never goes out of style. Highly recommend this album to film score collectors for - "The Whole Nine Yards"!

Total Time: 56:48 on 28 Tracks/ Varese Sarabande - 302 066 114 2 (2000)

... And get this cd. This is an outstanding, lively collection of jazz and blues by original artists, including Mingus. Plus very far out original music. There wasn't one track I didn't sit up and listen to. Kudos to Randy Edleman for his great original compositions and his taste in putting the program together. It prompts me to look for more of his stuff. FYI -- Bruce Willis performs some really danceable harmonica on one of the tracks.

Great movie with a great soundtrack. I do find myself skipping a song or two once in a while but for the most part this is great listening. If you like jazz and/or blues you'll like this.

Have just watched the movie "The Whole Nine Yards" and thoroughly enjoyed the whole shabang ! I've just ordered the sountrack and can't wait to listen to it , especially the Charlie Biddle Trio with his daughter Stephanie singing a great version of Gershwin's "They all Laughed".

After watching certain movies , I get the impression that many music soundtracks directly relate to the main stars eg. I've enjoyed most of the music featured in Bruce Willis movies , and also in Nicholas Cage movies which often seem to contain Sinatra / Dean Martin / Tony Bennet scores ??? Anyone else notice things like this or is it my imagination ? Do these stars have a big say re type of music in their movies ?

The movie (set in Montreal) and the superb jazz,,,,, a great plus for Montreal !!!!!

Enjoy..... Gareth (Perth -Australia)
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I've seen the film many times, and it was great.
Ive listented to the soundtrack and loved it!!
However i did not find the beautiful saxophone music in the scene where they meet in the clinic and "taking care" of the dead cop.
If anybody has heard it please send me the name of the song(maybe its noy even on the soundtrack)
Email:yarinh1@hotmail.com

Thanks
Yarin

These days CDs that call themselves soundtracks are anything but, leaving out songs from the movie to make room for a bunch of crap that isn't (see my review of the Moulin Rouge soundtrack, or for that matter, ANY review of the Moulin Rouge soundtrack). But here, the soundtrack to "The Whole Nine Yards" takes a novel approach: it actually features the music from the movie. ALL of it, right down to the cues that are barely a minute long. My favorites are "They all Laughed" and "That Mellow Saxophone." Also, this CD is worth checking out for anyone who doesn't already know that Bruce Willis is one heck of a harmonica player.

I gave it 2 stars. One for each time I enjoyed the music. Ya know, I found the whole soundtrack singularly forgettable. Except for the Marshall Biddle Trio, w/Stephanie Biddle vocals. I have searched everywhere on the web and cannot find anything else about them. But I want to. I wonder if anyone out there does, and if they do, would you tell me? I want more...of them.