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Wild at Heart

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Although this disc seems to have a very ecclectic bunch of music, it creates a cohesive, powerful atmosphere. The Chris Isaak songs are his finest, and all of the Dark Symphony pieces by Angelo Badalamenti are just outstanding. Any fan of his other work (Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet) will appreciate his inimitable haunting musical style. If you like lounge music, melodramatic orchestrations, and excellent oldies, then this is a must for your collection.

A knowledge of David Lynch films might help to understand the selection, but it isn't neccessary to love every song. Though "Wild At Heart" offers metal, oldies, and rockabilly, most of it is cool and collected. Two tracks of the "kings", and two from Chris Isaak are great, but it's the odd-balls and instrumentals that make this essential. "Perdita" is one of the coolest things I've ever heard in my life. However, the BEST reason to own this soundtrack, is to hear Nicolas Cage sing the two Elvis songs. Now that's cool. I may as well also say this is likely my favorite movie of all time. Enjoy.

David Lynch and his crew put a fabulous collection of music together for the movie, "Wild at Heart". I especially recommend it to art lovers. It is great art-making music. Even the songs that Nicolas Cage sings are very cool. I give this to thumbs up!

This soundtrack is still rocking strong. Like the film the tracks are a wild journey that will have you rocking and rolling.

I've owned this CD since it first came out in 1990, and it's one of the very few from that era that I still listen to on a regular basis. From the over-the-top speed metal by Powermad, to the excellent Elvis covers by Nicholas Cage, to the great instrumentals by Angelo Badalamenti, to the classic Chris Isaak songs, this sets the standard for what soundtracks should be. It perfectly captures the crazy let loving mood of the movie itself (which, unlike the soundtrack, I have not seen since 1990). Highly recommended.

unlike most the other collaborations between lynch and angelo badalamenti this soundtrack is very diverse inthat it features everything from 50's rock to speed metal and of coarse those lavish instrumentals.for some reason I don't like w@h as much as the other lynch soundtracks,but it's still better than 90% of the majority of film music out there today(hence the 4 stars).with songs like chris isaak's"wicked game"(my favorite part in the film),the instrumental of "cool cat walk"(lated rerecorded w/julee cruise on vocals), the original version of "up in flames"with raspy vocals(another song later redone by julee on her 2nd cd),and the cool-but-laughable "slaughterhouse"by powermad(think slayer meets motley crue sorta)THIS ALBUM IS DEFINATLY WORTH YOUR $10!(or $2.50 if you can find one used like I did!)

is not by Wagner - but the last of the 'four last songs' by richard strauss.

Not one of my favorite Lynch films... but one of my all-time favorite soundtrack compilations. The reason? Sheer ballsy ecelecticism. Who else would follow up Strauss with speed metal? Or big band music with rockabilly? Yet it somehow all makes sense, creating an almost indescribable atmosphere that's at once totally intense and totally cool. In a perfect world, radio would always sound like this: An uber-hip DJ picking songs not because they *sound* appropriate together... but because they *feel* appropriate together.

Worth mentioning are Chris Isaac's two contributions here, in my opinion among his best-ever songs. There's the hit "Wicked Game," of course, but "Big Blue Spanish Sky" drips mystery and melancholy in a pretty wonderful way. Longtime Lynch collaborator Angelo Badalamenti's requisite instrumental contributions seem to key off Isaac's vibe.

One drawback: you get Nicholas Cage singing not one, but two Elvis tunes. He's not as good as Elvis.

this cd has some eclectic tunes but it works because they are all alive with the rhythm of life. this cd is thrilling to me, from the painfully heavenly im abendrot to the frightening slaughterhouse, to the very square and unhip smoke rings. it all works though, with a recurring musical motif being the dark and lonely reverb guitar and 50's style songs. i get tingles just thinking about it.