Wild At Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Nicholas Cage, Angelo Badalamenti, Various Artists - Soundtracks - 1990

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 7, 1990)
• Original Release Date: August 21, 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Polydor / Umgd
• ASIN: B000001FXD
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #100,364 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Im Abendrot - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

2. Slaughterhouse - Powermad

3. Cool Cat Walk - Angelo Badalamenti, Kinny Landrum

4. Love Me - Nicolas Cage

5. Baby Please Don't Go - Them

6. Up in Flames - Koko Taylor

7. Wicked Game - Chris Isaak

8. Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent

9. Smoke Rings - Casa Loma Orchestra, Glen Ray

10. Perdita - Rubber City

11. Blue Spanish Sky - Chris Isaak

12. Dark Spanish Symphony [String Version] - Angelo Badalamenti, Kinny Landrum

13. Dark Spanish Symphony ['50s Version] - Rubber City

14. Dark Lolita - Angelo Badalamenti, Kinny Landrum

15. Love Me Tender - Nicolas Cage

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Moody Masterpiece, September 15, 1999

By A Customer

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's rockin' good news!, February 26, 2003

By	H3@+h (VT) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars David Lynch makes a mix tape for the adventurous., March 14, 2005

By	tokyo111 (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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.