Erin Brockovich: Motion Picture Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK]

Thomas Newman

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 4, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 4, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00004SCH4
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #19,249 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
In scoring Steven Soderbergh's litigation-themed hit (wherein Julia Roberts' tough-as-nails/sexy-mom character claws her way to an entry-level legal assistant job, then brings a multi-billion dollar industrial polluter to its knees), Thomas Newman again stakes his claim as Hollywood's most consistently inventive young composer. Or make that reinventive--Newman breaths fresh life into the traditional, theme-based scoring concept (perhaps not surprisingly; his father Alfred Newman was one of Hollywood's Golden Age masters), imbuing the film's characters with deceptively simple yet distinctly modern minimalist motifs that pulse with dramatic energy. Using a mix of electric and acoustic pianos and his by-now-familiar array of eclectic, sometimes exotic, percussion wed to an astute mastery of studio technique, Newman gets inside the narrative and drives it with masterful subtlety. Another bonus: Sheryl Crow's "Everyday Is a Winding Road" and "Redemption Day" seem an organic part of Newman's score rather than tacked-on marketing afterthoughts. All in all, it's another gem from American cinema's musical Zen master. --Jerry McCulley

Product Description
Music Composed by Thomas Newman. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too short, April 5, 2000

By	Sean A McKaig (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews

This soundtrack is deceptive. What I remembered from the movie were the acoustic piano songs, and they are on here, but are only about a minute long, as is almost every track of this CD. 23 tracks, but only 35 minutes long... It does have the two Sheryl Crow songs, and those are good. The rest of the tracks are just too short to really enjoy.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some fantasic tracks, May 30, 2000

By	Nicola (Glasgow, Scotland) - See all my reviews

I bought this Erin Brockovich for the first track, which I simply adore, but the whole album is definately worth a listen. It has a perfect balance of bright tracks (Useless, On The Plume) and the more moving tracks such as Miss Wichita and the wonderful Technically A Woman. I am a great fan of Thomas Newman's and this soundtrack did not disappiont. In regard to the Sheryl Crow tracks I feel that Redemption Day is misplaced and I usually skip this track. Everyday Is A Winding Road, however, proves a fitting conclusion to this album. Most of the tracks are too short and the mechanical sounding percussion introductions take a little getting used to, but the good much outways the bad, as most of the tracks are delightful. Four stars.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More often that not less is more, but alas, here it is not., February 9, 2001

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

I agree with the previous reviewers: the content is good, but too short. When I first played the CD I thought it was a sampler of the soundtrack - the tracks aren't allowed to run long enough to establish the mood. It's a tad dissapointing.