Adaptation (Score) [SOUNDTRACK]

Carter Burwell (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 26, 2002)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Astralwerks
• ASIN: B000071WXA
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #247,167 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Adaptation reunites Carter Burwell (of Coen brothers renown) with director Spike Jonze and writer Charlie Kaufman, the creative team behind 1999's Being John Malkovich, with equally noteworthy results. Although selections like "The Unexpressed Expressed" lean heavily on romantic strings, Burwell's harmonic progressions rarely culminate in obvious resolutions, mirroring the frustration of the film's protagonist, a screenwriter struggling to translate a nonfiction work into a workable screenplay. Less predictable timbres propel other cuts--"The Evolution of Evolution" marries kalimba and steel drums to Duane Eddy-style twang guitar and sly bass licks--and, as with Malkovich, the music of Adaptation often feels as though it were emanating from the murky ocean depths or the mechanized bowels of Big Ben. The disc is book-ended by Fatboy Slim's mercifully low-key "Adaptation" remix (essentially the vibraphone and harp vignette "The Writer and the Crazy White Man" plus a drum loop), and the Turtles' 1967 hit "Happy Together," a somewhat incongruous conclusion to Burwell's dark, riveting score. --Kurt B. Reighley

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Song in the Movie and In the VW Commercial, January 17, 2003

By	John Cantwell (Dumont, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

Hey, like many of you I came to this page looking for the song that appears in both the trailer for "Adaptation" and the VW commercial. The song is E.L.O's "Mr. Blue Sky". I hope that can help some people out.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For those looking for the trailer song, January 7, 2003

By	VMI 07 "Fortitudine Vincimus" (Manassas, Virginia) - See all my reviews

The song on the adaptation trailer, as well as the VW convertible commercial is not on this cd. U can find it on the album "out of the blue" by the electric light orchestra. The song is called "mr. blue sky" (for those with kazaa :D ) Hope i helped someone out there

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What's the song?, January 3, 2003

By	Joseph Mother (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This is the wrong forum for this, but what's the song used in the trailer? It's also used in a VW commercial. It's not on the soundtrack.