Sky High [ENHANCED] [SOUNDTRACK]

Michael Giacchino (Composer)

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 26, 2005)
• Original Release Date: July 29, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Soundtrack
• Label: Hollywood Records
• ASIN: B0009X7736
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,350 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
This soundtrack mirrors "Sky High's" breezy, youth-oriented story, with bands like the Grammy nominated Texas-based Bowling for Soup and Boston's Click 5 leading the way. Other artists and songs included on the soundtrack are: Christian Burns, "Everybody Wants To Rule The World;" Flashlight Brown, "Save It For Later;" Ginger Reyes, "Can't Stop The World;" Vitamin C with a remake of "Voices Carry;" They Might Be Giants, "Through Being Cool;" Cary Brothers, "True;" Elefant, "Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want;" Keaton Simons, "And She Was;" Caleigh Peters, "Just What I Needed;" and Steven Straight with "One Thing Leads To Another."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Update, August 7, 2005

By	K. Fontenot "Prairie Cajun" (The Bayou State) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

The "Sky High" soundtrack is a nice walk down memory lane for those parents who care enough for their children to actually take them to the movies and risk sitting through a bad flick. Fortunately for us old folks, the movie is just as good as the soundtrack.

Some hangers-on of yesterday will not like these updated versions of old Eighties tunes. Let's face it folks, that decade has come and gone many years ago. These new versions are more than up to the task of providing some good music for a fun film.

My favorite cover on this album is Bowling for Soup's "I Melt With You." A close second is Vitamin C's "Voices Carry." Most of these songs were treated kindly, and there is only slight tweakings to the original hit found here.

Most of these songs were the only hits for their respective original bands. I suggest to anyone who has a child interested in these tunes that they plunk down some money for an 80's compilation that includes these songs. Groups like The Cars obviously had more than just one hit, so their greatest hits collections would be great to introduce your kids to. I already own most of the originals on this disc, but I really enjoy putting on this "Sky High" soundtrack because it, much like the film, is quite enjoyable.

Highly recommended to any fan of the old tunes from the decade of excess and their kids. It's a great way to introduce your family to a time that has long since left us.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very decent remakes of some great 80s songs, December 10, 2005

By	Music Lover (Sunnyvale, California) - See all my reviews

The movie was much better than I was expecting it to be, and I was very pleasantly surprised by the soundtrack. You know how some remakes either try to duplicate the original almost exactly or do them in a really different style? Well, most of the versions on this soundtrack do a great job of getting it right. The songs are instantly recognizable to those who listened to the radio a lot in the 1980s and they mostly have the same sort of energy, but it's also clear that someone else is doing them in their own way.

For those who have forgotten the original artists, here's a rundown:

"I Melt With You" - The Modern English
"Through Being Cool" - Devo
"Save It For Later" - The English Beat
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World" - Tears For Fears
"One Thing Leads To Another" - The Fixx
"Lies" - The Thompson Twins
"Voices Carry" - Til' Tuesday (Aimee Mann)
"Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" - The Smiths
"True" - Spandau Ballet
"Just What I Needed" - The Cars
"Can't Stop The World" - The Go Go's
"And She Was" - The Talking Heads
"Twist And Crawl" - The English Beat

20 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good buy for '80s fans, July 29, 2005

By	Bryant Burnette "Bryant Burnette" (Tuscaloosa, AL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

No score on the CD. Not a bit. Which is too bad, but hey, whattaya gonna do.

Here's what IS on the CD. A bunch of songs, most of them cover versions of '80s warhorses like "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and "True." ("True" is put to especially hilarious use in the movie, by the way.)

There is nothing inspired or original or exceptional on the disc, but this is a fun CD is you're an '80s fan (or if you've seen the movie and dug the songs). And the movie? I can't believe it's true, but it is: it's great, WAY better than the previews indicated. Check it out.