Stubbs the Zombie: The Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK]

Original Game Soundtrack (Artist), Various Artists (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 18, 2005)
• Original Release Date: October 18, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Shout Factory
• ASIN: B000B5QWJ2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #88,429 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

You don’t have to be a gamer to enjoy the soundtrack to Stubbs the Zombie, but you do need a taste for irony, mixed with a moderate helping of kitsch. The concept is simple yet entertaining: hire a handful of very well-known "alternative bands," (The Flaming Lips, Death Cab, The Dandy Warhols) and have them rock to the oldies. Cake's "Strangers in the Night" is the best track hands down--you'll definitely want to spin this at your next cocktails-and-Halo-soiree--followed by the Ravonettes' "My Boyfriend's Back" (which also appears on Pretty in Black). But everyone does a fine job. These are songs that most people know like the back of their hands, so no big surprises--just a few giggles. Pop it into the disc player and enjoy... with or without brains. --Leah Weathersby

Product Description

Companion CD To The Video Game – Contains Exclusive Tracks Available Nowhere Else.

Stubbs The Zombie: The Soundtrack contains specially commissioned covers of ’50s-era songs heard in the game, performed by Cake, The Dandy Warhols, Death Cab For Cutie, The Flaming Lips, Ben Kweller, Phantom Planet, The Raveonettes and others.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Soundtrack to an Amazing Game, October 24, 2005

By	M. Suhar "Zombie #2089b" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Hearing these oldies ressurected (haha, get it?) in the form of transformed indie-rock covers is nothing short of a delight. "Lonesometown" is by far my favourite track.

I've noticed a recurring pattern in the theme of these reviews: the reviewers haven't played the game, but still love the soundtrack. That's all well and good with me, but I got the game the day it came out and played it through in about 9 hours. Not only is the game positively incredible (it actually includes a Parapa-esque zombie dance-off to four of these songs), but it is altogether complimented by this amazing collection of oldies-cum-newies. So in lieu of that, I would recommend playing the game to gain a full appreciation of the soundtrack. Unfortunately the better half of the songs actually aren't heard in the game, and those that are are emphasized over-enthusiastically ('Lollipop' especially; they got that one in there every chance they could), but they all fit the same motif, and the motif, as a whole, is just plain fun. Who hasn't fantasized about walking around a pseudo-futuristic 1950's metropolis as an undead travelling salesman from the 30s? I know I have.

Sceptics and elitists will be glad (or apathetic) to know that these new bands (none of which I am particularly fond of myself) have not butchered the sounds of the older songs at all, but have instead revived them into something new and different, something contemporary, something that is, frankly, completely kick-ass.

Good for music-lovers, amazing for fans of the game.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Now appearing at the Velvet Sounds Lounge, it's...., October 23, 2005

By	AustinAng ((Outside of) Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

a collection of incredible music pulled from the Oldies! Aspyr Media's producer Zach Rener does an excellent job of making this one of the best compilation albums of 2005.

Songs such as Rogue Wave's "Everyday" and Milton Mapes' "Lonesome Town" get a new, hazy-lazy-day feel to them that is both touching and inspiring. On the other end of the spectrum, Phantom Planet's "The Living Dead" and Rose Hill Drive's "Shakin' All Over" get an updated, funk-rock sound which reminds the listener what "psychedelic" means.

Overall, this album is a great mix of pop and alt-funk, with some lovely lounge sounds to keep us interested. It is not often a game soundtrack can hold its own. This album does just that.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I dig it...Entertaining, November 10, 2005

By	D. Gaynor "Label Junkie" (Midwest, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Overall good assortment of songs...
I like how many artists gave their renditions...
If you like this... Give "The Bird has Flown" a shot...
Both CDs have Ben Kweller on them.
Worthwhile listen for old and young....