Breakfast on Pluto { Original Soundtrack } [SOUNDTRACK]

The Rubettes (Performer), Joe Dolan (Performer), Harry Nilsson (Performer), Don Partridge (Performer), Bobby Goldsboro (Performer), Patti Page (Performer), Santo and Johnny (Performer), Morris Albert (Performer), Dusty Springfield (Performer), Gavin Friday (Performer)

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 24, 2006)
• Original Release Date: January 10, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Milan Records
• ASIN: B000CCD080
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #36,677 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Breakfast on Pluto follows the exploits of Patrick "Kitten" Braden, an endearing but deceptively tough young man. Abandoned as a baby in his small Irish hometown, and aware from a very early age that he is different, Patrick survives a harsh environment with the aid of his wit and charm, plus a sweet refusal to let anyone or anything change who he is. Apart from a few moments of piano music composed by Jordan's daughter, Anna Jordan, the film avoids a conventional score.

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Waggily Tale ?, February 4, 2006

By	MD Steven "Steven (PVM) in Asheville" (Asheville, NC USA) - See all my reviews

I saw this film last week and flipped at the old hits from the period of the film. In every scene you get some golden shining gem.
Unfortunately they are not all included in the soundtrack. The film takes place in Ireland and briefly, London, during the early to mid 70s
You get schmaltzy American hits like Bobby Goldsboro's 'Honey'...which recurs throughout the film and Dusty Springfield's 'Windmills of your Mind'!. Both hits from the 60's but still prevalent on the radio both here and I gather over seas where the film takes place...at the time.
Gavin Friday who plays Billy Rock (Glam Rocker Icon) in the film, was a founding member of the Virgin Prunes in the late 70's. He contributes a cover of Lee Hazelwood's 'Sand' on a duet with Cillian Murphy (the star)...playing the role of Nancy Sinatra on stage in the film...quite well done really.
T-Rex's 'Children of the Revolution' appearance in a club scene in London is letter perfect on the soundtrack, and truly, it wouldn't be complete without it.
I had never heard the title track before by Don Partridge before seeing the film. It's a great little song of intergalactic tripping travel which suits 'Kitten's'(the star) tale to a tea. Duke Ellington's 'Caravan' covered by Santo & Johnny is well hidden in the film but great to see that they kept it as a choice for the 13 tracks on the soundtrack. I guess they had to keep the Patti Page tune as it is in a pretty funny scene...but that's the only one I would have dumped in the interest of a cohesive album....
Nilsson gets two tracks : 'Me and my Arrow' from the classic album 'The Point' ( another story about a different boy named Oblio )- and from Son of Schmilsson we get the hilarious 'You're Breaking My Heart' which most of us didn't or won't get to hear on the radio because of the lovely little line "You're breaking My Heart, You're Tearing it Apart, so F&$@ You"...it's really a sing a long, an anthem if you will.
Based on seeing the film only, and I recommend you do if you like to laugh and have an open mind for the subject matter, I give the soundtrack 5 stars. I just wish they went the distance and included everything used in the film. It's often the case for music buffs that the more obscure stuff gets left out. Check it out in it's full context, see the film. It's jaw dropping.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anna Jordan Strings Together a Strand of Stars, April 22, 2006

By	Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Anna Jordan is the one to whom this outstanding musical score for the delightful BREAKFAST ON PLUTO film, a story about a young Patrick 'Kitten' Jordan who lives his misunderstood life in the 1970s as though he were out somewhere in the cosmos, is attributed. Actually Jordan contributes some fine original music to the flow of the film, but her biggest contribution is her selection of oldies but goodies from the 60s and 70s that capture the aura of Neil Jordan's fine and sensitive adaptation of the Patrick McCabe novel.

For those of us who were a part of that musical period this recording will serve as a collection of many favorites placed in a sequence that is endearing. The Rubettes version of 'Sugar Baby Love' floats along with Joe Dolan's 'You?re Such a Good Looking Woman' and Harry Nilsson's 'You're Breakin' My Heart' and 'Me and My Arrow', while Patti Page croons 'Doggie in the Window', Dusty Springfield offers 'The Windmills of your Mind', and Morris Alberts gives us 'Feelings'.

The CD is well recorded and the positioning of the songs is excellent for easy and memorable listening. Not being one who usually goes for soundtracks of films (with a few notable exceptions), this recording is full of songs that bring back many good memories and they are not tampered with to try to update them. A good buy, this. Grady Harp, April 06

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pluto - Hooray!, February 22, 2006

By	Claire Ortwein (Madison, WI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I adored the movie, and the music was an integral part of that enjoyment. I was afraid there would be no soundtrack and was ecstatic when it became available. Got the CD yesterday and haven't stopped playing it. Absolutely delightful. Many of the songs utterly infectious. Can hardly rate highly enough.