Running with Scissors [SOUNDTRACK]

Original Soundtrack (Artist), Various Artists (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 26, 2006)
• Original Release Date: September 26, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: EMI America Records
• ASIN: B000H9I1OG
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #19,297 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Can't get enough of 1970s-themed soundtracks? Here's another one! Like most of its period brethrens, Running With Scissors starts with a stock made of familiar hits ("Blinded by the Light," "Bennie and the Jets," "Year of the Cat"); it then adds a splash of lesser-known songs by big acts (10cc's "The Things We Do for Love") and a pinch of slightly older tunes for taste (a pair of Nat King Coles and Vince Guaraldi's "O Tannenbaum," from A Charlie Brown Christmas). Even the new track (Catherine Feeny's "Mr. Blue") sounds air-lifted from 1975. Of course, the same period songs that feel old-hat on their own usually work marvel in the context of the movie, and in a way their best use is as memory-joggers for fans of said movie. If you like mid-1970s pop, this CD will please you, but then you may well have these songs already. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great sampling of 70s tuneage, October 12, 2006

By	Nelson Aspen "Author/Journalist" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Boy, this fun soundtrack from the interesting new movie is sure to evoke a lot of memories for anyone who had a radio or 8-track playing in the 1970s. Interesting diverse choices sure to bring it all back and the sound quality is particularly excellent...I assume they've been remastered. Great job.

The only track I skip is the Charlie Brown Christmas classic "O Tannenbaum." The holiday affiliation is impossible to ignore and disrupts the nostalgia of the other songs.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Chercher Le Bill, March 1, 2007

By	David J. Engel (Bethesda, MD USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

One of the highlights of the colorful soundtrack to this crazy film was the use of three Bill Evans tunes: Waltz For Debbie, Very Early, and Re: Person I Knew. Unfortunately, the wonderful recordings of these classic tunes are not to be found on this disc. They were the real attraction for a Running With Scissors soundtrack for me.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Motion Picture Soundtrack, May 9, 2008

By	V. Vaughn "word lover" (Emporia, KS USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This CD contains 13 of the most amazing selections of background music; what drew me to buy it was that it covers a period of music going back generations. Who ever believed that "Blinded by the Light" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Nat King Cole's "Stardust" would ever appear on one CD? It works!!! I listen to it all the time.