Various Artist - XXX [SOUNDTRACK] [2002]
There’s nothing diminutive about Vin Diesel or XXX, the secret agent-espionage film in which the muscular actor stars, so it’s not surprising that the accompanying two-disc soundtrack is just as punishing. On the rock-oriented album, electronic production zaps through Rammstein’s machine-gun blast "Feuer Frei" and Queens of the Stone Age’s rough-riffed "Millionaire," while Mushroomhead and Hatebreed’s straight-ahead screamers pack a ferocious punch. Other cuts are more forgiving–Bush’s Gavin Rossdale contributes a soaring, crunchy rock anthem, Orbital’s zooming, danceable "Technologicque Park" is inky as a starless night, and Moby’s hypnotic, simple-synth "Landing" features Azure Ray on vocals. The hip-hop side isn’t nearly as pulverizing–Nelly’s stuttering "Stick Out Ya Wrist" and Big Tymers’ "Still Fly" are especially laid-back and chilled. Read more
Various Artists - A Children’s Celebration of Folk Music [1996]
Essentially a label sampler featuring selections from children’s albums by Buckwheat Zydeco, Cedella Marley Booker, Maria Muldaur, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Taj Mahal, and John McCutcheon, Music for Little People’s A Children’s Celebration of Folk Music is filled out by the licensing of songs by Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Doc Watson, Raffi, David Mallett, and David Grisman and Jerry Garcia (the one newly recorded performance is Michelle Shocked’s “See the Sea”) to make for a varied folk collection of entertaining songs that range from traditional material to Guthrie’s childlike “Riding in My Car (Car Song),” and from Raffi’s idealistic “World We Love” to Muldaur’s spirited reading of the Johnny Burke-James VanHeusen song from the Bing Crosby film Going My Way. Children may not sing along to all of it, but they will enjoy it, and their parents won’t mind. Read more
Original Soundtrack - Once [2007]
The starring roles in Once, the little movie that could by writer/director John Carney, stars the Frames’ Glen Hansard and Czech singer and songwriter Markéta Irglová. The songs, representing those of the character Guy, and his collaborator Girl, are made up of simple and attractive acoustic pop, full of guitars, piano, a small drum kit and electric bass, with some supplemental instruments. Sung by one, the other, or the pair, they offer a sweet and moving little soundtrack to this quirky film that offers no easy answers and asks plenty of questions. Interestingly enough, Hansard and Irglová are real life musical partners. They recorded an album together in 2006 called Swell Season. Five of these 13 tunes originally appeared on that set issued in the United States on the Overcoat label. Read more
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