 |  | Nothing like an incomplete playlist for a movie soundtrack |  |
You saw the movie with your friends, you saw it again on your own, you kept humming the catchy tunes Guy Ritchie used to create that special ambience for it all week. You think, "Hey -- this CD would be great for a long car ride, like to the cape." So you hop on amazon.com and -- click, click, click -- it's on its way. The CD arrives just in time for your Patriot Day weekend romp. You tear open the packaging and slide the much-anticipated soundtrack into your car's player while you roll down all the windows and open the sunroof. And bam -- there's that opening track you've been waiting to hear. You think, "This is going to be great," as you motor on down the street. Then, "I got to hear that song they played during that one scene . . .." You press the forward track button a few times. "No. No. Nope. Not it. Must be next. Next. Next." Nothing. Then the first song starts again. Your stomach folds and perspiration breaks out on your upper lip. "It can't be," you think, ejecting the CD. You examine it's playlist, swerving to avoid hitting a squirrel but almost hitting a car in the oncoming traffic instead. "What the *&#$!," you think -- THE SONG YOU LOVE ISN'T EVEN ON THE CD! Don't expect to find the Castaways' "Liar, Liar," played during the crucial scene in the movie where Eddie (Nick Moran), son of pub proprietor, JD (Sting), loses all the money he and his friends put up to get into Hatchet Harry's high-stakes poker game. Sure -- I could have looked at the playlist before I purchased the CD; you'll say, "that's why it's there." But would you really expect to have to do that to check for the song that's essentially the musical linchpin of the entire movie?! Well, would you? No, you wouldn't. And neither did I. And those "bonus" tracks of clips of dialogue -- is that supposed to make up for not having the most important song of the movie on the CD? THEY'RE NOT EVEN THE FUNNIEST LINES OF THE MOVIE! Thank heavens for iTunes.
May 21, 2008if you like the movie chances are this cd is for you..however if your only after a few tracks easier to download them at a buck a piece. the disc is ripe with soundbytes and quotes which are entertaining but unless you enjoy them that much i think the music can be had cheaper.
March 28, 2008if you love the movie as i do, this is a great cd. you feel like you're watchin the movie in each track, be they dialogue or music.
February 20, 2008 | | Exactly what I was looking for | |
Of all things that stood out to me about the film Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, I think the music was what always came to mind. Having the soundtrack to the film is almost like watching the film over again, because each song is so distinctive to its part. For example, when listening to the track called "Now I Wanna be Your Dog", who can help but think of Eddie stumbling out of the boxing ring having just lost a bet for half a million quid? The disc was in pristine condition, and is now one of the few CDs I actually will listen to from start to finish.
September 16, 2007 | | Great movie - Great soundtrack | |
Really liked this movie for a long time. Other great soundtracks reminded me to search this one out and a fine listen this is - the soul tracks, the 70s stuff, and of course the outtakes from the movie. There's plenty of good material unheard before.
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