Splendor (1999 Film)

Artist: Various Artists - Soundtracks
Label: Astralwerks
Category: Music

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Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 017046628228
EAN: 0017046628228
ASIN: B00001QEGI

Release Date: 1999-09-14

Splendor (1999 Film)

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Tracks:

Sho' Nuff - Fatboy Slim
Shine - Slowdive
The Chemistry Between Us - The London Suede
Before Today - Everything But The Girl
I Don't Know Why I Love You - House Of Love
Kelly Watch The Stars - Air
The Jag - The Micronauts
Elecktrobank - The Chemical Brothers
Beetlebum - Blur
Mesmerise - Chapterhouse
Only The Strangest Will Survive - Hurricane #1
Sweetness & Light - Lush
Flowerz - Armand Van Helden
Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order

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Splendor
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Gregg Araki (The Doom Generation, Totally F**ked Up) isn't much of a director. His films have ranged from amateurish to emotionally shallow. But the music has been the one point of interest. Splendor, billed as a "freewheeling sex comedy about a trio of LA twentysomethings," includes an atmospheric blend of Brit-pop, shoe-gazer rock, and electronica. Some tracks (Chemical Brothers, Armand Van Helden) are straight from their respective albums, while others (Slowdive, New Order, Chapterhouse) have been remixed to create something new and to help the tracks segue without the discrepancies of style and age. You're forgiven if you don't immediately recognize, say, the House of Love's "I Don't Know Why I Love You," moving to a caffeinated quick step courtesy of an Atlas remix. Or imagine Blur's "Beetlebum" remixed by Moby as a millennium-ending doom ballad. But finally there's some sign of life from My Bloody Valentine, who shows up to remix Lush's "Sweetness and Light." --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews:

The soundtrack is a reflection of the movie...if not better!.......2004-12-02

I don't really know what Gregg Araki is better at; movie's or picking up good music for the soundtrack's to his movies. In any case, the Splendor soundtrack is what it's title portends....Splendid. It's hip, upbeat, and suprisingly delightful as the movie itself. Every time I listen to it, I'm reminded of all the scenes of the movie and relive the moods and feelings from each one. Alot of Gregg's previous titles before this one are a bit on the darker side (Doom Generation and Nowhere) so it stands out as the lighter side of Gregg's work. If you've never seen the movie before check it out! I recommend all the works of Gregg Araki! This movie / soundtrack is a good one to start with!

Continuing the great Gregg Araki tradition..........2004-07-14

Over the years, Gregg Araki films have consistently proven that Araki, a born provacateur, has no idea how to frame a shot, write a line of convincing dialogue, or make a movie that's at all watchable beyond its candy-coated set decoration. Yet with his three most known movies - The Doom Generation, Nowhere, and now Splendor - he makes consistently compelling soundtracks, records that take a particular social terrain and brilliantly map it out sonically, doing so with an insight that you'd think would make him a great movie director (oops). Splendor is his lightest soundtrack, but also his least bogged down by chug-a-chug metal sidebars. These are 14 frothy techno songs remixed to sound even frothier, and they add up to something fetchingly danceable and relaxing. The "I Don't Know Why I Love You" remix is especially tantalizing, and lighter songs like Slowdive's "Shine" and Chapterhouse's "Mesmerize" meld nicely with the funkier sounds of the "Kelly Watch the Stars" remix and Fatboy Slim's eternally spunky "Sho' Nuff."

Uneven CD overall.......2002-04-25

I'll be honest. I bought this cd for one song in particular...the Moog Cookbook remix of Air's "Kelly Watch the Stars," which was already one of their best songs. It just got even better. They funked it out real proper-like. I have yet to meet a person who does not instantly like this track. My advice to you...get this song, especially if you like Air, funk, or dance music.
Other than that...there's still some good other songs. The Fatboy Slim song is alright, even though he takes repitition to new levels, even for him. "Don't Know Why I Love You" and "The Jag" are pretty tight. The New Order song is a nice piece of nostalgia, and there's an underrated sleeper by the Chemical Brothers, Electrobank, though it's practically the same version from the Dig Your Own Hole cd.
What I've found interesting so far is that throughout all these different reviews, no two people seem to like the same set of songs. Most cd reviews list the same ones over and over. That says something interesting about this cd, but I'm not sure what it is...

Absolutely Faboulous!.......2001-10-15

This cd is as beautiful as the movie, while gathering the greatest moments of the film, such as Everything but the girl ¨Before Today¨, Slowdive ¨Shine¨, Fatboy slim, Blur, Chapterhouse, etc. This cd is great, it's relaxing, funny, has a little of happy moments and chill-out (kind of lounge). It's a banquet for the ear and to the mind, enjoy it, it's worth the price, it's a perfect stand-out cd that even if you haven't seen the movie you'll like, love it. Buy it now!

The best mix CD your friends will never send you..........2000-03-13

I bought this CD rather blindly, having had it pop up on my Amazon personal recommendations and perk my attention. While not a huge fan of Araki, the list of talent on this soundtrack is a real grabber. If you are a fan of the music from early 90's "shoe-gazer" bands to late 90's electronic-mix stuff, this is for you. The remix theme that runs through this CD actually improves a few songs, or at least brings them back in a form you probably hadn't anticipated (Moog Cookbook's remix of Air's "Kelly Watch the Stars" is a funky example, while the pairing of My Bloody Valentine with Lush on "Sweetness and Light" is genius... just wish MVB had more stuff out there). Extra tracks such as Fatboy Slim's "Sho'nuff" and the always welcome reminder of New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle" round out an all-around great disc.

I sent a copy to a friend who responded that "all she needed now was a party, since she already has a great mix CD for it." I agree with her completely.

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