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...Soundtrack...
Madonna kicks off her newest movie The Next Best Thing with a marvelous go-go soundtrack that will cement her status as an excellent singer and producer who occasionally tries to act. The most popular song on the album thus far, and the song most likely to show up in a WB show near you, is Madonna's quite gracious rendition of Don McLean's "American Pie." Everett, in typical gay-best-friend fashion, supports Madonna on backup vocals, a quite painful realization but no detriment to the song. Echoes of Madonna's most recent techno mantra style is quite...
...supposed to be an inspired spoof of bubblegum boy band pop--a rags to riches tale of five boys picked from the cowfields to become bonafide pop superstars. Whether the show itself portends the end of the Backstreet Boys, 'NSync, Boyzone etc. remains to be seen, but the soundtrack certainly lives up to all the hype. "2Gether," the opening track, sounds just like every opening track on a boy band album--the whole "We've Got it Going On" thing. Another day, another boy band, you might think--until you hear the hilarious lyrics. The second song...
...course, there's a reason Hitchcock didn't use "Window Overlooking the Path Around Lowell House" instead of the movie's New York tenement. Here there are no suspicious Aryan costume-jewelry salesmen, few wives, no wardrobe like Grace Kelly's, no Yorkshire terriers and no soundtrack to speak...
...does on disc. Penn achieved the emotional presence he lacked in the studio, giving songs like "The Whole Truth" the emotional desperation that matches the lyrics. Meanwhile, Mann, powerful even on her recordings, brought her music to a whole new level. While "Wise Up" smoldered on the _Magnolia_ soundtrack, Mann's haunting vocals against the starkness of the piano sent chills down my spine...