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...Beatles' first movie, "A Hard Day's Night," was reissued in America. Dr. Prinz was certainly not alone in his beliefs. The studio that originally produced "A Hard Day's Night," United Artists, commissioned the film only because they divined (correctly) that they would make money from the soundtrack album. So unconvinced were they that the film itself would have merit that they ordered producer Walter Shenson and director Richard Lester to have the film written, shot, edited and released within 20 short weeks because they were certain that the Beatles craze wouldn't last beyond the summer...
...absorbed everything from rockabilly to Marvin Gaye (whose "What's Going On" ends the album), with field trips through psychedelia, doo-wop, blues, pop and just-plain-out-there studio experimentation. And that's not even counting their mastery of the traditional Mexican music they grew up with, the soundtrack of life in Chicano East L.A. With 86 songs, there's a lot to like here: the earliest forays into the studio with traditional material like "Guantanamera"; the rowdy guitar-driven rock 'n' roll that fits them like a favorite leather jacket; the thoughtful, melodic writing of "Will the Wolf...
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...know Tommy and Chuckie aren't real people, and you love them just the same. So what if the music on the Rugrats in Paris soundtrack isn't that real either? The songs on it are entertaining enough to love...
Blackstreet led the original Rugrats movie soundtrack with the childish sound effects and almost mechanical sound of their hit song "Take Me There." In this sequel soundtrack, the lead star is T-Boz Watkins (the "T" of TLC fame) and the hit song is "My Getaway." The track's trite percussion rhythms mean it won't be nominated for a Grammy anytime soon, but it does harness the cutesy spirit of the Rugrats. And while the pre-pubescent voice of Aaron Carter would be insufferable elsewhere, it fits perfectly on this soundtrack. The catchy rhythm of "Life is a Party...