Word: soundtracked
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...bulk of the '90s, the perceived incompatibility of these genres was more than musical; it was subcultural. The cheerleader listened to pop, the wannabe-street kid listened to rap, the aspiring Sundance auteur with the sideways haircut listened to punk. When the genres did mix, like on the soundtrack for the forgettable 1993 thriller Judgment Night, it was with breathless pomp and circumstance (News flash: Pearl Jam rockin' and Cypress Hill rappin' on the same track! Very likely kicking back and sharing a doobie!). Now, not only is there nothing remarkable about a band that stirs rock...
Okay, so "American Pie 2: Music from the Motion Picture" does not boast any material likely to join "Lara's Theme" from "Dr. Zhivago" and the overture from "Gone With the Wind" in the pantheon of soundtrack music treasured by successive generations. But the album, released by Universal a week before the movie opened last weekend to the tune of $45 million, bears scrutiny as a document of our age. Considered in combination with the movie, it offers an image of contemporary middle-class teenagers that differs widely from the image presented in the teen movies and music...
...folksy vocals to a lament on contemporary rootlessness before the whole thing explodes into a galaxy of dissonant synth spirals and stuttering reverb. Radian builds slowly in layers of symphonic strings and acoustic guitar into an achingly beautiful instrumental anthem. Like all Air's tunes, it's a mini-soundtrack in itself, an accompaniment for one of the many moods a day can bring...
...recently performed with Itzhak Perlman at the Academy Awards, playing themes from movies nominated for Best Score, including Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Ma is featured on the soundtrack from that movie, which won the Oscar in that category...
Kraft spent the past three years overseeing work on the soundtrack for the movie Moulin Rouge, which uses its music as a fundamental plot device...