Sex And The City: Music From the Original Motion Picture | Aaron Zigman

Sex And The City: Music From the Original Motion Picture | Aaron Zigman | Excellent Mix of Music!

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	Sex And The City: Music From the Original Motion Picture Aaron Zigman New Line Records, 2008 average customer review:based on 62 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great fun

Sex and the City, for six seasons, delivered laugh and love from its famous quartet: Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda. Now, with the new sensational movie out, we have a chance to "relive" the old days with them, musically, with the compliation soundtrack from the movie.

Sometimes, movie soundtracks are quite disappointing, not truly reflecting the movie, or having songs that don't even appear in the movie ... the "inspired by" songs. Fortunately, many of the songs on the soundtrack are featured prominently in this movie, and bring smiles to your face.

The opening credits number, a rappy hip song by Fergie called "Labels or Love" is very fun and very true to the series. Jennifer Hudson belts out quite a tune called "All Dressed in Love", using her pipes quite well. Other favorites on the disk are Morningwood's tribute to the fairer sex "New York Girls", Jem's harmonic convergence in "It's Amazing", and the dear India.Arie's snog "The Heart of the Matter".

Another favorite is the mournful, quite rendition of "Auld Lang Syne", with Mairi Campbell and Dave Francis, which spins out over a New Year's Eve celebration in the movie: it's very beautfiul.

Overall, I highly recommend this soundtrack. It'll make a PERFECT companion to your summer beach music, and a great CD to pop in the player when you are getting ready for a night with your friends! Purchase it now!

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Excellent Mix of Music!

Originally, I was only going to download the Theme Song from I-Tunes, but I-Tunes only allows you to download the entire album. So, at that point, I decided to buy the CD from Amazon and at least get the liner notes/photos and a physical disc for my money. I was happy with my purchase. One of my favorite parts of the "Sex and the City" TV series was the music; although a little different in tone, the movie soundtrack does not disappoint either. It is definitely a more commercial collection than the TV show, and also aimed at a younger audience, however, it is still a fantastic collection of original music and reworkings of classic songs. "Labels of Love" is a high-energy update of the classic SATC theme song, done by Fergie and played over the movie's opening credits. "All Dressed in Love" is the closing song, belted by "Dreamgirls" Jennifer Hudson (who also has a nice part in the movie as Carrie's personal assistant). Some other faves: "All This Beauty" by The Weepies has a 60's Beatles pop feel to it; "It's Amazing" by JEM has a wonderful rhythm to it; "How Deep is Your Love" by The Bird & The Bee is an excellent remake of the classic Bee Gees song from "Saturday Night Love." Run DMC provides a fun remix of "Walk This Way," which is the perfect song for Carrie to model her 80's wardrobe in an homage to bad MTV videos while the girls give her thumbs up/down on whether she should keep that particular dress or not. "Auld Lang Syne" sung by Mairi Campbell is effective in the movie, played underneath a montage of loneliness on New Year's Eve; to listen to it by itself on a CD...not quite as good. So for those who haven't seen the movie, it may not be as meaningful. The only somewhat-miss for me is the James Bond-sounding movie theme by The Pfeifer Broz. Orchestra; it's just a little over-blown and short in my opinion. Otherwise, an excellent group of songs that bear repeated listenings.

A promotion for a Vol. 2 release is included. The liner notes include 4 beautiful photos of the quartet of girls who are the stars, and they all look ravishing! Michael Patrick King writes a nice paragraph briefly discussing the music of the movie. My beef with the liner notes (which can be applied to most liner notes) is that there is no explanation of where in the movie these songs were used; would always be nice to know.

Overall, a sure-fire hit for your CD player!

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Sex & The City Movie Soundtrack is awesome!

I highly recommend this soundtrack as it not only has a great compilation of music from today's hot artists such as Fergie & Jennifer Hudson but really puts you in a great mood. The variety of songs ranging from dance to ballads also sets a great tone for whatever mood you are in.

Worth Listening To

If you feel that "connection" with the whole Sex and the City franchise like I do, then it's worth buying the soundtrack to the movie. Just so you know, the first half of the album is fairly upbeat and easy to exercise or dance to....several songs have an 80's or disco feel to them. The second half of the album is more chill, and/or melancholy due to the slow tempo and sad lyrics of the songs. I was hoping for upbeat, fast, dance-y songs to be throughout the album, but this is not the case. All in all, a worthy album to buy and enjoy. I am glad I bought it! I'll probably by the companion album to this when it comes out!

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Good for "girls Night"

I was surprised that I liked the soundtrack. I was not a huge fan of the show (I know what rock was I living under), and thought the movie was just ok. I like the mix of different songs. This CD would be perfect for girls night out, or in :-) I especially liked Joss stone!

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