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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Brown Penny - Christopher Plummer ~ Original Soundtrack |  | | 2. When Will I Be Loved - Linda Ronstadt ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 3. First Cut Is The Deepest, The - Sheryl Crow ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 4. Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 5. Don't It Feel Good - Stephanie Bentley ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 6. I Never - Rilo Kiley ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 7. I'd Rather Be In Love With You - Susan Haynes (bonus track) ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 8. Dance All Night - Ryan Adams & The Cardinals ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 9. Shell - Susie Suh ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 10. What Kind Of Love - Rodney Crowell (bonus track) ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 11. Prelude / Laura's Theme - Erich Kunzel & The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra - (from Doctor Zhivago) ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 12. This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) - Natalie Cole ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 13. Come On Get Happy - Dermot Mulroney/Diane Lane/Stockard Channing/Elizabeth Perkins/Ali Hillis ~ Original Soundtrack | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Composer: Craig Armstrong. | | You'd think that a rom-com soundtrack that begins with Christopher Plummer reciting Yeats' poem "Brown Penny" would be different than your average collection of sweet, sentimental film music. And you'd be right: the soundtrack to Must Love Dogs is certainly quirky, but perhaps not in the ways the people behind it intended. The album veers between unique choices like the opening track and hyper-traditional ones like Linda Ronstadt's "When Will I Be Loved?" and the quintessential romantic comedy soundtrack song, Natalie Cole's "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)," which has been in so many movies of this kind that it feels like it's on loan. In fact, later on Must Love Dogs actually does borrow from one of the all-time great romantic scores, "Prelude and Lara's Theme" from Dr. Zhivago. The soundtrack also has a twangy angle, with Ronstadt's hit, Sheryl Crow's cover of "The First Cut Is the Deepest," and tracks from country-pop singers as well as artists who flirt with country, such as Stephanie Bentley and Susan Haynes. Susie Suh's gorgeous "Shell" and Rodney Crowell's sweetly traditional "What Kind of Love" are the highlights in this area, although Rilo Kiley's "I Never" and Ryan Adams & the Cardinals' "Dance All Night" are on surprisingly equal footing with these songs while adding a faint whiff of hipness (much like John Cusack's presence in the film). By spanning songs like these, as well as Eddie Holman's flawless "Hey There Lonely Girl" and a goofy cast singalong of the Partridge Family theme "Come on Get Happy," Must Love Dogs certainly has personality -- in fact, it has multiple personalities. ~ Heather Phares |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 07/26/2005 | | Original Release Date : 2005 | | Catalog ID : 96403 | | Label : Epic (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00827969640326 |
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