Peaceful Warrior / O.s.t. (2006)

Product Summary Label: Lakeshore Records UPC: 00780163386226 Release Date: 5/30/2006 Buy.com Sku: 202525809 Item#: M2XGHX Buy.com Sales Rank: 25654 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Way Of The Peaceful Warrior ~ Original Soundtrack 2. Long Gone Now - David Gray ~ Original Soundtrack 3. Simple Perfection ~ Original Soundtrack 4. Had A Dream - Bird York ~ Original Soundtrack 5. Surrender Control Accept ~ Original Soundtrack 6. Blue In The Sky - Joe Purdy ~ Original Soundtrack 7. Mind Is Not Present ~ Original Soundtrack 8. I Will B Waiting ~ Original Soundtrack 9. Adversity And Choice ~ Original Soundtrack 10. In Such Crooked Time - Centro-Matic ~ Original Soundtrack 11. Asleep Your Whole Life? ~ Original Soundtrack 12. I'm There Too - Michelle Featherstone ~ Original Soundtrack 13. Be Happy Now ~ Original Soundtrack 14. Answering Our Prayer - Dropping Daylight ~ Original Soundtrack 15. Being Human ~ Original Soundtrack 16. Only Evidence, The - John Ralston ~ Original Soundtrack 17. Breathing ~ Original Soundtrack 18. Bodies And Minds - Great Lake Swimmers ~ Original Soundtrack 19. Change ~ Original Soundtrack 20. Johnny Viola - Shearwater ~ Original Soundtrack 21. Constructive Action ~ Original Soundtrack 22. Sensing Owls - Jose Gonzalez ~ Original Soundtrack 23. Emotions Are Like Weather ~ Original Soundtrack 24. Even Tho - Joseph Arthur ~ Original Soundtrack 25. Undreasonable Happiness ~ Original Soundtrack 26. Everybody - Raul Midon ~ Original Soundtrack 27. You Suffer ~ Original Soundtrack 28. Under The Sun - Jon Anderson ~ Original Soundtrack 29. Life Is Not A Private Affair ~ Original Soundtrack   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Raul Mid¢n (vocals, acoustic guitar); Sebastian Davin (vocals, keyboards); Seth Davin (guitar); Jerry Barnes (electric bass); Jake Englund (drums); Daniel Sadownick (percussion); Marc Portman (programming). Audio Mixer: Michael Seaman. Liner Note Author: David Millman. Recording information: MPT Studios, Los Angeles, CA. Arranger: Marc Portman. This album is not so much a soundtrack to the film Peaceful Warrior, based on Dan Millman's book Way of the Peaceful Warrior, as it is an audio companion. None of Bennett Salvay's score is included, but the disc does contain 14 "uplifting songs," as the press release puts it, among them a new track by David Gray and Yes singer Jon Anderson's "Under the Sun." In between each of the songs is a brief spoken word excerpt from the book read by Millman. These "affirmations" are said to be nuggets of "Eastern wisdom"; Millman himself calls them "fierce wisdom." Less sympathetic listeners might prefer the description "simple-minded claptrap." But then, that's the conundrum of the self-help movement. Any set of positive aphorisms, whether taken from an ages-old religious document or last week's bestseller, may be useful to any given individual, as long as it doesn't lead to fanaticism and suicide bombing. The problem comes when this sort of thing is passed off as "wisdom" even though it barely constitutes common sense. Some may find Millman's pronouncements revelatory; many others are liable to yawn. The songs often reinforce the spoken musings, as when Bird York, in "Had a Dream," sings, "Where logic ends, faith begins." Elsewhere, the performers seem to be illustrating the emotional and spiritual torment Millman's thoughts are meant to alleviate. Certainly, Gray doesn't sound much like a "peaceful warrior" in the downcast "Long Gone Now." Others, such as Kelly Sweet and Michelle Featherstone, settle for being Sarah McLachlan wannabes. There is, thus, only minor relief to be experienced by programming Millman out of the CD player, although that can be accomplished by playing only the even-numbered tracks. ~ William Ruhlmann Producer: Michael Seaman; Kelly Sweet; Marc Portman Engineer: Marc Portman   Associated Artists and Works California Dreams Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack   Technical Info Release Date : 05/30/2006 Original Release Date : 2006 Catalog ID : 338622 Label : Lakeshore Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00780163386226    Related Videos 500 Days of Summer: Sound...