| Product Summary | | Label: Universal Records | | UPC: 00044001703126 | | Release Date: 3/5/2002 | | Buy.com Sku: 60522850 | | Item#: MHH9N5 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Six Feet Under Main Theme - Thomas Newman ~ Original TV Soundtrack |  | | 2. Heaven - Lamb ~ Original TV Soundtrack | | | 3. Deep Down & Dirty - Stereo MC's ~ Original TV Soundtrack | | | 4. I Love Being Here With You - Peggy Lee ~ Original TV Soundtrack | | | 5. One Time Too Many - PJ Harvey ~ Original TV Soundtrack | | | 6. Squares - The Beta Band ~ Original TV Soundtrack | | | 7. Distractions - Zero 7 ~ Original TV Soundtrack | | | 8. Inspiration Information - Shuggie Otis ~ Original TV Soundtrack | | | 9. Pure & Easy - The Dinning Rooms ~ Original TV Soundtrack | | | 10. Let's Go Out Tonight - Craig Armstrong/Paul Buchanan ~ Original TV Soundtrack | | | 11. Spooky - The Classics IV ~ Original TV Soundtrack | | | 12. Bohemian Like You - The Dandy Warhols ~ Original TV Soundtrack | | | 13. Mis Dos Pequenas - Orlando Cachaito Lopez ~ Original TV Soundtrack | | | 14. Waiting - The Devlins (Tom Lord-Alge remix) ~ Original TV Soundtrack | | | 15. Six Feet Under Main Theme - Thomas Newman (Rae & Christian remix) ~ Original TV Soundtrack | | | 16. Six Feet Under Main Theme - Thomas Newman (Photek remix) ~ Original TV Soundtrack | | | 17. Yummy Yummy Yummy - Julie London (bonus track) ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Original theme composed by Thomas Newman. | | Compilation producers: Gary Calamar, Thomas Golubic. | | "Six Feet Under-Main Theme" won the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Instrumental Composition and Best Instrumental Arrangement. | | SIX FEET UNDER was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Compilation Album For A Motion Picture Or Television. | | It might be an easy comparison to make, but the soundtrack to HBO's Six Feet Under bears a striking resemblance to the first volume of music released for American Beauty, screenwriter Alan Ball's other controversial and much-lauded success. Both soundtracks feature edgy-yet-emotive music from critically acclaimed artists, excerpts from expressive scores, and a few well-chosen oldies. Lamb's delicately spooky "Heaven" and Craig David's "Let's Go Out Tonight" fit Six Feet Under's sophisticated mix of wit and emotion, while PJ Harvey's ferociously sexy, messed-up "One Time Too Many" was used to excellent effect in the first episode of Six Feet Under's second season. There are a few pleasant surprises like the Dining Rooms' eerie "Pure & Easy" and Orlando Cachaito Lopez's sultry "Mis Dos Pequenas" and some vintage selections like Peggy Lee's "I Love Being Here With You," Classics IV's "Spooky," and Julie London's rendition of the Troggs' "Yummy Yummy Yummy." Ultimately, Six Feet Under's best and most appropriate piece is Thomas Newman's title theme; its uptight, whimsical, yet undeniably dramatic vibe captures the show's appeal better than anything else on the soundtrack, including the remixes of the theme by Rae & Christian and Photek. ~ Heather Phares | | It might be an easy comparison to make, but the soundtrack to HBO's Six Feet Under bears a striking resemblance to the first volume of music released for American Beauty, screenwriter Alan Ball's other controversial and much-lauded success. Both soundtracks feature edgy-yet-emotive music from critically acclaimed artists, excerpts from expressive scores, and a few well-chosen oldies. But even more so than the American Beauty soundtrack, Six Feet Under feels painfully hip, relying more on flavor-of-the-month pop songs than on the show's own impressive background music. While Lamb's delicately spooky "Heaven" and Craig Armstrong's "Let's Go Out Tonight" fit Six Feet Under's sophisticated mix of wit and emotion, the show has never really made use of pop music in a prominent way, unlike The Sopranos, for example. Though PJ Harvey's ferociously sexy, messed-up "One Time Too Many" is used to excellent effect in the first episode of Six Feet Under's second season, it's hard to place most of the soundtrack's other cuts in the context of the show. At best, this results in pleasant surprises like the Dining Rooms' eerie "Pure & Easy" and Orlando Cachaito Lopez's sultry "Mis Dos Pequenas." But more often than not, songs like Shuggie Otis' "Inspiration Information" and the Dandy Warhols' "Bohemian Like You" -- which seems to appear in nearly as many soundtracks as Smash Mouth's "All Star" -- feel hopelessly miscast. Most of the vintage selections don't fare any better, either; Peggy Lee's "I Love Being Here With You," Classics IV's "Spooky," and Julie London's rendition of the Troggs' "Yummy Yummy Yummy" (not one of her career's highlights) feel like cheap attempts at irony. Ultimately, Six Feet Under's best and most appropriate piece is Thomas Newman's title theme; its uptight, whimsical, yet undeniably dramatic vibe captures the show's appeal better than anything else on the soundtrack, including the unimpressive remixes of the theme by Rae & Christian and Photek. As with American Beauty, die-hard fans of Six Feet Under's music will have to wait for a separate album of Newman and Richard Marvin's compositions. Though this soundtrack is by no means a bad album, it nevertheless sells the show and its music somewhat short. ~ Heather Phares | | Ever-adventurous HBO managed to score a hit with an unconventional series about a family of morticians. The series' soundtrack is accordingly unorthodox, resembling either an ADD schizophrenic's mix tape or a particularly eclectic session by a late-night college DJ. Aside from the show's own creepy theme and a couple of remixes thereof, there's big-band swing (Peggy Lee), funk (Shuggie Otis), Cuban music (Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez) and more. On the rock side, there's everything from PJ Harvey's raw, wordless "One Too Many" to the post-Beck hip-pop of the Beta Band and the driving, Stonesy "Bohemian Like You" by the Dandy Warhols. If only commercial radio stations were as cool as this. |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 03/05/2002 | | Original Release Date : 2002 | | Catalog ID : 017 031 | | Label : Universal Distribution | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00044001703126 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (3/8/02, p.75)
- "...Admirably bold..." - Rating: BQ (11/02, p.118)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...The set works beautifully as a self-contained collection, a credit to a superb show..." Uncut (1/03, p.97)
- Included in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year" Uncut (11/02, p.132)
- 5 stars out of 5 - "...Like the show, a marvel of risk-taking and class..." |
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