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a breath of fresh air, April 11 2003
Most film soundtracks these days are either classical scores with a handful of recurring themes, or collections of radio hits (some of which don't even appear in the affiliated movie!). Alongside these 'typical' film soundtracks, Lost Highway is a real breath of fresh air.Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails) takes on a similar role that he had on the soundtrack to Oliver Stone's 'Natural Born Killers' - he is the album producer, but also adds snippets from the movie, and makes the tracks seamlessly flow together. In both cases, the album becomes not necessarily a companion to the film anymore, but rather almost a work of art in itself. The music itself on the Lost Highway soundtrack is amazing and varied. David Lynch has always made excellent choices for his soundtracks, and this is no exception. The album starts and ends with different edits of David Bowie's 'I'm Deranged', one of the most beautiful pieces I have heard from him in a long while. In between these two bookends, though, anything goes, from heavy/industrial rock (Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Rammstein) to latin jazz (Antonio Carlos Jobim) to pop/rock (Smashing Pumpkins, Lou Reed). Of course there are also more 'soundtracky' pieces from Barry Adamson, Trent Reznor and Lynch's 'resident composer' Angelo Badalamenti. The highlights for me are Bowie, Badalamenti and Adamson, but special mention to Rammstein for that low menacing voice, it fits the scene in the film so perfectly. And Nine Inch Nails' 'The Perfect Drug' is an excellent song also. If you've seen the movie and noticed the music, I probably don't need to convince you, but whether you've seen the movie or not, I assure you this album is well worth a listen.
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One of the greatest soundtracks ever!, Oct 9 2001
Movie soundtracks are often a bit of a letdown. You see a movie, enjoy it, rush out to get the soundtrack, and basically end up with a lot of substandard pop tunes and instrumentals that fall flat without the movie to back them up. Lost Highway stands defiantly against that trend. This is a rare soundtrack that can actually stand separate from the film that spawned it. With its collection of dark, industrial-tinged songs and compositions, the Lost Highway Sountrack actually stands alone as a work of art while also transporting the listener back into the strange and disturbing world created by David Lynch's fascinating head trip of a film. David Bowie's "I'm Deranged" is the perfect song to kick off the soundtrack and establishes the addictively apocalyptic feel that permeates the rest of the CD. At first alternating between the explosive, end-of-the-world vibe of The Smashing Pumpkins and especially's Trent Reznor's "Perfect Drug," the CD eventually leads more and more into a Hellish dreamworld scored by Marilyn Manson (whose cover of "I Put A Spell On You" proves that there actually is talent behind all the artifice) and Rammstien (proving that the German language is one of the most threatening sounds out there -- as well as that not all Germans love David Hasselhoff). Lou Reed's cover of "That Magic Moment" is probably the highlight of the CD, showing how a visionary musical artist can both celebrate and recreate a song at the same time but I'm also partial to Barry Adamson's instrumentals -- which, much like Lynch's film, somehow manages to be humorously campy and deadly serious at the same time. Beyond all the pointless analyzing, what it all comes down to is this -- The Lost Highway Soundtrack is the perfect CD for anyone who wants their musical collection to leave them exhausted, exhilarated, struggling for breath. In short, its amazing.
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Weirdly Cool, Cooly Weird, May 13 2004
Just as music can calm your nerves or a ballad can move you, or a rock or rap song can hype you up, certain sounds can also disturb and unnerve you. This soundtrack, produced by Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor is full of such music. It evokes mystery, evil spirits and other supernatural things.It is eerie, strange and brilliant. David Bowie and Lou Reed fit snugly alongside Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Smashing Pumpkins and Rammstein. David Lynch's usual musical muse Angelo Badalamenti is here as well supplying cool retro jazz and Barry Adamson provides some theme music for Robert Loggia's Mr. Eddie character. The movie "Lost Highway" is fun and intense but doesn't really make sense. The soundtrack does. It might take a few listens to kick in and is not for the faint of heart, but those who dare enter the dark musical psyche of David Lynch will be richly rewarded by some of the best tracks these artists have ever done. They did not give Lynch B-sides or outtakes. Each artist brings A- list material and this album should serve as a blueprint for how to build a great eclectic soundtrack.
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