Soundtrack / Driven – CD

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Author: Artistes Divers

Brand: WACR2

Format: Soundtrack

Release Date: 02-04-2009

Details: Product DescriptionImport pressing of this soundtrack, originally released in 2001 and is now out of print in the US. Warner.Amazon.caHorror strikes with a first glance at the cover of this soundtrack album from Sylvester Stallone’s race-car dramaDriven: could the likes of Stallone, Burt Reynolds, and Kip Pardue (who?) actually be performing these tunes? Fortunately, the presence of movie-star names up front only denotes misguided art direction or an ego trip on the part of « co-executive soundtrack producer » Stallone. The disc instead proves to hold a smorgasbord of overdramatic tracks chosen for maximum multidemographic penetration. In addition to over-the-top pop-country from Curb artists LeAnn Rimes, Tim McGraw, and Jo Dee Messina, there’s a misbegotten Matchbox 20/Chili Peppers fusion by Tantric, the Brit-dance-pop of Rob Dougan, and, what’s this, an actual worthwhile cut by Hank Williams III that’s more country-punk than anything on his excellent debut. Schlocky songwriter Diane Warren’s spirit is the guiding one, but her « Soon » (by Rimes) and « I Wanna Get Back with You » (Mary Griffin) are totally outcheesed by awful covers of « For the Love of Money » and « Break On Through » by respective no-names Rare Blend and Steve Holy tacked onto the CD’s end. They make the prospect of a Gina Gershon vocal seem not such a bad idea after all.–Rickey Wright

UPC: 715187871526

EAN: 0715187871526

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: New