The compilation is packed with hip-hop heavyweights like Kanye West, Pusha T, Talib Kweli and Wiz Khalifa. Also making appearances are the remainder of the Wu-Tang Clan, R&B singers Corinne Bailey Rae and Mable John, and indie rock band The Black Keys. First things first: You can’t really go wrong with Wu-Tang, whether it’s a […]
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Best of Bond … James Bond: 50 Years — 50 Tracks
With Skyfall landing in theaters Nov. 9, this season is no different … except that Capitol Records’ Best of Bond … James Bond has something else to celebrate: five full decades of the screen franchise. Therefore, this set throws in another disc’s worth of music that make it worth replacing the last disc you bought. […]
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Various artists — The Rock ’n’ Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher: Songs from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Starring and written by Jack Roberts, the movie centers on an aspiring musician who moves to Tulsa to make it big singing karaoke. Naturally, the soundtrack dishes out a heavy dose of Oklahoma indie-rock heavyweights, and the album is a solid showing of all the talent the state has to offer. Ryan Lindsey’s airy, acoustic […]
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Various Artists — Chronicle: Music from the Motion Picture
While that name — and arguably, most of the acts on the 12-track compilation — screams “off-putting teen band,” that’s not the case. The disc holds wide appeal, from tweens to their middle-aged parents. (Just don’t tell the tweens.) Manchester trio The Longcut could also describe its six-minute-plus contribution, “Told You So,” whose uptempo darkness […]
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Various artists – The Best of Bond
Capitol With each new James Bond film, it seems as though another CD compilation of 007 music is released. With “Quantum of Solace” in theaters, this season is no different “¦ except that “The Best of Bond “¦ James Bond” tacks on some bonuses that make it worth replacing the last disc you bought. As […]
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Various artists – The Best of Bond
Capitol With each new James Bond film, it seems as though another CD compilation of 007 music is released. With “Quantum of Solace” on the horizon, this season is no different “¦ except that “The Best of Bond “¦ James Bond” tacks on some bonuses that make it worth replacing the last disc you bought. […]
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The Rocker – Music From The Motion Picture
Sony Singer/songwriter and “The Rocker” cast member Teddy Geiger wrote most of the soundtrack to the comedy, about has-been musician Robert “Fish” Fishman, a role performed by actor Rainn Wilson, best known for his Dwight Schrute character on TV’s “The Office.” Geiger, who sings alongside Wilson in A.D.D., has a great voice and a smooth, […]
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Various artists – Mamma Mia!: The Movie Soundtrack
Decca It could be known as “ABBA Comes Alive!” The cast-led soundtrack to the film adaptation of jukebox musical “Mamma Mia!” features delightfully saccharine arrangements of the Swedish pop group’s songs. The title song, performed by Meryl Streep, is upbeat and catchy, with a cheesy sheen just glossy enough to sell the film to audiences […]
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Various artists – 21: Music from the Motion Picture
Columbia The sound track to gambling flick “21” sounds like what Vegas has become. Any signs of nostalgia are gone and you won’t find the Rat Pack or casino classics on this CD, but there is plenty of hip glitz and pretty things to experience. One of the best songs is from Brooklyn synth-poppers MGMT: […]
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Various artists – Juno: Music from the Motion Picture
f=’http://www.okgazette.com/bestofokc’ target=’_blank’>best (if not the best) movies in 2007. Combining songs by bands and artists you know with obscure performers and ones you might not expect to be revived on a soundtrack, the album is super-fun and easy to enjoy. With classics like “A Well Respected Man” by The Kinks or “I’m Sticking With […]