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Rather than just slapping together some pre-existing, heartwarming tunes, the soundtrack to the songwriters-in-love rom-com Music and Lyrics features custom-written songs that lovingly send up the sounds of '80s and 2000s pop. In fact, pop is so important to Music and Lyrics that "Pop!" is the name of the '80s group that Hugh Grant's character is a former member of, and Pop!'s sound is a fusion of New Romantics like ABC and Spandau Ballet mixed with a healthy dose of Wham!'s giddy but more mainstream new wave. On "Pop! Goes My Heart," Grant's voice bears an uncanny resemblance to ABC's suave frontman, Martin Fry. Meanwhile, "Meaningless Kiss" -- which was penned by Fountains of Wayne's chameleon-like songwriter, Adam Schlesigner -- is a terrific send-up of Wham!'s "Careless Whisper" that works because it gets all of the nuances right instead of going for obvious parody. Schlesinger also penned the soundtrack's main love song "Way Back into Love," which sounds especially charming in the demo duet between Grant and Drew Barrymore. Music and Lyrics also takes affectionate aim at the sound of 2000s pop with two Britney Spears-esque songs: with its twangy guitars and Middle Eastern-inspired melody, "Buddha's Delight" plays like a more demure version of "Toxic," while "Slam" nods to the Neptunes' slinky, percussive production on "I'm a Slave 4 U." Even with the inclusion of two songs that weren't created for the movie (the Sounds' "Tony the Beat" and Teddybears' "Different Sound"), Music and Lyrics feels more like the soundtrack from a musical than a romantic comedy, and only a few of the songs ("Bootytown," "Don't Write Me Off") feel like obvious parodies -- these are the best compliments that you can pay to this kind of project.
© Heather Phares /TiVo
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Andrew Wyatt, Writer, Background Vocals, Instrumentation - Josh Deutsch, Producer - Vaughan Merrick, Mixer, Engineer - Garry Hughes, Additional Programmer - Hugh Grant, MainArtist - Alanna Vicente, Writer - Goerge Marino, Masterer - Marc Lawrence, ExecutiveProducer
© 2007 Atlantic Recording Corp for the US and WEA International for the rest of the world outside the United States. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Andrew Wyatt, Writer - Josh Deutsch, Producer - Lucy Woodward, Background Vocals - George Marino, Masterer - Vaughan Merrick, Mixer, Engineer - Pontus Winnberg, Writer - Christian Karlsson, Writer - BLOODSHY, Producer - Avant, Producer - Henrik Jonback., Writer - Marc Lawrence, Writer, ExecutiveProducer - Haley Bennett, MainArtist
© 2007 Atlantic Recording Corp for the US and WEA International for the rest of the world outside the United States. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Adam Schlesinger, Producer, Keyboards, Writer, Drum Programmer, Bass - Nick Moroch, Guitar - George Marino, Masterer - Arjun Agerwala, AssistantEngineer - Geoff Sanoff, Mixer, Engineer - Jack Bashkow, Saxophone - Rudyard Lee Cullers, AssistantEngineer - Martin Fry, Additional Vocals - Hugh Grant, MainArtist - Marc Lawrence, ExecutiveProducer - Robert Schaper, Mixer - Steven M. Gold, Producer
© 2007 Atlantic Recording Corp for the US and WEA International for the rest of the world outside the United States. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Andrew Wyatt, Producer, Writer, Instrumentation - George Marino, Masterer - Vaughan Merrick, Mixer, Engineer - Zach Hancock, Engineer - Marc Lawrence, ExecutiveProducer - Haley Bennett, MainArtist
© 2007 Atlantic Recording Corp for the US and WEA International for the rest of the world outside the United States. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Adam Schlesinger, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Writer, Bass - George Marino, Masterer - Arjun Agerwala, AssistantEngineer - Geoff Sanoff, Mixer, Engineer - Rudyard Lee Cullers, AssistantEngineer - Marc Lawrence, ExecutiveProducer - Robert Schaper, Mixer - Steven M. Gold, Producer - Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore, MainArtist
© 2007 Atlantic Recording Corp for the US and WEA International for the rest of the world outside the United States. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
The Sounds, Composer, Writer, MainArtist
© 2007 Atlantic Recording Corp for the US and WEA International for the rest of the world outside the United States. ℗ 2006 Woah Dad/Telegram Music distributed by Warner Music Sweden AB
Andrew Wyatt, Background Vocals - Josh Deutsch, Producer, Programmer - George Marino, Masterer - Vaughan Merrick, Producer, Mixer - Garry Hughes, Programmer - Hugh Grant, MainArtist - Marc Lawrence, ExecutiveProducer - Clyde Lawrence, Piano, Writer - Sam Albright, Saxophone
© 2007 Atlantic Recording Corp for the US and WEA International for the rest of the world outside the United States. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Andrew Wyatt, Programmer, Writer, Background Vocals - Josh Deutsch, Producer - George Marino, Masterer - Vaughan Merrick, Mixer, Engineer, Programmer - Garry Hughes, Programmer - Marc Lawrence, Writer, ExecutiveProducer - Haley Bennett, MainArtist
© 2007 Atlantic Recording Corp for the US and WEA International for the rest of the world outside the United States. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Adam Schlesinger, Producer, Piano, Writer - George Marino, Masterer - Arjun Agerwala, AssistantEngineer - Geoff Sanoff, Engineer - Rudyard Lee Cullers, AssistantEngineer - Hugh Grant, MainArtist - Marc Lawrence, ExecutiveProducer - Robert Schaper, Mixer - Steven M. Gold, Producer - Danny Michael, Engineer
© 2007 Atlantic Recording Corp for the US and WEA International for the rest of the world outside the United States. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Adam Schlesinger, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Percussion, Writer, Bass - Kelly Jones, Background Vocals - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixer - George Marino, Masterer - Arjun Agerwala, AssistantEngineer - Geoff Sanoff, Engineer - Rudyard Lee Cullers, AssistantEngineer - Britta Phillips, Background Vocals - Marc Lawrence, ExecutiveProducer - Steven M. Gold, Producer - Hugh Grant and Haley Bennett, MainArtist - Conrad Harris, Violin - Janey Choi, Violin - Katie Kresek, Viola - Kiku Eromoto, Violin - Bob Burke, String Arranger
© 2007 Atlantic Recording Corp for the US and WEA International for the rest of the world outside the United States. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Teddybears, Mixer, Additional Production, Performance, MainArtist - Patrik Arve, Writer - Klas Åhlund, Writer - Joakim Åhlund, Writer - MixInc., Mixer - Malte, Lead Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2007 Atlantic Recording Corp for the US and WEA International for the rest of the world outside the United States. ℗ 2006 Sony Music Entertainment (Sweden) AB under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for Canada and Mexico. All Rights Reserved.
Michael Rafter, Producer - George Marino, Masterer - Hugh Grant, MainArtist - Marc Lawrence, Writer, ExecutiveProducer - Danny Michael, Engineer
© 2007 Atlantic Recording Corp for the US and WEA International for the rest of the world outside the United States. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Rather than just slapping together some pre-existing, heartwarming tunes, the soundtrack to the songwriters-in-love rom-com Music and Lyrics features custom-written songs that lovingly send up the sounds of '80s and 2000s pop. In fact, pop is so important to Music and Lyrics that "Pop!" is the name of the '80s group that Hugh Grant's character is a former member of, and Pop!'s sound is a fusion of New Romantics like ABC and Spandau Ballet mixed with a healthy dose of Wham!'s giddy but more mainstream new wave. On "Pop! Goes My Heart," Grant's voice bears an uncanny resemblance to ABC's suave frontman, Martin Fry. Meanwhile, "Meaningless Kiss" -- which was penned by Fountains of Wayne's chameleon-like songwriter, Adam Schlesigner -- is a terrific send-up of Wham!'s "Careless Whisper" that works because it gets all of the nuances right instead of going for obvious parody. Schlesinger also penned the soundtrack's main love song "Way Back into Love," which sounds especially charming in the demo duet between Grant and Drew Barrymore. Music and Lyrics also takes affectionate aim at the sound of 2000s pop with two Britney Spears-esque songs: with its twangy guitars and Middle Eastern-inspired melody, "Buddha's Delight" plays like a more demure version of "Toxic," while "Slam" nods to the Neptunes' slinky, percussive production on "I'm a Slave 4 U." Even with the inclusion of two songs that weren't created for the movie (the Sounds' "Tony the Beat" and Teddybears' "Different Sound"), Music and Lyrics feels more like the soundtrack from a musical than a romantic comedy, and only a few of the songs ("Bootytown," "Don't Write Me Off") feel like obvious parodies -- these are the best compliments that you can pay to this kind of project.
© Heather Phares /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:33
- Main artist: Various Artists
- Composer: The Sounds
- Label: Warner Sunset - Atlantic
- Genre: Soundtracks Originele soundtracks
© 2007 Atlantic Recording Corp for the US and WEA International for the rest of the world outside the United States. ℗ 2007 Atlantic Recording Corp for the US and WEA International for the rest of the world outside the United States.
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