Chicago Soundtrack Review
And the bad side to it.....well I picked this up at Wal-Mart and it was pretty good to some degree. I mean the one I actually got was the "Chicago Special Edition" soundtrack complete with a small DVD ranging for about 27 minutes of extras which would probably appear on the DVD release of Chicago the movie anyways. But what the fuck, it was marked down from $24 to $19, and only $1 more than the regular edition, so essentially I'm getting a DVD for the price of a dollar plus added taxes. Damn Wal-Mart and their cost cutting capitalism.
Now I've been listening to this soundtrack constantly for about 4-5 days here, it's my addiction phase of my earlier explanation of my music tastes. Plus I have been only really listening to a good half of the soundtrack really.
To tell the truth, as a whole, this soundtrack is semi-good. As some composer or tech said on the DVD, "Chicago is the most fun you will have listening to a soundtrack" which is obviously bullshit. If anything it tries to cater to everyone (and I even think to Queen Latifah) by adding "rap" versions of a song. Granted I don't mind it, but still not my cup o tea. The other thing is how Chicago is a musical, hence sights and sounds. Things really fall flat when it hit Zeta-Jones I Can't Do It Alone when she is explaining the parts of her double act, which in fact without the movie seems really pointless. However to tell the truth, even without the vertible shine of the visuals, it was good enough to constantly listen to since it let's the people focus more on the music, than be bombarded with special effects. Hearing John C. Riley belt that great voice is a favorite of mine.
A solid 3.5/5.0 stars, but glaring shortcomings brought it down.
And the bad side to it.....well I picked this up at Wal-Mart and it was pretty good to some degree. I mean the one I actually got was the "Chicago Special Edition" soundtrack complete with a small DVD ranging for about 27 minutes of extras which would probably appear on the DVD release of Chicago the movie anyways. But what the fuck, it was marked down from $24 to $19, and only $1 more than the regular edition, so essentially I'm getting a DVD for the price of a dollar plus added taxes. Damn Wal-Mart and their cost cutting capitalism.
Now I've been listening to this soundtrack constantly for about 4-5 days here, it's my addiction phase of my earlier explanation of my music tastes. Plus I have been only really listening to a good half of the soundtrack really.
To tell the truth, as a whole, this soundtrack is semi-good. As some composer or tech said on the DVD, "Chicago is the most fun you will have listening to a soundtrack" which is obviously bullshit. If anything it tries to cater to everyone (and I even think to Queen Latifah) by adding "rap" versions of a song. Granted I don't mind it, but still not my cup o tea. The other thing is how Chicago is a musical, hence sights and sounds. Things really fall flat when it hit Zeta-Jones I Can't Do It Alone when she is explaining the parts of her double act, which in fact without the movie seems really pointless. However to tell the truth, even without the vertible shine of the visuals, it was good enough to constantly listen to since it let's the people focus more on the music, than be bombarded with special effects. Hearing John C. Riley belt that great voice is a favorite of mine.
A solid 3.5/5.0 stars, but glaring shortcomings brought it down.
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