City Of Angels: Music From The Motion Picture

Soundtracks traditionally mix styles of music and the end result may be unusual. This soundtrack has such a mixture from blues to the mellow style of Gabriel Yared and there is much of this music that is excellent, but the incongruity of styles can also yield some rather bizarre transitions from one song to the next.

U2 opens the CD with the mellow ballad "If God Will Send His Angels." This quality song has a pop beat with Bono's typically excellent vocals requiring this song to be played loudly to hear the words well. U2 is eclipsed by one of Alanis Morissette's best songs, "Uninvited." The stark contrast of her voice with the piano and percussion at the beginning of the song contrasts again with the power of her voice and the instruments as they rocket from the quiet take off into a high-power ascent. Few singers could have vocalized this song as does Alanis Morissette.

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If you like variety in your music, buy this CD. I especially love the songs by Alanis Morisette, Sarah MacLachlan, Peter Gabriel, and the Goo Goo Dolls. I really love the instrumental pieces by Gabriel Yared at the end of the CD. They are soul-stirring in their emotional intensity.

This soundtrack is so true to the story of the film , it also stands alone as a masterpiece as a sort of concept CD. Anyway the lowdown: Sarah Maclachlan's `Angel' and Alanis Morissettes `Uninvited' give virtuoso performances. It's a consistent CD every track is either cool, rocking, or melancholy. The last 4 tracks are my fave by Gabriel Yared who won an Oscar for his score on `The English Patient' he also scored the music for `Betty Blue' Message in A Bottle' and `The Lover' , The 14th track ( City OF Angels ) is so emotive climaxing in a crescendo of Angels screaming in a mass falsetto of heartbreak and lament.
There is nothing to compare it to with exception to ` Passion / The Last Temptation Of Christ'.
I recommend this to anyone as its musical variation , lyrical consistency , and EFFECT is timeless , buy it today and I can guarantee you will be buying some of the other stuff from the compilation of artists who appear on this soundtrack.

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