Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture

What ever you think about Clint Eastwood's acting or directing, he has great taste when it comes to jazz. On this soundtrack, you'll hear the wonderful lyrics of Savannah's first son of song, Johnny Mercer, performed by gifted musicians. Many of these tunes you won't hear in the movie, which is really too bad. There's only one song on the whole recording that wasn't done especially for the soundtrack, Tony Bennett's "I Wanna Be Around." Highlights include pianist/vocalist Diana Krall on "Midnight Sun", the late Joe Williams on "Too Marvelous For Words", singer Kevin Mahogany on "Laura" and bluegrass violinist/vocalist Alison Krauss on "This Time the Dream's On Me". Great instrumentalists as well with guest appearances by tenor saxophone greats Michael Brecker, Joshua Redman and Ernie Watts, pianist Brad Mehldau, bassists Charlie Haden and Christian McBride, and arrangements by Clint's close friend Lennie Niehaus. You'll be...Read more

"Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture" CD(Warner Bros/Malpaso)is as the song goes, "Too Marvelous For Words". It's a light, jazzy and romantic tribute to Johnny Mercer and includes 14 fabulous tracks sung by some of the greats.

k.d. lang's strong and beautiful voice opens the album with a touching rendition of "Skylark". Legend Rosemary Clooney treats us to "Fools Rush In(Where Angels Fear To Tread)",The sentimental "Laura" gets a dreamy sound by Kevin Mahogany. Tony Bennett, Diana Krall and, Paula Cole(a gorgeous version on "Autumn Leaves") are also among the fabulous voices to cuddle by the fire with. Clint Eastwood(who directed the film) takes a fun turn at "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive" and even Kevin Spacey(star of the film) and Allison Eastwood turn in wonderful performances of "That Old Black Magic" and "Come Rain or Come Shine".(See buying info for complete list of songs and artists).

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This cd is full of great songs. I was really impressed with K Spacey's version of "that old black magic"...what a pro. I have the movie on both dvd and tape (somewhere) as well as the book, but what I revisit more than all of those is this soundtrack. This is a throwback to when songs had depth and soul, as opposed to the slick singles that you hear on the radio these days. Basically, to sum it all up, if you want to own a timeless collection of songs, then buy this cd.

The only reason I don't give it 5 stars is b/c of Eastwood's song.