Serendipity [Soundtrack]

serendipity [soundtrack]

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As peopled by John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale, director Peter Chelsom's romantic fable mines a familiar vein: What if a pair of attractive protagonists engaged to others suddenly found themselves madly in love? If the premise is as vintage Hollywood as popcorn and sticky theater floors, its soundtrack is smartly contemporary, a collection of new songs (by Evan & Jaron, Shawn Colvin, Wood, Heather Nova, John Mayer, and Chantal Kreviazuk) and well-selected album cuts (by Annie Lennox, Nick Drake, Bap Kennedy, David Gray) filled out with a loopy slice of vintage Louis Armstrong ("Cool Yule") and jazzy solo piano score excerpt by film composer Alan Silvestri. The tone shifts warmly amid jangly alterna-pop, folk-tinged, and quieter, more jazz/blues flavored cuts. It's tasteful, sensual stuff--and largely devoid of the cloying bathos of similar Hollywood romantic fare. -Jerry McCulley

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Serendipity [Soundtrack]
Serendipity: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Love it
  • Im in a time trance through the whole cd
  • Really good. Beautiful music to a beautiful movie @}->---
  • Serendipity. Love it!
  • Great, but lacking....
 Serendipity: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture
Original Soundtrack
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005OAIA
Release Date: 2001-10-02

Tracks:

  1. Never A Day - Wood
  2. Moonlight Kiss - Bap Kennedy
  3. January Rain - David Gray
  4. Waiting In Vain - Annie Lennox
  5. The Distance - Evan & Jaron
  6. Like Lovers Do - Heather Nova
  7. When You Know - Shawn Colvin
  8. Northern Sky - Nick Drake
  9. Cool Yule - Louis Armstrong
  10. This Year - Chantal Kreviazuk
  11. (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me - Brian Whitman
  12. 83 - John Mayer
  13. Fast Forward - Alan Silvestri

Amazon.com

As peopled by John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale, director Peter Chelsom's romantic fable mines a familiar vein: What if a pair of attractive protagonists engaged to others suddenly found themselves madly in love? If the premise is as vintage Hollywood as popcorn and sticky theater floors, its soundtrack is smartly contemporary, a collection of new songs (by Evan & Jaron, Shawn Colvin, Wood, Heather Nova, John Mayer, and Chantal Kreviazuk) and well-selected album cuts (by Annie Lennox, Nick Drake, Bap Kennedy, David Gray) filled out with a loopy slice of vintage Louis Armstrong ("Cool Yule") and jazzy solo piano score excerpt by film composer Alan Silvestri. The tone shifts warmly amid jangly alterna-pop, folk-tinged, and quieter, more jazz/blues flavored cuts. It's tasteful, sensual stuff--and largely devoid of the cloying bathos of similar Hollywood romantic fare. -Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Love it.......2007-03-17

I really like this CD. In fact, "when you know" was the first dance at my wedding!

5 out of 5 stars Im in a time trance through the whole cd.......2006-02-13

This is a must cd!!!! If you were captured by the movie... treat yourself to this.. The music is just as enchanting as the movie

4 out of 5 stars Really good. Beautiful music to a beautiful movie @}->---.......2006-01-26

I know this is an older cd now, but I came across it again when I was cleaning out my cupboard. It's from one of my favourite movies ever. It's got some excellent songs on it, but I dropped a star from the ratings because it's missing a piece or two (especially the music where Jonathan is reading his obiturary). But I was so estatic that it had the beautiful song by Annie Lennox called Waiting in Vain. That had me hooked when I first saw the movie at the theatre. Also the next best song is when Jonathan was finally given the book he'd been looking for for so long by his fiance. It's called When You Know by Shawn Colvin. This cd is a little eclectic and it has something for everyone. You should listen to this cd; you'll love it.

5 out of 5 stars Serendipity. Love it!.......2005-10-06

I got this soundtrack as a Christmas present. I watched this movie many times and I found out that beside the movie and the scenario (my dream town: New York and my fav time of the year: Christmas) I really like the music, too.
Starting with "Never A Day" which is really nice song, and "Moonlight Kiss" which is one of my fav on this cd; this song is so romantic, so nice balad with such great lyrics. "January Rain" is only music but it is from David Gray and you know that it can't be bad. "Waiting In Vain" by Annie Lennok is cover of Bob Marley song, I think. But I like Annie's version more. Really romantic song. "The Distance" and "Like Lovers Do" and beautiful "When You Know" by Shawn Colvin are also very nice songs... and also very romantic.
My fav song is "Northern Sky" by Nick Drake (find his albums; great singer). It is such a winter, snowy song!!! Love it.
And then Christmas song - Cool Yule by L.Armstrong which is perfect for opening and closing the movie.
And the last three songs, "This Year" and "Always Something...", "83" are a little bit up tempo songs, a little bit rocky but also good.
The last song "Fast Forward" is instrumental... but really beautiful.. I remember the scene when Jonathan loses Sara and he is driving in a subway...
A really good soundtrack to an outstanding movie!!! Serendipity. Do You belive in it? Why not.

3 out of 5 stars Great, but lacking...........2005-03-19

The Soundtrack is good, but cues are missing....Alan Silvestri's score is woefully underepresented on this album, as well as a missing song that underscores an important scene- the plane flight! I have no idea what the song is named, but accompanied by drums the singer states "...I wanna get together....I wanna get together..." I have no idea who the singer or the song is. Now I'll have to do some detective work. I would have been better to have it on the album than have included songs that aren't heard in the film.
Martin
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    Manufacturer: Altarus
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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