The Horse Whisperer: Songs From and Inspired by the Motion Picture [Soundtrack]

the horse whisperer: songs from and inspired by the motion picture [soundtrack]

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Soundtracks can sometimes be disjointed affairs, lacking the cohesion necessary to create a mood when collecting songs from various artists. This is a pitfall the soundtrack from the forthcoming film The Horse Whisperer melodically and artfully avoids. From the first honest, unsentimental notes of Dwight Yoakam's "Cattle Call" you are taken wholeheartedly onto this wide-open prairie of soulful, plaintive music. The Horse Whisperer soundtrack is a fluid, coherent gathering of the most literate and distinctive voices in country music today, including Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, The Mavericks, Iris DeMent, and The Hill Country Flatlanders (featuring original Flatlanders Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, and Joe Ely). This spare, haunting ensemble of wistful twangs and hopeful hearts is a must-have for any country collection. --Dominique D'Anna

Entertainment Weekly
This wistful alt-country & western set mostly avoid[s] the best-seller's bald sentimentality. . . .

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The Horse Whisperer: Songs From and Inspired by the Motion Picture [Soundtrack]
The Horse Whisperer: Songs From and Inspired by the Motion Picture
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Misrepresentation
  • Nice choice and perhaps better than a soundtrack
  • Songs and Movie
  • Disappointing Except for Second Number
  • An excellent collection of western music
 The Horse Whisperer: Songs From and Inspired by the Motion Picture
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006EJH
Release Date: 1998-04-07

Tracks:

  1. Cattle Call - Dwight Yoakam
  2. A Soft Place To Fall - Allison Moorer
  3. South Wind Of Summer - Hill Country Flatlanders
  4. Still I Long For Your Kiss - Lucinda Williams
  5. Dream River - Mavericks
  6. Slow Surprise - Emmylou Harris
  7. Big Ball's In Cowtown - Don Walser
  8. Leaving Train - Gillian Welch
  9. Cowboy Love Song - Don Edwards
  10. Me & The Eagle - Steve Earle
  11. Whispering Pines - Iris DeMent
  12. Red River Valley - George Strait

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Soundtracks can sometimes be disjointed affairs, lacking the cohesion necessary to create a mood when collecting songs from various artists. This is a pitfall the soundtrack from the forthcoming film The Horse Whisperer melodically and artfully avoids. From the first honest, unsentimental notes of Dwight Yoakam's "Cattle Call" you are taken wholeheartedly onto this wide-open prairie of soulful, plaintive music. The Horse Whisperer soundtrack is a fluid, coherent gathering of the most literate and distinctive voices in country music today, including Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, The Mavericks, Iris DeMent, and The Hill Country Flatlanders (featuring original Flatlanders Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, and Joe Ely). This spare, haunting ensemble of wistful twangs and hopeful hearts is a must-have for any country collection. --Dominique D'Anna

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Misrepresentation.......2007-06-12

What a supreme disappointment this was! I have no interest in these songs whatsoever and thought I was purchasing a soundtrack containing the beautiful music from the movie. Now, I see that there is ANOTHER soundtrack, but am simply not sure I want to buy it now because I feel like I've been duped!

5 out of 5 stars Nice choice and perhaps better than a soundtrack.......2007-01-08

I thoroughly enjoyed the music choices on this disk.

5 out of 5 stars Songs and Movie.......2005-01-09

I loved the movie and the soundtrack was wonderful. I only wish that i could access the end title song because i think it is awesome. The reason i loved the movie is because i too have a horse and raced until i had my daughter. I wish i could still have the time to ride and race again and the movie lets me remember the good times.

2 out of 5 stars Disappointing Except for Second Number.......2003-05-22

When I ordered this CD I thought I was getting the movie soundtrack. Only the second number ("A Soft Place to Fall") came from the movie and it was a beautiful number. I later ordered the soundtrack and, as someone who loved the movie, I was transcended back to the mood and feeling of the movie. This CD was a disappointment and I think confused a great many people who ordered it instead of the soundtrack. Not a great marketing ploy if you want people to think well of the production.

5 out of 5 stars An excellent collection of western music.......2003-02-08

This stunning collection of songs is not a soundtrack score (that is available separately) but it does include songs that were used in the movie, together with other songs of a similar type.

The album is book-ended by two cowboy classics - Dwight Yoakam singing Cattle call and George Strait singing Red river valley. Both of these men are well suited to these songs and their covers are among the best I've heard. There are new recordings of three other oldies here - Big Ball's in Cowtown (Don Walser), Cowboy love song (Don Edwards) and Whispering pines (Iris DeMent). All of these are brilliant, especially Whispering pines. It is a pity that Iris only seems to record songs for multi-artist projects these days - a new album of her own would be much appreciated.

The other songs were all new at the time. Of these, the standout is A soft place to fall, by Allison Moorer. Allison is the sister of Shelby Lynne and her contribution to the soundtrack marked her recording debut. It gave her vital exposure. The song appeared on her first full-length album. Allison, like Shelby, has her own ideas about what sort of material she wants to record, so while her first three albums have been of an extremely high quality, she has not emerged as the major star that record company executives were hoping she would become.

Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, The Flatlanders and The Mavericks all put in great performances on their songs, some of which are not available on any of their own albums.

This is an excellent album which helped to re-awaken interest in western music, deservedly so.

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