Grace Of My Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

grace of my heart: original motion picture soundtrack [soundtrack]

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A terrific sampler of greatest hits from the heyday of girl groups and the Brill Building--except that none of the songs are actually from that era. What we have here is an incredible simulation--from Allison Anders' unjustly overlooked 1996 movie about the tempestuous life and career of a Carole King- like singer-songwriter (the magnificent Illeana Douglas) who spends years writing for others before finding her own voice. But instead of just licensing the old Shirelles' recordings of Goffin-King hits, the filmmakers came up with the brilliant idea of doing original songs by combining the sensibilities of contemporary artists and their songwriting forebears. So, for example, Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach teamed up to write and perform the power- ballad "God Give Me Strength" (although I wish they'd also included Douglas's even more moving version from the picture); Leslie Gore teams with Larry Klein and David Baerwald for "My Secret Love" (performed by Miss Lily Banquette of Combustible Edison); Gerry and Louise Goffin team with Baerwald for "Between Two Worlds" (performed by Sean Colvin); J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. writes and sings some Brian Wilson/Beach Boys-type stuff ("Take a Run at the Sun," "Don't You Think It's Time"), and so on. Buy the record; see the movie. You won't be disappointed. --Jim Emerson

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Grace Of My Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Average customer rating:

A rip-off without Kristen Vigard's version of the theme song!
The quality and range of this CD is amazing.
Great Soundtrack LISTENERS NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH
Brilliant, if flawed, soundtrack
I FOUND THE MOVIE VERSION OF GOD GIVE ME STRENGTH

Grace Of My Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002P4S
Release Date: 1996-09-17

Tracks:

God Give Me Strength - Burt Bacharach And Elvis Costello
Love Doesn't Ever Fail Us - The Williams Brothers
Take A Run At The Sun - J Mascis
I Do - For Real
Between Two Worlds - Shawn Colvin
My Secret Love - Miss Lily Banquette
Man From Mars - Kristen Vigard
Born To Love That Boy - For Real
Truth Is You Lied - Jill Sobule
Unwanted Number - For Real
Groovin' On You - Juned
In Another World - Portrait
Don't You Think It's Time - J Mascis
Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder - Tiffany Anders And Boyd Rice
A Boat On The Sea - Kristen Vigard

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A terrific sampler of greatest hits from the heyday of girl groups and the Brill Building--except that none of the songs are actually from that era. What we have here is an incredible simulation--from Allison Anders' unjustly overlooked 1996 movie about the tempestuous life and career of a Carole King- like singer-songwriter (the magnificent Illeana Douglas) who spends years writing for others before finding her own voice. But instead of just licensing the old Shirelles' recordings of Goffin-King hits, the filmmakers came up with the brilliant idea of doing original songs by combining the sensibilities of contemporary artists and their songwriting forebears. So, for example, Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach teamed up to write and perform the power- ballad "God Give Me Strength" (although I wish they'd also included Douglas's even more moving version from the picture); Leslie Gore teams with Larry Klein and David Baerwald for "My Secret Love" (performed by Miss Lily Banquette of Combustible Edison); Gerry and Louise Goffin team with Baerwald for "Between Two Worlds" (performed by Sean Colvin); J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. writes and sings some Brian Wilson/Beach Boys-type stuff ("Take a Run at the Sun," "Don't You Think It's Time"), and so on. Buy the record; see the movie. You won't be disappointed. --Jim Emerson

Customer Reviews:

A rip-off without Kristen Vigard's version of the theme song!.......2007-06-06

How could they release this without Kristen Vigard's version of "God Give me Strength"? Not to knock Elvis Costello's version, but Kristen Vigard's performance of this song is the heart and soul of the movie. This CD is a rip-off without it.

The quality and range of this CD is amazing........2007-05-22

I watched the movie and ordered the CD on a lark. I was blown away by the quality of the music on this CD. It is one of my favorite all time CD's (in a collection of several thousand) and I listen to it frequently all the way through. The story of how these songs were conceived and recorded (watch the "extra features" director's interview on the DVD) makes it all the more remarkable.

Great Soundtrack LISTENERS NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH.......2007-01-15

Okay first of all "GOD GIVE ME STRENGTH" sung by the "Denise" character played perfectly by Illeana Douglas. IS NOT SUNG BY ILLEANA DOUGLAS. SHE IS NOT SINGING!!!!!!!!!!! "God Give Me Strength" and "A Boat On A Sea" are sung wonderfully by Kirstin Vigard. So for those of you who are looking for the version with Illeana singing , you won't find it. Itunes has "God Give Me Strength"(THE DENISE VERSION) under Kirstin Vigard. As for the rest of the soundtrack, There is an excellent version of GGMS by Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach. The remainder of the sountrack has the fun poppy songs from the movie.

Brilliant, if flawed, soundtrack.......2006-04-22

This is by far my favorite movie soundtrack from the 1990s. The combination of songwriting, production, and performance all comes together to create an amazing album. Larry Klein truly captured the spirit of the Brill Building and the flavor of the productions of the '60s in a way that few others have been able to do.

Given that, this is a flawed soundtrack. My reasons for finding it flawed are much the same as the other reviewers here -- there is a lot of material from the movie that is missing from the CD. Kristen Vigard's version of "God Give Me Strength" is the most notable omission, and even though a recording of it can be found on another CD, it is shameful that the most important song of the movie was left off the CD. (On the other side of that, I'm thrilled by Elvis Costello's version, and I'm glad it was included.)

It seems that this soundtrack could be made perfect by issuing a new, 2-CD version of the soundtrack, including all the other music from the film -- most importantly BOTH film versions of "God Give Me Strength," the solo version and full orchestral version.

Even with the flaws, this is still a fantastic soundtrack. The tracks by For Real are especially good, sounding as close to a Motown or Phil Spector production as you could possibly get.

I FOUND THE MOVIE VERSION OF GOD GIVE ME STRENGTH.......2005-04-08

Those of you lamenting the shameful omission of the movie's version of "God Give Me Grace" from this soundtrack can now rejoice. The album "Heart Beats: Love Scene - Romantic Movie Music" not only includes "Denise's" version of this amazing and heartbreaking ballad, but it also has a few gems from other soundtracks, including a couple of one-hit wonders from the 90's that are harder to find. Hope this helps everyone who loves this soundtrack but miss the movie's centerpiece song. Personally, without the signature song, I wondered why a soundtrack was necessary at all.

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