Leaving Las Vegas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

leaving las vegas: original motion picture soundtrack [soundtrack]

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There aren't many directors with the talent--or nerve--to compose and play the music for their films (although creepmeister John Carpenter comes to mind), and none have done it more artfully than Mike Figgis on Leaving Las Vegas. Though Figgis was nominated for both writing and directing Oscars (and Nicolas Cage won one for Best Actor) for the 1995 film, listening to his subdued, moody jazz (punctuated by vocal standard renditions by Sting and Don Henley) one can't help feeling that his music was unfairly overlooked. Smokey and mournful, it plays against the Vegas musical stereotype by underscoring the loneliness at the heart of Sin City. --Jerry McCulley

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The soundtrack to director Mike Figgis' critically acclaimed 1995 drama that Nicolas Cage won the Best Actor Oscar for, no longer available in the U.S.. The album scored by Figgis (a keyboardist & trumpeter as well), topped Billboard's jazz chart at the

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Leaving Las Vegas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Average customer rating:

Thanks for the reviews! I will not buy it now
most key song from Michael - Lonely Tear drops missing?
lonely teardrops not here
What Happened
Graet Soundtrack, but Mike Figgis BLEW IT....

Leaving Las Vegas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Sting , Nicholas Cage , and Don Henley
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000QHZ
Release Date: 1995-11-07

Tracks:

Intro Dialogue - Nicolas Cage/Elisabeth Shue
Angel Eyes - Sting
Are You Desirable?
Ben & Bill
Leaving Las Vegas
Sera's Dark Side
Mara
Burlesque
On The Street
Bossa Vega
Ben Pawns His Rolex/Sera Talks To Her Shrink
My One And Only Love - Sting
Sera Invites Ben To Stay
Come Rain Or Come Shine - Don Heley
Ben And Sera - Theme
Ridiculous - Nicolas Cage
Biker Bar
Ben's Hell
It's A Lonesome Old Town - Sting
Blues For Ben
Get Out
Reunited
Sera Talks To The Cab Driver
She Really Loved Him
I Won't Be Going South For A While - The Palladinos

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There aren't many directors with the talent--or nerve--to compose and play the music for their films (although creepmeister John Carpenter comes to mind), and none have done it more artfully than Mike Figgis on Leaving Las Vegas. Though Figgis was nominated for both writing and directing Oscars (and Nicolas Cage won one for Best Actor) for the 1995 film, listening to his subdued, moody jazz (punctuated by vocal standard renditions by Sting and Don Henley) one can't help feeling that his music was unfairly overlooked. Smokey and mournful, it plays against the Vegas musical stereotype by underscoring the loneliness at the heart of Sin City. --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

The soundtrack to director Mike Figgis' critically acclaimed 1995 drama that Nicolas Cage won the Best Actor Oscar for, no longer available in the U.S.. The album scored by Figgis (a keyboardist & trumpeter as well), topped Billboard's jazz chart at the

Customer Reviews:

Thanks for the reviews! I will not buy it now.......2006-12-30

As much as I love the movie Leaving Las Vegas, I refuse to buy it if "Lonely Teardrops" is not on the soundtrack.

most key song from Michael - Lonely Tear drops missing?.......2005-03-12

This is terrible that the key song in the sound track by Michael McDonald - Lonely Tear Drops is missing??
Is there another version

lonely teardrops not here.......2003-02-15

If you're looking for Michael MacDonald's "Lonely Teardrops," it' ain't on here. Buy "Live At The Beacon." It's on there.

What Happened.......2000-02-08

The soundtrack for Leaving Las Vegas was very good, Mike Figgis is an excellent conducter of the boozy feel of moments better left without lyrics. However, I cannot in good conscience give the soundtrack a higher rating, as the absence of the Michael McDonald version of "Lonely Teardrops", used twice in the film to great effect, is not available anywhere, I presume, as I've been unable to track it down. WHY? This song is incredible, and well worth the price of admission. Sting and Don Henley not withstanding, they both are very good, but the absence of Mike on the soundtrack is a Major letdown....if anyone knows how to get a copy of the "Lonely Teardrops" version on this movie please let me know...Buk218@aol.com

Graet Soundtrack, but Mike Figgis BLEW IT...........2000-02-01

This is one of the better soundtracks of a rather great movie, with only one problem. The most powerful song of the movie, "Lonely Teardrops", re-made by Michael McDonald, is somehow missing from the soundtrack... Not only is this the most powerful song in the movie, but it is the most memorable. This leaves one to ask how it could have been left out of the soundtrack, and why Mike Figgis BLEW IT...

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