A Life Less Ordinary

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Various Artists

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While this soundtrack comes with some great tracks, such as the title song by Ash, 'Velvet Divorce' from the Sneaker Pimps, 'War' from the Cardigans, 'Love is Here' from Luscious Jackson and 'Beyond the Sea' from Bobby Darin, a few tracks are not the same as they were in the movie. REM's 'Leave', for example, is much quieter as this mix omits the siren sound in the background (the version they played in the movie). It's nice, but if you wanted the movie version (like I did) be aware that it's a different mix and you might want to download the original. For some reason the very excellent 'Don't Leave' by Faithless is also a different mix; to hear the version played in the movie look for the 'Floating Mix'. Despite these changes, this is a great soundtrack nonetheless (I really do love 'Life Less Ordinary' by Ash, just a great punkish song that captures the feeling of the movie quite well).

An eclectic album, the film has a vast number of tunes and the album picks from across the board reflecting the film rather than aiming for any one musical genre. However this is it's failing, you can't play it when you're in a particular musical mood because some of the tracks will drive you nuts, if you wanted it because of the film, 'Leave' by REM is not the version from the film (but still good if you're into REM) and the omission of 'Round Are Way' by Oasis is criminal given that it's the track that the movie plays out on.

A good try but a miss in my opinion.