"For all the reviewers who say they were expecting the TV theme. Duh, it says 1970 soundtrack. The song you want to hear, all cleaned up is still called "suicide is painless now". 1970's and 80's CBS TV execs were not going to use the the depressing but meaningful lyrics on national TV. So you got some shlock recording studio instrumental version. And now after all these years, every Midwest yahoo thinks it's the original. And Alan Alda was the original Hawkeye too. Read before you buy! And learn to investigate things a little i.e. 1-Robert Altman's MASH. 2- CBS's MASH"
M*A*S*H* has no songs!
T. Freeman | San Leandro, CA United States | 01/21/2004
(1 out of 5 stars)
"Fans of M*A*S*H* will love this CD. All of the best dialogue from the movie directed by Altman, however, there are no complete songs. I would have loved to hear "Tokyo Shoe Shine Boy" or Sayonara . . . all the songs are in the background with the dialogue over. Even the famous "Suicide is Painless" cut isn't the best cut."
Soundtrack worthwhile?
T. Freeman | San Leandro, CA United States | 12/15/2003
(3 out of 5 stars)
"The Mash soundtrack is good for those that liked the movie. The soundtrack has more movie clips and sounds than songs. It would have been nice if some full songs were on the soundtrack . . . tokyo shoe shine boy, sayonara, etc."
***1/2 out of *****; an average CD
Tom Benton | North Springfield, VT USA | 05/15/2003
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Well, it could've been better than this, but the CD version of Johnny Mandel's "M*A*S*H" score is still better than the original LP release (which didn't even include the full, un-edited version of "Suicide is Painless"!). It's an average CD, but nearly all the songs contain audio clips from the film with the music merely as background audio - which I disapprove of. At least they've decided to keep in some un-edited songs like "Suicide is Painless" and the Ahmad Jamal version of that song. Good for M*A*S*H fans; for anyone else, I wouldn't recommend it."