Search - The Crystal Method, Evil Nine feat. Toastie Taylor, The Perishers :: London - O.S.T.

A decent soundtrack

Christian Zimmerman | 01/31/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The Crystal Method take their first stab at film scoring with LONDON, a movie which (as of this writing) I know little about, other than the fact that it takes place in New York City. Still, it sounds like TCM are adapting to this new role quite nicely on this soundtrack, though whether their more casual fans will want to pick it up remains questionable.



As far as new material from TCM goes, LONDON is probably best thought of as an eight-track EP with 6 bonus tracks from other artists (one of which is remixed by TCM). These songs aren't quite as danceable as those on their previous releases--but then, these songs are primarily intended to reflect the mood of the on-screen action; that's the nature of film score (as opposed to straightforward "dance music"). That said, most of TCM's songs (with the title trac being a notable exception) can get you moving, and "Smoked" and "Roboslut" are good enough to work on their own without the rest of the soundtrack as



The non-TCM stuff (tracks 2, 4, 8, 9, 11, and 14) is a mix of rock and electronic music. It's pretty good, though why the decision was made to put all of the rock tracks on the second half of the album confuses me--though perhaps this has something to do with when the songs are played in the actual film. Particularly notable are The Out Crowd, whose "C'mon Children" is a wonderful bit of psychedelic retro-rock goodness (though the lead singer sounds eerily like Bernard Sumner of New Order), and Connie Price and The Keystones' wonderfully jazzy instrumental "Sucker Punch." Evil Nine also turn in a fine contribution with "Restless," which sounds like bit like an electronica tune as performed by the Hives.



All in all, this isn't a bad set of tunes--it's a little short at 55 minutes, and none of TCM's songs crack the 5-minute mark, but this is still a very entertaining soundtrack."

FITS THE THEME

James A. Spencer | Baltimore, Maryland, USA | 01/13/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Crystal Method is a longtime favorite. Hearing their music in various Movies and Shows I was quite surprised to see that they were tapped to do a movie soundtrack. I have to admit I have not seen the movie, instead I let the music fit the theme and tell the story. I have seen reviews where groups like Crystal Method that don't (at least in this area) get great radio airplay, do something like this and are called sellouts. Instead I delight in the fact that someone like them get the chance to strut their stuff outside of the clubs and CD player. It is one of the staples that I keep in my CD changer in my car. If you have not tried this one I suggest you do. And if you are new to The Crystal Method, try it. I don't think you will be disappointed."

To jdizzle and everyone else who didnt see the movie

Daniel Wenzelburger | Hollywood | 08/08/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"First off jdizzle or whatever the idiots name is doesn't seem to understand that this is a soundtrack and that they made the songs for the film and obviously if you would watch the movie first then you'd understand why these aren't really club worthy songs. either way everything they did fit the film really well, the songs on the cd are in the order that they appeared in the film so whoever said they didn't understand why the rock songs were at the end thats why. don't get me wrong though the movie wasn't good at all but what tcm did really worked well for it and there are some pretty good songs on the soundtrack."