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I've never really seen the point in film soundtrack albums as a genre to sit around and listen to. I can just about understand if you've seen the film and the soundtrack then evokes particular memories but to come to them cold is an unfulfilling experience.

I can also understand that particular pieces can be worthwhile listening to as any instrumental music can be but over a whole album, no. Most true soundtrack albums (as in the actual score rather than music from and inspired by)are made up of short pieces of varying length and by their nature are not written to work as standalone pieces divorced from their pictures, so what's the attraction?

This is off the back of purchasing the soundtrack to the Roman Coppola film 'CQ'. I've never seen the film but the soundtrack was written and recorded by a French band called Mellow whose first album I enjoyed and I was intrigued to hear what they would do with a soundtrack and certainly it's all very pleasant with a laid back 60's vibe that's all very groovy and fine for dipping into but for sitting down and listening to as a whole album it's never going to work. (Note to self: must beat this sentence for length and lack of punctuation sometime in the future)

As an aside, if you're looking for an album of 'music from and inspired by' that's actually worthwhile rather than a mere marketing exercise then pick up the soundtrack to Natural Born Killers. It was put together by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and is way better than the mess of a film that inspired it.

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