 Cinderella
Man Soundtrack | Thomas Newman and Various Artists
an emily blunt
soundtrack review
Buy
It! Cinderella
Man's score and soundtrack is just glorious. Composer Thomas Newman captures
the heart and soul of this emotional film, and sprinkles in a few time-capsule-ish
accruements to give the whole work a pugilist's pop. Newman
continues to fascinate me with his talents. He scored so many great films; Road
to Perdition, American Beauty and my beloved Lemony Snicket
for example. And, each time he seems to not grow - as he's already a remarkable
composer - but …thrill with his subtle haunting or blatant manipulation of
your inner senses! For
Cinderella Man Newman uses the piano like a weeping willow tree blowing
softly in the troubled air. And he's pulled out all the stops for the cd's twenty
scored works; the Hurdy Gurdy makes an appearance by Bill Bernstein, Kathleen
Keane whips up some Irish fiddle worthy of a bonny birthday bash! And Eric Rigler
lends Uilleann pipes…be still my little music loving soul. Newman,
and his remarkable ensemble, gets into the feel of the film's time, and the ambience
of the era, with smooth sweet notes and proper songs-of-the-day inclusions. Track
2, 'Shim-Me-Sha-Wobble', by Miff Mole and his Molers, is an auditory time machine
that takes the mind immediately back to the over crowded gin dens of New York.
Track 8, 'Tillie's Downtown Now,' makes you long for the smoke filled corner speakeasy
your grandparents try to explain…it's slow sleepy, jazzy and plain old grand.
And Track 25, 'Cheer Up! Smile Nertz!,' by Eddie Cantor with Phil Spitalny's music,
is one of those forgotten lift-your-spirits songs - once a top ten'r for the little
guy who's lost a pound of pride. And as if the cd were not bursting with reasons
to buy already…the ever-fab, Paul Giamatti whistles a ditty, 'Londonderry
Air,' that melds into a following Celtic hued 'Hope of the Irish,' that may make
you rise upon your feet to do the jig! Newman
has also sprinkled some crowd background sounds (from the endless boxing bits
in the film) to remind you, I suppose, that Mr. James J. Braddock's luscious "World
Champion Boxer Rises From Skid Row" story is firmly the backbone of this
musical masterpiece. The
cd is an immediate must have for collectors. Enjoy. Buy
It! Tracks: 1.
Inside Out
2. Shim-Me-Sha-Wobble
3. Mae
4. Change of Fortune
5.
Weehawken Ferry
6. Cold Meat Party
7. All Prayed Out
8. Tillie's Downtown
Now
9. Three Bucks Twenty
10. Corn Griffin
11. Shoe Polish
12.
Londerry Air - Paul Giamatti
13. Hope of the Irish
14. Hooverville Funeral
15. Fight Day
16. Good as Murder
17. We've Got to Put That Sun Back
in the Sky
18. No Contest
19. Pugilism
20. Bulldog of Bergen
21.
Big Right
22. 9, 4, 2, Even
23. Cinderella Man
24. Turtle
25.
Cheer Up! Smile! Nertz! - Eddie Cantor
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