Original released on CD DreamWorks 0044-50210-2
(US 1999, October 5)
This movie is one of my alltime US favorites, drilling down on the 'misses and hits' of US American lifstyle and daily horrors ! But without the music this movie would not work - great combination... That one deserved the Oscar a 200%! True - the end is absolutely un-american, no happy end in the typical sense of the viewership - but hell, nobody gets out of here alive - right? The soundtrack is composed of several songs related to each of the three main characters plus what I would call the film themes done by Thomas Newman. It works out pretty well, but I can't stand the boring jazz taste of the mother so that ruins it a bit for me. The hard rock of the father is good, as well as the alt rock of the daughter. The tracks done by Thomas Newman are the real treaty here. (in RateYourMusic)