MVC Rating: 4.0/$$
I remember buying this 1983 compilation soundtrack for one song. Van Morrison’s ‘Wonderful Remark.’ A great great song that at that time appeared on no other albums; it was written explicitly for this movie.
Yet I believed it was as good as anything Morrison has done — and that’s alot.
Now there are other good songs on here, some like the Pretenders’ ‘Back on the Chain Gang’ I already had (and loved). Since then the ‘Wonderful Remark’ cut has been on several compilation albums.
Listening to the soundtrack, I almost want to see the Martin Scorcese movie starring Jerry Lewis and Robert DeNiro. A black comedy it was blistered by critics at the time but now seems to have fallen into the good graces of some critics.
Play list with links from rateyourmusic.com
- A1Pretenders – Back on the Chain Gang 3:51
- A2B.B. King – ‘Tain’t Nobody’s Bizness (If I Do) 3:33
- A3Talking Heads – Swamp 5:13
- A4Bob James – King of Comedy 4:23
- A5Rickie Lee Jones – Rainbow Sleeve 3:39
- B1Robbie Robertson – Between Trains 3:25
- B2Ric Ocasek – Steal the Night 3:55
- B3Ray Charles – Come Rain or Come Shine 3:40
- B4David Sanborn – The Finer Things 4:27
- B5Van Morrison – Wonderful Remark 3:54
Here’s Van Morrison video. This song was worth the admission for me, esp. because it was unreleased at the time. but as you can see there’s other good songs here.