The Saint [Original Soundtrack]

Performer: Original Soundtrack
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution

Notes: Producers include: Orbital, Line Of Flight, Jim Abbiss, Moby, Fluke. The soundtrack to the silly Val Kilmer action movie The Saint was a surprisingly effective and useful collection of electronica, offering a good overview and introduction to many of the genre's biggest artists. Orbital's icy, attractive reworking of "The Saint Theme," Daft Punk's pulsating "Da Funk," Underworld's "Pearl's Girl," and Sneaker Pimps' sexy "6 Underground" stand out, but there are also first-rate cuts from Fluke, Dreadzone, Moby, and the Chemical Brothers, who weigh in with an instrumental of "Setting Sun." There's also Everything but the Girl, David Bowie, and Luscious Jackson, who find clever ways of balancing pop and techno. The Saint still has a few mediocre cuts from the likes of Superior and Duran Duran, but on the whole, it's one of the few soundtracks that works better as an album than as a movie. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Most of the songs on this soundtrack are available elsewhere, but together they make an excellent overview of the budding electronica movement, with contributions from some of the electronic world's biggest stars and some of the more adventurous performers in modern pop. Like the movie, a big-screen version of the '60s TV action series, the soundtrack maintains a consistent feel of darkness and danger. The chattering synthesizers and heart-stopping breakbeats of artists like Moby, Orbital and Underworld brush up against the more traditional but equally unsettling sounds of art-popsters like Duncan Sheik, Duran Duran and the grand old man of disturbing-but-catchy Brit-rock, David Bowie. Ol' Ziggy's contribution, "Dead Man Walking" (from his concurrent album, EARTHLING), is one of the strongest entries here. THE SAINT is a crossroads where new and old meet and conspire to unnerve all comers.

Entertainment Weekly (5/2/97, p.61) - "Val Kilmer fans (and those who aren't) can use this consistent, multitextured collection to catch up on the many faces of electronica....THE SAINT is as moody and alluring as ol' Val himself." - Rating: A- Q (6/97, p.137) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "This is a surprisingly bold soundtrack,...eschewing the usual play-safe big-name formula for a heavy emphasis on the cutting edge of dance..."

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