Living Out Loud

Performer: Original Soundtrack
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: Original score composed by George Fenton. Producers include: Mervyn Warren, George Fenton. Engineers include: Jess Sutcliffe, Frank Wolf, Geoff Young. Includes liner notes by Richard LaGravenese. Personnel: John Chiodini, Michael Thompson, Paul Jackson, Jr. (guitar); Gil Romero, Robin Olson, Alan Grunfeld, Barbara Porter, Lily Chen, Mari Tsumura, Horia Moroaica, Kwihee Shambanari, Charles Everett, Joel Derouin, Patricia Johnson , Sid Page, Richard Altenbach, Yvette Devereaux, Bruce Dukov, Peter Kent, Natalie Leggett, Sheldon Sanov, Armen Garabedian, Darius Campo, Berj Garabedian, Ronald Clark (violin); Dan Neufeld, Carrie Holzman-Little, James Ross , Robert Becker, Roland Kato, Janet Lakatos, Harry Shirinian, Denyse Buffum (viola); Nancy Stein-Ross, Robert Adcock, David Shamban, Suzie Katayama, Larry Corbett, Armen Ksadjikian, David Low (cello); Emily Bernstein (clarinet); Tom Boyd (oboe); Jon Clarke (English horn); Eric Marienthal, Gerald Albright (alto saxophone); Justo Almario, Brandon Fields (tenor saxophone); Jerry Hey (trumpet); Mervyn Warren (piano); Reggie Hamilton (upright bass); John "J.R." Robinson , William Kennedy (drums); Joe Porcaro, Pete Escovedo (percussion). Audio Mixer: Dave Reitzas. Liner Note Author: Richard LaGravenese. Arrangers: Mervyn Warren; George Fenton. You may not have caught this 1998 film, which starred Holly Hunter, Danny DeVito, Queen Latifah and Martin Donovan, but a number of the songs performed on this soundtrack will certainly be familiar--as are the performers. Dean Martin, Etta James and Mel Torme are all featured with vintage recordings, while rapper/actress Queen Latifah shows her range when she takes a shot at singing jazz. Latifah gives the notoriously difficult-to-sing jazz standard "Lush Life" a decent reading, winningly essays a laid-back reading of "Goin' Out of My Head" and lays down an engagingly sweet version of Irving Gordon's "Be Anything (But Be Mine)." Perhaps most suprising of all is the decision to hand the mic to the film's star Danny DeVito for the chestnut "They Can't Take That Away From Me." DeVito's shot-and-a-beer singing style has its own charm, but it's plain cruel to stack that song next to Mel Torme's bell-tone perfect rendition of "Born to Be Blue."

Entertainment Weekly (1/8/99, p.66) - "...DeVito almost comes within a spitting distance of carrying a tune, albeit bested by Queen Latifah's creditable three-tune turn as lounge diva..." - Rating: B

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