Mr. Deeds

Performer: Original Soundtrack
Engineer: Don Gilmore; David Holdrege; John Nelson; Mudrock; Stephen Harris; Carl Glanville
Producer: Laura Z. Wasserman; Bruce Flohr; Don Gilmore; Ian Stanley; Justin Z. Walden; Lit; Mudrock; Stephen Harris; Steve Lillywhite
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel: Adam Sandler (vocals). Audio Mixers: Rick "Soldier" Will; Jack Joseph Puig; Stephen Harris. Audio Remixers: Rick "Soldier" Will; Andy Zulla. Recording information: NRG, North Hollywood, CA; Plant Recording Studios, Sausalito, CA; Sear Sound, New York, NY. Arranger: Lit. After so many soundtracks filled with music produced for the soundtrack, not the movie, it's kind of refreshing to find that the soundtrack to Adam Sandler's remake of Frank Capra's Mr. Deeds Goes to Town only has three new songs (highlighted by Dave Matthews Band's "Where Are You Going," a song that has the form and feel of a romantic ballad, but no hook), plus two new remixes, which are blended into a bunch of recent hits (Travis' "Sing," Weezer's "Island in the Sun," Trik Turner's "Friends & Family") and a bunch of oldies (Pete Townshend's "Let My Love Open the Door," U2's "Sweetest Thing," David Bowie's "Space Oddity," Yes' "I've Seen All Good People"). It doesn't make the album better per se, but that, along with the lack of dialogue snippets, makes it feel a little bit like a throwback to the days when soundtracks were collections of songs that were actually used in the movie. And that's essentially what this is -- perhaps not everything is featured prominently in the film, and maybe it doesn't hold together thematically or stylistically, but it does recall the film itself, which is a welcome rarity in 2002. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Reflecting Adam Sandler's unassuming title character, the music that makes up the MR. DEEDS soundtrack is a simple mix of no-frills new music and classic rock standards. So along with David Bowie's moving "Space Oddity" (featuring a humorous Sandler intro) and Pete Towshend's pleading "Let My Love Open The Door," you get previously released material by Scottish sweethearts Travis (the folksy shuffle "Sing") and alt-rock darlings Weezer (the breezy "Island In The Sun"). Newly penned material includes Counting Crows delivering the rollicking Brit-pop homage "Goin' Down To New York Town," the Dave Matthews Band previewing the ethereal "Where Are You Going" from their forthcoming album BUSTED STUFF, and former Radish frontman Ben Kweller making like Ben Folds with the piano-driven "Falling." Though Adam Sandler's films don't often rank with the classics, soundtracks like MR. DEEDS prove the man and his advisors don't treat the music featured in these films as an afterthought. Uncut (8/02, p.126) - 4 out of 5 - "...implausibly palatable soundtrack..."

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