Cinderella Man [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Decca, 2005, Audio CD

Product Description

For this movie about 1930s boxer Jim Braddock (Russell Crowe), director Ron Howard interrupted his longtime collaboration with composer James Horner and teamed up with Thomas Newman. It’s a wise decision: Newman has a lighter touch and his somber palette emphasizes the fact that Cinderella Man is more thoughtful drama than mere brawling flick (even a track titled "Pugilism" eschews obvious punchiness in favor of ominous, rolling tribal-like percussion. Elsewhere, "Weehawken Ferry" illustrates Newman's ability to write swelling, majestic music that's not bombastic. Typical of the subdued approach is Paul Giamatti’s version of "Londonderry Air," which he delicately whistles. The score is interspersed with a few lovely Depression-era tunes such as Chicago tenor saxist Bud Freeman’s "Tillie¹s Downtown Now," Roane's Pennsylvanians' "We’ve Got to Put that Sun Back in the Sky," and especially Eddie Cantor’s wonderfully biting "Cheer Up, Smile, Nertz" ("Our judges are queer/Our banks disappear/And all the while they tell us to smiiiiile"). — Elisabeth Vincentelli

Tracks Information

The Inside Out
Shim-Me-Sha-Wobble
Mae
Change Of Fortune
Weehawken Ferry
Cold Meat Party
All Prayed Out
Tillie's Downtown Now
Three Bucks Twenty
Corn Griffin
Shoe Polish
Londonderry Air
The Hope Of The Irish
Hooverville Funeral
Fight Day
Good As Murder
We've Got To Put That Sun Back In The Sky
No Contest
Pugilism
Bulldog Of Bergen
Big Right
9, 4, 2 Even
Cinderella Man
Turtle
Cheer Up! Smile! Nertz! - Eddie Cantor

Product Details

Title: Cinderella Man [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Sales Rank: 108969 in Music
Artist: Thomas Newman
Label: Decca, 2005-05-24, Audio CD, 1 Disc
Format: Soundtrack
Item Dimensions: 0.2 pounds
Package Dimensions: 5.55 x 4.97 x 0.54 inches, 0.18 pounds

Customer Reviews

Great movie!: Wow, this movie blew me away. Not really but I'm making a point.
This film somehow gave me hope for this crazy world we all live in. More reviews

A beautiful score: This is my first movie score by Thomas Newman and I'm looking forward to picking up some of his other ones. Frankly, while the period pieces work in the film, I don't include them on my playlist on my iPod because they just seem unnecessary by themselves. The score itself is stunning and I particularly love the moving cellos and basses of track 5. Just beautiful stuff. More reviews

Perhaps the finest living film composer...: Ok, now that you know how I feel about Thomas Newman, let me say that even if you're new to purchasing film scores, this is a spectacular piece of work. Yes, the "sound" is typical Thomas Newman ...swelling orchestras, haunting distant whistles, tumbling drums... but why shouldn't it be? Mozart sounds like Mozart, Hendrix sounds like Hendrix. That said,… More reviews

The Soundtrack to Cinderella Man is great: Cinderella Man is one of my favorite movies of all time. And the soundtrack does not disappoint. They have all of the powerful songs heard on the DVD. It even has the songs that you could barely hear in the movie because they were simply background music to the scenes. For instance, when Mike Wilson and Jim Braddock sit… More reviews

Another good score from Thomas Newman.: Thomas Newman is becoming quite the composer. He has such a unique style, but is able to use it to compliment the movies he scores without the music sounding out of place or out of period. The tracks "Turtle" and "Pugilism" are fun to listen to. The first track is short and yet somehow moving. There are enough songs from the period to lend… More reviews