Cinderella Man
 | Decca, 2005, Audio CD Customer Rating: 19 reviews Recommend |
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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
- 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 - Paul Giamatti
- Shoe Polish
- Londonderry Air - Roane's Pennsylvanians
- Hope of the Irish
- Hooverville Funeral
- Fight Day
- Good as Murder - Eddie Cantor, Phil Spitalny
- We've Got to Put That Sun Back in the Sky
- No Contest - Bud Freeman
- Pugilism
- Bulldog of Bergen
- Big Right
- 9, 4, 2, Even
- Cinderella Man
- Turtle
- Cheer Up! Smile! Nertz!
Title: Cinderella Man
Sales Rank: 69034 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
- 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
