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Around The World In 80 Days
Soundtrack
Walt DisneyRecords, 2004
REVIEW BY: Christopher Thelen
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 06/28/2004
Critics around the country have been dumping negative reviews onthe re-make of Around The World In 80 Days like so much toxic waste intoLove Canal. Audiences have been staying away from this film as ifit were contaminated with an infectious disease.
Really makes you want to spend an hour listening to thesoundtrack, eh?
Composer Trevor Jones, I'm sure, tried his best, but the naturallimitations of the film seem to spill over into the soundtrack, andthis disc ends up nosediving, crashing and burning like anexperimental aircraft gone horribly wrong.
If there is indeed a hell, the song "It's A Small World" isundoubtedly the soundtrack for eternal damnation. Baha Men (aren'ttheir 15 minutes of fame up yet?!?) do nothing for the cause byproviding a modern-day take on what could well be the most annoyingsong in existence. The other two songs meant to keep the soundtracksomewhat planted in the modern age are throwaway pop fluff; neitherDavid A. Stewart's "Everybody All Over the World (Join TheCelebration)" nor Tina Sugandh's "River Of Dreams" seems to serveany real purpose to the story or the disc.
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