"The first great musical of the new millennium barbed with an intensely emotional score from its star that is at once playful, heartbreaking and frightening."
"A Broadway adaptation full of campy sass that positively brims with powerful vocal performances, especially courtesy of Eddie Murphy and a phenomenal Jennifer Hudson."
"Also featuring star turns from the likes of Skin, Louise Rhodes and Beth Hirsch, this lo-fi mix of electronica and orchestral work soars elegantly to quietly heartbreaking effect."
"Though the film responsible for this compilation's existence leaves a lot to be desired, this CD proves that there's no denying director Cameron Crowe's premier taste in alternative music."
"A hauntingly beautiful score filled with idiosyncratic percussion, mournful pianoes and swoonsome strings that undoubtedly remains Thomas Newman's finest hour."
"As grittily textured as the film it accompanies with John Murphy's score punctuated by shafts of light courtesy of Brian Eno and Grandaddy (be warned: God Speed You Black Emperor cannot be found here)"
"Another hard-to-watch British thriller complemented by some of the UK's finer alternative aficianados this time courtesy of Warp Records, though Bonnie Prince Billy is sorely missed here."
"If film scores were rated by their emotional complicity to their subjects, then this schizophrenic, seductive, hilarious and ultimately sinister CD from the Dust Brothers is up there with the greats."
"A double-disc set providing a sublime slice of the film's tortured anger through equal parts hip-hop, bossa nova and pop-rock with lashings of Gustavo Santaolalla's ever-amazing guitar work."
"The sonic accompaniment to the sweetest film ever made to feature hardcore sex fits the film's adoringly elegaic mood with dashes of spicy wit and disco amidst the acoustic gorgeousness."