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The Big Kahuna [Soundtrack]

~ Christopher Young
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  • Audio CD (3 Jul 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack
  • Label: Varese Sarabande
  • ASIN: B00004TAY0
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 508,555 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Big Kahuna
2. Cheeseballs And Shrimp
3. Charade
4. Measured By Dogs
5. Philed With Fuller
6. God's In The Closet
7. Industrial Lubricants
8. Salterello
9. Happy Jesus
10. Hey Pachucho
11. Binga Banga Bongo
12. Little Something Of What I Am
13. Lateness Of Things
14. El Kahuna Grande

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review
The Big Kahuna's largely forgettable plot line about the flagging sales of an industrial lubricant firm, is really an excuse for Kevin Spacey and Danny De Vito to enjoy some acting showmanship. Based on a play, the close quarters setting and ensemble cast required a score of similarly intimate sizing. Young's solution is a mix of swinging lounge jazz and soft rock. The title track bounces harmonica and strings over the sort of catchy bass-line that goes on to fuel "Cheeseballs and Shrimp" and "Industrial Lubricants". The rock counterpoint comes in with "El Kahuna Grande" and "Happy Jesus", still performed by the same small group. Three sourced tracks are layered seamlessly between Young's own: Henry Mancini's typically slinky "Charade" (performed by Si Zeniner), the frenzied "Hey Pachucho!" (Royal Crown Revue) and "Binga Banga Bongo" (Terry Snyder & The All Stars), which does exactly what it says on the tin. By no means the most stylistically coherent release from the composer, but that actually means fun had while being versatile. --Paul Tonks

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5.0 out of 5 stars It's not the Soundtrack, it's the Music, 16 Aug 2002
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There isn't enough music in the world spanning across genres like these Christopher Young compositions. I'd love to have more of this, tons of it. Where else would you find Hammond duets with a string quartet and accordion? Christopher Young scored music for the no man's land between Astor Piazzolla and Igor Stravinskji, Bill Frisell and Ute Lemper, klezmer and ECM, polka and Samuel Barber. It's a pity no one with a genuine interest for contemporary music will discover it, unless being caught by the movie. Composers like Young would deserve to be performed by the Berliner or the Kronos Quartet instead of "just" scoring for soundtracks. Forget the rest on this CD, that's plain accessories. Sound quality's top-notch, too, but who cares? Heavens don't come any closer than this.
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