Moulin Rouge [TBA] - Original Soundtrack Movies

Pros: Some great music on here...
Cons: Some key songs and pieces tragically missing

....then again, we DO have a multi-disc player. When my wife and I both REALLY enjoyed "Moulin Rouge", I decided a nice way to subvert part of her birthday into something we would both enjoy would be to buy the soundtrack to Baz Luhrman's spectacle....

Pros: Captures all the playful tone, show-stopping bravado and heartbreak of the brilliant movie.
Cons: Where's Volume 2?

As soon as the closing credits began to roll on Moulin Rouge, three distinct thoughts were rattling through my head:

1. Wow, I really enjoyed that movie!

2. Man, I have to pee!

3. I'm stopping at...

Pros: Shocking, raw, in your face music.
Cons: Some of it's pretty incongurous in places.

I'm one of those strange folk who listen to soundtracks, letting them conjure atmosphere and mood for me. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. This is one of those albums that hit me smack in the face and then gave me a good shake.

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Pros: Some very great songs! Brings back the musical.
Cons: Nature Boy, and other worthless duds.

I hardly ever buy full albums because of one song, but I guess you could say that Moulin Rouge is a big exception. Lady Marmalade, a song originally done by Patti Labelle, is covered by Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya, and Pink on...

Pros: 15 great songs,
Cons: Not all the songs in the movie are on the album

I never pay full price for a CD, I always get it off ebay cheap or from one of my CD clubs. I bought this album at the inflated price of 16.00 from Wal-mart mere hours after seeing the film. The Soundtrack brings back memories of this great film. There...

Pros: Great mix of genres, Nicole Kidman can sing!!! "Lady Marmalade"
Cons: "Nature Boy"

Taken from the movie "Moulin Rouge", this soundtrack offers a great mix of different genres. However, a soundtrack is still a soundtrack and they tend to only have one or two good songs.

I was actually surprised by this soundtrack. While it...

Pros: Great songs, artists are selected well.
Cons: Lots of retread material- though I'm not sure this isn't a plus...

From track one (Nature Boy) to track 15 (also Nature Boy, oddly), this is an excellent album. The lyrics are well selected (though mostly taken from other songs), and fit well with a new "clubby" background. A word of warning- much of the soundtrack is...

Pros: The fine, lush production; the diversity of artists and songs
Cons: "Come What May"... Bad cheese.

I can't wait to see Moulin Rouge. It is my must-see flick of the summer. And the soundtrack, filled with enough attitude and spirit to fill Carnegie, is my first must-have CD of the summer. This is the first soundtrack I've bought before seeing...

Pros: McGregor, show tunes, Can Can, Hindi Sad Diamonds, did I already say McGregor?
Cons: Where's the rest?

[ Disclaimer: I loved the movie, and I bought and listened to the soundtrack only after seeing the movie. The soundtrack is likely to play differently for people who have seen the movie and for those who have not.]

If you loved the...

Pros: Truth, Beauty, Freedom, Love...everything the movie stands for is in the soundtrack
Cons: A couple songs missing (Like A Virgin?)

First off, let me say that I might be slightly biased since I thought the movie was magnificent. Fast and frenzied in the beginning, then becoming a beautiful tragedy, there was a lot of different emotions running rampant throughout the film.

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Pros: Great compilation of songs! Surprising performance from Ewan McGregor!
Cons: Argh! Only 15 songs in this soundtrack!*wink*

There seems to be a trend in Hollywood toward mixing music and time period. We have rock music in the medieval setting in A Knight's Tale, and now Moulin Rouge brings us an even more eclectic collection of music in the wrong time period. *grin* I...

Pros: Great songs, superior sound quality, entertaining
Cons: Only half of the show's songs

Apparently it can. The Movie Moulin Rouge is a tear-jerking spectacle, even though its soundtrack has such songs as Diamonds are a girls best fried, and Like A Virgin. The soundtrack had excellent songs, and Nicole Kidman and Ewin McGregor have excellent ...

Pros: Great original plus some "redone" tunes!
Cons: None

I LOVE the Moulin Rouge soundtrack! I still remember the first time I heard Christina, Mya, Pink, and Lil Kim belting out "Lady Marmelade". And immediately, I knew I had to have the song! When the CD came out, I grabbed it, before even seeing the...

Pros: Easy to sing along with, "Come What May" will be a wedding song forever
Cons: They need to make a second disk for everything missing

Every once in a while, we need to be reminded that some actors are multi-talented. And this delightful soundtrack serves as that reminder.
The tracks are wonderful sing-along-with toe tappers, especially the much hyped "Lady Marmalade", featuring...

Pros: David Bowe, Beck, Bono and the cast
Cons: Fat Boy Slim, all the songs from the movie aren't on the soundtrack

Putting a C.D. on the market with David Bowe, Beck, and Bono on it you are just asking for people to buy it. Now, put those same artists on one of the best soundtracks from a musical since the Rocky Horror Picture Show and Grease and you are looking at...