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Matt Dillon has assembled a remarkably eclectic mix of songs for the soundtrack of his directorial debut City of Ghosts, a thriller set in present day Cambodia. The CD opens with a charming version of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" performed in Khmer by the Los Angeles band Dengue Fever and goes on to feature French pop songs, 1920s jazz and Hawaiian tunes, the ambient music of Peter Whitehead, and lots of Cambodian songs from the 1960s and early 1970s. This last category includes tracks by Sin Sisimouth, who was Cambodia's biggest heartthrob in the '60s, and Ros Serey Sothea, who was known as the Queen of Khmer Music. The Cambodian songs are wildly creative and include folk songs like Chan Chaya's "Sak Kra Va," which is performed on traditional Khmer instruments; "Love Pillow," a ballad by Choun Malai that wouldn't sound out of place on a collection of '60s singers like Dusty Sprinfield and Jackie DeShannon; and Ros Serey Sothea's "Have you Seen My Love," which blends a stabbing electric organ rhythm pattern with weirdly distorted guitars. Sadly, most of the Cambodian performers heard on these recordings didn't survive the Khmer Rouge's reign of terror of the late 1970s and Dillon has dedicated this CD to their memories. --Michael Simmons
| ARTIST: | Various Artists |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Lakeshore Records |
| FEATURES: | Soundtrack |
| TYPE: | Pop, Soundtracks & Film Scores |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Both Sides Now - Dengue Fever, Et moi, et moi, et moi - Jacques Dutronc, Wait Ten Months - Ros Srey Sothea, Sak Kra Va - Chan Chaya, Do You Believe In Love At Sight - McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Hilo Hula - Mike Hanapi & The Ilima Islanders, Have You Seen My Love - Ros Sorei Sothea, Parlez Moi D'Amour - Lucienne Boyer, I Want A Little Girl - McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Mou Pei Na - Sin Sisamout, Coining - Maes Samouen, Giant Woman - Pen Ran, Close Fit Blues - Clarence Williams, I'm Sixteen - Ros Srey Sothea, Ne Te Fache Pas - Sin Sisamout, Love Pillow - Choun Malai, Dear 5 - Peter Whitehead |
| UPC: | 780163373325 |
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Cultural Pastiche Like the brilliant French, North African & alternative American soundtrack to last year's film, The Truth About Charlie, this cd also attempts to felicitiously recreate the time and place of the film. Though less accessible than "Charlie," this soundtrack is a must for any cd shuffle. When one of these wild songs pops up, one is immediately emotionally transported! The varying tongues, the jangling instruments and the dated phrasings flow over the preserved vinyl scratchings to make you feel like you're under the slow sweep of a ceiling fan in a tiki bar in a far-away tropical country. Mesmerizing!