The Beat Surrender

I don’t know at what point I started taking more of an interest in Soundtracks, it could have been influenced by Tarrantino when I was at University and Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction were hitting cinemas and record shops simultaneously. Either way I guess it’s irrelevant as the fact of the matter is that I do keep a keen eye on soundtracks now. They tend to go down three different routes, the first being get a big name band or artist to record a track for the album then fill it with crap to sell the album, get a composer in to put an original score together, which is far more acceptable, or thirdly cobble together a collection of fantastic tracks from a variety of artists.

The third option is one that is getting more and more popular, we’ve had crackers recently in the form of Lost In Translation and Donnie Darko and onto that list you can now add the Goal! Soundtrack. This in itself is something of a shock, because usually anything connected with a British sports film is a disaster, terrible plots, terrible performances and terrible soundtracks are usually the order of the day. Take a look at the list of bands involved in this though and it’s no surprise that it’s worked out so well, the only thing I can’t comment on is if it fits with the film or not having not seen it yet.

The album opens with everybody’s favourite rogue Mr Shaun Ryder, he’s been on good form recently what with his Gorillaz collaboration hitting the top spot, Playground Superstar is something of a disappointing return and opening to this album. Fear not though as we get a massive return to form in the shape of Who Put The Weight Of The World On My Shoulders, it’s by Oasis but is basically Noel and his guitar with a few extra strings thrown in and it’s brilliant, add to that it’s an exclusive track.

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