Description:Largely, er, "inspired" by German director Wim Wenders' classic fable Wings of Desire, this heavenly melodrama features a high watermark for overwrought modern pop-song scores. U2's "If God Will Send His Angels" might just certify their on-the-sleeve spirituality as moribund, while Alanis Morissette's radio hit &quLargely, er, "inspired" by German director Wim Wenders' classic fable Wings of Desire, this heavenly melodrama features a high watermark for overwrought modern pop-song scores. U2's "If God Will Send His Angels" might just certify their on-the-sleeve spirituality as moribund, while Alanis Morissette's radio hit "Uninvited" conjures the frightening spectre of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" (fronted by a teenage Celine Dion-in-training), making the efforts of vets Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, Peter Gabriel, and Eric Clapton sound downright Mancini-esque by comparison. Veteran composer Gabriel Yared finds himself ghettoized on the disc's final tracks, but then he only scored the film. --Jerry McCulley ... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Warner Release date : 4 May 1998 Number of discs : 1 EAN: 0093624686729 UPC: 093624686729
"German #1 at August 30th 1998
Released: July 27th 1998
Time as #1: 3 Weeks
Would I have been happy with it?
I listened a lot to compilation albums at the time. The artists of the soundtrack seem to be good too. So (although I haven't seen the movie) this present would have made sense."