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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0093624598725
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea
Release Date: July 11, 1995
Sales Rank: 59931
Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
Disc 1:- Paris, Texas
- Theme from Southern Comfort
- Theme from Alamo Bay
- Across the Borderline
- Highway 23
- Bomber Bash
- Greenhouse
- Nice Bike
- I Like Your Eyes
- Main Theme
- See You in Hell, Blind Boy
- Feelin' Bad Blues
- Swamp Walk
- Angola
- Viola Lee Blues - Ry Cooder, Lewis, Noah
- The Long Riders
- Archie's Funeral (Hold to God's Unchanging Hand)
- Jesse James - Ry Cooder, Traditional
Disc 2:- King of the Street
- Sunny's Tune
- No Quiero - Ry Cooder, Samudio, Sam
- Cruising with Rafe
- Klan Meeting
- I Can't Walk This Time/The Prestige
- East St. Louis
- Goose and Lucky
- Goyakla Is Coming
- Canoes Upstream
- Cancion Mixteca - Ry Cooder, Alavéz, José López
- Maria
- Bound for Canaan (Sieber & Davis)
- Bound for Canaan (Sieber & Davis) (The 6th Cavalry)
- Train to Florida - Ry Cooder, Hoon-Hoortoo
- Houston in Two Seconds
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential recording:
Ostensibly a collection of Cooder's film music, the two-CD Music by Ry Cooder delivers the cinematic quality of a good soundtrack album but packs the kind of ferocious jams--featuring crack players such as John Hiatt, Jim Keltner, David Lindley, and Jim Dickinson--that you'll never hear on a John Williams score. Cooder's melancholy acoustic and electric-slide moans are a constant, though the material shifts from the plaintive piano tune 'I Like Your Eyes' (from Johnny Handsome) to the border-town ballad 'Across the Borderline' (featuring Freddy Fender) to the grit-and-spit stomp of 'Bomber Bash' (from Streets of Fire). From cowboy serenades to contemporary exotica, from Paris, Texas to Alamo Bay, Cooder's soundtrack legacy is a strangely unified cross section of an American master's finest and most varied work. --James Rotondi
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Ry Observations
Ry Cooder is an American treasure; he belongs in the Smithsonian. Who else would begin a long, restless, ethno-musicological folk/rock guitar odyssey by working in that enclave of oddity known as Captain Beefheart's Magic Band? Cooder didn't exactly burst onto the scene in 1970, but, with that vintage Airstream posed in the desert, and emerging hipster friends like Randy Newman and Van Dyke Parks, he eased onto it in a big way. From the very start, Cooder focused all his attention on the song itself. He obviously loved tracking down obscure, dust-covered numbers, frequently from as far back as the Great Depression. Often they had a narrative quality, as in the splendid, "F.D.R. In Trinidad." His style was lean and elegant, flashy solos were avoided, however, his complete command of the instrument was obvious.
By the time I saw him, in 1974, he'd already achieved cult status through session work on Let It Bleed, and his memorable LP, Into The Purple Valley. Rolling Stone Magazine would later rank him #8 on its list of all-time greatest guitarists. Playing solo, in an undecorated gymnasium, he put on a clinic that was at times downright chilling. Cooder spent a considerable amount of time playing the mandolin, and there were moments when it seemed he would rip the thing into shreds. As to his singing, well, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either, however, everything else about his music was so extraordinary one could politely pretend it wasn't there.
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Rating: - Movie music that's not.
Great! A little of everything showing Ry Cooder's range. If you like slide guitar and delta blues, you'll love it.
Rating:  - Captures The Mood
Ry Cooder has always been one of the most understated players I listen to; He hides in layers, almost demanding your complete attention to fully hear and understand each musical statement; Some of his best material has always been from the movies; 'Southern Comfort', 'Johnny Handsome', and 'The Long Riders' have some of his best work(sadly this CD was released before 'Last Man Standing', which I consider some of his rawest work to date...). Still, while not every track here is a great one, this is a nice CD to throw on and go about your day, pausing every once in awhile for those moments that will catch your ear...and there are plenty of them. Lots of different styles of music, mostly instrumental. Nice production; Excellent headphone experience; A really good retrospective of an excellent musician.
Rating: - If you're a Ry Cooder Fan, and you like Instrumental Music......
For those of you that are fans of 'Ry Cooders' work, collecting his music is something of a daunting proposition. With a collection of regular Studio albums totalling some 25+ albums (with 2005 utterly sublime "Chavez Ravine", being the most recent). If you are (like I am) a relatively newbie to his music, picking which albums to start with is an slightly tricky option.
For someone that has handled a multitude of genres: Rock, Blues-Rock, Ethnic Fusion, Slide Guitar Blues, Cuban, Film Music, Roots Rock, Latin, Worldbeat, & Blues, finding an album that encapsulates all his influences is going to be a compilers nightmare. Unfortunately...this isn't it!!, but before you head off to view the reviews for: "Why Don't You Try Me Tonight?: The Best of Ry Cooder" (Tremendous, overall 1 Cd Summary of his work), or "River Rescue: The Very Best of Ry Cooder", as compilations of his work. You should be really give this reasonably expensive 2-Cd compilation, your attention. Why??....well, this isn't as mentioned before, an 'Overall Summary' of his work, and instead is a compilation of the great many compositions for film soundtracks, that he has either composed or performed over the years.
This is predominately an album that although focusing on soundtracks, shows an incredible level of diversity and proficiency on his chosen instrument....(The Guitar), and seeing as Ry is one of the most gifted guitar Multi-instrumentalists of his generation, his excellence of his many ... Read More
Rating: - The Good Stuff Is Good Stuff!!
I enjoy the movie 'Southern Comfort' which had it's soundtrack performed by Ry Cooder. This is the only CD (I believe) that features the songs from that film. This is a collection that features a diverse selection of Ry Cooder's music from a number of films. Some of it is very good. The track 'Theme From Southern Comfort' is very haunting especialy if you turn all the lights out and listen to it in darkness. I also really like the track 'Klan Meeting' from the film The Alamo, however I've never seen the film itself. Another film I do have is 'The Long Riders' which also featured Ry Cooder in the soundtrack. Some of these tracks are included here and are good listening.
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