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The Million Dollar Hotel (2000 Film)

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...to relax with a good music!

Pretty good soundtrack. Like alot of people, I picked this up for the "U2" related tracks. They're all good, even if they're all a bit on the moody side. There is nothing essential here, but it's mostly enjoyable none the less. I must admit that the "Satallite of Love" tracks with Milla singing can be a bit jarring, but it's not too bad. About half of this cd involves either "U2" or "Bono", and those tracks are reminisent of most of their softer 90's output. Overall, anyone who is a big fan of the movie, or "U2", should get ahold of this.

Milla. I picked up this CD solely to listen to Milla. What a massive let down. At least the rest of the CD is decent enough but Milla is unredeemable on this album. Someone should have told her to listen to herself and told her to stop while she was ahead. She is good up until the horrible twisted and excruciating end...on both songs, to boot. God awful. Her songs are perhaps the worst ever recorded of all time. It's not even worth listening to because of its utter uniqueness. It's just plain pathetic.

I bought this album because I am a huge U2 fan and saw that there were going to be a couple of new U2 songs. First off, don't believe you are getting too many U2 songs. I found that it was suggested that "The First Time" had never been released before or was a new U2 song, but it was on Zooropa years ago.

Now as for the rest of the soundtrack, U2's offerings are great. "The First Time" is a great song that I've always liked. "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" is exceptional, especially the lyrics written by Salman Rushdie. "Stateless" is another new U2 song, that is good but not too memorable either.

The remainder of the album comes with songs performed by varying musicians consisting of ensembles often including Bono, Danial Lanois, and Brian Eno. I was hoping that these would at least be similar to what was included on the Passengers: Original Sountracks 1, but it is weirder than that and not really in a creative way.

So, should you buy this album? Yes if you really must have those U2 songs, yes if you are very open to ambient music and some eccentric offerings. BUt if you are looking for a fantastic album or are not a big U2 fan then try something else. For U2 fans who are not sure, try Passengers first.

well I really don't know how to start with this one...it's so incredible, passionate and emotional. The best soundtrack ever and one of the best albums ever recorded. Every song here has its satisfied place, you won't get the feeling of a filler. This album is great from the start to the very end, it will grow on you with time and each listening. It's suitable to every moment of a day, week, month, year and Your life. At every time you can associate with the music and the lyrics of at least one of those songs. It takes you into another world created by Bono and The MDH Band. "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" one of the best songs in U2's career and greatest lyrics I've ever seen. "Never Let Me Go" - so atmospheric and jazzy and my personal favorite "Falling At Your Feet" with an unrepeatable climate and atmosphere, a song that you would like to write for someone you love. These are just few of the songs here, but all of them are truly brilliant whether it's a ballad ("Falling At...") or a joke ("Dancin' Shoes"). I truly recommend this album for every music fan that would like to grow and expand mentally and emotionally

This record belongs to that rare set of film scores that are so evocative, so literate, and so compelling, that you hardly need the film. Thing is, this isn't a proper film score, now is it? It's a bit of a score, a bit of a soundtrack (ie, a compilation of individual songs), and a bit of a U2 album. It is a real testament to all involved--U2, Bono and his MDH Band, and assorted producers, musicians, and artists covering other peoples' material--that it all makes sense, everyone sounding like a brilliant thread in somebody else's tapestry. Because this record *does* have a "the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts" appeal--welcome to the world of Wim Wender's soundtracks!

U2 show they know how to apply themselves to an emotional moment, because yes the new songs sound like U2, but no, they don't sound like they could have come off another album. The previous material they included fits nicely, using Milla Jovovich's peculiar and unforeseeably perfect vocal acrobatics to expand one of their favourite covers, "Satellite of Love;" and Daniel Lanois and the MDH Band reveal a whole new beauty to "The First Time" in their reprise of that song. Bono's sans-U2 contributions are first-rate--he practically acts all the characters and moods with his voice, but not in a hokey way. There is a real emotional, as well as musical, complexity to this album. Cheers to all the additional musicians. This album begins with a soaring, distinctly U2 embodiment of a Salman Rushdie poem, and ends with a nearly out-of-control Spanish version of the Sex Pistol's "Anarchy in the USA," and packs inbetween things old (previous U2 work), new (MDH Band), borrowed (Velvet Underground, movie dialogue, etc.), and blue (that fabulous trumpet!), never once making a musical or emotional misstep. What a marriage!

On the front end, those starved for new U2 music in early 2000 were not disappointed with the two new tracks, "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" (the lyrics of which written by Salmon Rusdie in his book of the same title) and "Stateless" (which has a one of the best bass parts since "New Years' Day"). These songs were decidely more moody that the collection of tunes released later that year - 'All That You Can't Leave Behind'.

But what about the rest? Bono collaberates with Daniel Lanois and the "MDH Band" (a collection of more-than-competent musicians, too many to mention here) on "Falling at Your Feet", "Never Let Me Go", and "Dancin' Shoes", the latter of which is a fantastically smoky, bluesy, vocal performance.

The rest is filler. There are two incantations each of "The First Time" (on U2's 'Zooropa' (1993)) and of Lou Reed's "Satellite of Love" with Milla J. on vocals. (HINT: for those looking for a version sung by Bono and performed by U2, check out the "One" CD single). And the Spanish version of "Anarchy in the [USA]" is just annoying.

That said, this is not one of the best soundtracks to a Wim Venders movie. For better collections of songs, I recommend 'Until the End of the World' (1991) and 'The End of Violence' (1997).

The Million Dollar Hotel, one of the best soundtracks out there? I would have to say yes. The album coinsides with the movie fawlessly. I would have loved to see another Bono, Gavin Friday, and Muice Seezer colaberation (ie. In The Name Of The Father). Gavin Friday would have been perfect to work with Bono on this project. Daniel Lanois is a very good musican, great calaborator. The album is a great pice of "art", it all flows together untill track 15, the Danny Saber remix and 16 Tito Larriva's cover of the Sex Pistols "Anarchy in the USA". Both tracks seem pointless to have on this album that in a way tells its own story. All in all, get the album, one of the best albums in years, (might I say the best soundtrack ever.)

This music is very depressing to me. I prefer uplifting music.

This is an absolute must for any listener whos' bent is towards the surreal. The soundtrack truely breaths life into a film that is already classic in the most brilliantly abstract way.