| | Adaptation Soundtrack CD (2 Customer Reviews)
Original score composed by Carter Burwell.
Personnel: Carter Burwell (synthesizer, sampler); David Torn (guitar); Stacy Shames (harp); Jung Sun Yoo, Ann Kim, Yurika Mok, Elizabeth Lim, Melissa Kleinbart, Myung Hi Kim, Sandra Park, Lisa Kim, Sharon Yamada (violin); Rebecca Young, Tom Rosenfeld, Robert Rinehart, Vivek Kamath (viola); Eileen Moon, Judith McIntyre, Alan J. Stepansky (cello); Shelley Woodworth (English horn); Bill Mays (piano, celesta); Erik Charleston, Gordon Gottlieb (percussion).
Liner Note Author: Carter Burwell.
Recording information: Right Track Studios, NY.
Author: Charlie Kaufman.
Photographer: Spike Jonze.
The unusual, uncategorizable Adaptation is hardly what anyone would call a thriller (in the conventional sense of the word). Carter Burwell's atmospheric soundtrack, however, while never quite "creepy" or "eerie," does mine a palpably suspenseful vein from ominous start to melancholy finish. Since you never know what's going to happen next in Spike Jonze's acclaimed "meta-movie," this seems only fitting. Best known for the many soundtracks he has composed for the equally iconoclastic Joel and Ethan Coen, Burwell's complete score is included with the release, along with two non-dance-oriented remixes: "Adaptation," as interpreted by Fatboy Slim (aka former Housemartin Norman Cook), and "The Screenwriter's Nightmare," by Zeno. Longtime Jonze fans are sure to appreciate the aptness of Cook's participation as the director who was also behind the award-winning video for "Weapon of Choice" (featuring a kinetic Christopher Walken). The Turtles' radiant "Happy Together," which plays a key role in the film, caps things off. ~ Kathleen C. Fennessy
Music By:Carter Burwell
Uncut (3/03, p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Confessions of a dangerous mind that glower with greatness..."
Mojo (Publisher) (4/03, p.100) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...This score has a genuinely disturbing frisson..." Adaptation Soundtrack Music Adaptation Soundtrack Songs | 1. | Adaptation - (Fatboy Slim remix) |
| 2. | Evolution of the Screenwriter, The |
| 3. | Writer and the Crazy White Man, The |
| 4. | Unashamed Passion, An |
| 5. | Evolution of Evolution, The |
| 6. | On Judgement, Human and Otherwise |
| 7. | Whittle the World Down |
| 8. | On the Similarity of Human and Orchid Forms |
| 9. | Screenwriter's Nightmare, The |
| 10. | Approaching the Object of Desire |
| 11. | Shinier Than Any Ant |
| 12. | Slough Pit of Creation, The |
| 13. | Adaptation Versus Immutability |
| 14. | Effects of Sibling Pressure |
| 15. | Evasion and Escape |
| 16. | Unexpressed Expressed, The |
| 17. | Screenwriter's Nightmare, The |
| 18. | Happy Together - The Turtles |
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Adaptation Soundtrack Music Review Average Rating: (2.5 out of 5 stars)   The music is better than the film
When I finally got to see the movie "Adaptation," after all the hype, I was disappointed. But the music stood out and impressed me. The soundtrack captures that nicely. Composer Carter Burwell ("A Knight's Tale") produces a more ambient, percussive score than some of his other work, and it's quite good. If you're looking for hits and source music, you'll only find one: "Happy Together" by the Turtles (end theme). I wasn't looking for that, and I wasn't disappointed in this disc.
Submitted by markz (Plano, TX, USA) 
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 The track adaptation
Very dissapointed to not have the unaltered track "Adaptation" available. Why would a brilliant composer release a track remixed by fatboy slim in the first place.
Submitted by nathanholder04 (Chapel Hill, NC, USA)
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