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Douglas Adams Author / Joby Talbot - Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Soundtrack CD
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For sci-fi lovers the world over, Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is sacred text, so it comes as no surprise that its arrival on celluloid has been met with considerably furrowed brows, especially in the wake of its author's death -- Adams suffered a fatal heart attack in 2001 in the midst of writing the screenplay. However, if the film's gloriously skewed and occasionally beautiful soundtrack is any indication, the Guide is in good hands. Director Garth Jennings tapped the considerable talents of award-winning U.K. composer/arranger and Divine Comedy member Jobi Talbot to swing the baton, and his reverence for the source material is evident from the very first note. Using Stephen Fry's wry summary of marine life's misunderstood intelligence to set the stage, Talbot unleashes -- along with a chorus that includes a bawdy choir, a little girl, and an opera singer -- "So Long & Thanks for All the Fish," a rousing, Broadway-style farewell to the planet (and its befuddled citizens) that's equal parts Rocky Horror and Monty Python. Mischief and Creativity are the muses here, as Talbot makes the "Destruction of Earth" sound both terrifying and irreverent -- it launches into the banjo-led "Journey of the Sorcerer" that sounds like an updated version of "Classical Gas" -- before introducing "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" in a swirl of electronic melodiousness. The retro-analog synth that fuels "Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster" and "Infinite Improbability Drive" -- both of which would have made excellent Stereolab titles -- is a nice touch, effectively relaying the bittersweet joy so inherent in Adams' prose, and the mariachi/exotica-tinged "Vitvodle Street Music" is Talbot's version of the Star Wars cantina band. The composer enlists his longtime collaborator and bandmate, Neil Hannon, to lend his Scott Walker-esque pipes to the "So Long & Thanks for the Fish" reprise, as well as the sly and infectious "Vote Beeblebrox," a timely satire concerning the reelection of "the President of the Galaxy" (voiced by a wonderfully disinterested Sam Rockwell). Talbot has created a world as strange and engaging as the story itself, and it translates because he's such an obvious fan. Like Adams, he knows that comedy is nothing without a perfect balance of heart and whimsy, and there is so much of each crammed into his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy that the listener is compelled to hang on every note in case something wonderful might happen. ~ James Christopher Monger
Composer: Joby Talbot.
Personnel: Luke Donington (vocals).
Audio Mixers: Dan Grech-Marguerat; Nigel Godrich.
Recording information: AIR (07/??/2004-03/14/2005); EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (07/??/2004-03/14/2005); Mark Angelo Studios, London, England (07/??/2004-03/14/2005); RAK (07/??/2004-03/14/2005).
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Soundtrack Music
Douglas Adams Author / Joby Talbot - Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Soundtrack Songs
| 1 | Dolphins
Joby Talbot | 1:03 | $1.29 | |
| 2 | So Long & Thanks For All The Fish
Joby Talbot | 2:27 | $1.29 | |
| 3 | Arthur Wakes Up
Joby Talbot | 2:54 | $1.29 | |
| 4 | Shoo-Rah! Shoo-Rah!
Joby Talbot | 2:51 | | |
| 5 | Here I Am
Joby Talbot | 4:13 | | |
| 6 | Destruction Of Earth
Joby Talbot | 1:32 | $1.29 | |
| 7 | Journey Of The Sorcerer
Joby Talbot | 1:15 | $1.29 | |
| 8 | Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
Joby Talbot | 1:15 | $1.29 | |
| 9 | Inside The Vogon Ship
Joby Talbot | 2:46 | $1.29 | |
| 10 | Vogon Poetry
Joby Talbot | 0:48 | $1.29 | |
| 11 | Space
Joby Talbot | 1:01 | $1.29 | |
| 12 | Vogon Command Centre
Joby Talbot | 1:00 | $1.29 | |
| 13 | Trillian & Arthur Reunited
Joby Talbot | 1:45 | $1.29 | |
| 14 | Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster
Joby Talbot | 1:40 | $1.29 | |
| 15 | Tea In Space
Joby Talbot | 1:09 | $1.29 | |
| 16 | Deep Thought
Joby Talbot | 2:06 | $1.29 | |
| 17 | Infinite Improbability Drive
Joby Talbot | 0:55 | $1.29 | |
| 18 | Viltvodle Street Music
Joby Talbot | 0:45 | $1.29 | |
| 19 | Huma's Hymn
Joby Talbot | 1:02 | $1.29 | |
| 20 | Capture Of Trillian
Joby Talbot | 4:28 | $1.29 | |
| 21 | Vogcity
Joby Talbot | 1:02 | $1.29 | |
| 22 | Love
Joby Talbot | 1:44 | $1.29 | |
| 23 | Whale
Joby Talbot | 1:54 | $1.29 | |
| 24 | Planet Factory Floor
Joby Talbot | 2:29 | $1.29 | |
| 25 | Earth Mark II
Joby Talbot | 6:29 | $1.29 | |
| 26 | Magic Moments
Joby Talbot | 2:38 | | |
| 27 | Shootout
Joby Talbot | 3:23 | $1.29 | |
| 28 | Finale
Joby Talbot | 1:50 | $1.29 | |
| 29 | Blast Off
Joby Talbot | 0:16 | $1.29 | |
| 30 | So Long & Thanks For All The Fish
Joby Talbot | 2:54 | | |
| 31 | Careless Talk
Joby Talbot | 1:42 | $1.29 | |
| 32 | Vote Beeblebrox
Joby Talbot | 3:27 | | |
| 33 | Reasons To Be Miserable
Joby Talbot | 3:37 | $1.29 | |
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Soundtrack Music Review
Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  nice supplement
Straight up, a soundtrack like this is more of a complimentary item for reading the books by Douglas Adams, than a part of the movie. The movie was good, but I enjoy listening to soundtracks and classical music while I read, so this soundtrack makes for great literary amibiance, whether I get through Douglas Adams' so-called trilogy, or other books.
Submitted by starhopper (Fort Wayne, IN, USA) 
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A bloody brilliant soundtrack. Clever, original songs, exciting scoring, fun classic songs and nicely retro synthesizers throughout.
Submitted by Sam (Savannah, GA, USA)
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