Various Artists - Across the Universe Soundtrack - Music & Performance - CD
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| Management number | 254494866 | Release Date | 2026/11/07 | List Price | US$6.34 | Model Number | 254494866 | ||
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This edition features a bonus CD filled with more music from the movie.
This Wal-Mart deluxe edition includes 2 CDs.If you're one of those people who love the Beatles but feel that their music has been covered from every conceivable angle, you should take a listen to the soundtrack from Across The Universe. This is something different! The 29 tracks here are, for the most part, highly original interpretations that, while taking the songs in a new direction, don't damage their integrity. The spirit of these classics has been honored. The result? A highly refreshing listening experience.
Few soundtracks do really well in the "marketplace." But this one has found a definite audience, ranking in the top quarter of the Billboard 200 albums chart and going to No. 7 on the magazine's Top Soundtracks chart. Obviously, what has been done here resonates with a lot of people.
A variety of vocalists, male and female, do some fine work on this disc. Jim Sturgess delivers a beautifully forlorn version of "All My Loving" -- yes, that may sound strange but it actually works. He also performs "I've Just Seen A Face," "Something," "Strawberry Fields Forever" (with Jon Anderson), and "Across The Universe."
There are some definite highlights here. T.V. Carpio gives a female twist to "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and, in doing so, delivers what is a vocal showcase. All the more notable for the fact that what was originally a peppy pop song is done as a ballad! Meanwhile, "Let It Be" is majestic all over again, this time delivered as a gospel number with some big choral swells.
It's also great to hear illustrious performers like Joe Cocker and Bono offering their renditions. Cocker almost steals the show with a version of "Come Together" that is at once more menacing and machinelike than the original, giving it a truly contemporary feel. Bono chimes in with a trippy take on "I Am The Walrus" and an interpretation of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" that alternates between ethereal and muscular.
Also included here are "I've Just Seen A Face" (post-punk with a dash of country), a raucous version of "Helter Skelter" in which Dana Fuchs channels Janis Joplin, and a minimalist rendition of "Hey Jude."
Across The Universe is highly recommended for the bold way it makes something old (and wonderful) new all over again.
| Performer | VARIOUS |
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| Music genre | Soundtracks |
| Media format | CD |
| Original release date | 2007 |
| Edition | Deluxe ed. |
| Is collectible | Y |
| Has parental advisory label | N |
| Number of discs | 2 |
| Track listing | Girl / Jim Sturgess 1:04, Hold Me Tight / Evan Rachel Wood 2:36, All My Loving / Jim Sturgess 2:27, I Want to Hold Your Hand / T.V. Carpio 2:47, With a Little Help from My Friends / Jim Sturgess 3:13, It Won't Be Long / Evan Rachel Wood 2:18, I've Just Seen a Face / Jim Sturgess 1:50, Let It Be / Timothy T. Mitchum 3:48, Come Together / Joe Cocker 4:27, If I Fell / Evan Rachel Wood 2:38, Dear Prudence / T.V. Carpio 5:18, Flying / Secret Machines Instrumental 3:56, Blue Jay Way / Secret Machines 4:42, Am the Walrus / Secret Machines 4:47, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite / Eddie Izzard 2:42, Because / T.V. Carpio 2:32, Something / Jim Sturgess 3:02, Oh! Darling / Martin Luther "M.L." McCoy 2:29, Strawberry Fields Forever / Jim Sturgess 3:38, Revolution / Jim Sturgess 2:18, While My Guitar Gently Weeps / Martin Luther "M.L." McCoy 4:02, Across the Universe / Jim Sturgess 3:29, Helter Skelter / Dana Fuchs Band 3:41, Happiness Is a Warm Gun / Selma Hayek 3:10, Blackbird / Evan Rachel Wood 3:06, Hey Jude / Joe Anderson 4:12, Don't Let Me Down / Dana Fuchs Band 3:07, All You Need Is Love / Jim Sturgess 3:21, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds / Bono 4:23 |
| Record label | Interscope Records |
| Target audience | General/trade |
| Songwriter | Across The Universe / O.S.T. |
| Track name | Girl, Hold Me Tight, All My Loving, I Want to Hold Your Hand, With a Little Help from My Friends, It Won't Be Long, I've Just Seen a Face, Let It Be, Come Together, If I Fell, Dear Prudence, Flying, Blue Jay Way, I Am the Walrus, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!, Because, Something, Oh! Darling, Strawberry Fields Forever, Across the Universe, Helter Skelter, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, Blackbird, Hey Jude, Don't Let Me Down, All You Need Is Love, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, Why Don't We Do It in the Road?, I Want You (She's So Heavy) |
| Music media format | CD |
| Is edited | N |
| Is enhanced | N |
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