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  • Artist: 2004 Original Soundtrack
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2004
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 724386393425
  • Item Number: VIR639342
  • Release date: 10/19/2004
  • 1. Old Habits Die Hard
  • 2. Blind Leading the Blind [Acoustic Version][Live]
  • 3. New York Hustle
  • 4. Let's Make It Up
  • 5. Wicked Time
  • 6. Lonely Without You (This Christmas)
  • 7. Darkness of Your Love
  • 8. Jack the Lad
  • 9. Oh Nikki
  • 10. Blind Leading the Blind
  • 11. Standing in the Rain
  • 12. Counting the Days
  • 13. Old Habits (Reprise)
  • 14. Alfie
  • 15. Old Habits Die Hard [Bonus Track]
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Alfie [2004 Original Soundtrack] by 2004 Original Soundtrack on CD


Wisely, the soundtrack for the 2004 remake of Alfie doesn't try to ape the original film's impeccably cool Sonny Rollins score and sheer pop perfection of Dionne Warwick's classic version of the theme song. Instead, this version of the film looks for its own musical identity with a collection of songs and a few instrumental tracks performed mostly by former Eurythmic Dave Stewart and Mick Jagger, along with a few tracks by Joss Stone for good measure. Even if the new Alfie's music isn't quite as distinctive as the first one's was, it does at least have a little more creativity and cohesion than most romantic comedy soundtracks. Obviously, Jagger is the perfect choice to reflect the misadventures of a world-weary British Lothario, and he sounds appropriately worn on "Old Habits Die Hard," where his ragged high notes are particularly bittersweet. This track and the equally poignant "Let's Make It Up" rival the best of his latter-day work with the Stones and on his own. However, if the bulk of the soundtrack is anything to go by, 2004's Alfie trades the original's dryly poignant tone for something more obviously sentimental: both versions of "Blind Leading the Blind," "Standing in the Rain," and the Jagger/Joss Stone duet "Lonely Without You (This Christmas)" tend towards gloss and schmaltz. While the soundtrack does a more than adequate job of chronicling the emptiness and letdowns of living a love-'em and leave-'em life, it doesn't reflect enough of the devil-may-care spirit of that lifestyle that would make it attractive in the first place. The instrumentals "New York Hustle," "Jack the Lad," and "Oh Nikki" capture some of that mischievous, flirtatious joy, however fleetingly. Stone's tracks also tend toward the overdone, especially the ill-conceived rap duet "Wicked Time" featuring Nadirah "Nadz" Seld. And though her version of "Alfie" is no match for Warwick's, it should at least please fans of Stone's bluesy pop more than her second, teen poppy album did. At nearly an hour long and featuring several reprises and different versions of the Jagger/Stewart tracks (including a pleasant but not especially vital duet of "Old Habits Die Hard" with Sheryl Crow), Alfie piles on too much; it could've been better if it followed the sparer direction that pops up on it from time to time. ~ Heather Phares, Rovi
  • Artist: 2004 Original Soundtrack
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2004
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 724386393425
  • Item Number: VIR639342
  • Release date: 10/19/2004
  • Label: Virgin
  • Genre: Stage & Screen
  • Style: Soundtracks
  • Album Time: 54:55

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  • Alfie 2004 Original Soundtrack CD
Alfie 2004 Original Soundtrack CD

Editorial Reviews

Jude Law is not just a character actor trapped in the body of a leading man, he is a character actor trapped in the body of a male supermodel. Although he has successfully used his looks to his advantage in the roles he has played (Gigolo Joe in A.I. and his narcissistic hedonist in The Talented Mr. Ripley), Alfie represents the first time a film he appears in suffers from his looks and charm. Alfie is forever addressing the camera, taking the audience into his confidence and being just as charming towards the viewer as he is to his various female conquests in the film. The problem is that Law is so appealing a screen presence that the audience will not be able to work up enough disgust toward him. For the film's heavy-handed ending to have the power it should the audience has to believe that Alfie will be living the rest of his life alone, and Law is unable to make the audience believe that. For this reason, Jude Law's performance cannot match the emotional depth of Michael Caine's original conception of the character, but it does recall another cinematic philosopher who preached living the good life -- he's a randy, selfish Ferris Bueller. While it is pleasurable to spend time with the character, the emptiness of the film makes that pleasure fleeting. In the end, the audience gets about as much out of their time with Alfie as the women in the film do. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide