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Horrible depressing soft rock soundtrack


The Farrelly brothers clearly have an afinity for a lot of bland soft rock that I can't stand, but this movie takes the cake. The music just doesn't fit the tone of the movie, and where I can tune out their music choices for the most part in their other films, in this one, they stick out like a sore thumb. There were scenese where the music was so noticably wrong, it really detracted from the movie. I wouldn't say this movie rates up there with their very best like Dumb and Dummer or Kingpin anyway, but the help of an outside music supervisor would have helped.

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I agree. I kept thinking watching this how damn sappy all the songs were.

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If anyones wondering what music we're talkin about - its this:


Breakout
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
3:21 Amazon
2
Do It Again
Walter Becker / Donald Fagen
Smash Mouth
3:57 Amazon
3
Deep Inside of You
Stephan Jenkins
Third Eye Blind
4:10
4
Totalimmortal
AFI
The Offspring
2:50 Amazon
5
The World Ain't Slowin' Down
Ellis Paul
Ellis Paul
4:48
6
Any Major Dude Will Tell You
Walter Becker
Wilco
3:06 Amazon
7
Only a Fool Would Say That
Walter Becker / Donald Fagen
Ivy
3:03 Amazon
8
Can't Find the Time to Tell You
Bruce Arnold
Hootie & the Blowfish
2:47 Amazon
9
Bodhisattva
Walter Becker / Donald Fagen
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
5:41 Amazon
10
Bad Sneakers
Walter Becker / Donald Fagen
The Push Stars
3:15 Amazon
11
Reelin' in the Years
Walter Becker / Donald Fagen
Marvelous 3
3:26 Amazon
12
Strange Condition
Pete Yorn
Pete Yorn
4:33
13
Barrytown
Walter Becker / Donald Fagen
Ben Folds Five
3:48 Amazon
14
Razor Boy
Walter Becker / Donald Fagen
Billy Goodrum
3:45 Amazon
15
Where He Can Hide
Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe
6:05

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I could agree with the OP more.

See how stupid it sounds, when you use a saying wrong? And yet many people will still write "I could care less" or even worse, "I could careless".

I, OF COURSE, mean: "I couldn't agree with the OP more". I agree so much, 'more' would be an impossibility.

I care so little, caring any less is impossible = I could NOT care any less = I couldn't care less.

In any case, the so-called 'music' in this horrible movie is the final nail in its coffin. It's not only BAD 'music', it's also USED wrong, and it's the WRONG KIND of music for every scene, and it STILL PLAYS even when people are already speaking.

I can understand using a bit of nice music when there's a 'driving scene' when no one is saying much and it's a 'traveling type' movie. But when the movie is the wrong kind, it just IRRITATES the viewer, who then wishes the stupid driving scene to end JUST so their ears would get some relief.

But the dámn thing KEEPS PLAYING even after the driving scene! IT NEVER STOPS!!

AAGGH!! This is the worst music in any movie ever, for SO many reasons, not only the music choices, but it doesn't fit, it is used wrong, it plays when people are speaking, it's like these people were in love with this music and couldn't get enough, so they let the music piss all over the movie and now you can barely even watch it at all because that damn aural poison creeps in EVERYWHERE.. just when you think it's finally over, it starts again, and it's ALWAYS the wrong type for the scene.

How did they mess it up so badly!? Why is there absolutely NO score music at all? Buy a violin or hire a small quartet to play 5 seconds of 'tension' music or SOMETHING, for crying out loud!

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