Godzilla: The Album (1998 Film) [Soundtrack]

Editorial Reviews
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Godzilla's return to the big screen mixes old and new; this monster of a flick infuses '90s special effects into the classic tale of a lizard gone awry. In effect, the movie's soundtrack embraces a similar resurrection: established artists either breathing new life into well-worn tunes or showcasing exclusive tracks and new lineups. And, like the movie, the soundtrack only succeeds on certain levels. The Wallflowers' recording of David Bowie's "Heroes" (the album's single) is hardly groundbreaking, and the predictable Puffdaddy treatment to Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" drags on. The Foo Fighters, here in their first recording to feature new guitarist Franz Stahl, take a mellow pop tromp. Ben Folds Five's "Air" and Green Day's "Brain Stew," the latter remixed especially for Godzilla, are the album highlights. As the saying goes, sometimes bigger isn't better. --Jason Verlinde

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Tracks:

Heroes - The Wallflowers
Come With Me - Puff Daddy
Deeper Underground - Jamiroquai
No Shelter - Rage Against The Machine
Air - Ben Folds Five
Running Knees - Days Of The New
Macy Day Parade - Michael Penn
Walk The Sky - Fuel
A320 - Foo Fighters
Brain Stew (The Godzilla Remix) - Green Day
Untitled - Silverchair
Out There - Fuzzbubble
Undercover - Joey DeLuxe
Opening Titles - David Arnold
Looking For Clues - David Arnold

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Godzilla's return to the big screen mixes old and new; this monster of a flick infuses '90s special effects into the classic tale of a lizard gone awry. In effect, the movie's soundtrack embraces a similar resurrection: established artists either breathing new life into well-worn tunes or showcasing exclusive tracks and new lineups. And, like the movie, the soundtrack only succeeds on certain levels. The Wallflowers' recording of David Bowie's "Heroes" (the album's single) is hardly groundbreaking, and the predictable Puffdaddy treatment to Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" drags on. The Foo Fighters, here in their first recording to feature new guitarist Franz Stahl, take a mellow pop tromp. Ben Folds Five's "Air" and Green Day's "Brain Stew," the latter remixed especially for Godzilla, are the album highlights. As the saying goes, sometimes bigger isn't better. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

Huge Godzilla Fan.......2007-07-13

So I accepted that Godzilla just isn't Godzilla and watched the movie and I actually really liked it. Until half way into the film when they kill off Godzilla and leave us with a bad Jurassic park. It's almost step by step the original Jurassic Park in side the museum when the raptors are chasing the boy and girl. Even the way the baby Godzillas interact, with them snapping at each other with a neck curl.

So as a Godzilla fan I found myself bored and wanting to see a big monster destroying the city not little babies fully developed running around trying to eat the humans because they smelled like fish. That also made me sad; that they had to justify the little tikes eating the humans by saying the smelled like fish and not saying they just hatched from their eggs and are hungry for some meat, which happens to be man meat.

The films cute and if your not a fan of the original its fun and great for kids my friend raised on it, knowing it line by line watched it with me and he still loved it. It's a good take on the American portrayal of Godzilla, and it still had little tid bits for us fans it just forgot what the fans come to watch.

One thing i feel that this film handled so well was the love for the beast and the sadness of it creation. that it will have to die for humans to live. this part of the film i felt was amazing and very true to godzilla.

For me I love Godzilla and as a kid anytime he was on screen I would run over to the TV and sit about a foot away, but there was also the great stories between the characters. The boyfriend in Godzilla vs. Monster Zero trying to impress his girlfriend brother so he can marry her, and when he is the one that figures out how to stop the destruction the brother looks at him with such anger. It's amazing. There isn't anything like this in this movie and that's why in my option it falls short. Never giving us anything to hold onto. Nothing more mature then a teenage drama that as a kid, I had no interest in, and now as an adult I find it immature and boring.

But now as a fan there are the Sony classic releases where they're releasing all the originals with the Japanese cuts and American cuts which are great. Again this film is ment for people that aren't fans, and if so enjoy it a good American big monster movie with some amazing CGI when it was made and still is very impressive. Just remember there is more to the big guy then him just wanting to eat fish.

Godzilla.......2007-07-03

Good action picture. Godzilla is a cross between the old Godzilla and
Alien. Enjoyed very much.

It's Hard to Catch a Cab In NYC.......2007-07-03

I watched 1998's Godzilla again after nine years and the experience has gotten better with age. I remember that I was hugely disappointed when the film was released but I guess I've mellowed with time. Either that or monster movies have gotten progressively worse.

Yes, the acting is routinely bad all around, even though Matthew Broderick and Jean Reno try. They are not helped by a rather poor script but I'm willing to forvive that now. Indeed there are a few funny (albeit unintentionally) lines of dialogue that produced chuckles.

The premise is as one would expect. Big monster created by nuclear fallout. It travels to New York in order to nest. Lots of mayhem ensues. Lots of baby zillas hatch at Madison Square Garden. There is a large amount of destruction before the good guys win. Godzilla spends about 30 minutes hunting down a cab. Monster killed. End of story. Great premise for summer blockbuster if your target audience is teenage boys. Bad premise for anyone who actually thinks about the film they have just seen. Sure its illogical but this is Godzilla not Citizen Cane.

I did not view the fairly new "Monster" Edition but the standard one disc limited edition. The film sounds great and looks quite good. It features a featurette on the making of the film and a commentary track by the Special Effects Coordinator along with some bonus publicity materials.
These special features ar ok but not great.

Like I said I've mellowed over the years. While Godzilla is not great filmaking it can be a rather fun ride. Give it a chance at least to laugh at.

Good soundtrack, GREAT movie.......2007-06-13

I can't believe how stupid people are, when this movie came out people whined about it for various reasons. Some said well it doesn't look like the old Godzilla, ok it would have been nice but they set out for it to look more like a lizard not a man in a costume, and this is easily better than any corny Japanese Godzilla movies, which I enjoy as well but let's be realistic. As far as the Soundtrack it's good but not great, more around 3 1/2 stars but since some idiots on here reviewed the movie not the soundtrack it deserves more than 3 stars. Good tracks by Fuel, Green Day, Days of the New and others and the last two tracks from the score were good as well.

Godzilla vs Mecha Devlin and Emmerich.......2007-05-15

This movie should only be viewed as a coaster for your beer to rest on while you watch a REAL Godzilla movie...P.S. I rated this loser of a flick 1 star because there wasn't an option for the this-is-the-worst-suck-movie-of-all-time rating

Average customer rating:

Godzilla The Album
The Wallflowers , Puff Daddy , Jamiroquai , Rage Against The Machine , Ben Folds Five , Days Of The New , Michael Penn , Fuel , Foo Fighters , and Green Day
Manufacturer: Sony Music Soundtrax
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NJOY1Y

Product Description

15 Tracks of Music....Heroes....Come With Me....Deeper Underground....No Shelter....Air....Running Knees....Macy Day Parade....Walk The Sky....A320....Brain Stew (The Godzilla Remix)....Untitled....Out There....Undercover....Opening Titles....Looking For Clues

Godzilla Vs. King Kong: Monster Movie Album

Average customer rating:

Surprisingly well done
excellent compilation
A Great Listen (Even Theodore Rex!)

Godzilla Vs. King Kong: Monster Movie Album
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006AHU
Release Date: 1998-05-19

Tracks:

Godzilla Suite: Godzilla, King Of The Monsters-Main Title
Godzilla Suite: Ghidrah, The Three-Headed Monster-Godzilla Rises From The Sea
Godzilla Suite: Destroy All Monsters-Main Credits
Godzilla Suite: Terror Of Mecha-Godzilla - Mecha-Godzilla 2
Godzilla Suite: Godzilla Vs. Monster Zero-Monster Battle March
Godzilla Suite: Godzilla, King Of The Monsters-Finale
King Kong Suite: King Kong-Overture
King Kong Suite: King Kong-Prelude & Love Theme
King Kong Suite: King Kong Lives-Return To Borneo/Finale
Mysterious Island Suite: Prelude/The Ballon
Mysterious Island Suite: Giant Bees
Mysterious Island Suite: The Giant Crab
Baby: Secret Of The Lost Legend-Baby's Alive/End Titles
Theodore Rex-Main Theme
Hammer Stone-Age Suite: One Million Years B.C.
Hammer Stone-Age Suite: When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth-Main Theme
Hammer Stone-Age Suite: When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth-Storm Over The Sea
Hammer Stone-Age Suite: Creatures The World Forgot-Life On The Tribe/Finale
The Land Before Time: End Credits
We're Back-A Dinosaur Story: A Special Visitor
The Flintstones Movie-Mesozoic/Meet The Flintstones

Customer Reviews:

Surprisingly well done.......2006-11-09

I was expecting this to be made up of actual soundtrack material, but instead it's quite nicely recorded new versions of all the themes. The playing is a bit sloppy, especially some of the snare playing (one the godzilla marches especially), but overall I was quite surprised by how well it was done. The tracklist is also interesting. I am surprised they bothered digging up the soundtracks to One Million Years BC and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, both of which had quite memorable soundtracks and are treated with respect here. The king kong themes are nice, with the King Kong Lives being a very surprising addition. The stuff from Mysterious Island is also quite excellent. However, the stuff from Baby, Theodore Rex, and We're Back is almost as lame as the movies themselves. It's too bad they had to include those instead of doing more along the lines of the rest of it, but I'd still recommend this for any fans of the music from any of these movies. There's some great stuff on here.

excellent compilation.......2005-08-15

The Monster Movie Music album is one of the best compilations Silva America has ever released. You have music from The Godzilla films and of course King Kong, music from Max Steiner, John Barry and John Scott. In addition there is some music by James Horner from the two Land Before Time animated films. I only wonder why Silva didn't include tracks from the two Jurassic Park films? They would have fit with all the other dinosaur tracks.

Be sure to check out the Disaster Movie Music album as well.

A Great Listen (Even Theodore Rex!).......1999-10-19

If you've never seen all these movies (and hopefully you haven't), you can simply put on the CD and enjoy the music of bygone monster flicks. Those who have an awareness of some of these movies may be absolutely flummoxed by the choice of selections. The Godzilla tracks are givens, as are the King Kong ones, and the collection of Caveman Movie tracks somewhat makes sense. But what compelled the Prague Philharmonic to try their hand at the Main Title from "Theodore Rex"? Or "We're Back! - A Dinosaur's Story"? Although these films don't fit into anyone's category of "Monster Movie" (and to be technical, the sheer awfulness and subsequent non-release of TR may cause some to argue its categorization as a "movie"), the music holds up very well. Neat liner note art, as well (c'mon, Amazon.com, show it!).