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| The Big Lebowski: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 
 enlarge | Creators: Carter Burwell, Piero Piccioni, Meredith Monk, Bob Dylan, Captain Beefheart, Elvis Costello, Yma Sumac, Nina Simone, Kenny Rogers And The First Edition, Gipsy Kings
Label: Gramercy Pictures
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
Buy New: $6.54
You Save: $7.44 (53%)
New (43) Used (16) from $6.49
Avg. Customer Rating:  56 reviews
Sales Rank: 5809
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 4.7 x 0.4
MPN: 536903
UPC: 731453690325
EAN: 0731453690325
ASIN: B000001EYO
Release Date: February 24, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new. Shipped from the UK by Airmail direct to 5 airports in the United States. Delivery takes approximately 5 working days from posting - we're frequently faster than a lot of US based sellers.
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| Tracks:
| • | The Man in Me - Dylan, Bob | | • | Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles - Captain Beefheart | | • | My Mood Swings - Costello, Elvis | | • | Ataypura (High Andes) - Vivanco, Moises | | • | Traffic Boom - Piccioni, Piero | | • | I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - Ellington, Duke | | • | Stamping Ground - Hardin, Louis | | • | Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) - Newbury, Mickey | | • | Walking Song - Monk, Meredith | | • | Glueck das Mir Verblieb - Korngold, Erich | | • | Lujon - Mancini, Henry | | • | Hotel California - Henley, Don | | • | Wie Glauben - Burwell, Carter | | • | Dead Flowers - Jagger, Mick |
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One of the most inspired cobbled-together-from-a-stack-of-records soundtrack albums since Pulp Fiction, The Big Lebowski matches the goofily ramshackle spirit of the Dude, the hero of its celluloid companion. While offering Bob Dylan's luv-addled "Man in Me" together with the Gipsy Kings' redefinitive "Hotel California" and the psychedelic-era Kenny Rogers nugget "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)," Lebowski also gives longer play to some cuts barely sampled in the film, including Elvis Costello's "My Mood Swings." Whether taken as a Coen brothers mix tape, a one-album CD carousel, or an apropos souvenir of one wiggy flick, this is a smart, eclectic buy. --Rickey Wright
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| Customer Reviews: Read 51 more reviews...
 "Wouldn't hold out much for the tape deck OR THE CREDENCE!" June 15, 2002
205 out of 226 found this review helpful
While this soundtrack is GOOD, the Credence just isn't here, MAN!!! I mean, there's just no...uh, you know...the Credence just isn't um...around the um...well, the music is on, Man, but the Credence just isn't here! I mean, this could have been a simple review, man! But you have my, um...well, my emotions and contextual waves are all in a mess because there's just no CREDENCE! I mean, man...when you make a soundtrack to this film and play two of Credence Clearwater's songs during crucial times in the film...you kinda expect to pick up a record, a cylindrical object with the Credence, man! I mean, SURE! You think you've got a winner, you pack all the other stuff on there! You've even got a better remix of HOTEL CALIFORNIA by the Gypsy Kings(I hate the freakin' Eagles), and that walking song will always remind me of Maude, but I can also seem to recall between all these Kaluha-filled White Russians, there was Credence played TWICE! You would think that it would be here, but it's not, Man!!!This could be a bit more, uh...uh, you know, it could be...uh, it might not be such a simple, uh....YOU KNOW?!?! --Matt
Sometimes you eat the bear ... November 26, 2004
40 out of 45 found this review helpful
The absence of Creedence is an eastern thing, y'all -- note also that the Eagles' "Peaceful Easy Feeling", though present in the movie, is not included either. CCR and the Eagles negate each other, like matter and anti-matter (respectively).
Find Colvin, Creedence, (and Eagles) Elsewhere July 9, 2006
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
Shawn Colvin's version of Viva Las Vegas, which seems to be the most difficult to find of the "missing" tracks, can be found on the 1995 Doc Pomus Tribute CD 'Till The Night Is Gone' - also somewhat difficult to find, but an excellent CD.
 Best Tracks Are Missing- Please Issue Vol II October 24, 1999
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
Tumbling Tumbleweeds is practically the theme song of the Big Lebowski, yet it didn't even make the soundtrack. Mozart's Requiem? Dead and buried on the cutting room floor with several other great tracks. Creedence? Out the backdoor. I wanted to like the album as much as the movie, but so many tracks are missing. Maybe I just liked the movie too much, perhaps there will be a Lebowski II to fill in the gargantuan gaps?
Excellent, if incomplete. November 15, 2001
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
"The Big Lebowski" is one of my all-time favorite movies, and the music is integral to its mood and tenor, as is the case with most Cohen Brothers films. While all of the music featured in the motion picture has not made it to the disc, what HAS been packaged as "The Big Lebowski" soundtrack is an excellent and engaging album.Standout tracks include "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition; "My Mood Swings" by Elvis Costello; and "Hotel California" by the Gypsy Kings. This is a remarkably cohesive CD for one that represents such a wide spectrum of musical styles. Several previous reviewers have commented that some of the best tracks from the film are not made available on the disc. While this is certainly true - notable omissions include Creedence Clearwater Revival and Mozart tracks - it does not, in my opinion, diminish the album. Is there room for a "Volume 2"? Absolutely, but why not enjoy what's already available - you won't be disappointed.
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