Wild Orchid - Music From The Motion Picture ( AUDIO CD )

Soundtracks are often uneven, disjointed affairs that don't mean much if you've never seen a particular film. There are many exceptions, of course -- the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, for example, is great whether or not you've seen the movie. But the soundtrack to the 1990 film Wild Orchid (starring Mickey Rourke and Jacqueline Bisset) is definitely uneven. What makes this CD is the fact that it is dominated by world music, which isn't something you can say about many soundtracks to American films. And it does contain some few gems here and there, including Brazilian artist Margareth Menezes' hit "Elejibo" (a fine example of Afro-Bahian pop) and two selections by the acclaimed Jewish Yemenite singer Ofra Haza: "Love Song" and "I Want To Fly/Slave Dream." Equally impressive is Brazilian hero Nana Vasconcelos' vocal on the reggae-influenced "Bird Boy." But most of the other songs aren't very memorable. This is a disc that has its moments, but is far from essential.

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TRACK LISTING

1 Main Title - Paradise
2 Elejibo - Margareth Menezes
3 Dark Secret - David Rudder
4 Shake The Sheikh - Dissidenten
5 I Want To Fly/Slave Dream - Ofra Haza
6 Bird Boy - Nana Vasconcelos/The Bushdancers
7 Love Song - Ofra Haza
8 Twistin' With Annie - Hank Ballard
9 Magic Jeweled Limousine - Nasa
10 Oxossi - Geronimo
11 Children Of Fire (Call Of Xango) - David Rudder
12 Promised Land - Underworld
13 Flor Cubana - Simone Moreno
14 Wheeler's Howl - The Rhythm Methodists
15 Love Theme - Paradise
16 Just A Carnival - David Rudder
17 Dark Secret - David Rudder/Margareth Menezes