HEARTBREAKERS MOVIE SOUNDTRACK
Featuring Michael Andrew and Swingerhead
ALBUM/CD REVIEWS AND ORDERING




Singer / Bandleader / Actor, Michael Andrew sings and swings in the movie "Heartbreakers". Andrew appears in the hilarious opening scenes as the 'wedding band singer'. Here are some reviews on the film's RCA Victor Soundtrack. Andrew produced over 6 six for possible inclusion from Sinatra to Bad Company. The CD is a compilation of wonderful artists.

Release Date:March 20, 2001

Heartbreakers Music Composed and Conducted by John Debney
"Heartbreakers Theme" Composed by Danny Elfman
Orchestrated by Brad Dechter
Recorded and Mixed by Shawn Murphy Score
Produced by John Debney
Label RCA Victor, (09026-63770-2)

01. Only When I Dance (4:46) Performed by Becca
02. Agua De Beber (2:17) Performed by Astrud Gilberto
03. Polaroids (5:49) Performed by Shawn Colvin
04. Infinity (3:19) Inara George and Bryony Atkinson
05. Quiet Nights (of Quiet Stars) (3:21) Performed by Sarah Vaughn
06. Baby, Now That I've Found You (3:48) Performed by Alison Krauss
07. The Waters of March (3:57) Performed by Susannah McCorkle
08. Wonderfully Strange (4:11) Performed by Eman
09. Trade Winds (3:50) Performed by Mason Williams
10. The Best Is Yet To Come (2:56) Performed by Michael Andrew and Swingerhead
11. Heartbreakers Suite 1 (7:39)
12. Heartbreakers Suite 2 (7:00)
Total Playing Time: 53:13

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* "The Best Is Yet To Come" sung by Michael Andrew is given a foot-tapping big-band swing treatment"

* "Michael Andrew and Swingerhead do a smashing version of "The Best is Yet to Come." ... the juicy meat provided by (Sarah) Vaughan and (Michael Andrew and) Swingerhead."

ROTTEN TOMATOES - MUSIC REVIEW
Brad Green Published July 12, 2001
Shawn Colvin mightn't have quite the public profile of new-folk femmes like Sheryl Crowe and Jewel, but Sunny Goes Home was a megahit a couple of years back, and Colvin has plenty of clout where it counts. Her cred among musos is peerless and well earned. This CD is replete with impressive female vocals from two camps. Sizzling old jazz redolent of smokey lounges and sensual sequins; and Colvin, Alison Krauss and Becca: contemporary chanteuses with plenty of class if not the smoulder of yesteryear. Colvin's Polaroids is from 1992 and not quite of the songwriting quality that has subsequently merited such respect. However attractively she coos her bittersweet phrases, however warm the play of acoustic and percussion, however sincere the simple but thoughtful lyric -- very, on all countsÑthe awfully sweet, but awfully short melody is too laconic to sustain a song clocking in at just shy of six minutes. A couple of minutes shorter, a couple of lyric cliches heavier, and an overall more tightly crafted confection is Alison Krauss's Baby, Now That I've Found You. It's a little less edgy than some of the folk-rock sister sounds flourishing in recent times, but it thrives on one of those rare melodic hooks that allow the simplest sentiments to rise above their station. Becca is a new name to me, but she opens the disc with Only When I Dance. In desperate need of a great hook like Krauss's it does have a quietly intoxicating feel and Becca'Õs voice is a lot like Sheryl Crowe's and every bit as communicative. But not as communicative as Sarah Vaughan. Not many are. Considered by many to belong beside Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald as the distaff triumvirate of Twentieth Century jazz, it only takes a few phrases "floating on the silence that s-u-u-u-rounds us" to know why. Vaughan is worthil' joined here by some smouldering Latin-tinged, Antonio Carlos Jobim jazz of the 1960s and Ô70s performed admirably by Astrud Gilberto and Sussanah McCorkle. Finally, the blokes get a chance with Eman's rather mediocre Wonderfully Strange redeemed by Mason Williams whistling romantically on the Trade Winds and Michael Andrew seductively crooning "The Best Is Yet To Come . . ." He's right too. The CD concludes with two suites from John Debney's score, including a theme by the mercurial Danny Elfman. As one might expect no slushy romance from that source, instead the characteristically busy, cascading phrases educe ambiguous emotions. Ah, who can easily define the state of the heart? The only disappointment here is that perhaps the full score was worth a disc of its own.


MUISIC FROM THE MOVIES
Review by Andrew Keech
Heartbreakers stars Sigourney Weaver, Jenifer Love Hewitt and Gene Hackman in a comedy about a mother-daughter team of scam artists who use marriage as an extortion weapon against rich husbands. The soundtrack album is made up of ten sentimental, laid back cues along with two groovy suites from score composer John Debney (Cutthroat Island, The Emperor's New Groove and End of Days). The songs contained on this album are an above average bunch and although their origins stretch over more than 40 years they have the same lazy, jazz like qualities. 'Only When I Dance' performed by Becca is one of the modern cues which complements but could never better the older, wonderful classic jazz cue from Astrud Gilberto, 'Aqua de Beber'. 'Polariods' performed by Shawn Colvin and 'Infinity' by Inara George and Bryony Atkinson are both atmospheric, country style blues cues. Sarah Vaughan performs a gentle jazz version of 'Quiet Nights' and Alison Krauss sings seductive 'Baby' Now That I've Found You'. 'The Waters Of March' sung by Susannah McCorkle is also a romantic light jazz. 'The Best Is Yet To Come' sung by Michael Andrew is given a foot-tapping big-band swing treatment, perhaps the odd-cue-out is 'Wonderfully Strange' by Eman which has a heavier pop beat, but still retains a vague country feel. After Astrud Giberto, the other superb cue is an instrumental Hawaiian-style, but haunting cue called 'Trade Winds' from Mason Williams. The two cues from John Debney are both suites more than seven minutes long and have in places a striking resemblance to Thomas Newman's American Beauty. The music combines some magical action sequences with a jazz feel along with some striking romantic and comedic sections. Altogether the composer contributes some fun music, which may not be his most outstanding score, but is certainly enjoyable. Astrud Gilberto and John Debney on the same album makes Heartbreakers an interesting album and with more than 14 minutes of score has enough for Debney fans. The songs are also likely to appeal to old swingers!



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By Dan Goldwasser on March 22nd, 2001
Heartbreakers is the amusing story about a mother and daughter con-team (Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt) who find themselves in trouble with the IRS and need to come up with $300,000 in 90-days. Their solution? To con William B. Tensy (Gene Hackman), a billionaire with a severe smoking problem. Meanwhile, their last con Dean Cumanno (Ray Liotta) is trying to track them down, and Page (Hewitt) begins to fall for Jack (Jason Lee). It's not as confusing as it sounds. The resulting film is a rather funny one, with some great comedy moments by Hackman and Liotta, and is backed by a quirky score by John Debney (with a main theme by Danny Elfman), as well as a swath of mood-setting pop songs. Many of the songs in the film serve as background fodder, playing for the sake of being played (in a bar, or on the radio, etc.). But there are a few that fit in rather nicely with the mood of the scene, and those are the ones that have been picked (rightfully so) to grace the soundtrack album. The light South American smoothness of "Ague De Beber" (Astrud Gilberto) and soft vocals of "Quiet Nights (Of Quiet Stars)" (Sarah Vaughan) and "The Waters of March" (Susannah McCorkie) add a quieter romantic edge to the album. Other tunes like "Infinity" (Inara George and Bryony Atkinson) and "Baby, Now That I've Found You" (Alison Krauss) keep the same level going, but "Infinity" kept popping The Minus Man into my head, as it was the first song on that album. Mason Williams' soft stylings on "Trade Winds" is a nice relaxing cue that segues into Michael Andrew and Swingerhead's slick rendition of "The Best Is Yet To Come". There are two suites of original score included here, and while they total just a little under 15-minutes in length, I would have to say that the amount presented here is just right. Elfman's theme is slightly reminiscent of the lighter bits of A Simple Plan combined with sporadic moments that reminded me of Beetlejuice. Debney does a wonderful job in an awkward situation, taking a theme that wasn't his, and infusing it with depth, emotion, and variety. The resulting score is broad, with moments ranging from whimsical comedy, to tense action, to soft romance. The only drawback is that I never really felt that this was a John Debney score; it felt a bit too much like an Elfman score. But maybe that's what they were going for? Running a little over 53-minutes, the soundtrack to Heartbreakers is a nice example of a well done song-driven release. While there aren't any big "hits" presented, the songs are enjoyable and fit wonderfully within the context of the film, and make it a pleasure to listen to. Add to that the inclusion of a nice solid chunk of quality score, and you have Heartbreakers. I'd recommend checking out the film before rushing to get the soundtrack, but you won't find that your time has been wasted.


Review by Ryan Keaveney Review Date: April 17, 2001
It's really quite amazing how often John Debney and Danny Elfman have managed to collaborate in some shape or form thus far. Film composers rarely play nice (Media Ventures composers are the exception). For Debney and Elfman, first there was the Disney comedy MY FAVORITE MARTIAN, which featured Elfman's "Uncle Martian Theme" woven into Debney's score. Then there was this score - HEARTBREAKERS where Debney once again constructed parts of his score around an Elfman theme. Besides HEARTBREAKERS, Elfman and Debney's most recent efforts can be heard in Robert Rodriguez's child-espionage adventure SPY KIDS. Under the microscope here of course is HEARTBREAKERS, the big screen comedy starring Sigourney Weaver, Gene Hackman, Jennifer Love-Hewitt and her two friends. The score is a mixture of Tom Newman and early '90's Elfman SCROOGED-esque jaunty riffs via lounge, which puts Debney square in Invisi-ville. That's probably where this score loses a bit of an edge - it opens with a cue that must have been seperated from Tom Newman's AMERICAN BEAUTY at birth. It's hard to determine who wrote what here - the insert notes don't identify exactly where Elfman's theme appears and Debney picks up (my guess is the "theme" is stated in it's "purest" form in the third cue in the first suite). The score qoutient of the album is seperated into two, long cues labeled "Heartbreakers Suite 1" and "Heartbreakers Suite 2", totalling about 14 minutes. Within those 14 minutes are several shorter cues, that is the music stops, a second of silence passes and another cue follows. Most are very short and for presentation purposes are probably best amalgamated into the longer suites. Besides the Tom Newman influence, Danny Elfman's fingerprints appear here and there. HEARTBREAKERS is consistent with Elfman's late '80's, early '90's comedy stuff, this time peppered with various flavorings from spanish acoustic guitar and bongo solos to nightmarish hammond organ chords. There are quite a few fun moments, but there's nothing spectacular here that regular folks can't live without. Die-hard Danny Elfman completists should be interested as it features his influence, even if it isn't 100% the real thing. RCA Victor's release emphasizes songs - there are 10 of them, none deviating from the female vibe of the film besides "Agua De Beber" (an odd little Spanish lounge track) and the faux-big band, update "The Best Is Yet To Come" performed by Michael Andrew and Swingerheard.

But for the most part, the flick has enough laughs and funny moments to get you by. The soundtrack also helps, with an upbeat tempo, and plenty of sorted cool tunes
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Visit composerJohn Debney.com to see all of his past and upcoming musical projects.

Visit Danny Elfman's Music for a Darkened People website. Includes info on "heartbreakers".

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