What’ll be this summer’s blockbuster soundtrack? Last year, Hollywood Records’ "M:I2" and IDJ’s "Nutty Professor 2" dominated hot-weather ST sales. As soundtracks increasingly become marketing tools for their movies, it’s sometimes difficult to separate the album from the campaign, but these look like the top contenders:
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A huge "event movie" album, the WB soundtrack to Steven Spielberg’s "A.I.," which opens June 29, features John Williams’ score and hits the streets June 19. An "O Brother"-type sleeper could be Lions Gate’s "Songcatcher" about a real-life, turn-of-the-century musicologist, played by Oscar nominee Janet McTeer, who studies the songs of the Appalachians., with a Vanguard ST which comes out today (5/8) that includes, aamong others, Rosanne Cash, Emmylou Harris and Maria McKee singing the tunes of the time.
Also on tap, STs to "American Pie 2" (Universal) w/Uncle Kracker and blink-182 (7/24); MTV’s "Jackass" (Interscope) w/Marilyn Manson (6/19); "Rush Hour 2" (Def Jam) (7/31) and "What’s The Worst That Could Happen?" with Martin Lawrence, Danny Devito and a rap Interscope ST featuring Snoop, Mary J. Blige and Queen Latifah (5/29).
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