
Atlantic / Wea - Atlantic / Wea
Release date: 2003-09-30
Audio CD
Album Rock, Comedy, Hair Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Music, Pop, Pop/Rock, Soundtrack, Soundtracks, Soundtracks & Film Scores, Soundtracks & Scores
1. School Of Rock - School of Rock
2. "Your Head And Your Mind And Your Brain" - Film Excerpt
3. Substitute - The Who
4. Fight - No Vacancy
5. Touch Me - The Doors
6. "I Pledge Allegiance To The Band..." - Film Excerpt
7. Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
8. Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
9. Set You Free - The Black Keys
10. Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks
11. Heal Me, I'm Heartsick - No Vacancy
12. Growing On Me - The Darkness
13. Ballrooms Of Mars - T-Rex
14. "Those Who Can Do..." - Film Excerpt
15. My Brain is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg) - The Ramones
16. T.V. Eye - Wylde Rattz
17. It's a Long Way to the Top - School of Rock




This soundtrack for "School of Rock" delivers on every level: the song selection is great, the original dialogue excerpts are amusing, and the sound quality is near perfect. The classics included cross most genres and include extremely well known monster hits like Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" and lesser known, though brilliant, works like "Ballrooms of Mars" by T-Rex. The only thing on the disc I could have done without is "T. V. Eye" by Wylde Ratttz.
Equal to the originals for entertainment value were the original cast recordings of "School of Rock" and especially the fabulous and funny cover version of "It's a Long Way to the Top", which is a personal favorite of mine.
There are a few oddities that don't seem to fit on the soundtrack, "Edge of Seventeen" foremost among them, but after seeing the movie their presence makes perfect contextual sense. I enjoyed this CD far more than I expected to, and I recommend it to music fans or fans of the movie without reservation.
See the movie first! You'll enjoy alot more of the tracks. This CD is a great intro to Rock 'N Roll. With artists such as The Who, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Nicks, The Doors, and The Ramones, you're bound to find yourself drumming your steering wheel to the beat of these tracks.
I only gave this three stars since I basically purchased this CD for two of the songs it contained. The CD is a compilation of music from the movie. There were only two songs from the movie on the CD that really stood out for me, but my son liked them enough that I was willing to purchase the CD for him. The rest of the CD isn't bad, it's just that the songs didn't stand out enough for me to purchase it if it wasn't for those two songs.