Track Listing

1. Theme From Hot Fuzz - David Arnold
2. Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant
3. Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me) - XTC
4. The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
5. Solid Gold Easy Action - T. Rex
6. Baby Fratelli - The Fratellis
7. Blockbuster - Sweet
8. Dance With The Devil - Cozy Powell
9. Slippery Rock 70's - Stavely Makepeace
10. "Uncle Derek" - Various Artists
11. Night Of Fear - The Move
12. I Can't Control Myself - The Troggs
13. Fire - Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
14. Kick Out The Jams - Tub Thumper
15. Lethal Fuzz (Osymyso Remix) - John Eric Alexander
16. Avenging Angel - Robert Rodriguez, Carl Thiel
17. Souljacker Part 1 - Eels
18. Caught By The Fuzz - Supergrass
19. Solid Gold Easy Action - The Fratellis
20. "What Did You Think Of That?" - Various Artists
21. Here Come The Fuzz - Jon Spencer & The Elegant Too
22. The Hot Fuzz Suite - David Arnold

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25678 in Music
• Released on: 2007-02-19
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Running time: 77 minutes

Customer Reviews

Great glam compilation plus 23 minutes of David Arnold's class
I mostly bought this for David Arnold's score. Track 22 is a 23-minute long suite containing all of his film music and, like his James Bond soundtracks, it's brilliant.

I was expecting to skip most of the rest but in fact really enjoyed it. Piles of 70s and glam, a pretty solid compilation album- you can't go wrong with XTC and T-Rex and The Troggs.

Some of the newer music, from bands like The Fratellis and Supergrass, I didn't enjoy so much (it's difficult for them to compete with Adam Ant and The Sweet), though Jon Spencer's contribution is really good.

Each track is smoothly linked together (by music editing genius Osymyso) with snippets of dialogue from the film over the intro to most of the songs, so bear in mind that you don't get 'clean' complete versions of each song. Some of the dialogue snippets are funny in their own right, some of them only make sense if you've seen the film but if you buy the soundtrack then you probably have.

If you tapped your feet when you watched Hot Fuzz then you'll want this album.

Song packed action packed
Any movie than can put a soundtrack behind the action which includes Sweet and T-Rex is a work of cultural art. Having sat through the movie today I was elated when people were being pursued and killed with such an awesome selection of songs all of which were cleverly edited and poignant.

I was genuinely spellbound; I had my teenage years back for a joyous 2 hours. I am nearly 50 and this type of movie is not my fancy but I dragged my wife along and at the end we both agreed we'd love to see it again on the big screen because the visual and aural impact was tremendous.

The plot is touching, funny, cleaver and deserves more than one viewing. Don't be put off by the violence, it is almost like watching a cartoon in places and most of it is probably CGI anyway.

Although I am Australian I understand British comedy more than American sledgehammer comedy. My wife and I agreed as we left the cinema that this movie would have been given an overkill treatment if done by Americans. The British jokes are there for you to discover at various levels. No-one is telling you when to laugh like in the formulaic American dross which comes out annually. Hot Fuzz is a joke name on various levels, let alone some of the obscure references and hidden pearls in the script.

The setting of this movie is a little claustrophobic at times. The town square although real gets well and truly worked to death. The product placement is not subtle but I suppose they had to raise the capital somehow.

Having been in Somerset in 2006 I am surprised I didn't get to see any of the production for this movie around the town of Wells they must have been able to keep things very quiet.

In Australia we would classify this movie as a "right royal piss-take" which to an American is probably an unknown quantity but the Brits probably know what us Aussies mean.

I hope to see it again soon; I am buying the soundtrack CD, what more can you want from a movie that is supposed to entertain.

The hype is genuine this time.

Tom Wynn
Stockton
Australia