Track Listing

1. Sway - Pussycat Dolls
2. Santa Maria (Del Buen Ayre) - Gotan Project
3. Happy Feet
4. Espana Cani
5. I Wanna (Shall We Dance) - Gizelle D'Cole & Pilar Montenegro
6. Perfidia
7. Under the Bridges of Paris
8. Moon River
9. Andalucia
10. Book of Love - Peter Gabriel
11. "L" Train
12. I Could Have Danced All Night - Jamie Cullum
13. Wonderland - Rachel Fuller
14. Shall We Dance - Mya
15. Let's Dance

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2015 in Music
• Released on: 2005-03-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .21 pounds
• Running time: 45 minutes

CD Description
For the soundtrack to the 2004 Hollywood movie SHALL WE DANCE? (a remake of a beloved Japanese film of the same name), music producer Randy Spendlove assembled an eclectic set of songs, all focusing on the romantic and/or dance elements ofthe picture. The buoyant, Latin-tinged "Sway", performed byPussycat Dolls, leads the track list, followed by GoTan Project's electronica-tango fusion "Santa Maria". British jazz-pop wunderkind Jamie Cullum offers up "I Could Have Danced All Night", and Mya adds a bit of hip-hop-heavy R&B with a bass-heavy take on David Bowie's "Let's Dance". However, the collection's most surprising and unusual track proves to be Peter Gabriel's rendition of the Magnetic Fields' "The Book of Love". This spare song highlights Gabriel's plaintive vocals, which rest on a lush bed of strings, and sums up the romantic sweep of SHALL WE DANCE?

Customer Reviews

So glad I purchased this.
I don't usually write reviews and felt I had to for this soundtrack as I read the other 2 reviews prior to buying this cd as I've seen the movie and loved all the music and due to those reviews I very nearly didn't purchase this soundtrack. However after much internet searching and investigation I made the decision to purchase the cd (especially as it's price was so low).

One review asked where Gabriel Yared's song was and the implication was that the tango music was missing too. Both reviews were written in 2004 and I am unsure whether a change has been made to the cd since then.

But the tango music is track 2 - Santa Maria by Gotan Project and the Gabriel Yared's song when Richard Gere is looking up at the music school is track 11 - The L Train.

The music makes it suitable for listening to for a variety of situations and since receiving it I have listened to it numerous times.
Definately a favourite in my collection.

where is Gabriel Yared's score?
I've seen the movie twice. I enjoyed the music too. Most of the themes are known and popular and I was decided to buy it for just 2 reasons: Gabriel Yared's delicious score (the music while Richard is looking at Jennifer looking at the window in Miss Mitzi's school)and the tango they dance togheter. I hate when moviemakers discard a score to sell songs.

some songs are missing
They play a really great song in the film preview that is not on the soundtrack, it should have been included. If anyone can tell me the name of that song, I would be extremely grateful.