Track Listing

1. Things Have Changed - Bob Dylan
2. A Child's Claim To Fame - Buffalo Springfield
3. No Regrets - Tom Rush
4. Old Man - Neil Young
5. Shooting Star - Bob Dylan
6. Reason To Believe - Tim Hardin
7. Need Your Love So Bad - Little Willie John
8. Not Dark Yet - Bob Dylan
9. Slip Away - Clarence Carter
10. Waiting For A Miracle - Leonard Cohen
11. Buckets Of Rain - Bob Dylan
12. Watching The Wheels - John Lennon
13. Philosopher's Stone - Van Morrison

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #70573 in Music
• Released on: 2000-02-21
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack

Amazon.co.uk Review
Director Curtis Hanson chooses a line-up of vintage rock and R&B for the musical side of his screen adaptation of Michael Chabon's brilliant Wonder Boys. Foremost is Bob Dylan, who contributes a new rocker, "Things Have Changed", as well as cuts from Blood on the Tracks, Oh Mercy and Time Out of Mind. These 13 cuts do a fine job of limning Michael Douglas's lead character's confusion, regret and weary-to-the-bone ambivalence. Smartly sequenced--soul giants Little Willie John and Clarence Carter fit perfectly alongside the likes of Dylan, Lennon, Van Morrison and Neil Young--Wonder Boys the album is a stellar example of hand-in-glove movie-music supervision. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

A collection of melancholy yet catchy songs
I bought this CD on the strength of the Bob Dylan track, Things Have Changed, heard on the radio. The music haunted me for days, so I had to track it down. Having bought the album, I'm not disapponited. The variety of other tracks, from artists as diverse as John Lennon, Van Morrison and Leonard Cohen just widens it appeal. It may not suit everyone's taste, but what a supper collection of songs. I'm gonna have to see the film!

Good soundtrack to a good movie...
The way to judge a good film is to see how long it takes you to buy the soundtrack. Its obviously a key factor, and in this case, i really enjoyed the film and bought the soundtrack pretty much straight away. The new Bob Dylan track on the CD is really good, and i played it relentlessly. This collection of songs really underpins the values of the film characters' anxieties and desperate attempts at life, whilst the music is an enjoyable and easy listen. Its just a shame that artists like neil young and van morrisson don't exist anymore. well, all the more reason to applaud this collection.