Boogie Nights [Original Soundtrack]

by Boogie Nights / O.s.t.

Overview

Paul Thomas Anderson's second film, Boogie Nights, was an epic tour de force concerning the porn industry in the late '70s and early '80s, running two and a half hours and featuring nearly ten major starring roles. Throughout it all, Anderson uses pop music of the era as a counterpoint to the action on the screen, filling the movie with literally countless songs. Part of the problem of putting so much music in a film is that the soundtrack ultimately suffers, since it can't contain every memorable song from the movie. That is the case with the Boogie Nights soundtrack (several important songs were later issued on a second volume), but what is here is pretty terrific. The music captures the feeling of the era, as it runs through disco ("Best of My Love," "Jungle Fever"), folk-pop ("Brand New Key"), funk ("Spill the Wine," "Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1," "Machine Gun"), soft rock ("Magnet & Steel"), AOR ("Livin' Thing"), oldies ("God Only Knows"), and heavy metal power ballads ("Sister Christian"). While Michael Penn's plodding Germanic circus music slows things down a bit at the end, the presence of "Feel the Heat" and the uncredited "You Got the Touch" -- the two hard rock songs Dirk Diggler and Reed Rothchild record in the film -- makes the album essential for any hardcore fan of the film. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	10/07/1997
Label:	Capitol/Emi Records / Capitol
UPC:	0724385563126
Rank:	137540

Tracks

1. Intro (Feel the Heat)
2. Best of My Love
3. Jungle Fever
4. Brand New Key
5. Spill the Wine
6. Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1
7. Machine Gun
8. Magnet and Steel
9. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
10. Sister Christian
11. Livin' Thing
12. God Only Knows
13. The Big Top (Theme from "Boogie Nights")

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Commodores   Primary Artist
Michael Penn   Primary Artist
The Beach Boys   Primary Artist
Chakachas   Primary Artist
The Emotions   Primary Artist
Eric Burdon   Primary Artist
Electric Light Orchestra   Primary Artist
War   Primary Artist
John C. Reilly   Primary Artist
Walter Egan   Primary Artist
Marvin Gaye   Primary Artist
Mark Wahlberg   Primary Artist
Night Ranger   Primary Artist
McFadden & Whitehead   Primary Artist
Melanie   Primary Artist
Patrick Warren   Primary Artist
Michael Huey   Drums

Technical Credits

Brian Wilson   Composer
Papa Dee Allen   Composer
B.B. Dickerson   Composer
Bill Ador   Composer
Commodores   Performer
Patrick Warren   Performer
The Beach Boys   Performer
Chakachas   Performer
Kelly Keagy   Composer
The Emotions   Performer
Eric Burdon   Performer
Electric Light Orchestra   Performer
Gene McFadden   Composer
War   Composer,Performer
John Whitehead   Composer
Charles Miller   Composer
John C. Reilly   Composer
Walter Egan   Composer,Performer
Jeff Lynne   Composer
Lee Oskar   Composer
Howard Scott   Composer
Marvin Gaye   Composer,Performer
Jerry Cohen   Composer
Maurice White   Composer
L. O. Levitin   Composer
John Reilly   Composer,Performer
Dee Allen   Composer
Lonnie Jordan   Composer
Bobby Lavelle   Music Supervisor
Carol Dunn   Music Coordinator
Paul Thomas Anderson   Composer,Executive Producer
Morris "B.B." Dickerson   Composer
Thomas Sylvester Allen   Composer
Karyn Rachtman   Music Supervisor,Executive Producer
Tony Asher   Composer
Mark Wahlberg   Performer
Melanie Safka   Composer
Night Ranger   Performer
McFadden & Whitehead   Performer
Melanie   Composer,Performer
Michael Penn   Composer,Performer
Milan Williams   Composer
Harold Brown   Composer
Art Stewart   Composer
Al McKay   Composer