EAN: 0731454879729

When she published Bridget Jones's Diary in the mid-'90s, budding British writer Helen Fielding not only stumbled on a blockbuster of a novel, she also created a thirtysomething every wom… More...

When she published Bridget Jones's Diary in the mid-'90s, budding British writer Helen Fielding not only stumbled on a blockbuster of a novel, she also created a thirtysomething every woman character whose obsessions with men, her weight, and her various inadequacies touched a real nerve with female folks all over the globe. So it's no surprise to finding this engaging story up on the big screen (with Renée Zellweger as Bridget), accompanied by a punchy, ladies-only soundtrack -- the exception being Brit pop star {|Robbie Williams|}, who offers a rousing, big-band style take on the {|Sinatra|} classic Have You Met Miss Jones and the lightly romantic original Not of This Earth. The rest of the tracks focus on some of today's most commanding female singers, including Grammy winner {|Shelby Lynne|} (the booming new Killin' Kind and the previously released Dreamsome), {|Sheryl Crow|} (the rousing new track Kiss That Girl), and {|Tracy Bonham|}, whose Just Perfect has an {|Aimee Mann|}-like lilt. Elsewhere, onetime Spice Girl Geri Halliwell shakes her groove thang on a cover of the Weathergirls' hit It's Raining Men and Australian-born singer Jamie O'Neal sheds her country leanings on a version of Eric Carmen's '70s power ballad All By Myself. Rounding out this addictive disc are a couple of vintage tracks from the '70s -- {|Diana Ross|} and {|Marvin Gaye|}'s soulful duet Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) and {|Chaka Khan|}'s insanely appropriate disco tune I'm Every Woman -- and one track's worth of score material from Scottish composer/actor Patrick Doyle. And to up the Bridgetness quotient, the disc is also enhanced to include a Bridget-o-Meter (a self-graded quiz); half of the first chapter of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason; and links to a web site that includes an author biography, photos from the film, and notes on the artists. Music>Music>Shows>Shows>Shows, Island Core >3<

EAN: 0731454879729

When she published Bridget Jones's Diary in the mid-'90s, budding British writer Helen Fielding not only stumbled on a blockbuster of a novel, she also created a thirtysomething every wom… More...

When she published Bridget Jones's Diary in the mid-'90s, budding British writer Helen Fielding not only stumbled on a blockbuster of a novel, she also created a thirtysomething every woman character whose obsessions with men, her weight, and her various inadequacies touched a real nerve with female folks all over the globe. So it's no surprise to finding this engaging story up on the big screen (with Renée Zellweger as Bridget), accompanied by a punchy, ladies-only soundtrack -- the exception being Brit pop star {|Robbie Williams|}, who offers a rousing, big-band style take on the {|Sinatra|} classic Have You Met Miss Jones and the lightly romantic original Not of This Earth. The rest of the tracks focus on some of today's most commanding female singers, including Grammy winner {|Shelby Lynne|} (the booming new Killin' Kind and the previously released Dreamsome), {|Sheryl Crow|} (the rousing new track Kiss That Girl), and {|Tracy Bonham|}, whose Just Perfect has an {|Aimee Mann|}-like lilt. Elsewhere, onetime Spice Girl Geri Halliwell shakes her groove thang on a cover of the Weathergirls' hit It's Raining Men and Australian-born singer Jamie O'Neal sheds her country leanings on a version of Eric Carmen's '70s power ballad All By Myself. Rounding out this addictive disc are a couple of vintage tracks from the '70s -- {|Diana Ross|} and {|Marvin Gaye|}'s soulful duet Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) and {|Chaka Khan|}'s insanely appropriate disco tune I'm Every Woman -- and one track's worth of score material from Scottish composer/actor Patrick Doyle. And to up the Bridgetness quotient, the disc is also enhanced to include a Bridget-o-Meter (a self-graded quiz); half of the first chapter of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason; and links to a web site that includes an author biography, photos from the film, and notes on the artists. Music>Music>Shows>Shows>Shows, Island Core >3<

2002, ISBN: 0731454879729

Binding: Audio CD, Label: Island, Publisher: Island, NumberOfDiscs: 1, PackageQuantity: 1, Format: Soundtrack, medium: Audio CD, releaseDate: 2002-09-04, artists: Various Musik, Various