![]() ![]() All of the artists aren't from the same label, nor are all of the songs thesame kind of sound. The soundtrack, too, must have had a great deal of attention paid toit. (Unless thosetycoons are huge Final Fantasy fansor something, but that's a whole other beast.) So the attention to detail onseemingly small things like the guns (having names like "longsword"and "daggers") turned out to be a powerful decision. Who's goingto believe that corporate tycoons carry around swords and daggers (you know,the kind with blades) in their limousines? No one, exactly. The film itself is full ofseeming incompatibilities: guns and Shakespeare? Baz Luhrmann's vision of Romeo + Juliet, set in modern settings,could have been disastrous. Des'ree and Radiohead? Certainly not! It works, though. The combination ofbands and singers isn't something I think anyone would expect to see. In fact, when I saw the film, I didn't really noticethe music in it, with the exception of the gospel-inspired cover of "WhenDoves Cry" in one of the church scenes.įive years after I first saw Romeo +Juliet, I realized how great the soundtrack is. I find it amusing that several of the bands on the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack were completelyunknown to me at the time. ![]()
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