Bandslam (soundtrack)

Bandslam is the soundtrack album for Summit Entertainment's movie of the same name. The soundtrack was released on August 11, 2009 through Hollywood Records.[1]

Bandslam
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	August 11, 2009
Recorded	2008–2009
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	56:40
Label	Hollywood
Singles from Bandslam
"Where Are You Now?" Released: July 21, 2009 "Everything I Own" Released: July 21, 2009

Despite its good reviews, the soundtrack album failed to chart within the Billboard 200. The movie failed to chart in the top 10 in the United States, grossing $12,231,273 on its opening weekend while distributed at 2,121 theatres.[2]

Album information

The soundtrack features tracks from the Burning Hotels, the Velvet Underground and David Bowie.[3] Mitchell Leib, president of music and soundtracks at Walt Disney Pictures, describes the album as a "real music picture in a way Cameron Crowe would make a music picture".

Track listing

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Rebel Rebel"	David Bowie	4:30
2.	"Amphetamine"	I Can't Go On, I'll Go On featuring Aly Michalka	3:18
3.	"24 Hours"	Shack	4:12
4.	"Where Are You Now"	Honor Society	3:49
5.	"Lunar One"	Seventeen Evergreen	3:59
6.	"Femme Fatale"	The Velvet Underground & Nico	2:38
7.	"Twice Is Too Much"	Exist	4:15
8.	"Road"	Nick Drake	2:01
9.	"Someone to Fall Back On"	I Can't Go On, I'll Go On featuring Aly Michalka	4:16
10.	"I Want You to Want Me"	Aly Michalka	4:13
11.	"Pretend"	Scott Porter and The Glory Dogs	4:25
12.	"Stuck in the Middle"	The Burning Hotels	3:17
13.	"Blizzard Woman Blues"	The Daze	3:28
14.	"Everything I Own"	I Can't Go On, I'll Go On featuring Vanessa Hudgens	5:39
15.	"What Light"	Wilco	3:33

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Irish Compilations Chart[4]	15

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Entertainment Weekly	B

Entertainment Weekly's Leah Greenblatt praises Hudgens and Michalka's singing abilities in Bread's "Everything I Own" and Cheap Trick's "I Want You to Want Me",[5] while Allmusic's Heather Phares remarks that "Bandslam tries to be and do a lot of things, and while it doesn't always succeed, it works well enough that fans of the movie (and their parents) won't be disappointed by the soundtrack."[6] Michael Rechtshaffen wrote on his review, that the soundtrack is "authentic" and "eclectic".[7]

Personnel

The following people contributed to the album:[8]

• Executive Producer – Todd Graff
• Soundtrack Producer – Lindsay Fellows
• Producers – John Fields, Adam Lasus, Joseph Magee, Jasmina Kopic
• Music Supervisor - Lindsay Fellows
• Soundtrack Director - Desirée Craig Ramos
• Music Clearance - Christine Bergren
• Mixing - Paul David Hager, Joseph Magee
• Mastering – Patricia Sullivan
• Engineers – John Fields
• Liner Notes - Todd Graff
• Design - Enny Joo

Release history

Region	Date
Poland[9]	August 10, 2009
United Kingdom[10]
United States[1]	August 11, 2009
Brazil
Netherlands[11]	August 26, 2009
Italy[12]	September 25, 2009
Germany[13]	November 20, 2009
New Zealand[14]	December 7, 2009

References

1. "Bandslam Soundtrack".
2. Burr, Ty (2009-08-17). "Weekend box office: Prawns R Us". Boston.com. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
3. "Reeling in the summer's hottest soundtracks)".
4. Irish Recording Music Association (August 20, 2009). "Irish Compilations Chart". GfK. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
5. Leah Greenblatt (2009-08-12). "Bandslam - Music Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
6. Heather Phares (2009-08-12). "Bandslam soundtrack review". Retrieved 2009-08-24.
7. Rechtshaffen, Michael (2009-08-12). "Bandslam". Retrieved 2009-08-24.
8. "Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2009-07-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
10. "Bandslam UK Soundtrack listing".
11. "Bandslam NL Soundtrack".
12. "Bandslam Italian Soundtrack".
13. "Bandslam Soundtrack".
14. "Bandslam NZ Soundtrack".