But this soundtrack gave a twist to the romantic-sentimental mood of songs that spoke of love.
The soundtrack was released two months before the movie came out, and I was curious of how good could this album be, to induce the audience to watch another love story, retold in another hopefully-exciting version.
50 First Dates is a romantic movie starring Adam Sandler as Henry Roth and the beautiful Drew Barrymore as Lucy Whitmore. It tells the story of a Hawaiian Veterinarian who shuns commitments in every way he can. He instead dates girls who are tourists so it would last only as long as they're there. But he then finds his match when in a small restaurant, he sees Lucy Whitmore, who has everything he was looking for, including a short-term memory loss, which makes commitment a no issue. Maybe it is the fact that she cannot remember him the next day or the day after that since she suffers from short-term memory loss from a car accident.
The soundtrack features songs from the 80’s, reinterpretations by modern artists with a twist of reggae beat. The album has twelve tracks; eleven revivals of the 80's hits and the last track sung my Adam Sandler in such a romantic mood. The lyrics of “Forgetful Lucy” is what is interesting than the way he sung it. Some music critics say that the album is a cover album, I guess to prove them wrong, the last track was included. A song was recorded as if it was directly taken out of the movie. But the husky voice of Sandler gave way to my appreciation of a simple love song.
The opening track is a version of Wayne Wonder of Thompson Twins classic ‘Hold me now’. I think it has one of the better renditions in the entire album. Not soppy and sentimental for a remake.
To name a few of the songs that captured the ears of someone who is not appreciative of music are “Lips like Sugar” by SEAL featuring Mickey Dread who, according to a critic, adds fun to the track. Ziggy Marley's version of the classic “Drive” made me smile.
But the track that convinced me to buy the album in the version of “Melt with You” by Jason Mraz. I heard of Mraz from a friend who introduced me to his music when we were in Diliman for summer class. I like the rhythm of his music, light and easy to the ears. “Sleep Allday” is my favorite song of his, but in this album he did outstand the other artists that were featured with his version of Modern English's hit song. The lyrics itself meant much and the repetition of the line made it all the more romantic. The rhythm is upbeat and soulful and it gave me a different drive to sing with the radio.
The storyline is unique and so is the soundtrack. It features a great line up of classic 80's songs and the overall reggae theme paved way to the good collection worth buying.
One thing that made the soundtrack attract a non-lover of music is the heart behind it. It is truly remarkable that it did not slipped into something cheesy or mushy.