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Soundtrack
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Musical Score By:
Rolfe Kent
Distributed by:
Silva Screen Records
Reviewed by Melissa Minners
 Set in the style of
Charles Dickens’
A Christmas Carol, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past stars
Matthew McConaughey
as Connor Mead, high profile
photographer
with a history of
womanizing and an open disdain for marriage. Forced to attend the
wedding
of
his brother Paul (Breckin Meyer), Connor drives up to the family estate on the
day before the wedding and encounters an old flame (Jennifer Garner). That
night he is visited by his dead uncle and former womanizer Wayne (Michael Douglas) who tells Connor that he will be visited by three ghosts (Ghosts of
Girlfriends Past, Present and Future) who will help Connor see the error of his
ways before Paul’s nuptials take place. But will Connor end up a changed man
and finally marry the woman of his dreams?
The musical score of Ghosts of
Girlfriends Past was created by British composer
Rolfe Kent
who has worked
on a number of musical scores for film, such as
17 Again,
Sideways,
Mean Girls,
Freaky Friday
and more. His approach to creating the musical score
for this
romantic comedy
required Kent to break the characters down into music.
Once he had the musical themes for the main characters, he was able to combine
them into a more elaborate and textured musical score.
The result is a soundtrack that at
times sounds a bit exotic but is mostly jazzy in genre. A majority of the 24
tracks on the album are short and sweet, but the rest of the tracks are quite
enjoyable. Being a fan of
jazz music, this soundtrack was just my style. In fact, I
wouldn’t be surprised to hear some of the tracks playing on a jazz station where
this music would definitely find some appreciation.
Added to the songs by various artists
(sold separately as Ghosts of Girlfriends Past: Music from the Motion Picture),
the Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Soundtrack suit’s the film perfectly.
It’s not too light and comical and not too serious - a perfect blend for a
romantic comedy with a serious message. Rolfe Kent has not only created a
perfect score for a film; he has created a musical score worth listening to as a
stand alone music CD.
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