Cinderella Man

Thomas Newman - Cinderella Man

05/24/2005

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All Music Guide Review

Director Ron Howard trades the bombastic melodrama of longtime collaborator James Horner for the soft, moody, and always tasteful baton of composer Thomas Newman. Newman's signature piano-based atmospherics and brooding melodic hooks set against vast washes of dissonance serve Cinderella Man's Depression-era tale of boxing legend Jim Braddock (Russell Crowe) well, utilizing the same sepia-tone motifs and spacious orchestration that made the composer's work on Shawshank Redemption and Road to Perdition so quietly mesmerizing. Echoes of Newman's past work can be found among the syncopated faux-marimbas of "Fight Day" (Six Feet Under), and "Change of Fortune"'s serpentine piano lick (American Beauty), but it's his progressive use of traditional Irish folk that stands out the most. Juxtaposed between the tenor sax of Bud Freeman ("Tillie's Downtown Now") and Paul Giamatti whistling "Londonderry Air," Newman allows the bright tones of whistles, uilleann pipes, and fiddles to sound like hope itself, a near miracle in an age bereft of even the hint of smile. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

Cinderella Man Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • The Inside Out
  • 1:20
  • Sound Clip for The Inside Out from Cinderella Man


  • 2
  • Shim-Me-Sha-Wobble
  • 1:03
  • Sound Clip for Shim-Me-Sha-Wobble from Cinderella Man


  • 3
  • Mae
  • 1:16
  • Sound Clip for Mae from Cinderella Man


  • 4
  • Change of Fortune
  • 1:15
  • Sound Clip for Change of Fortune from Cinderella Man


  • 5
  • Weehawken Ferry
  • 2:43
  • Sound Clip for Weehawken Ferry from Cinderella Man


  • 6
  • Cold Meat Party
  • 0:40
  • Sound Clip for Cold Meat Party from Cinderella Man


  • 7
  • All Prayed Out
  • 2:38
  • Sound Clip for All Prayed Out from Cinderella Man


  • 8
  • Tillie's Downtown Now
  • 2:19
  • Sound Clip for Tillie's Downtown Now from Cinderella Man


  • 9
  • Three Bucks Twenty
  • 1:01
  • Sound Clip for Three Bucks Twenty from Cinderella Man


  • 10
  • Corn Griffin
  • 1:12
  • Sound Clip for Corn Griffin from Cinderella Man


  • 11
  • Shoe Polish
  • 0:48
  • Sound Clip for Shoe Polish from Cinderella Man


  • 12
  • Londonderry Air
  • 0:27

  • 13
  • The Hope of the Irish
  • 0:52
  • Sound Clip for The Hope of the Irish from Cinderella Man


  • 14
  • Hooverville Funeral
  • 2:54
  • Sound Clip for Hooverville Funeral from Cinderella Man


  • 15
  • Fight Day
  • 3:39
  • Sound Clip for Fight Day from Cinderella Man


  • 16
  • Good as Murder
  • 0:51
  • Sound Clip for Good as Murder from Cinderella Man


  • 17
  • We've Got to Put That Sun Back in the Sky
  • 1:27
  • Sound Clip for We've Got to Put That Sun Back in the Sky from Cinderella Man


  • 18
  • No Contest
  • 1:08
  • Sound Clip for No Contest from Cinderella Man


  • 19
  • Pugilism
  • 1:06
  • Sound Clip for Pugilism from Cinderella Man


  • 20
  • Bulldog of Bergen
  • 1:42
  • Sound Clip for Bulldog of Bergen from Cinderella Man


  • 21
  • Big Right
  • 2:50
  • Sound Clip for Big Right from Cinderella Man


  • 22
  • 9, 4, 2, Even
  • 1:27
  • Sound Clip for 9, 4, 2, Even from Cinderella Man


  • 23
  • Cinderella Man
  • 4:48
  • Sound Clip for Cinderella Man from Cinderella Man


  • 24
  • Turtle
  • 3:21
  • Sound Clip for Turtle from Cinderella Man


  • 25
  • Cheer Up! Smile! Nertz!
  • 4:02
  • Sound Clip for Cheer Up! Smile! Nertz! from Cinderella Man


    • Credits of Cinderella Man

    • Steve Tavaglione
    • Clarinet, EWI, Soloist, Processed Vocals, Brass Arrangement, Flute

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