JENNIFER’S BODY SOUNDTRACK

Includes new single New Perspective by PANIC! AT THE DISCO…

JENNIFER’S BODY: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK is released through Fueled By Ramen Records.

The star-studded musical companion to the Fox thriller - starring Megan Fox and penned by Oscar-winner Diablo Cody (Juno) - gathers previously unreleased tracks from an array of top Fueled By Ramen artists including Cobra Starship, Paramore’s Hayley Williams and Panic! At The Disco, who contribute featured single ‘New Perspective.’

‘New Perspective’ is the first track to be heard from the new-look Panic! At The Disco, with Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith at the helm. “We’re really excited to introduce our new single,” enthuse the band. “We’re all huge fans of Diablo Cody and Megan Fox, so it’s great to be able to have New Perspective be a part of their film.”

The soundtrack also boasts a who’s-who of today’s top new acts, including tracks from Little Boots, Florence And The Machine, All Time Low and Silversun Pickups, alongside alternative icons such as Dashboard Confessional. The compilation was produced by renowned music supervisor Randall Poster (The Hangover).

Directed by award-winning filmmaker Karyn Kusama, the much-anticipated Jennifer’s Body stars Transformers starlet Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia, Big Love), JK Simmons (Spider-Man, Juno) and Adam Brody (The OC, Mr & Mrs Smith), and opens in theatres across the UK on October 28.

A sexy horror film with a wicked sense of humour, Jennifer’s Body sees high school student Jennifer (Megan Fox) possessed by a hungry demon and transformed from being ‘high school evil’ - gorgeous and stuck-up with an attitude - to the real deal: proper evil. The beauty becomes a pale, sickly creature on the hunt for meat, and guys who never stood a chance before take on new luster in the light of her insatiable appetite. Her lifelong best friend Needy (Amanda Seyfried) must step up to protect the town’s young men, including nerdy boyfriend Chip.

Full tracklisting:

1. Kiss With A Fist - Florence and The Machine
2. New Perspective - Panic At The Disco
3. Teenagers - Hayley Williams
4. New In Town - Little Boots
5. Finishing School - Dashboard Confessional
6. Through The Trees - Low Shoulder
7. Time - Cute Is What We Aim For
8. I Can See Clearly - Screeching Weasel
9. Chew Me Up - Cobra Starship
10. Toxic Valentine - All Time Low
11. I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend - Black Kids
12. Death - White Lies
13. Celestial Crown - The Sword
14. Little Lover’s So Polite - Silversun Pickups
15. Ready For The Floor - Lissy Trullie

Review

Look, here’s a tip from the top… Forget those overpriced compilations CDs like ‘2009 No. 1s’ - you know what I mean. No, you should go for a stonking movie soundtrack, just like this little beauty. Take a gander at the track listing above; the artists and the songs (ah yes, the SONGS); and tell me I’m wrong - if you friggin’ dare. So what else is so good about a movie soundtrack? Here’s a little secret for you: the sound quality is near perfect, due of course to that movies must have good sound, and especially movies like this that major on dramatic horror (and not a little beauty with one Megan Fox headlining… now who wouldn’t like to be bitten in far away places by her, heh?).

In all seriousness, this is one of the best soundtracks of 2009 and should be on just about everyone’s shopping list. Sure, there are the usual suspects like Flo & The Kitchen Blender, Little Feet, but, there’s also a stonking new single from Panic At The Disco and a huge tune from the guy who took my camera to take pictures of the audience at a gig - Dashboard Confessional. ‘Finishing School’ is one of his best tunes and if you don’t possess any of his work, get this mutha to see how good the little guy is. Superb.

And that’s not all, oh no…

Hayley Williams (lead singer with Paramor) contributes a brilliant acoustic guitar-led, teen angst song called ‘Teenagers’, while Low Shoulder contributes the most beautiful song on the album with the moving and hugely melodic ‘Through The Trees’ (surely a future single). There’s another tear-jearker from Cute Is What We Aim For with ‘Time’, followed by the most explosive rocker here, ‘I See Clearly Now’, a brilliant cover from Screeching Weasel.

You want more?

Try the ghostly intro-ed ‘Chew Me Up & Spit Me Out’ from Cobra Starship, a radio-friendly, pop-rocker if ever I’ve heard one,  or the punk-driven ‘Toxic Valentine from All Time Low… And belive it or not, the best is still to come. Black Kids contributes an epic rocker in ‘I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You’, and one of the best White Lies tracks - ‘Death.’ The Sword offers an extraordinary and distinctive rock instrumental in ‘Celestial Crown’ that leads seamlessly into a super-song from Silversun Pickups, ‘Little Lover’s So Polite’, surely one of the band’s best tunes. Lissie Trullie bookends the collection with ‘Ready For The Floor’, and if this isn’t a chart buster I really don’t know what is…

There’s a youthful edge to this soundtrack that reflects the movie’s college-based theme. I honestly don’t think it could be much better than this. So what are you waiting for? It’s vying for our ‘best soundtrack of 2009′ title, so listen and buy.

4.5/5