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Release Date: Nov 01, 2005; Lead Performance: Various Artists; Genre: Soundtracks/Cast Recordings
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David Browne
David Browne is EW's music critic and author of ''Dream Brother: The Lives & Music of Jeff & Tim Buckley'' (HarperCollins)
Not counting Rufus Wainwright and Teddy Thompson's laconic version of ''King of the Road,'' the Brokeback Mountain Original Soundtrack plays it pretty, well, straight. Composer Gustavo Santaolalla's New Age country instrumentals alternate with the arid likes of Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson. Relief from the unrelenting tastefulness comes from Linda Ronstadt (her oldie ''It's So Easy'' sounds downright frisky in this context) and the Gas Band, whose ''An Angel Went Up in Flames'' tips its hat to Charlie Daniels.
Posted Jan 06, 2006
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