EW's GRADE
A-

Details Lead Performance: Various Artists; Genre: Soundtracks

Gus Van Sant, a notably music-minded director, draws on some of the year's hippest source material for his Finding Forrester soundtrack. Aided by knowing producer Hal Willner, the score includes choice archival morsels from electric-era Miles Davis, an early-'70s Ornette Coleman, and, from the '90s, Bill Frisell. With or without visuals, this makes for a mighty atmospheric cultural brew. A-

Originally posted Jan 26, 2001 Published in issue #579-580 Jan 26, 2001 Order article reprints

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