The main charm and flaw of the soundtrack to Wim Wenders “The Million Dollar Hotel” is exactly the same thing: a sultry, omnipresent moodiness, as seductive as it is lulling. At first, it draws the listener in; U2's "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" and "Never Let Me Go" (performed by Bono and the MDH Band, a superstar collective featuring Brian Eno and Bill Frissell, among others) unspool at a leisurely, graceful pace. It's easy to get lost in the slow, dark crawl of the music. The second new U2 song, "Stateless," maintains the intriguing atmosphere -- halfway between The Joshua Tree and Zooropa and then, things begin to unravel. Lou Reed's "Satellite of Love" makes its first of three appearances on the soundtrack. Sonically, it's really no different than the three preceding tracks. After all, it's performed by the MDH band but it's sung by Milla Jovovich, the star of the film. Now, Jovovich is a recording artist in her own right, and she's actually one of some merit, yet this recording falls flat, collapsing in vocal histrionics at the end. Once the soundtrack loses momentum, it never regains its forward motion. There are some very good moments scattered throughout the record, from Bono and Daniel Lanois' "Falling at Your Feet" to various assorted instrumentals, but much of it winds up sounding a bit too samey and a little too draggy, with the variations on the basic, elegantly ominous sound wind up not being varied enough. Even though it meanders too much, “The Million Dollar Hotel” is always on the verge of being compelling, which may be enough for fans of atmospheric film soundtracks, who are accustomed to the music drifting a little bit when it's separated from the visuals.
01. U2 - The Ground Beneath Her Feet - 3:47
02. Bono & The MDH Band - Never Let Me Go - 5:38
03. U2 - Stateless - 4:08
04. Milla Jovovich & The MDH Band - Satellite Of Love - 4:15
05. Bono & Daniel Lanois - Falling At Your Feet - 4:57
06. The MDH Band - Tom Tom's Dream - 1:54
07. U2 - The First Time - 3:45
08. The MDH Band - Bathtub - 1:08
09. Daniel Lanois & The MDH Band - The First Time (Reprise) - 2:07
10. Brad Mehldau & Bill Frisell Tom Tom's Room - 2:27
11. The MDH Band - Funny Face - 0:36
12. Bono & The MDH Band - Dancin' Shoes - 2:08
13. Jon Hassell & Gregg Arreguin & Jamie Muhoberac & Peter Freeman - Amsterdam Blue (Cortege) - 9:21
14. The MDH Band With Daniel Lanois & Bill Frisell & Greg Cohen - Satellite Of Love (Reprise) - 1:09
15. Milla Jovovich With Jon Hassell - Satellite Of Love (Danny Saber Remix) - 5:16
16. Tito Larriva & The MDH Band - Anarchy In The USA - 3:37
Credits
Bono – lead vocals, guitar
Adam Clayton – bass guitar
The Edge – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Larry Mullen, Jr. – drums, percussion
Brian Blade – drums, percussion
Greg Cohen – bass guitar
Adam Dorn – beats, synthesizers
Brian Eno – keyboards, synthesizers
Bill Frisell – guitar
Jon Hassell – trumpet
Daniel Lanois – guitar, vocals, pedal steel
Chris Spedding - guitar [additional]
Milla Jovovich – vocals
Tito Larriva – vocals
Brad Mehldau – piano
Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
Engineer(s) – Eric Liljestrand, Richard Rainey, Cheryl Engels, Conal Markey, Atom, Chris Heaney
Mixed By – Eric Liljestrand
Technician [Drum] – Sam O'Sullivan
Technician [Guitar] – Fraser McAlister
Technician [Studio] – Rab McAllister
Written-By – Bill Frisell, Jon Hassell, Lou Reed
Executive-Producer – Bono, Wim Wenders
Mastered By – Gene Paul
Producer(s) – Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Hal Willner, The Edge, Flood, Jon Hassell, Danny Saber
Notes
Music from the motion picture "The Million Dollar Hotel".
"Tom Tom's Room" contains "Beaver" dialogue written by Nicholas Klein.
Genre: electronic, jazz, rock
Length: 55:43
© 2000 Island Records/Interscope Records
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