...( Info )...

Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
A Star Is Born (2018)
FLAC LOSSLESS 24bit-96kHz
PBTHAL Vinyl Rip
Dialogue Tracks Removed


allmusic.com...

There's a narrative to the soundtrack for Bradley Cooper's 2018 remake of A Star Is Born, one that mirrors the one told in the movie. Often, the album features dialogue ripped from the screen -- a full 15 tracks, actually, amounting to seven minutes of this 74-minute album -- which means A Star Is Born almost plays like a Disney record from the '60s or '70s: it's designed to tide listeners over until they get a chance to see the movie again. Of course, A Star Is Born is a musical, so its soundtrack is filled with full-fledged songs, all of which serve the story that the dialogue gooses along. Strip out the distracting dialogue tracks and the plot of A Star Is Born is still evident, as the music moves from the grungy Americana of Cooper's character, through his affecting duets with Lady Gaga, toward her flashy pop, and then culminating with "I'll Never Love Again," the song where the two estranged lovers reunite. Each of these phases is expertly executed. Lukas Nelson assists Cooper in the rangy grunge of "Black Eyes," while Jason Isbell's spare "Maybe It's Time" is an affecting slice of Americana. The second stage, where Gaga is duetting with Cooper, fuses their sensibilities seamlessly, particularly on the aching ballad "Shallow" and loping country-rock of "Music to My Eyes," which was co-written by Nelson and Gaga. Her pop section plays like its own EP, and it's snappy, stylish, and savvy, particularly on the retro-disco of "Why Did You Do That?" and soulful "Heal Me." All the songs make sense narratively and on their own, so they hold together well and would amount to a first-rate soundtrack, if it weren't for those meddling dialogue tracks, which wind up sapping any kind of momentum for the album.


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log date: 2020-12-24 21:27:49

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Analyzed: Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper / A Star Is Born
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...( TrackList )...

DR10   -0.70 dB  -12.51 dB   3:04 01-Black Eyes
DR10   -5.15 dB  -18.10 dB   3:00 02-La Vie En Rose
DR10   -5.02 dB  -18.14 dB   2:39 03-Maybe It's Time
DR10   -2.13 dB  -15.83 dB   2:53 04-Out Of Time
DR9    -2.45 dB  -13.51 dB   3:16 05-Alibi
DR9    -1.87 dB  -16.29 dB   3:35 06-Shallow
DR11   -2.48 dB  -14.85 dB   3:09 07-Music To My Eyes
DR10   -2.30 dB  -14.41 dB   3:57 08-Diggin' My Grave
DR10   -2.20 dB  -14.89 dB   3:30 09-Always Remember Us This Way
DR11   -0.70 dB  -15.37 dB   2:55 10-Look What I Found
DR9    -1.78 dB  -13.46 dB   3:17 11-Heal Me
DR10   -1.56 dB  -13.92 dB   2:57 12-I Don't Know What Love Is
DR9    -5.58 dB  -18.41 dB   3:11 13-Is That Alright?
DR9    -1.19 dB  -13.69 dB   3:05 14-Why Did You Do That?
DR8    -2.13 dB  -13.09 dB   3:24 15-Hair Body Face
DR10   -1.21 dB  -13.49 dB   4:18 16-Before I Cry
DR9    -1.57 dB  -12.82 dB   1:27 17-Too Far Gone
DR11   -1.00 dB  -16.60 dB   4:40 18-I'll Never Love Again (Film Version)
DR10   -1.01 dB  -15.59 dB   5:32 19-I'll Never Love Again (Extended Version)

Number of tracks: 19
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate:    96000 Hz
Channels:     2
Bits per sample:  24
Bitrate:      2893 kbps
Codec:       FLAC