The Other Sister

• Artist: Original Soundtrack
• Rating:
• Release Date: March 02, 1999
• Type: Soundtrack
• Genre: Soundtrack

Review

The Other Sister is a bittersweet love story with a coming-of-age twist; a feel-good romantic comedy that occasionally overdoes the feel-good bit and goes all sickly sweet. Well, that's about it for the soundtrack, too, for the most part. True to time-tested formula, the lineup is mix and match, and the results, too, predictably enough, are hit and miss. Starting off weak with a trio of soggy songs (among them a Diane Warren song done by the Pretenders -- horrors!), it picks the pace up in the mid-section with the Lemonheads' punky alt-rock version of "Mrs. Robinson" and tracks by Fastball and the Soup Dragons; and finishes strongly with a clutch of slow-burning, jazz-tinged adult pop pieces that complement the mood of the film well. Juliette Lewis makes a game attempt at "Come Rain or Come Shine," while Joan Osborne's "At Last" is a particularly fine effort. But, finally, like all too many soundtracks, The Other Sister, is not sufficiently different from all too many others to be described as really memorable. It's not the worst thing to listen to on a rainy evening in, but not much more. ~ Leslie Mathew, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
The Animal Song	Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones	Savage Garden	(4:43)
Loving You Is All I Know	Diane Warren	The Pretenders	(3:46)
When You Say Nothing at All	Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz	Alison Krauss	(4:23)
Mrs. Robinson	Paul Simon	The Lemonheads	(3:46)
She Comes 'Round	Miles Zuniga	Fastball	(3:29)
Me	Paula Cole	Paula Cole	(5:04)
I'm Free	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	The Soup Dragons	(4:01)
Follow If You Lead	Milton Davis, Idina Menzel	Idina Menzel	(4:06)
At Last	Mack Gordon, Harry Warren	Joan Osborne	(3:07)
Come Rain or Come Shine	Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer	Juliette Lewis	(4:21)
Carla and Danny's Theme	Rachel Portman	Rachel Portman	(5:50)

Credits

Alison Krauss (Performer), The Soup Dragons (Performer), Sue Ann Carwell (Vocals (Background)), Paula Cole (Producer), Paula Cole (Performer), Chris Lord-Alge (Mixing), Rob Brill (Assistant), Kim Bullard (Programming), David Campbell (String Arrangements), Rick Chertoff (Producer), Bob Clearmountain (Mixing), Milton Davis (Producer), Sean Dickson (Arranger), Sean Dickson (Producer), Peter Doell (Engineer), Dave Frazier (Engineer), David Gleeson (Engineer), Bones Howe (Producer), Bones Howe (Engineer), Bones Howe (Mixing), Chrissie Hynde (Vocals), Deron Johnson (Keyboards), Michael Landau (Guitar), The Lemonheads (Performer), Mark Needham (Engineer), Gary Novak (Drums), Rachel Portman (Producer), Rachel Portman (Performer), Rachel Portman (Orchestration), Carmen Rizzo (Programming), Randy Scruggs (Producer), Adam Seymour (Guitar), Dan Shea (Programming), George Shilling (Producer), Frank Wolf (Engineer), Frank Wolf (Mixing), Joan Osborne (Performer), Rob Cavallo (Producer), Fastball (Performer), Juliette Lewis (Performer), Kent Matcke (Assistant Engineer), Julian Standen (Producer), Julian Standen (Mixing), Walter Afanasieff (Programming), Walter Afanasieff (Producer), Walter Afanasieff (Drum Programming), Walter Afanasieff (Keyboard Programming), Kathy Nelson (Soundtrack Supervisor), Savage Garden (Performer), Christine Edwards (Soundtrack Manager), Eric Greedy (Engineer), Marshall Altman (Producer), Darren Hayes (Vocals), Darren Hayes (Vocals (Background)), Darren Hayes (Producer), Idina Menzel (Performer), Chris Chaney (Bass), David Boucher (Assistant), Adam Rossi (Programming)