Xanadu VHS release review
Xanadu short OST review
The Idolmaker: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack United Artists/ Big 3, 10 songs, $5.95
Xanadu: From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Big 3, 10 songs, $5.95
The Jeff Lynne/John Farrar Xanadu score is as fluffy as the film’s star. Olivia Newton-John. If you happen to have a small roller rink in your living room, the tunes could be quite serviceable.
The music from The Idolmaker, on the other hand, is integral to the story line, which deals with the grooming and packaging of teenage rock stars. It’s a period piece. and Jeff Barry’s music and lyrics are quite accurately tinged with the sound and mood of the mid-‘50s. Barry was turning out hits records at that time. so he knows whereof he writes.