So you’ve seen the movie. Do you need the soundtrack? The answer is a resounding yes.
While the blockbuster comedy, which features Sasha Baron Cohen as the ubiquitous “Borat,” makes fun of Central Asian stereotypes and accents, the soundtrack does not. Of course, one can read the music contained on the soundtrack as funny sounding and foreign, the reality is that the music contained on Stereophonic Musical Listenings That Have Been Origin in Moving Film is great on its own.
Tracks like “Born to be Wild” will pump up any party like a version of the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” theme on speed. The flute disco of “Magic Mamaliga” is pure genius, and Stephan De La Barbulesti’s “En Vin Acasa Cu Drag” (the theme song to all the Borat sketches from “Da Ali G Show”) are actually credible, enjoyable modern-era dance songs (albeit in a different language than most westerners are used to hearing). The disc also contains some of the most hilarious snatches of dialogue from the film, in addition to special features like unseen footage from the film.
Of course, “In My Country There is Problem (Throw the Jew Down the Well)” is the biggest reason to buy the disc, and the closet thing Borat will ever have to a “hit.” Still, it is possible to enjoy this offering without the track, and maybe, just maybe, the excellent world music featured on Stereophonic Musical Listenings That Have Been Origin in Moving Film might just trancend kitsch make a few hipsters seek out some more adventurous musical offerings from around the world.
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