Original Soundtrack - The Impostors

This is the way to score a film. Director Stanley Tucci has taken vintage performances from the likes of Louis Armstrong ("Skokiaan") and Eddie Condon ("China Boy") and woven them perfectly with selections from the Forever Tango Orchestra, a Broadway production's house band, and has created a convincing aura of the '20s. Things only break down when Steve Buscemi, along with Gary DeMichele & Band, murders the Ned Washington/Hoagy Carmichael tune "The Nearness of You." Buscemi starts like he wants to sing it straight and then collapses, stricken with grief, in the middle. --Aaron Tassano Amazon.com

Lots of fun

This is a fun soudntrack for a fun movie. Not the best movie I've ever seen, but still very pleasant. And it goes for the soundtrack as well. A blend of jazz, tango and French opérette (I never thought I'd catch myself enjoying a song in the style of "Parlez-moi d'amour", but I did, despite Hope Davis' sometimes approximative French accent)... Being a jazz fan helps, but even if you're not, it's still nice to listen to. The tangos relate the movie's atmosphere very well.

A final word: the other reviwer is right, "The Nearness of You" is supposed to sound that way, it's part of the movie. Steve Buscemi plays a depressed singer, who bursts into sobs in the middle of a song. It's supposed to sound bad, it's supposed to be funny! If not, I doubt they would have put it on the soundtrack. December 5, 2000

Information about the Nearness of You

If the previous reviewer had bothered to watch the film then he would know that Steve Buscemi breaks down in tears during the song not into Laughter. Honestly Some people. Its a great film and a great Album. You might also like to try the Sound Track to Funny Bones as well October 20, 1999

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