For Love Of The Game: Music From The Motion Picture
A romantic drama directed by Sam Raimi and starring Kevin Costner as a professional ballplayer who must reconcile the conflicts between his job and his wife (Kelly Preston),For Love of the Gameincludes an unusual soundtrack that spans musical styles and decades. Much of the soundtrack centers around a light soul groove (Kami Lyle's "Lover Man" screamsromantic moment) fromShaggy("Hope"), Jennifer Day ("The Fun of Your Love"), the lateRoy Orbison, and the sultry and bluesyJoan Osborne("Baby Love"). Country music is represented byVince GillandTrisha Yearwood, who takesPaul Simon's somber and slow "Something So Right" and manages to make it more so.Steely Dan's "Reeling in the Years" is the lone classic rock original. However,Jonny Langlocates the psychotic thrust ofthe Rolling Stones' "Paint It, Black," if not the subtle hues that made it a standard. Now, how all this relates to baseball...?--Rob O'Connor