Natural Born Killers: A Soundtrack For An Oliver Stone Film
Another Oliver Stone film hailed by many as some sort of genius. Nine Inch Nail's Trent Reznor was brought in to helm the soundtrack. He shows a gift for choosing diverse, if somewhat disparate musicians, running the gamut from Patsy Cline to Lard. It's a nice collection, if a little wanting for a thematic center. Cowboy Junkies' version of the Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" is simply awesome, and Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, and Leonard Cohen lend superstar firepower, even if the songs are available elsewhere. NIN's own "Something I Can Never Have," previously heard onPretty Hate Machine, is the most overt attempt at what Reznor was hoping to capture.  It'sPulp Fictionfor the schizophrenic Gen X'ers. --Scott Wilson