Original Soundtrack - 54-Music From The Miramax Motion Picture-Vol. 1

The first of two soundtracks to director Mark Christopher's ill-advised 54 is the stronger of the pair, with classics including Chic's "Dance Dance Dance (Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah)," Sylvester's "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" and Amii Stewart's "Knock on Wood." Still, much like the film itself, the soundtrack fails to paint an accurate portrait of the disco era as it really was -- too many key records are absent, and too many of those that did make the cut simply don't capture the genre at its electrifying peak; viewers and listeners alike are instead directed to Whit Stillman's vastly superior The Last Days of Disco (and its accompanying soundtrack) for a real sense of what all the fuss was really about. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bob Parr Programming, Guitar (Bass), Producer Bohannon Performer Candi Staton Performer Chic Performer Coati Mundi Hernandez Producer Dan Hartman Performer Dana Teboe Horn David Cabrera Guitar Destination Performer Diana Ross Performer Diana Williams Vocals (Background) Donna Allen Vocals (Background) Ed Calle Horn Eddie OLoughlin Producer Edwin Starr Performer Fermin Goytisolo Percussion Fifty Four All-Stars Performer Gary's Gang Performer George Calle Mixing, Producer Harry Wayne Producer Instant Funk Performer Jason Carder Horn Maria de Crescenzo Vocals (Background) Mark Christopher Producer Mary Griffin Performer Michael Wagener Mixing, Engineer Monica Lynch Producer Odyssey Performer Rich Pangilinan Mixing, Producer Rose Royce Performer Susan Jacobs Producer Sylvester Performer The Gibson Brothers Performer The Miracles Performer Tom Silverman Producer Victor Lee Producer William Spencer Horn