Search - Various Artists :: 13 Going on 30

Janice L. from MONTALBA, TX
Reviewed on 5/15/2012...

This was a great movie thanks it was very funny and heartwarming movie.

If you liked the music here are most of the movie's songs

Lawrance M. Bernabo | The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota | 04/26/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Listening to the soundtrack for "13 Going on 30" only confirms for me that this script was kicking around Hollywood for a couple of years (they were originally thinking of doing it with Renee Zellwegger). In this film young Jenna turns 13 in the year 1987 and then ends up as Jennifer Garner in the year 2004. But look at when these songs came out: "Head Over Heels" by the Go-Go's is from their under appreciated 1984 "Talk Show" album, Rick Springfield's big hit "Jessie's Girl" came out in 1981, "Burning Down the House" by the Talking Heads in 1984, Madonna's "Crazy For You" is from 1985, Belinda Carlisle's "Mad About You" is from her first solo album in 1986, and Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" is from 1982. The two most important songs in the movie are Michael Jackson's "Thriller" from 1982 (you knew better than to expect it to show up on this album) and Pat Benatar's "Love is a Battlefield" from 1983. There actually is one song from 1987, Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," but everything else is earlier. The difference is such that the original Jenna, when this script was first written, made it to high school by the time it was filmed and took place in 1987 instead of three or four years earlier. Yes, "Ice Ice Baby" is from 1990, but, hey, it is not Jenna's song in the movie, so there are no problems there in terms of my working hypothesis. Anyhow, this soundtrack does a good job of having all the songs that are featured prominently in the movie except one, the aforementioned "Thriller." So if you need to stop off to pick up this soundtrack on the way home from seeing the movie because being teased by hearing the songs in the movie brought the '80s back to you in a rush, then you are not going to be disappointed. This is not a bad little collection of songs from that decade, even with Vanilla Ice thrown into the mix, but the chief attraction will be those who liked the movie and memorized the choreography for "Love is a Battlefield.""

Great Soundtrack

07/05/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I love '80s music, so after I saw the movie, I knew I had to buy this soundtrack. It is one of the rare soundtracks filled with songs that were actually in the movie rather than thrown on there just to drive CD sales. It is a great blend of '80s music and music that is popular today. There is a song on here for every mood, so there isn't a good reason why someone shouldn't like it. Yes, it is disappointing "Thriller" wasn't on here, but the rest of the songs more than make up for that. If you have a wide variety of musical tastes, then you should get this soundtrack. Like the movie, it will make you feel good about yourself."