bobo said:
Is the Rythmn Devils Play River Music (Grateful Dead percussion section plus others) CD the offical soundtrack, if not I recommend that - very off the wall but outstanding.
No. The original was released in 1979 and is now a two CD set. The Rhythem Devils came out with the Redux version that was recently released.
This is probably a good time to point out that some soundtracks are standalone; mostly popular music. Others are full of "incidental" music which may or may not be tolerable outside the context of the film. Then there are the hybrids (Yellow Submarine, anyone).
One of the few incidentals I can stand is the Braveheart soundtrack becuase the music is evocative of the flow and moods of the movie.