The soundtrack to Robert Altman's Cookie's Fortune comes courtesy of Dave Stewart, who does a good job in evoking the film's distinctive tragi-comic atmosphere; for "Cookie's Theme," he reunites with saxophonist Candy Dulfer, with whom he scored an earlier soundtrack hit with the theme from Lily Was Here. ~ Raymond McKinney, All Music

With the help of some friends, Eurythmics member Dave Stewart has made an effective, if ethereal, down-home blues score to Cookie's Fortune, Robert Altman's film set in the town of Holly Springs, Mississippi. In Stewart's hands, the sounds of the deep South are given some '90s-styled updates, namely dance beats and sampled dialogue from the movie. The mix works, and the result is a soulful, yet varied score centered on Stewart's funky slide guitar. Saxophonist Candy Dulfer duets with Stewart on the single, "Cookie," a tune that's far more down-and-dirty than their 1992 hit single, "Lily Was Here." Patches of record hisses and crackles give the tunes a weathered feel, and even U2's Bono helps out with backing vocals on "A Good Man." ~ Jason Verlinde



Track List:

01. Cookie [5:03]
02. Wild women don't get the blues [2:24]
03. Helios [1:57]
04. Camilla's prayer [4:13]
05. The cookie jar [0:56]
06. Hey Josie [2:40]
07. All I'm sayin' is this [1:10]
08. A good man [3:06]
09. I did it good, didn't I ? [2:49]
10. A golden boat [4:00]
11. I'm coming home [4:49]
12. Willis is innoncent [0:31]
13. Patrol car blues [4:45]
14. Emma [1:15]
15. Humming home [2:12]