Orange County [2 CD]

by Orange County / O.S.T. (Colv) (Gate) (Red)

Overview

Orange County tries to achieve a fairly lofty goal: the album is not only the soundtrack to the movie but is supposed to be a soundtrack (of sorts) to the namesake California suburb. Much of this music seems to capture the feel of the area, but at times it also reflects how bad the music associated with that scene can be. The band who belongs here the most is the Offspring; as locals of the area they contribute a strong original composition that could have appeared on one of their first two albums, "Defy You." 12 Rods have a great riff to back up "Glad That It's Over," even if the song is overlong. Quarashi has the same scenario, except their song stays interesting because of the excellent vocals that alternate between an At the Drive-In-style rage and a deep, Everlast-like coolness. But the post-Sugar Ray vibe of Bad Ronald's terrible "1st Time" is a reminder of how bad this teen-friendly pop can be. The song is incredibly catchy, simplistic, and packed with every sort of sample and musical flourish imaginable, and still falls completely flat. Brian Wilson's "Lay Down Burden" and "Love and Mercy" are probably the two best songs here; they may not fit into the cookie-cutter alternative format, but they feel much more like California than anything Crazy Town has to offer. And Cake and Pete Yorn stick out with excellent songs that do not gel with the rest of the material on the album, making this hard to listen to in order. Basically, the soundtrack never quite gets off the ground because of the bad track order and uneven selections, but this is the norm with these goofy teen comedy soundtracks, so no one should be that surprised. [Certain copies of the disc come with an extra CD of music from Zebrahead, Riddlin' Kids, Ill Kidd, and the Ataris.] ~ Bradley Torreano

Product Details

Release Date:	03/29/2024
Label:	Real Gone Music
UPC:	0848064016564
Rank:	37959

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ill Kidd   Primary Artist
Foo Fighters   Primary Artist
Bad Ronald   Primary Artist
Lit   Primary Artist
Pete Yorn   Primary Artist
Phantom Planet   Primary Artist
The Offspring   Primary Artist
Sugarbomb   Primary Artist
12 Rods   Primary Artist
Zebrahead   Primary Artist
Cake   Primary Artist
Quarashi   Primary Artist
Social Distortion   Primary Artist
The Ataris   Primary Artist
Crazy Town   Primary Artist
Creeper Lagoon   Primary Artist
Riddlin' Kids   Primary Artist
Brian Wilson   Primary Artist
David Friedman   Guitar
Steve Masi   Guitar
Gary Philips   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)

Technical Credits

James Saez   Mixing,Producer
David Kahne   Producer
Brendan O'Brien   Producer,Mixing
Eddy Schreyer   Mastering
A. Jay Popoff   Composer
Anthony Kiedis   Composer
Adam Kasper   Mixing,Producer
Bret "Epic" Mazur   Composer
Brian Virtue   Mixing
Brian Wood   Mixing,Producer
Brian Wilson   Composer,Performer
Denise Luiso   Soundtrack Producer
Glen Brunman   Soundtrack Producer
Allen Shellenberger   Composer
Kevin Baldes   Composer
Bad Ronald   Performer
Chris Lord-Alge   Mixing
Don Gilmore   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Rikk Agnew   Composer
John Ewing, Jr.   Editing,Engineer
Josh Abraham   Mixing
Sam Hollander   Composer
Lit   Producer
Pete Yorn   Composer,Producer
Phantom Planet   Performer
Karl Egsieker   Assistant Engineer
Alex Greenwald   Composer
The Offspring   Performer,Composer
Tom Wolfe   Music Supervisor
Dave Schommer   Composer
Zebrahead   Performer
Manish Raval   Music Supervisor
Eugene E. Landy   Composer
Van Toffler   Executive Soundtrack Producer
Jason Schwartzman   Composer
Christine Higgins   Engineer
Scott Rudin   Executive Soundtrack Producer
Ian Sefchick   Composer
Jacqui Blake   Engineer
Joe Thomas   Composer
C. Michael Baker   Composer
Seth Binzer   Composer
David Cole   Mixing
Tim Devine   Soundtrack Producer
Stewart Whitmore   Digital Editing
Bryan Cook   Assistant Engineer
Guy Charbonneau   Engineer
Jeremy Popoff   Composer
John Frusciante   Composer
John McCrea   Composer
R. Walt Vincent   Producer
Nick DiDia   Engineer
Pop Rox   Writer,Producer
Quarashi   Performer
Nick Raskulinecz   Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Mike Ness   Mixing,Composer,Producer
Tchad Blake   Mixing,Engineer
Stephen Marcussen   Mastering
Social Distortion   Performer
The Ataris   Performer
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Billy Bowers   Engineer
Kris Roe   Composer
Crazy Town   Performer
Creeper Lagoon   Performer
Chad Smith   Composer
Flea   Composer
Foo Fighters   Composer
Casey Royer   Composer