The Beach - OST

A new Danny Boyle flick is never complete without a hyped to the hilt, in yer face compilation of the current cream of trendies, and The Beach is no exception.

The Daley and Barnes duo kick off this beat heavy odyssey with another crunching electro offering that wouldn't have sounded out of place on Rhythm And Stealth.

From there on in, it's a mixed bag of perfectly formed wonders and embarassingly half-finished endeavours: All Saints do themselves proud on 'Pure Shores', courtesy of top dollar production work from the omnipresent William Orbit; Underworld meanwhile offer the unbelieveably bad '8 Ball', which is unusual for an outfit who have rarely put a foot wrong.

The real sparkling diamond comes from the sorely missed New Order. A rolling beauty, 'Brutal' revisits the familiar NO themes of self-doubt in all matters concerning that little niggling something called lurve. Bernard Sumner is in top dollar axe-wielding form, fresh from his collaborative ventures with Primal Scream, all shimmering chimes and breathy inflections. Moby, UNKLE, and Blur all contribute impressive material that has previously been released, leaving Orbital to do their soundtrack credentials a world of good after the poor showing for The Saint.

It definitely ain't no Trainspotting, but for a picture universally panned as the Big Boyler's big Hollywood cash-in, he sure didn't do a bad job on the tunes.