Marley and Me Score For The Dogs

When your movie stars Jennifer Aniston (to bring in the guys), a really cute golden lab puppy (to bring in the girls) and Owen Wilson (to try and bring in everything inbetween) you don't really need a powerful soundtrack to help draw in your audience. You just need something light and fluffy to make the dog a touch cuter, Anitson's tears a bit softer and Owen Wilson a little less creepy.

That's pretty much what Theodore Shapiro's score to Marley and Me offers. Shapiro plays around with anything that seems to fit, from a tin whistle jig for a cue called "Off To Ireland" to gently plucked electric guitar and a simple piano theme for "Heading Home". It's all fairly run-of-the-mill (but not a puppy mill because that would be wrong, right?). The only surprise is a main theme that sounds suspiciously like the main riff from Jimmy Eat World's "The Middle".

With more than half the cues shorter than 90 seconds and a total running time less forty minutes long, the disc is anemic at best. Unless you're a major fan of Theodore Shapiro (and maybe even if you are) you'll do well to preview the tracks at Amazon and picking which ones you want. It's not worth $10 for the full download much less $15 for a CD.

The disc hits stores and Amazon Download on December 16.

Track	Title	Time
1.	Parents Of Two	1:49
2.	Off And Running	0:51
3.	The Hardest Job	1:33
4.	Walking The Plank	1:30
5.	Obedience School	1:19
6.	Leg Love	1:05
7.	Two Year Montage	3:23
8.	Moving To Boca	1:53
9.	First Sleepless Night	2:05
10.	When It's Time	1:10
11.	Off To Ireland	1:53
12.	Dog Farm	1:19
13.	Boy And Dog	1:00
14.	Lost In The Rain	0:43
15.	Employed	1:07
16.	All Good Dogs	0:55
17.	Evil With A Dog Face	0:45
18.	Labor Pains	1:18
19.	No Regular Dog	1:27
20.	Snow	1:03
21.	Jen Says Goodbye	1:50
22.	It All Runs Together	4:03
23.	Heading Home	2:15
24.	Marley & Me	3:32
	Total Track Time	37:59