Title: A great World-music CD...for existing fans!
Product review: The Euro-take on classic Vietnamese instruments and arrangements on this soundtrack provide one of the most ambiently-compelling set of tracks I've heard in this vein in a while, and has got to be one of the best, more current representations of Vietnamese music (although, again, realized through a Euro, Horowitz sense of tracking) in a film setting I've heard. If you're into the Om Lounge series, the ambient Art of Noise CD, the "Kama Sutra" soundtrack or world music at all, you'll dig it a lot.If, however, you were simply looking for something to pop in the player to groove to, this isn't one of those fly-by-night purchases. This music uses instruments/vocal styles that you might not be accustomed to hearing in your music, so for the newcomer to world music, I don't recommend it first. Come back after you've heard a few CDs in the Middle Eastern/Asian vein that you actually liked, and THEN get this one. You'll appreciate it more.
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