Scrubs

Great Soundtrack (31 of 34 Found this Helpful)   April 13, 2006
Scrubs is one of the wittiest shows on television. It's also one of my favorites. Unlike many shows, Scrubs is a carefully integrated show. Like life itself, minor characters reappear in episodes and not just as a cardboard-character, but as fully developed individuals with their own lives and back stories that sometimes play into the main plot of the show. Continuity is important and the writers, producers, and directors go to great lengths to maintain that. Things that happened in an episode two seasons before can have ripples two years later. Every part of the show is a part of this careful integration, including the music. The music that is used on the show isn't usually the typical type of stuff that one can hear played on pop radio stations (though there are some songs like this). Not only that, each song is carefully selected and instead of distracting from the action on the small screen the songs augment whatever is happening on screen. In this way, the Music from Scrubs is more like a movie soundtrack than a television soundtrack. Not only that, but because of the sometimes obscure and relatively unknown selection choices, Music from Scrubs is a great soundtrack with almost an entire cd that is enjoyable to listen to over and over and over again. Of the 15 tracks on the album, the only song that I really don't enjoy listening to is track #4, "Good Time" by Leroy. I love every other song on the album. From the shows theme song, "Superman" by Lazlo Bane to the sad ballad of unrequited love, "Good Life" by Francis Dunnery to the upbeat "Hooch" by Everything, this is a great collection of music. Having worked in radio on and off during my life and being involved in theatre, I have built quite a collection of movie soundtracks. The Music from Scrubs is one of my favorites, if not favorite soundtrack that I own.

CD Information Incorrect (11 of 11 Found this Helpful)   October 19, 2002
This CD is excellent. I listen to it quite a bit, and enjoy it very much. I bought the cd because it had the music of Colin Hay on it, who was featured in the season premiere as a wandering troubadour singing his former Men at Work hit "Overkill." This is the best song on the album, in my opinion. However, on the track list for the CD, Amazon is missing this song. It is the last song on the cd. Also - another reviewer lamented the lack of Nil Lara's "Fighting for my love" on the cd. This is confusing, as the song is, in fact, on the cd, though it is also missing from the track list. Interesting. None of this takes away from the excellent music, however. I had never heard of many of these artists before buying this cd, and I'm certainly the better for listening to their work.

Since its not listed on Amazon at the moment you may wish to know there's a sequel (9 of 9 Found this Helpful)   February 11, 2007
Scrubs has sensational music soundtrack that compliments its episodes including a great theme song in Lazlo Bane's Superman. If you also purchase the DVD season collections and go back and watch after listening to this album the songs will mean a lot more as well.

It may also interest fans of this great show that there is also a sequel to this soundtrack which is called the very imaginative title of Scrubs Original Soundtrack vol.2 It has music from the first five seasons of Scrubs being the following tracks.
I Want To Know by The Mavericks
Dreaming Of You by The Coral
Our Love by Rhett Miller
Why by Elefant
Question by The Old 97's
In The Sun by Joseph Arthur
Winter by Joshua Radin
Light & Day by The Polyphonic Spree
Half by G Tom Mac
Cindy by Tammany Hall NYC
Diner by Martin Sexton
My Brillant Feat by Colin Hay
Honestly by Cary Brothers
Sideways by Citizen Cope

At the time of this review, this sequel album was not available on Amazon.

My Favorite CD (7 of 8 Found this Helpful)   December 2, 2002
With the exception of the song 'Hooch' this CD is by far the best collection of songs ever put onto a soundtrack. There isn't anything "hard" about this CD. It has what I call "sittin'-in-the-sun-a-foot-a-tappin' chillout music." I slide this CD into my player whenever I get the chance. It's great driving music and instantly puts me into a good mood. If you're a music lover or even a lyric lover, then you will love this CD.

Scrubs: no duds (4 of 4 Found this Helpful)   October 7, 2002
Scrubs is arguably the strongest sitcom aired by NBC - or all of network TV, for that matter - since Seinfeld. It's fitting that this CD reflects the great selection of songs featured on the show. One sad omission: the "Underdog" theme song as sung by Ted the Lawyer & co.