Review of Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives (2017) by Kylie%20 M — 15 Oct 2017

Detailed and thoughtfully told story of one of the music industry's true living legends.

This review of Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives (2017) was written by Kylie%20 M on 15 Oct 2017.

Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives has generally received positive reviews.

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By Andy Webster (339) for The New York Times (9,847) on 26 Sep 2017

Chris Perkel’s reverent documentary Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives is a valedictory for Mr. Davis…

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By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 04 May 2017

Perkel packs in a lot of information, plenty of tasty stories, and some marvelous archival clips…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 26 Sep 2017

Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives...is an example of how a movie can be flagrantly hagiographic, sentimental, and hypnotized by its…

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By Clay Cane (203) for BET.com (238) on 19 Apr 2017

From Miles Davis to Janis Joplin to The Notorious B.I.G. to Whitney Houston, if you love music, you will love this documentary…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for Indiewire (3,631) on 26 Sep 2017

Director Chris Perkel, who also edited, hasn’t made a movie so much as a prolonged tribute reel with ample material to fuel a dozen lifetime…

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By Michael Rechtshaffen (1,086) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 25 Sep 2017

Although Chris Perkel’s two-hour documentary can feel like an extended episode of “Behind the Music”...it’s admittedly tough to condense…

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By Desne C (1) on 22 Oct 2017

The Soundtrack of Our Lives is amazing on the big screen…

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By Washington F (1) on 28 Oct 2017

This extraordinary, must see documentary is a treasure…

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By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 26 Sep 2017

Questions of musical taste (as opposed to hit-savvy reading of the zeitgeist) aside, Soundtrack of Our Lives does offer an informative primer…

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