The Inbetweeners Movie Soundtrack Review

For those of you who are massive fans of The Inbetweeners, you need to buy this. Even if you’re not a fan, then it’s a soundtrack that you’ll find yourself listening to again and again.

By Rhys Milsom /

rating: 4

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Everyone€™s heard of The Inbetweeners. If you haven€™t, then where have you been? Living in a cave for the past couple of years? Visiting the most desolate places in the world? Attempting to break the record for the longest a person has gone without watching T.V. or logging on to the internet? Becoming a hermit and not communicating with any form of the outside world? For those of you out there who fit into these categories (and I congratulate you on finding this review considering you€™ll be a bit out of date with modern technology), here€™s a bit of background information about the television series that€™s taken the country by storm. The first ever episode was aired on 1st May, 2008 and it attracted 238,000 viewers. By the end of the first series, it averaged 459,000 viewers with 474,000 watching the final episode and as a show of how much it impressed people and of its calibre, The Inbetweeners received two nominations at the British Comedy Awards. These were for €˜Best New British Television Comedy€™ and Simon Bird was nominated for €˜Best Male Comedy Newcomer€™. Both of these awards were won by the show. By the start of series two, the buzz had been created for the show to really take off and for it to become a household name. The first episode of series two attracted over a million viewers €“ an obviously huge increase from series one€™s first episode €“ and it was the highest audience of 2009 for E4. Series three, episode one was watched by 2.6 million viewers; breaking a record in the process for an overnight average audience. The Inbetweeners, by then, had well and truly made it as a successful show and many phrases and terms that the characters would regularly say were being used on the street by fans. €˜Bus wankers,€™ is one of these phrases that became almost cult-like in its usage and it still brings a smile. People just couldn€™t get enough of the hopelessly pathetic characters and loved the lad style of humour that was the show€™s chief protagonist for laughs. In 2010, it won the Audience Award at the British Academy Television Awards €“ this was just due course for the show, and also could be seen as a fitting finale as the series ended after series three. Many people were gutted when the show ended: what would they look forward to on telly now? Repeats of Taggart are hardly appealing; neither is a documentary on teenage pregnancy, so when it was announced that The Inbetweeners movie was going to be made, millions of people couldn€™t wait to watch it. Seeing as the movie focuses on the cast going on a boys holiday, the music choice would be essential in getting the atmosphere just right and it€™s got to be said that the soundtrack has been picked very well and the right musicians have been chosen. The whole track-listing is good, so I€™m not going to bore you by writing about every song. The tracks that specifically stand out are the ones I€™ll write about but the best thing to do is go and buy the soundtrack for yourself €“ you€™ll know then that this review would have been more like an essay if I were to tell you about every good song. €˜Gimme Love€™ by €˜The Vines€™ is perhaps the most different track here. It€™s essentially a rock song, and considering the rest of the songs lie in the dance/pop/R & B genres, it is bound to stick out to the rest. It€™s a song that you€™d expect from €˜The Vines€™, as it has plenty of frenzied guitar-playing, frenetic drumming and vocals and lyrics that€™ll stay in your head long after the song is over. €˜Gimme love / gimme love / gimme love/ I really need it / gimme love / gimme love / gimme love / just set me free.€™ The epically named €˜Clunge In A Barrel€™ by Mike Skinner has got a beat that€™s hard not to move to.It is a dance track that is imaginable in a nightclub, and Skinner has made something that may be a hit outside of the film and the soundtrack. The vocals are that of late 90€™s/early 00€™s style and fans of dance in those years will lap it up. It€™s impressive how the track progresses from its relatively laid-back opening to the middle section, as here it is where the beat really starts to become effective. Its foamy beats keep you listening all the way through. €˜Whatever It Takes€™ by €˜The D.O.T.€™ is a track that captures the essence of a boys holiday. It€™s got a care-free, fizzy beat and the vocalist sings in a style that seems as if he€™s having a really good time and this seeps out of the speakers and initiates you to enjoy yourself, too. €˜Whatever it takes / I will do this because I care / oh yeah.€™ With a bottle of beer in your hand, you could almost imagine yourself with the lads on the holiday, as well. A very wise, intelligent track to have been added to the soundtrack. It is the track that€™s got the most rhythm out of the whole lot. €˜Gone Up In Flames€™, by €˜Morning Runner€™ is essentially an indie track that has a lot of guitar-work that can verge on alternative rock.The singer just about hides the anger that his voice has, but at times it does spill over into the song. But this isn€™t a bad thing €“ it makes for a listen that contradicts what the movie is about and its inclusion is interesting. This track is imaginable being played on the radio, or even appearing on other shows, such is its character. It encapsulates the other more frustrating side of a young man€™s life and this is important as it shows the cast know that too much enjoyment, and not much frustration, doesn€™t come across as a €˜real€™ thing. This soundtrack works well. The structure fits along with the feel of the movie pretty effectively, and you can tell that a lot of time and effort went into thinking what artists, and songs, to include. It hasn€™t just been thrown together. For those of you who are massive fans of The Inbetweeners, you need to buy this. Even if you€™re not a fan, then it€™s a soundtrack that you€™ll find yourself listening to again and again. The Inbetweeners Soundtrack is out now. Full Tracklist: 01. Miles Kane €“ Quicksand 3:19 02. Mike Skinner €“ No Problemo 4:34 03. The Inbetweeners €“ Mental Holiday 0:17 04. The Vines €“ Gimme Love 1:51 05. Keha €“ Blow (Cirkut Remix) 4:04 06. The Inbetweeners €“ Introduce Yourself 0:23 07. Yolanda Be Cool €“ We No Speak Americano (Radio Edit) 2:28 08. Axwell €“ Nothing But Love (Radio Edit) 3:30 09. Mike Skinner €“ Fernando€™s Theme 3:44 10. The Inbetweeners €“ You€™re A Virgin 0:10 11. Mike Skinner €“ Twenty Euros 3:09 12. Mike Skinner €“ Waving Not Drowning 3:08 13. The Inbetweeners €“ He Shoots He Scores 0:05 14. Mike Skinner €“ Clunge In A Barrel 2:27 15. Deer Tick €“ Twenty Miles 3:43 16. Calvin Harris €“ Feel So Close (Benny Benassi Remix) 5:19 17. The Inbetweeners €“ Smack In The Balls 0:06 18. Mike Skinner Feat. Laura Vane €“ We Are Go 3:03 19. Everything Everything €“ MY KZ, YR BF (Grum Remix) 5:47 20. Mike Skinner €“ Moanatronic 5000 3:26 21. The D.O.T. €“ Whatever It Takes 3:12 22. The Inbetweeners €“ Two Man Job 0:04 23. Mike Skinner €“ Do It 3:35 24. Sean Kingston €“ Party All Night (Sleep All Day) (Album Version 3:42 25. Morning Runner €“ Gone Up In Flames 2:53 26. Mike Skinner €“ Pussay Patrol 1:20 27. The Inbetweeners €“ To The Pussay 0:04