Amanda Seyfried, the Keane-eyed actress of Big Love, Mama Mia and Mean Girls fame (“My breasts can always tell when it’s going to rain. Well… they can tell when it’s raining.”) has a new film, the romantic drama Dear John, due in theaters February 5.
For the movie, she has recorded a song she penned, “Little House,” currently streamable over at E! online. The song has that kind of wistful, pretty girl-in-a-coffeehouse-wearing-a-handknit-beret vibe, and seems like a decent match for the soundtrack’s other stars, including the Swell Season, Rachael Yamagata, and duet partners Joshua Radin and Schuyler Fisk.
What do you think, readers—when stars double up on their own movies’ soundtracks (see Patrick Swayze’s “She’s Like the Wind” for Dirty Dancing; Robert Pattinson’s “Never Think” in Twilight), does it enhance the whole movie-going experience, or feel more like because-I-can vanity?
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I definitely loved RPattz singing on the Twilight soundtrack. Let Me Sign was fabulous and my favourite in the whole movie. New Moon’s soundtrack was lacking. I thought Swayze was great in Dirty Dancing as well. I’m going to go ahead and say yes it does add to the movie. It’s not necessary but it’s nice. I would love if RPattz did sing for his other movies. I hope he does.
She’s great, I’ll miss her on Big Love!
I thought Amanda Seyfreid had a surprisingly good voice in “Mama Mia” and I say “surprising” because we don’t expect someone we’ve identified as an “actor” to be equally good in something else (Kevin Bacon comes to mind). We’ve also had the horrible example of Lindsey Lohan’s “singing”. I think it definitely adds to the movie, even if she wasn’t in it.
I’d add Zooey Deschanel (I absolutely LOVE She and Him!!) and Jill Hennessey to that list.
I’m very excited for this soundtrack!! Rachael Yamagata, Joshua Radin and Schuyler Fisk? Yes, please.
Just as long as the public doesn’t start really forcing her down our throats, I’ll keep wishing her a bright future.