A review of the Harold and Kumar soundtrack

The soundtracks from the popular Harold and Kumar comedy movies are still in strong demand despite the first film being released way back in 2004. Harold and Kumar 1, Go to White Castle spawned a sequel titled Harold and Kumar 2, Escape from Guantanamo Bay, released four years later. Harold and Kumar 3, A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas 3D, is slated for release in 2011.

Soundtrack

The Harold and Kumar cast, John Cho (Harold) and Kal Penn (Kumar), do not actually appear on the soundtracks, nor do a number of the songs that appear in the movies. This is probably the biggest criticism of otherwise excellent Harold and Kumar soundtracks. The missing favourites from Guantanamo Bay include Whiplash by Metallica, Something About That Woman by Lakeside, I Love Ganja by Rastaman Ivan, The Donque Song by William Feat, Snoop Dogg and Mr Shadowmaker by Jeff Cardoni.

Track listings

Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (2004): 1 Chick Magnet - MxPx.
2 One Good Spliff - Ziggy Marley/The Melody Makers.
3 Yeah (Dream of Me) - All Too Much.
4 Righteous Dub - Long Beach Dub All Stars.
5 Shunk One - Kottonmouth Kings.
6 Same Old Song - Phunk Junkeez.
7 White Castle Blues - The Smithereens.
8 Crazy On You - Heart.
9 Cameltoe - Fannypack.
10 Kinda High, Kinda Drunk - Coolio.
11 Mary Jane - Rick James.
12 I Wanna Get Next to You - Rose Royce.
13 Hold On - Wilson Phillips.
14 Ridin' - Classic & 86.
15 5ves - Heiruspecs.
16 Total Eclipse of the Heart - Nicki French. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008): 1 Ooh Wee - Mark Ronson/Nate Dogg/Ghostface Killah/Trife/Saigon.
2 My Dick - Mickey Avalon.
3 Cappuccino - The Knux.
4 Check Yo Self - Ice Cube.
5 My Stoney Baby - 311.
6 Chinese Baby - Viva La Union.
7 Nothin' But a Good Time - Poison.
8 P***Y (Real Good) - Jacki-O.
9 It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday - Boyz II Men.
10 In the Beginning - K'Naan.
11 Gospel Weed Song - Bizarre.
12 All That I Want - Curtis Murphy Syndicate.
13 The Merkin Medley - George S. Clinton