The film is the fourth version of a classic and specifically American tale, modernised for 2018. It’s a pity, then, that the rest is all comedown rather than afterglow. It makes sense that this is the track being used to sell A Star Is Born “Shallow” is the soundtrack’s musical and emotional peak. In mere seconds, hope and longing and power are telegraphed the song is a perfect summation of everything pop music can be. It’s when Lady Gaga steps up to the microphone and unleashes a thrilling, God- and gravity-defying wail on the film’s standout track – and the album’s lead single – “Shallow”. If you’ve engaged at all with the soon-to-be released Bradley Cooper-directed, Lady Gaga-starring blockbuster musical, even in passing, you will likely know the Big Moment to which I’m referring – it’s unmissable, a focal point of the film’s trailers and the subject of myriad memes online. It takes about 20 minutes for the A Star Is Born soundtrack to get to its Big Moment.
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