Download CITY OF ANGELS Soundtrack

The City of Angels soundtrack reached number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart in early June 1998 and remained there for three non-consecutive weeks. Set in Los Angeles, City of Angles the movie, was a remake of film is a remake of Wim Wenders' 1987 German film Wings of Desire, which was set in Berlin. It grossed $200 million worldwide and received a generally positive critical reception.

Seth, an angel watching over Los Angeles, begins finding his job difficult as he falls in love with Maggie, a beautiful heart surgeon. She becomes interested in Seth, and soon his not-quite-mortal state seems a barrier rather than a gift. A choice must be made between celestial duty and earthly love.

The City of Angels soundtrack was the seventh-best-selling album of 1998 in the U.S. It’s two singles, the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" and Alanis Morissette's "Uninvited", were released to U.S. radio in March and were still receiving substantial radio airplay by the following August, leading to steady climbs up the Billboard charts. Other City of Angeles songs on this powerful rock soundtrack included “Red House” by Jimi Hendrix and “Further on up the Road” from Eric Clapton.