Soundtracks is far from groundbreaking, but it does its job well, providing efficiently propulsive scores to which cyclists can metronomically ride over the French countryside. (Ralf and Florian are avid cyclists themselves, which surely helps with the music's pacing.) Sadly, nothing here matches the majestically pastoral yet brutally clipped electrofunk of Kraftwerk's 1983 "Tour de France" single. Though Kraftwerk is now drafting behind the techno producers it inspired, it still can manufacture elegant rhythms and memorable, euphonious melodies -- but that robot voice has got to go.
