The Royal Tenenbaums (Collector's Edition)
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Free Music Review: EXCELLENT SOUND TRACK
Hit: 5 Stars
ONE OF THE BEST SOUNDTRACKS EVERFree Music Review: This is my adopted daughter
Hit: 4 Stars
There has not been a movie in recent years to make such poignant use of real music, new or old, as Anderson and composer Mark Mothersbaugh did with this movie. While the original compositions are nicely done, with lots of Christmassy bells and xylophones, it is Mothersbaugh's ability to pick out the perfect song to capture the emotional impact of a scene that is the real testament to his musical knowledge and skill.
Working "in a large, round, fluorescent green building on Sunset Boulevard which strongly resembles a flying saucer," according to Wes Anderson, Mothersbaugh (of Devo fame) was able to mine over thirty years of popular and not so popular music and create one of the most cohesive movie soundtracks in recent memory. He plays into the movie's juxtaposition of life and death with an equally inspired amalgamation of songs distressingly suicidal, cautiously beautiful, and outright celebratory. The recent suicide of singer Elliot Smith makes his "Needle in the Hay" all the more profound, as it is his cold voice and stark acoustic strumming playing in the background as Luke Wilson's character slits his wrists with a razor in front of his bathroom mirror.
It is equally tortured singer-songwriter Nick Drake that appears after Smith on the soundtrack with his unusually upbeat "Fly," and it is doubtful that this coupling happened accidentally. Thirty years ago, Nick Drake was making the kind of music that Elliot Smith makes today, only with a lot less notoriety, and his life also ended prematurely and by suicide.
The Ramones ("Judy Is A Punk"), The Clash ("Police & Thieves"), and Paul Simon ("Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard") provide the more upbeat songs, and each are used fittingly in the movie. It seems that Mothersbaugh has a particular affinity for late `60's alternative musicians Nico and The Velvet Underground. They made an album together, but are separate here, with German chanteuse Nico providing two songs off her debut album Chelsea Girl, both written by Jackson Browne, and The Velvet Underground adding the uncharacteristically restrained and ridiculously beautiful "Stephanie Says." These songs represent an era in music that went overlooked at the time, but has gone on to inspire countless musicians.
Bob Dylan, John Lennon, and Emitt Rhodes round out the album, along with a musical version of "Hey Jude" by Mothersbaugh's Mutato Muzika Orchestra that does The Beatles justice.
Free Music Review: Where's Van Morrison?!
Hit: 4 Stars
This is a near-perfect collection of 60's and 70's pop and folk. The sad but hopeful vibe of the songs fits the movie's tone perfectly and you can't really agrue with songs like "Stephanie Says." it's also nice to hear the two Nico cuts since Nico's solo work really doesn't get the acclaim it deserves these days. My problem with this album is that it favors symphonic songs from the film instead of pop songs also used in it such as "Ruby Tuesday" and Van Morrison's "Everyone." I'm really bummed about the exclusion of "Everyone" because i thought it closed the movie so well. They should have released the score and the soundtrack separately so all these great songs could be included.Free Music Review: Help trying to figure out the title of a song
Hit: 4 Stars
Hey, maybe you guys can help me, does anyone know the title of the song playing on a radio while owen wilson is getting high (or preparing to do so) with his friends and his dad and brother step in and tell him they want to help him. I really love that song and i have no idea what the title isFree Music Review: a laid-back sound for an awesome movie
Hit: 4 Stars
A soft-sounding awesome laid-back soundtrack for an amazing movie - a mix of Nick Drake, Elliot Smith, and a great instrumental of Hey Jude. Love it!