for movie soundtrack enthusiasts and music aficionados, a collection of rare, hard to find, out of print, lost, forgotten and classic movie soundtracks...enjoy!
The movie, released in 1989 and starred Mickey Rourke, Ellin Barkin, Morgan Freeman, Elizabeth McGovern and Forrest Whitaker, tells the story of deformed gangster who, with a friend, execute a heist that goes wrong. The music by Ry Cooder suits the general mood of the story... an aural soundscape that blends in with the scenes and is a listening experience within itself.
Drums, Percussion – Jim Keltner
Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Accordion, Fiddle, Percussion – Ry Cooder
Saxophone – Steve Douglas
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This now very rare soundtrack is a joy from start to finish. It is very eclectic in the styles of music which include lush strings, lounge, jazz and even an operatic track. The score by Shigeru Umebayashi is entrancing, haunting and dramatic and stands out on its own as an expertly composed piece of music. The other tracks tend to blend in with the score and don't seem out of place which makes it very worthy to listen to...review by Marty
Amazon review......the original soundtrack has 20 moody, heart-felt instrumental tracks from the movie starring the biggest Asian star names in the industry including Tony Leung, Faye Wong, Kimura Takuya, Zhang Ziyi, Maggie Cheung and Gong Li. The well composed, arranged and mixed tracks are the works of the highly respected Umebayashi Shigeru (who has secured music credits for his masterpieces in In The Mood For Love, House of the Flying Dagger and Zhou Yu's Train), London Symphony Orchestra and several other stylish musicians.
1. 2046 Main Theme (With Percussion) (Composed By Shigeru Umebayashi) 2. Siboney Instrumental 3. Sway (Performed By Dean Martin) 4. Christmas Song (Fast Version) (Composed By Shigeru Umebayashi) 5. Julien Et Barbara 6. Siboney (Performed By Connie Francis) 7. Interlude I (Composed By Shigeru Umebayashi) 8. Polonaise (Composed By Shigeru Umebayashi) 9. Casta Diva From The Opera Norma 10. Perfidia 11. 2046 Main Theme (Rumba Version) 12. Lost (Composed By Shigeru Umebayashi) 13. Dark Chariot 14. Sysiphos At Work 15. Decision From A Short Film About Killing (Composed By Zbigniew Preisner) 16. Long Journey (Composed By Shigeru Umebayashi) 17. Adagio (Performed By Secret Garden) 18. Interlude Ii (Composed By Shigeru Umebayashi) 19. Christmas Song (Performed By Nat King Cole & The Nat King Cole Trio) 20. 2046 Main Theme (With Percussion-Train Remix) (Composed By Shigeru Umebayashi)
If you are a fan of World Cinema then this 29 track compilation will be a nice treat. With music from such popular films as Chocolat, Jean De Florette, Manon Des Sources, Cinema Paradiso and Like Water for Chocolate, this will want you seeking more....enjoy
Evelyn: Music from the Motion Picture by Stephen Endelman, Van Morrison, Pierce Brosnan and Sissel (2002)
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Pierce Brosnan may have been the most hyped James Bond since Sean Connery, but he's gratifyingly used his burgeoning Hollywood clout to midwife Evelyn, a warm, intimate portrait of an unemployed widower battling both the church and Irish government for the custody of his own children. Composer Stephen Endelman colors the film with a musical mix that leans on traditional Celtic folk touches (fiddle and pennywhistle), skillfully weaving them into an orchestral context that ranges from the gently pastoral to some emotionally detached minimalism. Anchored by vocal performances from Van Morrison and Sissel, and featuring a couple good-natured pub songs by Brosnan himself, it's an inviting soundtrack rooted in Irish traditions, yet one savvy enough to contrast them against a more modern emotional landscape. --Jerry McCulley
Beautiful music for an endearing film..Bill Whelan's orchestral soundtrack for "Dancing At Lughnasa" is simply gorgeous. The music aptly conveys the feelings of longing, alienation, sadness, and uncertainty, as well as times of joyful exuberance, as revealed by the film's endearing characters. The music also perfectly suggests the transition of the winding-down of summer and the coming of autumn, just as the film's characters also face a severe change of season in their personal lives.Even without the wonderful film, the music that Bill Whelan has created here stands on its own as a cohesive, moving, emotive work. (text source: Amazon) 1. Prologue 2. The Kite 3. The Road To Ballybeg 4. Jack's Arrival 5. The Gander 6. Gerry And Christine 7. Monsignor Carlin 8. A Kiss In The Forest 9. A Black Bike 10. Our Secret 11. The Picnic 12. The Blackberry Bush 13. The Lughnasa Fires 14. Lough Anna 15. Dancing At Lughnasa 16. Don't Leave Me Yet 17. The Splendid Hat 18. Epilogue 19. Down By The Salley Gardens
An eclectic album, the film has a vast number of tunes and the album picks from across the board reflecting the film rather than aiming for any one musical genre. Beck's "Deadweight" is loungy, nicely juiced and very cool. REM's low-key, quasi-ambient "Leave" is an intriguing detour for Stipe and Co. All this plus exceptional cuts by Folk Implosion, Luscious Jackson, Sneaker Pimps, The Cardigans, and the splendor of Elvis Presley's "Always on My Mind." 1. Deadweight - Beck 2. Love Is Here - Lucious Jackson 3. A Life Less Ordinary - Ash 4. Velvet Divorce - Sneaker Pimps 5. Kingdom Of Lies - Folk Implosion 6. Leave - REM 7. Don't Leave - Faithless 8. Oh - Underworld 9. It's War - The Cardigans 10. Always On My Mind - Elvis Presley 11. Peace In The Valley - A3 12. Beyond The Sea - Bobby Darin 13. Put A Lid On It - Squirrel Nut Zippers 14. Deeper River - Dusted 15. Full Throttle - Prodigy
A special treat for the festive season. This is one of those soundtracks that can not only be listened to at Christmas, but any time of the year.
One of Those Rare Film Soundtracks of Significance....Philippe Rombi is the main composer on this Soundtrack.The entire music excerpts of significance are intact, even the artists who were guests, providing professional opera singers for the voices of the two cinematic actor/singers.
Rombi opens the film about WWI with very eloquent, quiet, lovely solo piano music, and very often he is so sensitive to the message of the film that just when the action looks as though the music should be of the Carmina Burana ilk, Rombi settles for orchestral Adagios. He has elected to use the carols Stille Nacht and Adeste Fidelis for the actor Sprink to sing and uses the voice of the gifted tenor Rolando Villazon to intone the music. To establish the relationship between the two opera singers, Sprink and Anna (Villazon and Natalie Dessay), he has them perform a duet version of Bach's 'Bist du bei mer' - the words of which take on deep meaning as the film progresses. When he has a moment for Anna to sing a solo, he writes his own version of Ave Maria for Anna/Natalie Dessay to sing. It is very lovely.
There are several 'tunes' written for the score - 'Fraternizers' Hymn' ('I'm Dreaming Of Home'), the theme for Anna and Nikolaus - which very well could endure long after the score and film disappear, they are that good.
In all the score is very strong and well played, sung, and conducted. This is a soundtrack that bears attention for lovers of beautiful music.... Grady Harp (Amazon review)
Original soundtrack to the 2008 motion picture featuring cuts from The Rolling Stones (a remix of 'You Can't Always Get What You Want'!), MGMT, LCD Soundsystem, UNKLE, Mark Ronson with Kasabian, Peter Bjorn and John, and many others. A great soundtrack to go with a great movie. The music is interesting, varied, and very, very cool. 1. You Can't Always Get What You Want (Re-Mixed and Re-Edited by Soulwax) - The Rolling Stones 2. Time To Pretend - Mgmt 3. Big Ideas - LCD Soundsystem 4. Giant - D. Sardy featuring Liela Moss 5. Always - Amon Tobin 6. Young Folks - Peter Bjorn And John 7. Mad Pursuit - Junkie XL featuring Electrocute 8. Sister Self Doubt - Get Shakes 9. I Am The Unknown - Aliens 10. Shut Up And Drive -Rihanna 11. Alright -Knivez Out 12. Tropical Moonlight - Domino 13. Hold My Hand - Unkle 14. L.S.F. - Mark Ronson featuring Kasabian 15. Tender Buttons - Broadcast
Starring Ben and Casey Affleck, Courtney
Love, Martha Plimpton, and Christina Ricci, among others, 200 Cigarettes
is a romantic comedy set on New Year's Eve 1981 in New York City's East Village.
Supporting the film is a representative collection of late-'70s and early-'80s
new-wave pop-rockers. The Ramones nail down the ferocious end of the spectrum
("I Don't Care"), but the emphasis is on straight pop with Nick Lowe ("Cruel to
Be Kind"), the Cars ("Just What I Needed"), Joe Jackson ("It's Different for
Girls") and the Go-Go's ("Our Lips Are Sealed"). Roxy Music deliver the sensuous
"More Than This." Dire Straits' epic "Romeo and Juliet" is a tad out of place
among the slam-bang pop-rock. Modern rockers Girls Against Boys effectively
cover Earth, Wind and Fire's "Boogie Wonderland." Blondie contribute "In the
Flesh" and a special megamix of "Rapture," plus two newer songs from their
comeback effort. --Rob O'Connor...Amazon.com
1. Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe
2. In The Flesh - Blondie
3. Just What I Needed - The Cars
4. Save It For Later - Harvey Danger
5. Our Lips Are Sealed- The Go-Go's
6. I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow
7. I Don't Care - Ramones
8. Boogie Wonderland - Girls Against Boys
9. Ladies Night - Kool and The Gang
10. It's Different For Girls - Joe Jackson
11. Nowhere Girl - B. Movie
12. More Than This - Roxy Music
13. Romeo And Juliet - Dire Straits
14. Peace, Love And Understanding - Party
15. Blondie Medley: Rapture -Blondie
soundtrack from Australian independent movie from 1998 with a fine collection of tracks from the cream of Aussie Alternative and Indie artists
1. Spiderbait - Calypso 2. Jebediah - Simple 3. Automatic - Pump It Up 4. The Living End - From Here On In 5. Leonardo's Bride - Even When I'm Sleeping 6. John Paul Young - I Hate The Music 7. Grinspoon - Just Ace 8. Turnstyle - I'm A Bus 9. Ammonia - Keeping My Hands Tied 10. Hot Rollers - Wickerman's Shoes 11. Monique Brumby - Up and Down 12. Even - Don't Wait 13. Needle Drop - Miss Me When I'm Gone 14. Sister Madly - Something Deep 15. You Am I - Purple Sneakers
Jessie Nelson's poignant tale of a mentally challenged man named Sam (Sean Penn) who recruits a lawyer to help him regain custody of his young daughter leans heavily on the lead character's obsession with Beatles songs, and his innocent trust in their wisdom and emotional truth. It's an artistic gambit that shrewdly lends itself to this mostly rewarding collection of Beatles covers by a wide range of contemporary artists, many of whom no doubt leapt at the chance to record a treasured song by their own musical heroes. The renditions are by and large faithful, and inform the elemental genius of the originals by the strength and variety of the artist's voices alone. The husband-wife team of Aimee Mann and Michael Penn (Sean's brother) can't help but find resonance in "Two of Us," just as Nick Cave's latter-day, heart-on-his-sleeve crooner infatuation makes "Let It Be" all his own. It's the reinterpretations that are riskier. While Paul Westerberg's stripped-down, nasal reading of "Nowhere Man" perceptively underscores Lennon's inherent Dylan fetish and Howie Day turns "Help!" from anxious plea to desperate dirge, Grandaddy smugly alt-rocks the energy right out of "Revolution." The Beatles hardly need anyone to burnish their reputation, but this album goes a long way toward underscoring their most undersung legacy as rock's most transcendent melting pot. -Jerry McCulley
1. Two of Us - Aimee Mann & Michael Penn
2. Blackbird - Sarah McLachlan
3. Across the Universe - Rufus Wainwright
4. I'm Looking Through You - The Wallflowers
5. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - Eddie Vedder
6. Strawberry Fields - Ben Harper
7. Mother Nature's Son - Sheryl Crow
8. Golden Slumbers - Ben Folds
9. I'm Only Sleeping - The Vines
10. Don't Let Me Down - Stereophonics
11. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Black Crowes
A terrific sampler of greatest hits from the heyday of girl groups and the Brill Building--except that none of the songs are actually from that era. What we have here is an incredible simulation--from Allison Anders' unjustly overlooked 1996 movie about the tempestuous life and career of a Carole King- like singer-songwriter (the magnificent Illeana Douglas) who spends years writing for others before finding her own voice. But instead of just licensing the old Shirelles' recordings of Goffin-King hits, the filmmakers came up with the brilliant idea of doing original songs by combining the sensibilities of contemporary artists and their songwriting forebears. So, for example, Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach teamed up to write and perform the power- ballad "God Give Me Strength"; Leslie Gore teams with Larry Klein and David Baerwald for "My Secret Love" (performed by Miss Lily Banquette of Combustible Edison); Gerry and Louise Goffin team with Baerwald for "Between Two Worlds" (performed by Sean Colvin); J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. writes and sings some Brian Wilson/Beach Boys-type stuff ("Take a Run at the Sun," "Don't You Think It's Time"), and so on. Buy the record; see the movie. You won't be disappointed. --Jim Emerson 1. God Give Me Strength - Burt Bacharach And Elvis Costello 2. Love Doesn't Ever Fail Us - The Williams Brothers 3. Take A Run At The Sun - J Mascis 4. I Do - For Real 5. Between Two Worlds - Shawn Colvin 6. My Secret Love - Miss Lily Banquette 7. Man From Mars - Kristen Vigard 8. Born To Love That Boy - For Real 9. Truth Is You Lied - Jill Sobule 10. Unwanted Number - For Real 11. Groovin' On You - Juned 12. In Another World - Portrait 13. Don't You Think It's Time - J Mascis 14. Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder - Tiffany Anders And Boyd Rice 15. A Boat On The Sea - Kristen Vigard
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Mystery Men, the movie, is the saga of hero wannabes trying to strut their stuff. Mystery Men, the soundtrack, is an album of modern rockers doing the same. Smash Mouth's "All Star" is the one of the disc's finer moments, an upbeat, dance-ready tune. The Dub Pistols perform their trademark blend of funky rap on "Keep Keep Movin'" while Kel and the M.A.F.T. Emcees give us a taste of the real thing on "Who Are Those Mystery Men." Freak Power (Fatboy Slim's other band) contributes the catchy "No Way." But, ultimately, the Bee Gees' classic "Night Fever" helps save the day. --Jason Verlinde
a "coollection" of swingin' tracks by the likes of Dean Martin, Louis Jordan, Bobby Darin, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Count Basie and Tony Bennett. This will get your party movin', groovin' and SWINGIN'..yeh baby!
1 –Dean Martin You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You 2:12 2 –Love Jones Paid For Loving 3:23 3 –Count Basie And Tony Bennett With Plenty Of Money And You 1:33 4 –Big Bad Voodoo Daddy You & Me & The Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby) 5 –Louis Jordan Knock Me A Kiss 2:46 6 –The Jazz Jury Wake Up 0:52 7 –King Floyd Groove Me 2:59 8 –Big Bad Voodoo Daddy I Wan'na Be Like You 3:25 9 –Joey Altruda Mucci's Jag M.K.II 5:33 10 –Roger Miller King Of The Road 2:27 11 –The Jazz Jury Pictures 1:04 12 –George Jones She Thinks I Still Care 2:33 13 –The Jazz Jury Car Train 1:32 14 –Average White Band Pick Up The Pieces 3:59 15 –Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Go Daddy-O 3:11 16 –Bobby Darin I'm Beginning To See The Light 2:17
Garage Days is the Australian film by internationally acclaimed director Alex Proyas (The Crow, Dark City). It follows the in's and out's of a struggling Sydney based garage band. The soundtrack is a collection of tracks by Alternative, Indie and Punk artists. Also includes a cover of ACDC's "High Voltage".
1. High Voltage - The D4
2. Alright - Supergrass
3. Kooks - Motor Ace
4. Buy Me A Pony - Spiderbait
5. Rockin It - David McCormack And Andrew Lancaster
6. Garage Days - David McCormack And Andrew Lancaster
7. Love Is The Drug - Roxy Music
8. Add It Up - Sonicanimation
9. Walk Up - David McCormack And Andrew Lancaster
10. Ghost Town - Rhombus
11. Smash It Up - The (International) Noise Conspiracy
12. Say What - 28 Days
13. Thats Entertainment - The Jam
14. Masterplan - David McCormack
15. Stop Thinking About It - Joey Ramone
16. Mad Man - The Hives
17. Get The Tarp - David McCormack And Andrew Lancaster And Anth
18. Lucky Number Nine - The Moldy Peaches
19. Help Yourself - Tom Jones
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Although Woody Allen has been using jazz from the '20s and '30s on his soundtracks since Sleeper, Sweet and Lowdown is his first movie featuring the musicians of the period. The story is about Emmett Ray, who is a brilliant guitarist but is always being unfavorably compared to Django Reinhardt. Allen hired the guitarist Howard Alden and the Dick Hyman Group to play the music of Ray and his band, and they have done an excellent job of recreating the small band swing of the '30s. Alden has assimilated the music of such guitarists as Eddie Lang, Karl Kress, and Django to create a guitar style that is unique yet also sounds thoroughly authentic. He is the Zelig of guitar players. This music has all of the excitement of '30s jazz with none of the stodginess that sometimes plagues other jazz revivalists. --Michael Simmons
1. I'll See You In My Dreams
2. Caravan - Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra
3. Sweet Georgia Brown
4. Unfaithful Woman
5. Viper Mad - Sidney Bechet And Noble Sissle's Swingsters
6. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)
7. Old-Fashioned Love
8. Limehouse Blues/Mystery Pacific
9. Just A Gigolo
10. 3:00 A.M. Blues
11. All Of Me/The Peanut Vendor
12. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
13. Shine
14. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
15. There'll Be Some Changes Made
OST of the movie 'Performance' directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg. This eclectic and now RARE soundtrack from the 1970 film was produced by Jack Nitzsche and features contributions from Ry Cooder, Randy Newman, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Mick Jagger. Both Ry Cooder and Randy Newman went on to become excellent film score artists themselves after this one. A dark, experimental film with the cut-up technique dealing with issue of identity crisis which included graphic depictions of sex, drug use and violence. Warner Bros. studio executives, who believed they were getting a Rolling Stones equivalent of the Beatles 'A Hard Day's Night' (1964), denied the film a cinematic release. 'Performance' was finally released in 1970 after several recuts and changes but is now frequently cited as a classic of British cinema. The lyrics of 'Memo From Turner' were re-written for this film and so different than on the Rollings Stones' 'Metamorphosis' LP from 1975. According to Colin McCabe (in his book 'Performance') the Moog synthesizer was so new that none were commercially available and a prototype was used for these recordings in 1968 by Bernie Krause. Tracklist: –Randy NewmanGone Dead Train2:55 –Merry Clayton & Bernard Krause*Performance1:47 –Ry CooderGet Away2:05 –Ry CooderPowis Square2:23 –Bernard Krause*Rolls Royce And Acid1:47 –Buffy Sainte-MarieDyed, Dead, Red2:32 –Jack NitzscheHarry Flowers4:00 –Mick JaggerMemo From Turner4:02 –Ry Cooder & Buffy Sainte-MarieThe Hashishin3:35 –The Last PoetsWake Up, Niggers2:43 –Bernard Krause* & Merry ClaytonPoor White Hound Dog2:45 –Bernard Krause*Natural Magic1:37
–Bernard Krause* & The Merry Clayton SingersTurner's Murder4:15
This Quentin Tarantino production was pre-Pulp Friction but still packed a punch and set the style for future Tarantino movies. The soundtrack features some classic early 70s tracks and hilarious DJ intros by comedian Steven Wright
Another one of my favourite movies AND soundtracks. This Jim Jarmusch production has become a cult classic and the soundtrack features early Elvis and Memphis artists
