Sounds of Silence
This week “The Reel World” is about the best films about music. At least I think that’s what I wrote about. I accidentally wrote this column last month because I have trouble distinguishing between “February” and “March.” Since this is a list article, many will disagree. Also, what are the best movie soundtracks? Let’s hear it.
Tags: Film, soundtracks
March 26th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
S.F.W.
Singles
Heavy Metal
March 26th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
oh yeah, lemme add Natural Born Killers, Trainspotting, and all the Wes Anderson movies.
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:36 pm
I’d give an off-beat nod to “Oh Brother Where Art Thou.”
And you have to give old-school props to “Saturday Night Fever.”
Then there was this indie documentary the wife made me watch the other night called “The Parrots of Such and Such Hill.” (I can’t remember the hill’s name. I was drinking heavily three minutes in.)
I’m not sure it had a soundtrack, unless you consider an insane homeless guy singing to green-headed parrots to be a soundtrack. Either way, I’m not sure why I mention it.
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Oh, and “Breakfast Club” was pretty good too. Really any of the Molly Ringworm movies had good music.
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:51 pm
How quickly we forget “Quadrophenia.” Tsk, tsk…
April 6th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
“… with the thoughts i’d be thinkin i could be another Lincoln ,if i only had a brain!”
April 7th, 2008 at 7:45 am
Hands and feet down “Saturday Night Fever,” for best movie
soundtrack. Taught me jive talk and how to properly wear a leisure suit.
April 8th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Almost Famous- Awesome. One of the best.
Natural Born Killers- Great mood music for a crime spree of any sort.
Garden State- Got me hooked on Iron & Wine.
O Brother Where Art Thou- Convinced me to try bluegrass.
I am Sam- I’m a Beatles fan who didn’t care much for the music in Across the Universe. I actually liked “I am Sam (great movie if some of your interests include family law, disability law, Sean Penn, and The Beatles (anybody?)). I’m not much of a music snob, but I enjoyed the covers by Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, The Black Crowes and others. Rufus Wainwright does a great “Across the Universe” and I loved Ben Folds’ “Golden Slumber.” They are very similar to the originals, but I read that this is because they couldn’t afford to pay Michael Jackson for the originals, so they told the cover artists to use the original tempo to fit the movie. Then again, I guess you could just listen to The Beatles.