Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Push

Was looking for some films to watch with the kids, & we decided on this one. Reason for posting is it had the BEST soundtrack I've heard in a long time & the movie wasn't bad either (x-men/x-files thing; government agents & gangsters with psychic powers chasing our heroes through Hong Kong. A bit like "Jumper", except it didn't suck.). Anyhow, there does not seem to be an official soundtrack album, so here are a few tracks to give an idea. Anyone else recommend a great movie soundtrack?
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15 comments:

  1. steenbeckJuly 21, 2009 at 6:30 PM

    I was just thinking of the movie Irma Vep...it has Sonic Youth, Luna's cover of Bonnie & Clyde, Ali Farka Touré...

    And I'm obliged to say that Jim Jarmusch always has good soundtracks to his films--like Mulatu Astatké in Broken Flowers. Spike Lee's films always have wonderful soundtracks as well...

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  2. ejaydeeJuly 21, 2009 at 6:36 PM

    Are we talking soundtracks or original scores here?
    The soundtracks to Crooklyn are responsible for a lot the music I listen to.

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  3. nilpferdJuly 21, 2009 at 7:13 PM

    A number of the Bond film soundtracks have great incidental music, besides that my favourite soundtrack-out-of-existing-music albums would be "Out of sight" and "Ghost Dog", although it seems to be difficult to find a single album for the latter which combines the good RZA tracks with Armagideon Time, etc.
    There's obviously Spill favourite L'Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud, by Miles Davis, as well as his brilliant Tribute to Jack Johnson. The other Davis soundtrack I have is Siesta, although it's a bit uneven.

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  4. BlimpyJuly 21, 2009 at 7:17 PM

    Best orig score: Stewart Copeland's "Rumblefish"

    Best soundtrack: Basquiat / Repo Man / Performance

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  5. DarceysDadJuly 21, 2009 at 7:31 PM

    DsD faves:

    Single artist:
    Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas.

    Cast recording:
    The Commitments

    Various Artists:
    From Dusk Til Dawn
    The Big Easy

    Honourable mention for one of the best combinations of guitar riff and imagery:
    Keel - Rock'n'Roll Outlaw, from Dudes.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_gftrQquPA&feature=related

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  6. treefrogdemonJuly 21, 2009 at 7:41 PM

    The soundtrack to Herzog's Grizzly Man, by Richard Thompson. There's a 'making of the soundtrack' documentary on the DVD, which is very interesting.

    Don't let the kids watch the film, though.

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  7. FPJuly 21, 2009 at 8:55 PM

    Frogprincess faves....
    Pulp fiction, 9 and a half weeks, Risky business, Sliver. Stuck in an 80s timewarp as usual....BTW I loved the Ben Stiller night in the museum thingy if you and the kids haven't seen it. Loved Wall-E and apparently Up is brilliant too. Just in case...

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  8. TatankaYotankaJuly 21, 2009 at 10:41 PM

    Hey FP, did you catch Tarantino's Jukebox on Radio 4 recently ... might still be available here ... if ya cut n' paste ..

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lnczw

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  9. BlimpyJuly 21, 2009 at 11:01 PM

    Performance rtacklisting:

    1. Gone Dead Train
    Vocals: Randy Newman

    2. Performance
    Vocals: Merry Clayton

    3. Get Away
    Bottleneck Guitar Solo: Ry Cooder

    4. Powis Square
    Bottleneck Guitar Solo: Ry Cooder

    5. Rolls Royce & Acid
    Jack Nitzsche

    6. Dyed, Dead, Red
    Mouth Bow Solo & Vocals: Buffy Sainte-Marie

    7. Harry Flowers
    Jack Nitzsche

    8. Memo From Turner
    Mick Jagger

    9. The Hashishin
    Mouth Bow Solo: Buffy Sainte-Marie, Dulcimer Solo: Ry Cooder

    10. Wake Up Niggers
    The Last Poets

    11. Poor White Hound Dog
    Vocals: Merry Clayton

    12. Natural Magic
    Jack Nitzsche

    13. Turner's Murder
    Vocals: The Merry Clayton Singers

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  10. BlimpyJuly 21, 2009 at 11:03 PM

    It reads like an Spill dream, it's the Basquiat ST:

    1. Van Gogh Boat - Michael Wincott Listen

    2. Public Image - Public Image Ltd. Listen

    3. It's All over Now, Baby Blue - Van Morrison Listen

    4. Suicide Hotline - Nick Marion Taylor Listen

    5. I'm Not in Love - Toadies Listen

    6. Is That All There Is? - PJ Harvey Listen

    7. White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) - Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel Listen

    8. Rise - Tripping Daisy Listen

    9. These Days - Joy Division Listen

    10. She Is Dancing - Brian Kelly Listen

    11. Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) - Tom Waits Listen

    12. Small Plot of Land - David Bowie, Tom Waits Listen

    13. Summer in Siam - The Pogues Listen

    14. Last Song I'll Ever Sing - Gavin Friday Listen

    15. Hallelujah - John Cale

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  11. ShoeyJuly 22, 2009 at 8:32 PM

    OK, am sold on Basquiat - is the film any good?

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  12. DarceysDadJuly 24, 2009 at 11:17 PM

    Shoey, this is ace! Boxstr just kept playing down the page after finishing your surveillance choices.

    Have you identified the tunes anywhere?

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  13. BlimpyJuly 27, 2009 at 12:19 PM

    Who are these song by, please?

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  14. BlimpyJuly 27, 2009 at 2:12 PM

    5 was The Kills -but who was 1?

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  15. ShoeyJuly 27, 2009 at 11:08 PM

    I refer you to the answer I gave to other honorable gentleman a few days ago.

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