"I made a lot of mistakes"
I was listening to Broken Social Scene the other day, and I was thinking that many of their songs would make good soundtrack songs, especially in scenes where the main character is driving somewhere. So I decided to make a soundtrack album for a nonexistent movie, using a bunch of typical movie scenes. (I found some help with my list of scenes on one of those survey sites.)
I didn't want my soundtrack album to be a big mish-mash of different music, so I took continuity into consideration when I was planning the list. So with that in mind, this soundtrack features mostly "indie" or "alternative" stuff, and mostly more-or-less contemporary stuff. I may do it again with other criteria, such as an all-80s-alternative list or something. Another rule I made was that I could only use an artist once.
So, here is my list of typical movie scenes, with the song to go along with it. Note: I do not claim that this is the ultimate soundtrack. It is just what I am feeling right now. And I don't really know what this movie would be about . . .
- Opening Credits -- "July, July" by The Decemberists
- Waking Up -- "Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" by The Flaming Lips
- Out on a Date -- "Sun in My Morning" by Saint Etienne
- Falling in Love -- "Kingdom Come" by Coldplay
- Breaking Up -- "The Talk" by Erlend Øye
- Fight Scene -- "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" by The Arcade Fire
- Life is Good -- "All Possibilities" by Badly Drawn Boy
- Mental Breakdown -- "Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors" by Radiohead
- Driving -- "7/4 (Shoreline)" by Broken Social Scene
- Deep Thought -- "Where Do I Start, Where Do I Begin?" by The Chemical Brothers
- Flashback -- "I'm on Standby" by Grandaddy
- Partying -- "Bottle Rocket" by The Go! Team
- Regretting -- "Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens
- Being Alone -- "Transatlanticism" by Death Cab for Cutie
- Death Scene -- "Checkout Blues" by Eels
- Closing Credits -- "Worms" by Beth Orton
offered up to the world by CoachDub @ 11:53 AM
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7 Comments:
this movie would break my heart. break it in to a million tiny pieces.
and the party scene would be really manic...
Yeah, this is not exactly the feel-good romantic comedy of the year.
I would definitely enjoy that movie. Thinking of music with visual representation is always good fun.
Every time I hear a Ben Folds song, I imagine it being used in a musical theater piece based on his music. Similar to what was done with "Momma Mia!" and "Moving Out".
I haven't seen "Moving Out," but I can't imagine that much Billy Joel music can coexist peacefully with a bad musical.
I often get the same "driving montage" feeling when listening to the beginning of America's "Sister Golden Hair."
On a realated but distinctly different note:
While watching the EXCELLENT film Sahara with some friends, I decided that its eclectic mix of early 90s super-hits and weird African tribal/chorale music (thing Lion Kind) would be the perfect soundtrack for my life. I can just imagine the perfect song whenever I need it...
and houle, you listen to America?
*(think Lion King)*
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