Soundtracks

[bcholmes]

More than anywhere else, I encounter songs that I really enjoy in soundtracks. The movie Better than Chocolate was my first encounter with Ani Difranco (who I now consider to be the world's greatest singer/songwriter ever). The soundtracks for Solaris and The Hours are two of my favourite CDs.

Over the weekend, I bought my first song from iTunes -- a piece by Métisse called "Nomah's Land", which was used in Dead Like Me (Métisse has another piece called "Boom boom ba" which was also used, a few times, in Dead Like Me).

In the finale to Life on Mars, there's a hauntingly beautiful cover of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", I think by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. Just one voice and a ukulele.

Comments

[demon-lover.livejournal.com]

"The soundtracks for Solaris..."

Is that the original Soviet version or the US re-make?

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

I'm not BC, but I'm going to guess the re-make, since the re-make has a wonderful soundtrack and I can't recall the soundtrack for the original at all despite having watched it very recently.

[kat-chan.livejournal.com]

That's the cover of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" that was used on "ER" when Dr. Greene took his family to Hawaii so that they could have happy family memories just before he died of his brain tumor. It's also been used for some commercials and in other programs here in the US. But it's very nicely done, and I think that may be why it turns up so frequently on TV in the US.

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

My favourite rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," is still Blixa Bargeld's in his song, "AFF 14," but that one sounds interesting.

I've often identified really strongly with soundtracks and songs from soundtracks. The soundtrack more than anything else moves me to tears when watching Code 46. I often don't *buy* them, even though I love them. I'm not sure why. I've bought several, but several obvious ones to pick up remain unbought.

People sometimes tell me that the music I write sounds like soundtrack music, which I sometimes remember to take positively given how much I like soundtrack music.

[mordainlove.livejournal.com]

i don't suppose i could beg and plead and bribe you with... uhm... nice things? ... to share your copy of the album version o nomah's land ... ? i don't have itunes, and i really love the song and can't find it any other way. :(