Word: soundtrack
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...film” came about as another way for greedy artists to cross-merchandise. I love “Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me” by U2, but couldn’t recall where it played in Batman Forever, the movie on whose soundtrack it appeared. It was during the credits, and the bulk of the film’s score was instrumental...
...this bluntly in hopes of moving the dialogue along: compared to The Graduate’s, Garden State’s soundtrack is a leech, promoting its artists but not being a useful part of the film. There are clear cases where a song is significantly part of the film, not just on top of it or behind it (8 Mile, or the ultimate music-leeching movie Moulin Rouge!). Similarly, there are clear cases where the use of pre-recorded music serves either as a juxtaposition to the action (“What a Difference Today Makes?...
...Granted, the Shins’ song is a plot point in the movie, and “The Sound of Silence” which accompanies Benjamin Braddock’s conveyor-belt anesthesia was recorded before The Graduate was made. Ultimately, what I hate is that the Garden State soundtrack isn’t a great soundtrack, it’s just a great mix-tape...
...Anderson’s recent soundtrack vogue (last seen with the excellent Life Aquatic, musically curated by Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh) is the best example of this, culling from all realms of pop music. A filmmaker with an encyclopedic knowledge of pop becomes a disc jockey in this process, and perhaps that’s responsible for our difference in opinion...
Also, frequently artists’ original soundtrack work ranks among their worst, like Belle & Sebastian’s soundtrack to Todd Solondz’s “Storytelling,” where the band was cramped by the demands of making music appropriate to the film. Even when a band is dexterous enough to handle that emotional range, it tends to be a bit of a strain on the music. Tell me I’m wrong...