Garden State [Soundtrack]

garden state [soundtrack]

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Writer and director Zach Braff does a masterful job matching the charming, heartfelt tone of films like The Graduate and Rushmore in his motion picture debut, Garden State, so it only makes sense that the music he personally compiled for the soundtrack plays just as of big a part here as it did in those films. Simon & Garfunkel's languorous "The Only Living Boy in New York" is an obvious thread, but aside from Nick Drake's "One of These Things First," Braff is able to carry the mood without getting tripped up in the past. Frou Frou's "Let Go" and Zero 7's "In the Waiting Line" supply soft techno touches, while Iron & Wine's "Such Great Heights" and former Men at Work singer Colin Hay's "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You" offer understated angst. It's the pair of emotionally racked contributions from the Shins ("Caring Is Creepy," "New Slang"), however, that really make this compilation a must-have. --Aidin Vaziri

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Garden State [Soundtrack]
Garden State
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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  • Highly suggested
  • Great Soundtrack
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  • Songs that unearth a state of mind
 Garden State
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B0002J58LK
Release Date: 2004-08-10

Tracks:

  1. Don't Panic - Coldplay
  2. Caring Is Creepy - The Shins
  3. In The Waiting Line - Zero 7
  4. New Slang - The Shins
  5. I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You - Colin Hay
  6. Blue Eyes - Cary Brothers
  7. Fair - Remy Zero
  8. One Of These Things First - Nick Drake
  9. Lebanese Blonde - Thievery Corporation
  10. The Only Living Boy In New York - Simon & Garfunkel
  11. Such Great Heights - Iron and Wine
  12. Let Go - Frou Frou
  13. Winding Road - Bonnie Somerville

Amazon.com

Writer and director Zach Braff does a masterful job matching the charming, heartfelt tone of films like The Graduate and Rushmore in his motion picture debut, Garden State, so it only makes sense that the music he personally compiled for the soundtrack plays just as of big a part here as it did in those films. Simon & Garfunkel's languorous "The Only Living Boy in New York" is an obvious thread, but aside from Nick Drake's "One of These Things First," Braff is able to carry the mood without getting tripped up in the past. Frou Frou's "Let Go" and Zero 7's "In the Waiting Line" supply soft techno touches, while Iron & Wine's "Such Great Heights" and former Men at Work singer Colin Hay's "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You" offer understated angst. It's the pair of emotionally racked contributions from the Shins ("Caring Is Creepy," "New Slang"), however, that really make this compilation a must-have. --Aidin Vaziri

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC!!!.......2007-05-22

I had never actually seen this movie or heard the CD. I ordered it when my new favorite male actor, Kyle Schmid - "Henry" on Lifetimes Blood Ties series listed in an interview that this was his favorite CD. I thought it would be interesting to check it out. I am definitely not disappointed. I love this CD. The songs are fantastic.

4 out of 5 stars Highly suggested.......2007-03-24

Very beautiful and relaxing soundtrack, the songs are choosen with a great class!
Manuel.

5 out of 5 stars Great Soundtrack.......2007-03-19

One of my all time favorites. Always relaxes me. I can tell every track was has a specific purpose on this album. Also, The movie is excellent!

5 out of 5 stars Wow.......2007-03-15

I don't normally write reviews, but this CD is just so great, I had to. Every song on here is gold. It makes me so happy just popping it in and listening to it straight through. If you liked Garden State, this is a DEFINITE must-buy, but even if you didn't like it or haven't see it, it's still a must-buy. It's just great music.

Zach Braff has wonderful taste in music.

5 out of 5 stars Songs that unearth a state of mind.......2007-03-14

Yes, the big guns like Coldplay and the Shins shine on the "Garden State" soundtrack, but it's the overall quality of songs by the lesser-known bands that take this CD to "such great heights" throughout. There's an introspective poignancy to all these songs that bests your run-of-the-mill soundtrack, and though I didn't care for the movie they came from, I love these tunes.

The aforementioned bands delivered the goods here, and properly lead off the album. Chris Martin's refrain of "we live in a beautiful world" rings true amid a truly chaotic time in history, and gives "Garden State" a hopeful vibe right away. For their part, the Shins contribute two cuts come from the 2001 classic, "Oh, Inverted World," which are right at home with the rest of these cerebral songs. Zero 7's "In the Waiting Line" and Thievery Corporation's "Lebanese Blonde" contain a laid-back, loungey feel that make the art of slacking seem cool, while Colin Hay's "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You" is one of the saddest, sparsest, most heartfelt songs I've ever heard. The former Men at Work singer puts his scarred vocals to great use and delivers one of the finest songs on the CD.

Elsewhere there's more upbeat-sounding tunes (though not always lyrically upbeat) such as the Cary Brothers' "Blue Eyes," Nick Drake's bubbly "One of These Things First" and Simon & Garfunkel's remarkably non-dated-sounding "The Only Living Boy in New York" from 1970. Another great tune worth noting is Iron and Wine's "Such Great Heights." Don't let its dreamy appearance in a rainbow-splattered Skittles commercial fool you; this song's deep lyrics and close acoustic sound is anything but fluff, which could be said of this entire CD.

Like the Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack soundtrack 12 years before it, the "Garden State" soundtrack is the collaborative voice of angst-filled twenty-somethings looking to express their feelings through the best medium known to man -- music.

Herrmann: Prince of Players / Garden of Evil
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • This William T. Stromberg CD is Spectacular
  • Esoteric Western Score
  • Majestic and Impressive Score from Bernard Herrmann
  • Impressive Digital Recording for GARDEN OF EVIL
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ASIN: B000009DG9
Release Date: 1998-08-06

Tracks:

  1. Prince Of Players - Suite: Prelude
  2. Prince Of Players - Suite: The Tour
  3. Prince Of Players - Suite: The Dressing Room
  4. Prince Of Players - Suite: Idyll
  5. Prince Of Players - Suite: Hamlet (Interlude)
  6. Prince Of Players - Suite: The Traitor
  7. Prince Of Players - Suite: Murder
  8. Prince Of Players - Suite: Finale
  9. Garden Of Evil: Prelude
  10. Garden Of Evil: Siesta
  11. Garden Of Evil: The Start
  12. Garden Of Evil: The Cliffs
  13. Garden Of Evil: The Chasm And The Valley
  14. Garden Of Evil: Leah
  15. Garden Of Evil: The Stone Arrow
  16. Garden Of Evil: Hooker
  17. Garden Of Evil: The Mission
  18. Garden Of Evil: The Circle
  19. Garden Of Evil: The Church
  20. Garden Of Evil: Nocturne
  21. Garden Of Evil: The Quarrel
  22. Garden Of Evil: Aftermath
  23. Garden Of Evil: The Wooden Cross
  24. Garden Of Evil: The Mine
  25. Garden Of Evil: The Feather
  26. Garden Of Evil: Fuller
  27. Garden Of Evil: The Shrine
  28. Garden Of Evil: The Smoke Signals
  29. Garden Of Evil: The Revolver
  30. Garden Of Evil: The Wild Party
  31. Garden Of Evil: Leah's Vigil
  32. Garden Of Evil: Fuller's Devotion
  33. Garden Of Evil: The Departure
  34. Garden Of Evil: The Indian
  35. Fuller's Plan
  36. Garden Of Evil: The Apache
  37. Garden Of Evil: Daly's Death
  38. Garden Of Evil: Fuller's Death
  39. Garden Of Evil: The Watchers
  40. Garden Of Evil: Night Scene
  41. Garden Of Evil: The High Rocks
  42. Garden Of Evil: The Chase
  43. Garden Of Evil: The Cards
  44. Garden Of Evil: The Ridge
  45. Garden Of Evil: The Return
  46. Garden Of Evil: The Sharpshooter
  47. Garden Of Evil: Finale

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars This William T. Stromberg CD is Spectacular.......2006-10-19

This William T. Stromberg recording of GARDEN OF EVIL conducting the Moscow Symphony Orchestra is extraordinary. If you are unfamiliar with other Stromberg recordings I recommend you check this one out. It is superb in every respect. Bernard Herrmann's score is certainly wraithlike and groundbreaking considering GARDEN OF EVIL fits into the Western genre. This Stromberg digital recording elevates Herrmann's score to a place of prominence making it an important work that should be re-evaluated.

5 out of 5 stars Esoteric Western Score.......2006-10-19

It is unusual that Bernard Herrmann would compose a score for a Western. My son introduced me to Bernard Herrmann some time ago. I enjoy Bernard Herrmann's music to MARNIE and VERTIGO immensely and my son pointed out that the same composer, Bernard Herrmann, had scored both. This score is entirely different but it sounds wonderful just the same. I must say that I enjoyed the PRINCE OF PLAYERS selections much more than GARDEN OF EVIL. PRINCE OF PLAYERS sounds closer to some of the romantic elements found in both MARNIE and VERTIGO.

5 out of 5 stars Majestic and Impressive Score from Bernard Herrmann.......2002-01-07

William T. Stromberg conducting the Moscow Symphony Orchestra delivers a tour de force performance of Bernard Herrmann's esoteric score for the composer's only Western film GARDEN OF EVIL. This score is strangely moody and mysterious throughout yet contains outbreaks of pure power, which are clearly and technically reproduced by this unbelievable digital recording. The closest film to the Western genre that Herrmann ever composed was THE KENTUCKIAN yet both scores could not be more diametrically apart. THE KENTUCKIAN score contains many lyrical and melodic passages. Here with GARDEN OF EVIL Herrmann gives us mostly fragments or hints of a melody and continually keeps the flow off balance which is very unsettling. The entire film was unsettling. Director Henry Hathaway took a very minimal plot and twisted a tale of emotion driven by greed and ultimately survival. Every day the sun sets and it takes another lost soul each time. Bernard Herrmann's score brilliantly captures this sentiment. Selections from PRINCE OF PLAYERS are also on this CD. These have a much more tranquil and soothing quality than THE GARDEN OF EVIL and not having seen PRINCE OF PLAYERS I really want to see that film. However make no mistake about the fact that the star of this CD is the score to GARDEN OF EVIL. It is a brilliantly conceived composition and is one of Herrmann's most important and penetrating scores.

5 out of 5 stars Impressive Digital Recording for GARDEN OF EVIL.......2000-11-17

1954's "GARDEN OF EVIL" is Bernard Herrmann's only true Western score and it is an interesting and important one. 1955's "THE KENTUCKIAN" also scored by Herrmann is set in the 1820s and is a true American "frontier adventure." This digital recording of "GARDEN OF EVIL" by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra conducted by William T. Stromberg is extraordinary. The original 20th Century Fox recording conducted by Bernard Herrmann that was issued is an equally excellent achievement. This new digital recording gives us the technological ability to hear this score as perhaps it was meant to be heard. I say this because this recording is very faithful to the original capturing every nuance and subtlety that Herrmann put into it. Both recordings stand on their own to what I believe to be esthetically equal footing. Only the technology of the masters is different. That difference allows us to appreciate "digitally" the power and fidelity of the orchestrations, which the original "analog" recordings could not capture. This Bernard Herrmann score is very low-key, yet it remains full of emotion and that is what makes its so interesting and important.

The film for which the score was written is very underrated. "GARDEN OF EVIL" directed by Henry Hathaway is a western rich with characterization that seems stereotypical on the surface, but on analysis, runs much deeper. Henry Hathaway is a director known for atmosphere, character and authentic locations. He combines mood and action. This film has all those elements. It is beautifully photographed, yet the picturesque landscapes are juxtaposed with disturbingly photographed death scenes, menacing ever-lurking Indians (always photographed from a distance) and even mysterious looking set designs. The church bell tower sprouting up from the dried lava is all that remains of the town outside the mine and is symbolically ominous in appearance. Frank Fenton's screenplay is filled with vague dialog and only adds to the total feeling of uneasiness that permeates this film. Bernard Herrmann's score accentuates the moodiness of this haunting adventure tale, itself also vague and non-specific always subconsciously playing on our fears and emotions. It is very untypical of the Hollywood western. Only a few minor cues play to our intellect of the Western genre, the rest is pure emotion. Herrmann achieved a recurrent sense of ominous fate throughout this entire film without the score ever tapping into the intellect of the viewer's familiarity of the psychological realm. It appeals to the emotional subconscious.

This is a major score by Bernard Herrmann and I rank this as one of his greatest. This CD also contains selections from Herrmann's score for "PRINCE OF PLAYERS." I have not seen this film for many years now. I did however, enjoy the selections from "PRINCE OF PLAYERS" very much. Some fit very much into Herrmann's Americana repartee while others have a tranquil uneasiness about them. These pieces are very interesting and remind me of some of Herrmann's concert work that was recently recorded by James Sedares. These are welcome additions for Bernard Herrmann enthusiasts. If you enjoy Herrmann's music you usually seek out every recording you can find. I highly recommend this CD because it is one of the best and ranks right next to the recent digital recording of Bernard Herrmann's and Alfred Newman's collaborative score for 1954's "THE EGYPTIAN." Also, I find it very paradoxical that the title alone "GARDEN OF EVIL" alludes it was meant for a Herrmann score given his popularity and renown for a certain genre. However, "GARDEN OF EVIL" is something of a conundrum of settings, atmospheres and most importantly human emotions and behavior. If you love Bernard Herrmann's music "GARDEN OF EVIL" is a MUST-HAVE recording. You have to hear it to believe it! I wish "GARDEN OF EVIL" will someday be released on DVD, in widescreen and stereo like it was originally released so we can all witness this remarkable film and score.

5 out of 5 stars Herrmann: Maestro of Musical Atmospheres.......1999-01-22

A Herrmann score may not necessarily reflect a catchy tune or uplifting song. No, a Herrmann score will transport the listener to another world where ghosts, monsters and unearthly aliens rule. His music will slice into your soul manipulating your thoughts and feelings. His music is more a palette of colorful orchestra ensembles than mere melodic lines layered as they are with rich patterns and phrases creating an oft-world malevolent atmosphere. Garden of Evil is no exception. It is an excursion into a landscape frought with dark valleys and unseen enemies leading down a deadly trail of pathos and doom! Listeners will then recognize that they have been here before associating this eeriely beautiful score with the familiar music of the Twilight Zone, several reputable Hitchcock films as well as the fantasy and science-fiction genre. If your taste is overtly contemporary this may not be you brand of butter, but if you appreciate innovation and atmosphere, you've reached the gates!

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