Good Will Hunting: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture [Soundtrack]

good will hunting: music from the miramax motion picture [soundtrack]

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Movie soundtracks are chancy in that the music is often geared to specific parts of the film that are meant to evoke concurrent emotions; many don't hold up apart from their cinematic context. The trend of the past few years has been to gratuitously traipse down memory lane, with the convenient stance that a hit parade of '70s funk will lend an otherwise bloodless film some street cred. Thankfully the soundtrack to Good Will Hunting doesn't strive for fake urban cool; this film about white, working-class Bostonians gets a mostly white, working-class sound. The soundtrack effectively mirrors the half-filled desires and lives that the film capitalizes on: restlessness, ennui, doubt, and unrequited love rule here. Elliot Smith contributes the most, and the best, songs, beautiful weepers that outshine Danny Elfman's somber original score, which makes only a few appearances. --Alan E. Rapp

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Good Will Hunting: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture [Soundtrack]
Good Will Hunting: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Beautifully Done
  • Miss Misery
  • A genius film, a sharp soundtrack
  • Great soundtrack.
  • nearly priceless.
 Good Will Hunting: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture
Elliott Smith , Gerry Rafferty , and Al Green
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002TM0
Release Date: 1997-12-02

Tracks:

  1. Between The Bars (Orchestral) - Elliott Smith
  2. As The Rain - Jeb Loy Nichols
  3. Angeles - Elliott Smith
  4. No Name #3 - Elliott Smith
  5. Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys
  6. Why Do I Lie? - Luscious Jackson
  7. Will Hunting (Main Titles) - Danny Elfman
  8. Between The Bars - Elliott Smith
  9. Say Yes - Elliott Smith
  10. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
  11. Somebody's Baby - Andru Donalds
  12. Boys Better - The Dandy Warhols
  13. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Al Green
  14. Miss Misery - Elliott Smith
  15. Weepy Donuts - Danny Elfman

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Movie soundtracks are chancy in that the music is often geared to specific parts of the film that are meant to evoke concurrent emotions; many don't hold up apart from their cinematic context. The trend of the past few years has been to gratuitously traipse down memory lane, with the convenient stance that a hit parade of '70s funk will lend an otherwise bloodless film some street cred. Thankfully the soundtrack to Good Will Hunting doesn't strive for fake urban cool; this film about white, working-class Bostonians gets a mostly white, working-class sound. The soundtrack effectively mirrors the half-filled desires and lives that the film capitalizes on: restlessness, ennui, doubt, and unrequited love rule here. Elliot Smith contributes the most, and the best, songs, beautiful weepers that outshine Danny Elfman's somber original score, which makes only a few appearances. --Alan E. Rapp

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Beautifully Done.......2007-01-13

Great soundtrack...
I love Elliot Smith's voice and style of writing.... these songs are so very sad... and if you know about the personal life of Elliot Smith, terribly heartbreaking to listen to....

Beautiful.... it leaves you with a strong sense of yearning for something you can't have...

5 out of 5 stars Miss Misery.......2006-06-08

Quick note: for those of you perpetually searching for the perfect song, "Miss Misery" is one of them. Flawless in a way that very precious few songs are. Compares favorably to the best songs ever, in my opinion, including any Beatles classics. If you appreciate real songwriting and you haven't heard this tune, there's a void in your experience of perfection.

4 out of 5 stars A genius film, a sharp soundtrack.......2005-10-26

The film was a masterpiece combining exemplary writing, superb casting, and a memorable score that provided each scene with an ambience that otherwise would have been missed if the music had been absent. The soundtrack captures most of the film's prominient songs and does evoke memories of the movie most notably the opening titles piece and the numerous tracks provided by the talented Elliot Smith. The only complaint that can be made about this compilation is the lack of "Afternoon Delight", the song sung by Will (Matt Damon) as he frustrates a psychiatrist and played at the very end of the credits. Otherwise this soundtrack holds up quite admirably in preserving the essence of the film and as an album of Elliot Smith and lesser known artists.

5 out of 5 stars Great soundtrack........2004-03-03

This is a great soundtract for those out there that love Elliott Smith, and a great introduction for those yet to discover him. Once you delve into the many albums out there, you will find one gem after another. I go through periods where I put all of it on shuffle, and enjoy, for a week at a time. I think that he will be remembered as one of the greatest songwriters of the 1990s.

In case you can't tell, you should buy this soundtrack.

Just a note to the poster that lamented that the song from the trailor was not on the soundtrack: it is quite common in the movie industry to use music in a trailor that is not the actual music from the movie. This is because the music is one of the last things to go in. I am glad you found your song, but I don't think that it was "left off" the soundtrack, because I don't remember that song being in the movie at all. Also, some artists generally allow their music to be used in a movie, but not on the soundtrack. The Rolling Stones are a good example of this. I am glad that you found the song you were looking for, but if it was only in the trailor (and I can't remember it being in the movie), then it doesn't really belong on the soundtrack. I am glad that you grew to like the soundtrack. Enjoy.

4 out of 5 stars nearly priceless........2003-10-29

The Good Will Hunting Soundtrack is just one of a couple Elliott Smith albums (you know what I mean) I did not own before yesterday. I know, I know, he dies and I go out and buy it. Total cheese, right? But, this album is what turned me on to Smith in the first place. After seeing the movie, I could not get Elliott's voice out of my head. Smith has had many songs stuck in my head during the past five years.

Besides Elliott Smith's awesome contributions to this album, the soundtrack is complete genius. Give me Luscious Jackson and Jeb Loy Nichols any day. I actually hadn't heard anything from Nichols before the purchase of this album. Apparently, he is likened to Ben Harper and other folkie-slash-rock greats.

The orchestral version of Smith's "Between the bars," left me wanting more, while "Say Yes" puts me in a Love Trance.

You will not be disappointed with this soundtrack.

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