Friday Night Lights [Soundtrack]

friday night lights [soundtrack]

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Novelist H. G. Bissinger's story about a high school football team in Texas went to the big screen with Billy Bob Thornton in the lead role. The score and background music was largely composed for the film by indie faves Explosions in the Sky, with a little help from Daniel Lanois, David Torn, and Bad Company. Producer Brian Reitzell has gone against convention in designing musical atmospheres for the film that don't conform either to the martial music generally associated with football or the C&W associated with Texas. Instead, he opted for a more autumnal, introspective sound that serves as a perfect backdrop for the film, but also stands up on its own without benefit of any other audio-visual cues.

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Friday Night Lights [Soundtrack]

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Good Soundtrack-For those who don't know the band
This is a SOUNDTRACK
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Friday Night Lights
Original Soundtrack , and Various Artists
Manufacturer: Hip-O Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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Friday Night Lights [HD DVD]
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
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ASIN: B000649YAM
Release Date: 2004-10-12

Tracks:

From West Texas
Your Hand In Mine
Our Last Days As Children
An Ugly Fact Of Life
Home
Sonho Dourado
To West Texas
Your Hand In Mine
Inside It All Feels The Same
Do You Ever Feel Cursed?
Lonely Train
Seagull
The Sky Above, The Field Below
A Slow Dance

Album Description

Novelist H. G. Bissinger's story about a high school football team in Texas went to the big screen with Billy Bob Thornton in the lead role. The score and background music was largely composed for the film by indie faves Explosions in the Sky, with a little help from Daniel Lanois, David Torn, and Bad Company. Producer Brian Reitzell has gone against convention in designing musical atmospheres for the film that don't conform either to the martial music generally associated with football or the C&W associated with Texas. Instead, he opted for a more autumnal, introspective sound that serves as a perfect backdrop for the film, but also stands up on its own without benefit of any other audio-visual cues.

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Good listen..........2006-04-08

If you want the great sounds you hear in the movie which gives it that emotion to go along with the ride this is the right disc. Whoever is talking about the Motley Crue and Poison songs can easily get that junk off the internet. I play it for my artists while they work all the time. Great disc.

Good Soundtrack-For those who don't know the band.......2006-03-17

Get this if you've never heard of Explosions in the Sky..Maybe, just maybe, you will be introduced to a new band that can do incredible things for you- that is if you have some sort of attention span, and respect for what beauty via audio would want to do for you!..If you are a fan however, and are looking for a good addition to your collection, steer clear, as the majority of the songs are variations on themes from their real, infinitly better albums..

This is a SOUNDTRACK.......2006-03-15

(Im going to start this by saying that the only reason that i gave it a four star instead of a five is because i dont like the other instrumental songs are inbetween EITS songs, because they are misleading. Not to mention the out of character Bad Company song....which i just couldnt get into, at all.)
If you are mad because this soundtrack doesnt have the songs from the movie, then you should have looked at the back of the album before you bought it, many soundtracks leave songs out of them, or add songs that were not in the film. True i dont believe that this lives up to the full potential of Explosions in the Sky, but it is not an EITS album, it is a soundtrack, so yeah they arent gonna play an 8-10 minute song, and thats also clear because there are 14 songs on the album, where every album by them contains from 5 to 7 tracks.
The stuff on the soundtrack is short, but it is solid, and very representative of their slow parts of their songs. I think if they tried to build and become as climactic as their other material it would only be an insult to their music. It takes time for the build up, and that makes the listener appreciate the intensity much more.
So if you like explosions in the sky, and you have all their albums, then buy this, because if you have an open mind and can see the amazing fact that a band like this would even agree to do something so out of character, i mean seriously this is a mainstream football movie, then you might be able to appreciate it. Or maybe its just not your thing, and that is completely understandable. But think about this, compare the soundtrack to this to Varsity Blues, i mean, c'mon, i was impressed.

FNL book review.......2006-03-14

Book Review

H.G Bissinger writes Friday Night Lights, which is about a football team in southern Texas. This book takes place in 1988 in Odessa, a town where high school football is the greatest source of entertainment and a town where football players dream.
This book is written like it was a documentary; it describes the town, the people the history, and the dreams. There was only two parts to Odessa and that was oil and Permian High football. Permian high football was known throughout Texas to have the highest winning percentage of all the teams in southern Texas. 20,000 people would go to a Permian high football game dress with Black and White (the Permian Panthers team colors) cheering MOJO MAGIC for the Panthers to win. Football means everything to the players and the fans.
This book takes awhile to get started; H.G Bissinger takes 2 chapters discussing the history of Odessa and the problems and struggles that happen to this town. It's not all that bad because it gives you a great detailed description of the town and the people who lived there. You also get to look at the 1988 Permian football team and the physical challenges and mental challenges it takes to play on this football team. They also had to deal with the expectations of the fans wanted to see the Permian football team win state. The fans would chant "Going to State in 88" because football meant everything to the fans as well as the senior players of the football team knowing this is their last year to win state.
When you read this book you need to understand that it is more about the town and how football plays a key role in Odessa. For example there were schools for minorities and schools for whites. The only reason why the schools in Odessa mixed was so the football team could have black athletes.
This book contains many details and events that happened in Odessa in 1988. This book was on of my favorites. Friday Night Lights give you a good description of the town that you actually feel like your actually there. If there is a book scale I give this book 9 out of 10. This is a really good book, but on the down side it very long.

Friday Night Lights Easy Read.......2006-03-14

Friday Night Lights is a very effective book describing the life of a football player at Permian high School. H.G. Bissinger really puts you right in Odessa, Texas were Permian High was located. The description of the players just sets you deeper into the story and getting to know every player made it seem like you were observing the entire Permian Tigers season in 1988.
Friday Night Lights is a nonfiction book because it is a true story and H.G. Bissinger wrote it as a journalist. A nonfiction book is fun to read because you know there is not going to be a perfect sequence of events but all unpredictable or else it would be a fairytale. The book is very realistic using specific information such as names and places. H.G. Bissinger's writing style is easy to enjoy but can get boring due to in-depth description of just about every player. The way the book was written you could never guess that H.G. Bissinger was not a football player but a journalist. Over all though Bissinger used a very simple writing style and nothing too complicated which made Friday Night Lights and easy read and who does not like that. He goes through all the major set backs and advancements that the Tiger encountered. This book did not make you feel like you were in Texas though just made you feel like you were in Permian High.
Friday Night Lights for me was a very good book because I play football. Friday Night Lights though is a very descriptive novel describing Permian High Football to the extremes, which makes it by far the best football book if not the best sports book ever written!

Friday Night Lights: Original Television Soundtrack

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Friday Night Lights: Original Television Soundtrack
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Adrenaline Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Friday Night Lights - The Complete First Season

ASIN: B000G6BLZ6
Release Date: 2007-07-24

Tracks:

From West Texas
Your Hand in Mine [W/Strings]
Our Last Days as Children
Ugly Fact of Life
Home
Sonho Dourado - Daniel Lanois
To West Texas
Your Hand in Mine (Goodbye)
Inside It All Feels the Same
Do You Ever Feel Cursed - David Torn
Lonely Train
Seagull - Bad Company
Sky Above, The Field Below - Explosions in the Sky, Brian Reitzell, Justin Stanley
Slow Dance

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Expanding on the feature film, this poignant series centers on the rural town of Dillon, Texas, where the coveted state football championship rings are held in the highest regard. Dillon's promising high school team, its star quarterback, and newly appointed head coach feel the mounting pressure of the town's pride and honor riding on their shoulders as a new football season kicks off. The soundtrack includes Tony Luca, The Killers (soundtrack exclusive), Spoon, Outkast, Whiskeytown, Stereophonics, Starsailor, Jibbs, So Divided, Drive By Truckers, Iron And Wine/Calexico, Jose Gonzalez, Chris Brokaw, and Explosions In The Sky.

Friday Night Lights Soundtrack Vinyl Edition

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Friday Night Lights Soundtrack Vinyl Edition

Manufacturer: Hip-O Select
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BB6LKQ

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Novelist H. G. Bissingers story about a high school football team in Texas went to the big screen with Billy Bob Thornton in the lead role. Hip-O Select is proud to have the exclusive vinyl release of the soundtrack to this hit film. The score and background music was largely composed for the film by indie faves Explosions In The Sky, with a little help from Daniel Lanois, David Torn, and Bad Company. Producer Brian Reitzell has gone against convention in designing musical atmospheres for the film that dont conform either to the martial music generally associated with football or the C&W associated with Texas. Instead, he opted for a more autumnal, introspective sound that serves as a perfect backdrop for the film, but also stands up on its own without benefit of any other audio-visual cues. Carefully mastered for vinyl release, this double-album set contains every note of the commercial CD (available from Hip-O Records) in a luxurious gatefold package with exclusive cover art.

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