American Beauty: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

american beauty: music from the original motion picture soundtrack [soundtrack]

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What's the soundtrack for suburbia gone awry? Perhaps it's American Beauty--the music for the dark Sam Mendes-directed flick starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening. With its mix of classic and indie rock, the disc seems to reflect something for everyone (or at least those found in middle America). Bobby Darin's "Don't Rain on My Parade" is the epitome of unhip, Free's "All Right Now" is a classic rock anthem we've heard way too many times, and Peggy Lee's "Bali Ha'i" is vintage exotica at its best. But then there are some surprises: Elliott Smith's harmonizing "Because" is pure Brian Wilson, Folk Implosion's "Free to Go" is one of the group's best tracks, and Eels' "Cancer for the Cure" is a gritty but infectious taste of alt-rock. Thomas Newman's percussive "Dead Already" creates a tense mood to start things off. --Jason Verlinde

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American Beauty: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

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Baba O'Reilly
Not up to par with the amazing film
To "A Music Fan from Indiana"
WHAT"S THAT SONG!!!

American Beauty: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Various Artists , and Thomas Newman
Manufacturer: Dreamworks
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00001X4Z6
Release Date: 1999-10-05

Tracks:

Dead Already - Thomas Newman
Because - Elliott Smith
Free To Go - The Folk Implosion
All Right Now - Free
Use Me - Bill Withers
Cancer For The Cure - Eels
The Seeker - The Who
Don't Rain On My Parade - Bobby Darin
Open The Door - Betty Carter
We Haven't Turned Around - Gomez
Bali Ha'i - Peggy Lee
Any Other Name - Thomas Newman

Amazon.com

What's the soundtrack for suburbia gone awry? Perhaps it's American Beauty--the music for the dark Sam Mendes-directed flick starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening. With its mix of classic and indie rock, the disc seems to reflect something for everyone (or at least those found in middle America). Bobby Darin's "Don't Rain on My Parade" is the epitome of unhip, Free's "All Right Now" is a classic rock anthem we've heard way too many times, and Peggy Lee's "Bali Ha'i" is vintage exotica at its best. But then there are some surprises: Elliott Smith's harmonizing "Because" is pure Brian Wilson, Folk Implosion's "Free to Go" is one of the group's best tracks, and Eels' "Cancer for the Cure" is a gritty but infectious taste of alt-rock. Thomas Newman's percussive "Dead Already" creates a tense mood to start things off. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

Listen Closer........2005-09-26

Don't let "The Two Rules Of Soundtracks" be the complete basis of your decision to buy this soundtrack. True, some of the major players (i.e. "American Woman", "Watchtower", and "Don't Let It Bring You Down") aren't on the disc, and are sorely missed, but I must bring to light a fault on the second point.

I'm a soundtrack nerd, and the notion of additional tracks that aren't featured on the movie is an annoyance... but that is not true of this soundtrack. For my own pleasure, I recently put the score and the soundtrack together and in order. Out of both, with help from my DVD, I was only unable to place one of the tracks featured here; not three or four as previously stated. The reason that they were missed was probably due to the fact that they weren't in the forefront. Examples: the music video Angela and Jane were watching ("Cancer For The Cure"), the songs playing in Angela's car ("Use Me") and Jane's room ("We Haven't Turned Around")...

Just because they weren't prominently featured doesn't mean they weren't there. This is still a well put together soundtrack, the only reason it's getting three stars from me is because of the missing tracks.

Baba O'Reilly.......2005-07-14

This soundtrack is deceptive. I agree with those who suggested soundbytes and including the proper tracks. Buy the other soundtrack. All Newman, all the time. Fabulous, haunting stuff. The real name of 'Teenage Wasteland' by the way, is Baba O'Reilly. I once won Who tickets because I knew the proper title for this song, so it stuck.

Not up to par with the amazing film.......2004-09-02

I love American Beauty, and I thought the score, and music were fantastic, but the soundtrack lacks. Many of the songs were not in the movie at all.

It failed to include two very important songs:
"All Along the Watchtower" Bob Dylan
and the Annie Lennox song played by Angela before Lester seduces her.

The songs also are in a completely different order than they were in the film, with "All Right Now" as track number 3, when it didn't appear until the last 20 minutes of the film.

Good Film. Bad Soundtrack.

To "A Music Fan from Indiana".......2004-04-28

The song you're looking for is "Teenaged Wasteland" by The Who! GREAT SONG!

WHAT"S THAT SONG!!!.......2004-01-26

What is the name of the song on the preview to American Beauty??? I love it, and now it's on a new preview to a movie called The Girl Next Door. If someone can help me it would be wonderful

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