Music from Wes Anderson Films
Various Artists
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- The Basics
Wes Anderson's loveably left-field movies don't follow any rules, so why should his approach to putting together their soundtracks? "Only in an Anderson film" applies to almost everything the artful eccentric does, but making Brazilian troubadour Seu Jorge an actor in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou and having him croon Portuguese versions of David Bowie tunes like "Life On Mars?" surely tops the list. Anderson never makes an obvious move — not only is smitten Rushmore student Jason Schwartzman's jealousy towards teacher Olivia Williams and her new beau Bill Murray perfectly backdropped by the bouncy-but-bereft "Here Comes My Baby," but we also get the original Cat Stevens recording instead of the Tremeloes' better-known version. And what could make a better match for the emotional injuries abounding in The Royal Tenenbaums than Nico's world-weary take on Jackson Browne's mournful masterpiece "These Days"?
Follow Anderson's every move, from mambo madness to folk fantasy, in Next Steps.$15.57 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 Oh Yoko! John Lennon 4:20 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Life On Mars? Seu Jorge 3:24 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Judy Is a Punk Ramones 1:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Street Fighting Man The Rolling Stones 3:15 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Heroes and Villains The Beach Boys 3:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Over And Done With The Proclaimers 2:48 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 I Am Waiting The Rolling Stones 3:10 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Alone Again Or Love 3:16 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 Everyone Van Morrison 3:34 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 Let Her Dance Bobby Fuller Four 2:34 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 Here Comes My Baby Cat Stevens 2:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard Paul Simon 2:43 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 The Ballad of Davy Crockett The Wellingtons 1:41 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 13 Songs - Next Steps
The complex cocktail of moods overflowing from Wes Anderson's movies — despair, irony, excitement — is echoed in the dizzyingly diverse musical mix that moves them along. Anderson's debut, Bottle Rocket, may take place in the Lone Star State the director calls home, but it moves to the hip-shaking beat of Cuban bandleader René Touzet's "Mambo Guajiro." Folk legend Burl Ives' gloriously goofy "Fooba Wooba John" finds a perfect home in the sympathetically surreal environs of Anderson's eccentric "children's" movie Fantastic Mr. Fox. And it takes an expert at outside-the-box thinking to score Rushmore's sabotage-riddled Jason Schwartzman/Bill Murray rivalry with the Who's daft, pre-Tommy rock operetta "A Quick One, While He's Away."
From folk rock to French pop, Anderson introduces your new favorites, in Deep Cuts.$16.65 Next Steps
Name Artist Time Price 1 A Quick One, While He's Away (Mono Version) The Who 9:11 $0.99 View In iTunes 2 Needle In the Hay Elliott Smith 4:16 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Seven and Seven Is Love 2:17 $0.99 View In iTunes 4 Queen Bitch David Bowie 3:13 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Fooba Wooba John Burl Ives 1:06 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Lady Stardust Seu Jorge 3:29 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 She Smiled Sweetly The Rolling Stones 2:44 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 I Get Around The Beach Boys 2:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 Mambo Guajiro René Touzet & Carlos Montiel 4:18 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 Look At Me John Lennon 2:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 Police & Thieves The Clash 6:01 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 2000 Man The Rolling Stones 3:07 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 Ooh la la Faces 3:34 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Gut Feeling Devo 4:07 $0.99 View In iTunes 15 Wigwam Bob Dylan 3:06 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 15 Songs - Deep Cuts
Too often, soundtracks are lazy stacks of obvious choices you've heard in a million other movies. But by the time you're done watching a Wes Anderson film, you've made a mental list of little-known tunes that you need to permanently install into your life, pronto. The Life Aquatic track "The Way I Feel Inside" isn't a classic-rock radio staple like other Zombies tunes, but its goosebump-inducing ache will leave you just as happily haunted as the band's biggest hits. Cat Stevens' fragile folk ballad "The Wind" is one of the few tunes from Teaser and the Firecat that wasn't a single, but in Rushmore it's Anderson's nod to the Stevens songs his hero Hal Ashby used in Harold & Maude. And how else would French pop star Joe Dassin's "Les Champs-Élysées" have become inextricably lodged in your ears if the ever-unpredictable Anderson hadn't used it to close his India-themed The Darjeeling Limited?
$15.45 Deep Cuts
Name Artist Time Price 1 Staralfur Sigur Rós 6:45 $0.99 View In iTunes 2 Play With Fire The Rolling Stones 2:13 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 Concrete and Clay Unit Four Plus Two 2:19 $0.99 View In iTunes 4 Stephanie Says (Original Mix) The Velvet Underground 2:50 $0.99 View In iTunes 5 The Way I Feel Inside The Zombies 1:51 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Les Champs-Élysées Joe Dassin 2:37 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 A Summer Song Chad & Jeremy 2:33 $0.99 View In iTunes 8 Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal) Vince Guaraldi Trio 2:43 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 Fly Nick Drake 2:57 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 The Wind Cat Stevens 1:41 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 The Fairest of the Seasons Nico 4:06 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 Search And Destroy Iggy & The Stooges 3:28 $0.99 View In iTunes 13 30 Century Man Scott Walker 1:25 $0.99 View In iTunes 14 Ping Island / Lightning Strike Rescue Op Mark Mothersbaugh 4:15 $0.99 View In iTunes 15 Here's to You Joan Baez 3:07 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 15 Songs - Complete Set
The unlikely criminals of Bottle Rocket, the precocious teen Casanova of Rushmore — Wes Anderson's films are full of people learning about life by taking unexpected turns, and that same air of discovery fills his soundtracks, where you can find everything from British Invasion cult heroes the Creation to Icelandic ambient-rockers Sigur Rós. It's hard to think of another director since Scorsese who's made music such an integral part of his movies, and we've rounded up the tunes that play a key role in the action through them all. Get set for a wild ride through punk, folk, glam, baroque pop, and plenty more, as you finally get all the tunes that teased your ears in Anderson films like The Royal Tenenbaums and Fantastic Mr. Fox together in one place at last, right under your eager fingers.
$47.67 Complete Set
Name Artist Time Price 1 Oh Yoko! John Lennon 4:20 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Life On Mars? Seu Jorge 3:24 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Judy Is a Punk Ramones 1:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Street Fighting Man The Rolling Stones 3:15 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Heroes and Villains The Beach Boys 3:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Over And Done With The Proclaimers 2:48 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 I Am Waiting The Rolling Stones 3:10 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Alone Again Or Love 3:16 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 Everyone Van Morrison 3:34 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 Let Her Dance Bobby Fuller Four 2:34 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 Here Comes My Baby Cat Stevens 2:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard Paul Simon 2:43 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 The Ballad of Davy Crockett The Wellingtons 1:41 $0.99 View In iTunes 14 A Quick One, While He's Away (Mono Version) The Who 9:11 $0.99 View In iTunes 15 Needle In the Hay Elliott Smith 4:16 $0.99 View In iTunes 16 Seven and Seven Is Love 2:17 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 Queen Bitch David Bowie 3:13 $1.29 View In iTunes 18 Fooba Wooba John Burl Ives 1:06 $0.99 View In iTunes 19 Lady Stardust Seu Jorge 3:29 $0.99 View In iTunes 20 She Smiled Sweetly The Rolling Stones 2:44 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 I Get Around The Beach Boys 2:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 Mambo Guajiro René Touzet & Carlos Montiel 4:18 $0.99 View In iTunes 23 Look At Me John Lennon 2:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Police & Thieves The Clash 6:01 $0.99 View In iTunes 25 2000 Man The Rolling Stones 3:07 $1.29 View In iTunes 26 Ooh la la Faces 3:34 $1.29 View In iTunes 27 Gut Feeling Devo 4:07 $0.99 View In iTunes 28 Wigwam Bob Dylan 3:06 $0.99 View In iTunes 29 Staralfur Sigur Rós 6:45 $0.99 View In iTunes 30 Play With Fire The Rolling Stones 2:13 $1.29 View In iTunes 31 Concrete and Clay Unit Four Plus Two 2:19 $0.99 View In iTunes 32 Stephanie Says (Original Mix) The Velvet Underground 2:50 $0.99 View In iTunes 33 The Way I Feel Inside The Zombies 1:51 $0.99 View In iTunes 34 Les Champs-Élysées Joe Dassin 2:37 $0.99 View In iTunes 35 A Summer Song Chad & Jeremy 2:33 $0.99 View In iTunes 36 Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal) Vince Guaraldi Trio 2:43 $0.99 View In iTunes 37 Fly Nick Drake 2:57 $0.99 View In iTunes 38 The Wind Cat Stevens 1:41 $1.29 View In iTunes 39 The Fairest of the Seasons Nico 4:06 $0.99 View In iTunes 40 Search And Destroy Iggy & The Stooges 3:28 $0.99 View In iTunes 41 30 Century Man Scott Walker 1:25 $0.99 View In iTunes 42 Ping Island / Lightning Strike Rescue Op Mark Mothersbaugh 4:15 $0.99 View In iTunes 43 Here's to You Joan Baez 3:07 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 43 Songs
Customer Reviews
Fantastic Mr. Anderson
Although this album is small, it is a well rounded collection of select songs taken from many of anderson's unique films.
Great songs here, but...
Great list of songs here, BUT I have to correct something from the description: Wes Anderson did not "make" Seu Jorge an actor...Jorge acted in City of God two years before The Life Aquatic. For The Life Aquatic, Jorge translated all the David Bowie songs himself.
