Favorite Soundtracks
By Christopher, June 8, 2018 in Ben Kweller Forum
Hey, guys! I was curious to know if there are any soundtracks that you really enjoy. My favorite is "Godzilla: The Album" from the 1998 Godzilla movie. In my opinion the movie is pretty terrible, but the soundtrack has lots of the mid to late 90's bands that I love. I really like the songs from RATM, Ben Folds Five, Green Day, and Silverchair. The Foo Fighters song "A320" is one of their best ever as far as I'm concerned, and Michael Penn's "Macy Day Parade" is so good. So, do you have any favorites? I wanna know!
1. "Heroes" The Wallflowers
2. "Come with Me" Puff Daddy featuring Jimmy Page
3. "Deeper Underground" Jamiroquai
4. "No Shelter" Rage Against the Machine
5. "Air" Ben Folds Five
6. "Running Knees" Days of the New
7. "Macy Day Parade" Michael Penn
8. "Walk the Sky" Fuel
9. "A320" Foo Fighters
10. "Brain Stew" (The Godzilla Remix) Green Day
11. "Untitled" Silverchair
12. "Out There" Fuzzbubble
13. "Undercover" Joey DeLuxe
philip 14
I have never been a big soundtrack guy. The only soundtrack that I own is the one for Josie and the Pussycats. That sounds super lame, but it is a pretty good disc. If you like female pop rock, you should check it out.
19 minutes ago, philip said:
That's not lame at all! I love female vocalists. I'll check it out.
jfra 14
Meet the Deedles...featuring Radish!
4 hours ago, Christopher said:
Have you listened to Letters to Cleo or That Dog? Those were pretty popular 90s female rock bands (at least in my circles). Kay Hanley (the singer for Letters to Cleo) is the voice for Josie on the soundtrack, and Anna Waronker (the singer for That Dog) wrote some of the songs on the soundtrack.
1 hour ago, philip said:
No, I've heard of both bands, but I'm not familiar with them at all. I'm gonna check 'em out though. Lately, I've been trying find different stuff to listen to. I'm bad about getting into one or two things so much that I miss out on a lot of other cool stuff.
Help! by the Beatles ?
1 hour ago, Ben said:
Man, that's a great one and I always forget that "Help" and "A Hard Day's Night" are soundtracks for some reason. I love the "Head" soundtrack by the Monkees too!
Dyl 16
11 hours ago, philip said:
Retreat From The Sun is such an incredible album-- @Christopher start with that one
The Almost Famous soundtrack is basically perfect:
Writer(s)
1. "America" Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel 3:37
2. "Sparks" Pete Townshend The Who 3:48
3. "It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference" Rundgren Todd Rundgren 3:51
4. "I've Seen All Good People: Your Move" Jon Anderson Yes 3:33
5. "Feel Flows" Carl Wilson, Jack Rieley The Beach Boys 4:44
6. "Fever Dog" Nancy Wilson Stillwater 3:10
7. "Every Picture Tells a Story" Stewart, Ron Wood Rod Stewart 5:55
8. "Mr. Farmer" Sky Saxon The Seeds 2:51
9. "One Way Out (Live)" Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn, Sonny Boy Williamson II The Allman Brothers Band 4:59
10. "Simple Man" Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd 5:56
11. "That's the Way" Jimmy Page, Robert Plant Led Zeppelin 5:37
12. "Tiny Dancer" John, Bernie Taupin Elton John 6:15
13. "Lucky Trumble" Wilson Nancy Wilson 2:42
14. "I'm Waiting for the Man" (from Live Santa Monica '72) Lou Reed David Bowie 5:43
15. "The Wind" Stevens Cat Stevens 1:40
16. "Slip Away"
William Armstrong, Marcus Lewis Daniel, Wilbur Terrell
Clarence Carter 2:32
17. "Something in the Air" Speedy Keen
Thunderclap Newman
Forgive the copy-paste from wikipedia-- it was just so much easier haha
In terms of more orchestral scores, anything that Jon Brion has ever put his hands on is pure gold-- Eternal Sunshine, I Heart Huckabees, Punch Drunk Love... and most recently Lady Bird
5 hours ago, Dyl said:
Yes! I love this soundtrack too, my bro gave it to me. No shame in the Wikipedia copy-paste. I did the same on my initial post. lol
I woke up this morning thinking about more soundtracks I love! (500) Days of Summer as a movie hasn't held up amazingly in the last 10 years, but the soundtrack is still such a great mix
"Us" (from Soviet Kitsch, 2004) Regina Spektor
"There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" (from The Queen Is Dead, 1986) The Smiths
"Bad Kids" (from Good Bad Not Evil, 2007) Black Lips
"Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" The Smiths
"There Goes the Fear" (from The Last Broadcast, 2002) Doves
"You Make My Dreams" (fromVoices, 1980) Hall & Oates
"Sweet Disposition" (fromConditions, 2009) The Temper Trap
"Quelqu'un m'a dit" (from Quelqu'un m'a dit, 2003) Carla Bruni
"Mushaboom" (from Let It Die, 2004) Feist
. "Hero" (from Begin to Hope, 2006) Regina Spektor
. "Bookends" (from Bookends, 1968) Simon & Garfunkel
"Vagabond" (from Wolfmother, 2005) Wolfmother
"She's Got You High" (from These Things Move in Threes, 2007) Mumm-Ra
On 6/9/2018 at 1:06 AM, Dyl said:
Agreed Retreat from the Sun is one of my favorites. I think it was the 11th CD I ever bought.
Seth 15
Stranger Than Fiction, Cold Mountain, and Submarine (Alex Turner) are some of my favorites.
Edited June 10, 2018 by Seth
I just grabbed a copy of this on cd from my record store's used bin a couple of days ago. You're 100% right.
Connor 5
Inside Llewyn Davis which is about a preDylan folk singer trying to make it in the 60s which includes a cast of Oscar Issac (the pilot in the new Star Wars), Adam Driver (Kyle Ren in Star Wars), John Goodman, and Justin Timberlake. Also the movie Rudderless which stars Billy Crudup (Almost Famous), William H. Macy, Selena Gomez, Laurence Fishburn, and some artist named Ben Kweller if you know who he is. Highly recommended movie.
JediSLP 3
Garden State soundtrack is what comes to mind at the moment. And all the soundtracks from Star Wars films.
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