The When in Rome Soundtrack

There are 21 songs in When in Rome but only half of the songs are on the soundtrack for When in Rome. Not to worry, all 21 songs from the movie are here.

I have to say, I didn’t expect much from the movie. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a rotten 19 and Yahoo! Movies scored it a D. But I actually liked the movie. I saw Dax Shepard in the commercials for When in Rome, but didn’t know that Will Arnett, Danny Devito and even Jon Heder were in the movie. Plus there’s a special guest that I would vote for at any high school election.

The music is also good from the get go. Jason Mraz kicks it off with Kickin with You. Katy Perry also takes a double turn, singing Starstrukk with 3OH!3  at the museum at the beginning of the movie and If You Can Afford Me when Nick’s photographer friend is taking pictures of Beth being chased by the other guys (mural, levitation, flowers, etc.).

I’m not always a huge Matchbox Twenty fan, but the song is perfect for the car ride scene on the way to the museum.

I have a feeling people will also be looking for is the scene before the car ride, when she leaves Nick. The song is Make You Feel My Love by Adele Adkins.

Paulo Nutini can also do no wrong in my book. Pencil Full of Lead is a good song. As isHold onto Your Heart by Tina Parol, the song playing when Beth is running through the park.

The soundtrack for When in Rome also includes a host of classical Italian songs plus a similarly styled score from Christopher Young.

• Opening scene – Kicking With You – Jason Mraz
• Museum – Starstrukk - 3OH!3 featuring Katy Perry
• Ex says he was wrong – Shine – Laura Isibor
• Engaged – Rockin’ Bride – Patrice Irving and Richard Wagner
• Welcome to Rome – Pencil Full of Lead – Paolo Nutini
• Wedding ceremony – Canon And Gigue In D Major: Gigue – Johann Pachelbel
• Ring tone – Cherry Pie – Jani Lane (performed by Warrant)
• Reception – Tarantella – Bob Barratt and Colin Frechter
• Reception – Donna Molto Bella – Craig Stull
• Nick calls – I Am Changing – Mafia Bianca
• Running – Hold onto Your Heart – Tina Parol
• Phone call to sister – La Vita Conte – Stephane Huguenin and Christian Padovan
• (Unknown scene) – Honey, Let Me Sing You A Song (Demo Version) – Matt Hires
• Recon by his friend, mural, levitate, flowers – If You Can Afford Me – Katy Perry
• Date – Floating Down a River – Jason Damato
• She leaves – Make You Feel My Love – Adele Adkins
• Car ride – How Far We’ve Come – Matchbox 20
• (Unknown scene) – Stupid Love Letter – Friday Night Boys
• Their wedding – Ave Maria – Franz Schubert
• First credits song – Heart Bling – Sofi Bonde
• Second credits song – Something Beautiful – Needtobreathe

Original music for When in Rome – Christopher Young
Extra song on the album but not in the movie – Fox on the Run – The Academy Is [linked version performed by Sweet]

The Tooth Fairy Soundtrack

They did not release an album for the Tooth Fairy soundtrack, except for the score by George S. Clinton, but you can find all 11 songs from the movie here.

The soundtrack is a mishmash, from Cream and 2 Unlimited to The Blue Danube. It’s a soundtrack in desperate need of a bridge – I cannot see how all the songs go together. To be honest, I haven’t seen the movie yet, so maybe I’m just missing a bit of context.

Here are all 11 songs from the Tooth Fairy soundtrack. Brace yourselves; it’s a bumpy ride:

• The Blue Danube – Johann Strauss
• Feel The Sound – Adam Hamilton
• I’m Already Gone – Kacee Clanton
• Sunshine Of Your Love – Jack Bruce, Peter Brown and Eric Clapton (originally performed by Cream)
• Let’s Just Stay In – Tony DeSare
• I’m A Gangsta – D. Capone
• Take Off Yo Clothes – David Hilker
• Lemmy’s Blues – Michael Lembeck
• Get Ready For This – 2 Unlimited
• Don t You Forget About Me - Steve Schiff and Keith Forsey (originally performed by Simple Minds)
• Root Canal – George S. Clinton
• Original music for The Tooth Fairy – George S. Clinton

The Legion Soundtrack

There are 11 songs in the movie Legion but the soundtrack album for Legion only has the score on it. You can find all 11 songs here, as well as notes on the scenes they were in. John Frizzell, who also crafted the music for Henry Poole is Here, White Out and Thirteen Ghosts, provided the score for the movie.

The music mostly plays on the diner jukebox during the movie, so it’s a mix of Willie Nelson, Ann-Margaret, Merle Haggard and the like. However, there are a couple other musical scenes as well. King Juju plays when Tyrese is driving toward the diner at the beginning of the movie. And The Showdown razes the scene when the possessed are swarming the minivan that stops to get some gas.

I actually had a bit of a hard time placing the scenes that many of the other songs were in. Definitely could use some help here.

As for the movie itself, at first I was worried that I might have a hard time believing Paul Bettany as a badass angel gone bad by going good, but he was spot on. In fact, I wish I had a copy of the scene in the middle of the movie where he was talking to Jeep about faith and hope. It was the most poignant part of the movie, and was a highlight of the post-apocalyptic movie-fest we are experiencing these days.

Here’s the complete list of songs from Legion in the order they appeared in the movie with notes on many of the scenes.

• Trying to fix the TV – Hello Walls – Willie Nelson
• Tyrese driving – Undisputed – King Juju
• Eating - I Just Don’t Understand – Ann-Margret
• Demon grandma – Deep Purple - The Ravens
• (unknown scene) – Trip Tock – Haim Mazar
• (unknown scene) – The End of The World – Skeeter Davis
• (unknown scene) – O Come All Ye Faithful – Traditional
• Lights come back on – If We Make It Through December – Merle Haggard
• Bad guys swarm the minivan – Achilles, The Breakdown – The Showdown
• (unknown scene) – Die So Young – Dying Regret
• (unknown scene) – Let Us Cross Over the River – John Frizzell

Original music for Legion – John Frizzell

The Crazy Heart Soundtrack

Here are all 26 songs from the Crazy Heart soundtrack with notes on each scene they were in and in the order they appeared in the movie. Let me just say that this is abrilliant soundtrack. T. Bone Burnett has never steered us wrong, and he certainly doesn’t here.

Don’t be fooled by the description of the movie as the story of a country singer. It doesn’t matter whether or not you like country music – you will love this music and this movie. It’s good ole school bluesy country that speaks truth and heartache all in the same.

The movie kicks off in a bowling alley. I could not help but think the dude abides. And he does. Jeff Bridges was awesome. Who knew the man could channel Waylon Jennings? And not just the hat and glasses – he sounds damn good too. As does Ryan Bingham, who backs Bridges up in the bowling alley and sings the definitive version of The Weary Kind, the theme song from Crazy Heart, that won the Golden Globe for best original song.

I don’t know how many people are going to end up seeing Crazy Heart. Certainly not as many as should. This was a great film with one of the best soundtracks of 2009. This is kicking the year off right. Fallin’ & Flyin’, Hold on You, Brand New Angel and The Weary Kind are the right kind of music for me. Enjoy.

The Crazy Heart soundtrack album has a good number of the songs from the movie, but you can find them all below. I was able to identify 29 out of the 30 scenes with songs in them (some of the songs are used a couple times). If you know the unknown scene below, please let me know in the comments.

• Opening scene – Hold on You – Jeff Bridges
• Bowling alley – Hello Trouble – Buck Owens
• Liquor store – My Baby’s Gone – The Louvin Brothers
• Showtime – Somebody Else – Jeff Bridges
• Bad goes outside to puke – I Don’t Know – Ryan Bingham
• Guy playing piano – Wesley’s Piano – Rick Dial
• Show in Santa Fe – Fallin’ & Flyin’ – Jeff Bridges
• Talking to woman after he sings – Searching (For Someone Like You) – Kitty Wells
• Second song first night in Santa Fe – Hold on You – Jeff Bridges
• Second night in Santa Fe – I Don’t Know – Jeff Bridges
• In the van – Once A Gambler – Lightnin Hopkins
• Road to Phoenix – Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way – Waylon Jennings
• Warm up – I Let The Freight Train Carry Me On – The Delmore Brothers
• Restaurant – Color of The Blues – George Jones
• Before concert – Joy – Lucinda Williams
• Duet at concert with Tommy – Fallin’ & Flyin’ – Colin Farrell and Jeff Bridges
• Tommy sings – Gone, Gone, Gone – Colin Farrell
• In bed after the accident – The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) – Jeff Bridges
• (unknown scene) – If I Needed You – Townes Van Zandt
• Tells her he loves her – Reflecting Light – Sam Phillips
• In Houston – The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart) – Jeff Bridges
• Robert Duvall’s restaurant – Mal Hombre – Lydia Mendoza
• On the porch – The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) – Jeff Bridges
• Fishing – Live Forever – Robert Duvall
• Mexican restaurant, loses Buddy – The Barnyard – Thomas R. Hopkins
• Sober – Brand New Angel – Jeff Bridges
• Tommy, 16 months later – The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) – Colin Farrell
• First end credits song – The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) – Ryan Bingham
• Second end credits song – Hold on You – Jeff Bridges
• Third end credits song – Live Forever – Robert Duvall

The Spy Next Door Soundtrack

The soundtrack album to The Spy Next Door only has the score from the movie on it, but you can find of five songs from the The Spy Next Door. Fittingly, the music starts with the song Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers.

The soundtrack also includes a tune from Jackie Chan, who is something of a pop star in China, as well as Blondie’s One Way or Another.

Here’s the complete list of songs from The Spy Next Door with links to download the songs. I skipped the movie this weekend in favor of The Book of Eli, but if you saw it, I hope you enjoyed it.

• Secret Agent Man – Johnny Rivers
• The Way It Was – Daniel May
• Ba Ma De Hua – Jackie Chan
• One Way or Another – Blondie
• Sword Dance – APM All-Stars
• Original music for The Spy Next Door – David Newman

I Believe in the Book of Eli Soundtrack

I saw Book of Eli and can say – I believe – in the movie and the music. The score for Book of Eli by Atticus Ross and Claudia Sarne is haunting and surreal, perfectly suited for the desertscape in a world after the Flash.

The first bit of the score in particular – called Panoramic on the soundtrack album – reminded me of the middle of San Jacinto by Peter Gabriel, mixed with Gabriel’s score from Passion and remixed by Moby, and overlayed with the desert violins of Rajasthan, which generate the most soul-wrenching tone I have heard in this little life of mine. When the hallowed sounds of the hollowed violin play, the humdrum of the day kind of just fades away.

I would have expected that a serious, post-apocalyptic movie, would feature an emotive, evocative score but not much in the way of individual songs. I was very (pleasantly) surprised that there were two really great musical moments in the movie:

• Eli plays his iPod – How Can You Mend A Broken Heart by Al Green
• Tea with the old people (with a little much needed comic relief) – Ring My Bell by Anita Ward

There is also a third song in the movie, Once Upon a Time in America by Ennio Morricone, but I could not place where it plays. It sometime between Al Green and Anita Ward.

Bottom line – I really enjoyed the Book of Eli – at least the first 1 hour 45 minutes and 15 seconds of it. I could have done without the last 45 seconds, which took a hauntingly poignant moment and made it a bit too Hollywood schlock wrapped it into a neat little bow for me. Maybe that’s just because as brilliant as Denzel was, and as beautiful as Mila Kunis is, I just don’t see them carrying the same mantle, or walking in the same shoes. Maybe it was because her sunglasses were just a bit too wayfarer for a wanderer from a post apocalyptic era.

Regardless, I enjoyed the movie and the music. I hope you enjoy them too.

Daybreakers Soundtrack

Back in September when the previews for Daybreakers first started airing, a lot of people were asking about the song in the Daybreakers preview. It was “Running Up that Hill” by Placebo, a cover of Kate Bush’s early 80s song, which was originally featured in the movie The Chocolate War. (I wrote about both of them in a post at the time)

I love this song, so I was hoping that they would follow through with a good soundtrack for the movie too. It didn’t happen.

The movie only includes the score by Chris Gordon and one song – Burning Love by Dennis Linde. Linde’s song was made famous by Elvis, who sang it at a number of concerts but evidently had trouble keeping the lyrics straight.

I’m still really looking forward to the movie, but given how excited I was about Placebo being featured in the preview, I’m just bummed that the soundtrack is dead on arrival.

Here’s a pretty cool mashup of Dennis and Elvis splitting the song Burning Love:

And the original version of Running up that Hill by Kate Bush:

The Youth in Revolt Soundtrack

The soundtrack album for Youth in Revolt only has half the songs from the movie, but you can find all 18 songs from Youth in Revolt here.

I didn’t know what to expect from the soundtrack to Youth in Revolt. I was hoping for something ridiculously good, like Nick and Norah or Juno. Even Superbad wouldn’t be all that bad (though it was a little Ted Nugent heavy for my tastes). I think they gave us something in between.

There are a couple highlights from the soundtrack. Beulah’s “Popular Mechanics for Lovers” and the Fruit Bats song “When U Love Somebody” rise to the top of my list. I also like the throwback sounds of Jacques Dutronc, Jo Stafford and Brigitte Bardot. Maybe I am just too much of a child of the eighties, but I don’t think you can ever go wrong with Bananarama either, even if its really Fun Boy Three in the limelight.

Youth in Revolt also delivers a healthy collection of Fleshpot songs, including “Pretty Smart,” “Light of Love” and “Happiness Trigger” in the movie. Fatlip is also slowly but surely growing on me.

Here’s the complete list of all 18 songs from Youth in Revolt with downloads for them. Enjoy the Francois Dillinger-esque wickedness that ensues.

• I Fell In Love – The Frank & Friends Big Band
• Happiness Trigger – Fleshpot
• Midnight Rendezvous – Anthony Mawer
• What’s Up Fatlip – Fatlip
• L.O.V.E. – Ashlee Simpson-Wentz
• Ça Pourrait Changer (Don’t You Ever Change Your Mind) – Brigitte Bardot
• Pretty Smart – Fleshpot
• My Romance – Jo Stafford
• I Willn’t Be a Prisoner – Little Wings
• El Mago Cardona – Xocoyotzin Herrera
• T’ain’t What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It) – Fun Boy Three and Bananarama
• T. Delicieux – John Swihart and Adele Jacques
• Shabop Shalom – Devendra Banhart
• Les Cactus – Jacques Dutronc
• Light Of Love – Fleshpot
• Happy Spirits – Radar Brothers
• When U Love Somebody – Fruit Bats
• Popular Mechanics for Lovers – Beulah
• Original music for Youth in Revolt – John Swihart
• I Have a Boyfriend – Michael Cera (not credited in the movie, but on the soundtrack album)

The Leap Year Soundtrack

The soundtrack album for Leap Year only has the score from the movie on it, but all 15 songs from Leap Year are below, with downloads for them. It’s an interesting mix, full of Irish-tinged tunes from Flogging Molly, The Colonials and The Brombies, as well as a share of love songs from Colbie Caillat, Nat King Cole and the Noisettes.

Of the songs in the movie Leap Year, I am betting that a lot of people will start searching for the Amy Winehouse–esque “Never Forget You” by The Noisettes.

I’m also digging “Day to Day” by Eulogies. It’s a great song: “Come day to day. I’m hanging on today today. I’m day to day.”

Given the popularity of Colbie Caillat, I am guessing people will be looking for “You Got Me” as well.

Here’s the complete list of all 15 songs from the movie Leap Year with downloads for the songs in the links below.

• I’ll Tell My Ma – The Colonials  (link to Pat McKernan version of the song)
• The Irish Rover – The Colonials
• More and More of Your Amor – Nat King Cole
• Day to Day – Eulogies
• Waltz With Anna – The Brombies
• Patsy Fagan – Dessie O’Halloran and Sharon Shannon (link to version by Joe Lynch)
• Within a Mile of Home – Flogging Molly
• Buffalo Gals – The Brombies (link to Bruce Springsteen version of the song)
• A Pint for Breakfast – The Brombies
• Leaping Lizards – The Brombies
• The Staunton Lick – Fred Deakin and Nick Franglen
• Dream a Little Dream Of Me – The Mamas & The Papas
• Only Love Can Break Your Heart – Gwyneth Herbert (link to original Neil Young version of the song)
• Never Forget You – Noisettes
• You Got Me – Colbie Caillat

Original music for Leap Year – Randy Edelman

Here are a couple videos from the Leap Year movie songs.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like any of videos for songs from The Brombies are on YouTube. One of their albums is on Amazon though with some good tunes. I will try to track them down the videos. Let me know if you have any luck finding them.

Zombieland Soundtrack

Zombieland was a damn funny movie. And the music was actually really good too. From Metric, Band of Horses and Doves to Metallica, Van Halen and The Raconteurs, the soundtrack to Zombieland runs the gamut.

Plus, the Zombieland soundtrack has one of my newly favorite should have known it for a long time but only recently discovered songs – Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain. Swell Season played a version of it at the recent show, and I looked back to find the original Willie Nelson version. I love everything Willie but somehow had completely missed this amazing song. In Zombieland, the song plays as they are leaving Wampum.

The movie also features my favorite cameo of any movie. Bill Murray was awesome.

Here are all 27 songs from the movie Zombieland in the order they appeared in the movie and with notes on the scenes they appeared in. The soundtrack album only has the score to the movie, but all the songs are here.

• Capitol dome – The Star-Spangled Banner – John Stafford Smith and Francis Scott Key
• Opening – For Whom the Bell Tolls – Metallica
• In the car at gas station – Feels So Good – Chuck Mangione
• Neighbor comes over panicked – No One’s Gonna Love You – Band of Horses
• (unknown scene) – You’re a Wolf – Sea Wolf
• Grocery store – Duelin’ Banjos – Arthur Smith
• Girls in the car – Gold Guns Girls – Metric
• Hummer – Everybody Wants Some – Van Halen
• Puppy – Puppy Love – Paul Anka
• Stays in the car – Oh! Sweet Nuthin’ – The Velvet Underground
• Breaking stuff – The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Leaving wampum – Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain – Willie Nelson
• Driving – It’s Only Wednesday – Crash Kings
• Girl driving – Death Prayer in Heaven’s Orchard – Howlin Rain
• Older sister driving – Hard to Come Back – Success
• More driving – Moonlight Kiss - Raul Malo
• Tallahassee driving – Popular from Wicked – Kristin Chenoweth
• Arrive in LA – Kingdom of Rust – Doves
• Ghostbusters – Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.
• Smoking pot – (Don’t Fear) the Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
• 21 gun salute to Bill Murray – Taps – Daniel Butterfield
• Shooting plates – I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
• Drinking wine and dancing – Two of the Lucky Ones – The Droge and Summers Blend
• (unknown scene) – Feel Good About It – Marching Band
• (unknown scene) – Vienna Blood Waltz, Op. 354 – Johann Strauss, Jr.
• Kisses the girl – Your Touch – The Black Keys
• End credits – Salute Your Solution – The Raconteurs

Original music for Zombieland – David Sardy