We’ve already noted that London-born, Scottish-bred indie folkie Alexi Murdoch is doing the music to Sam Mendes’ indie dramedy, “Away We Go.”
His song, “All My Days,” from his 2006 debut album, Time Without Consequence (the song was also featured on an episode of “The O.C.”) soundtracks the trailer for the film, but it’s unclear if his “music by” credit means an original score, because all the music on the “Away We Go,” soundtrack is pre-existing material from the aforementioned album and his debut EP.
Still, the soundtrack, which is due June 2, might act as a good intro to those that aren’t familiar with his work (and we’ll admit, we’re no experts). The 13-song CD also features classic cuts by George Harrison, Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground and The Stranglers (way to go music supervisor Randall Poster – of Wes Anderson-film fame, though surely that’s getting tiring to him).
“Away We Go” soundtrack tracklist
1. All My Days – Alexi Murdoch
2. Blue Mind – Alexi Murdoch
3. What Is Life – George Harrison
4. Song For You – Alexi Murdoch
5. Golden Brown – The Stranglers
6. Towards The Sun – Alexi Murdoch
7. Meet Me In The Morning – Bob Dylan
8. Breathe – Alexi Murdoch
9. Wait – Alexi Murdoch
10. The Ragged Sea – Alexi Murdoch
11. Oh! Sweet Nuthin’ – The Velvet Underground
12. Orange Sky- Alexi Murdoch
13. Crinan Wood – Alexi Murdoch
And yes, “Golden Brown” is The Stranglers’ most obvious hit, but god if ain’t still an amazing song we never tire of.
“Away We Go,” also stars John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph, plus features Jeff Daniels, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Allison Janney, Catherine O’Hara, and Paul Schneider and comes out in limited release via Focus Films on June 5th. More info on the film itself here.
What label is putting it out?
Hipster Douche Records, a subsidiary of Twee Corp.
i cant help but say. good job sam mendes for not being original. good job for probably not even choosing these songs. good job for marrying someone smarter than you. good job for picking songs that were already made mainstream in other movies. good job buddy. in the meantime go give alan ball a kiss for making you famous. good job.
anonymous, you sound a little bitter my good man/woman. don’t be a hater. and why is it that since the internet allowed us all to air our views all of a sudden everyone thinks they actually know anything about anyone else?
Clearly someone doesn’t know that Hipster and Twee are in two different stratospheres. One is cleary painfully earnest and one is too cool for school. They do not co-exist at all so it drives me nuts when people use hipster and twee in the same sentence.
@Bibrone Zero Summer Records, which is apparently a subsidiary of Nettwerk.
Murdoch ain’t got shit on Nick Drake or Elliott Smith…..as far as song writing goes.
Hipster: Spike Jonze
Twee: Wes Anderson
I do think most of the song choices, with exception to Alexi Murdoch’s stuff, are very unoriginal, BUT, they are such great songs, I still can’t wait to hear them and see how they are used in the movie. Do I think Golden Brown will be better utilized than it was in “Snatch?” No…but I can’t wait to see what they do with VU’s “Oh Sweet Nothin'”…freaking love that song!
More like,
Hipster: Royal Trux
Twee: Micheal Cera and Charlyne Yi
could you imagine those two at a party? Polar opposites.
Wes Anderson and Spike Jonze would get along and Jonze isn’t particularly aloof enough.
I just saw this movie last night, and it was the sweetest most uplifting romantic movie i've ever seen. The sound track complimented the plot flow. This wasa wonderful movie. Any thing bad you can say about it comes from how it just kept being hopeful. I loved this movie.
Just been to see this film. Not a completely outstanding film but a beautiful one non the less – the last scene especially, both in terms of sentiment and cinematography . Anyone who has see it know of the song played during said scene?
Cheers
i second that tyler. i like nick drake alot better then murdoch.
Just came from seeing the movie and I really liked it. American beauty is my ultimate favourite movie ever, but this one is a completly different prespective of Sam Mendes. I agree whith anonymous, it gives us such a sense of hope… this are difficult times, we have to have something uplifting in the end of the day, otherwise we will just stop fighting for what we bwlieve. ABSOLUTELY loved the soudtrack! don't care if it's original or not, suits the film just perfect and gives it much more intensity