music in film

Hey guys, the idea for this blog is neat-o. You should use it more! I know you all don't have much time for it, with all your wives and mortgages and children and everything. BUT WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT? Just kidding, of course....

Anyway, to the music: I "grew up" loving the the way directors like Cameron Crowe and Wes Anderson used music in their movies (probably because they were both incendiary enough to use Sigur Ros in their soundtracks), but I have since changed a little bit. I still love a soundtrack full of obscure 60's British Invasion songs and German models turned singers, of course, but I'm not necessarily going to love your movie just because the soundtrack includes cool music. Sorry, Zach Braff.

So, I have here, four movies that came out semi-recently, and each use music that is potent and moving. All of these movies were some of the very best I've seen in a while, and the music was a huge part of why they worked so well.



Rachel Getting Married
"Unknown Legend" (Neil Young cover)
by Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio (mp3)
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The Visitor
"Je'nwi Teni (Don't Gag Me)"
by Fela Anikulapo Kuti (mp3)
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The Wrestler
"The Wrestler"
by Bruce Springsteen (mp3)
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Into The Wild
"Hard Sun" (Indio cover)
by Eddie Vedder (mp3)

This is Ben Rucker by the way. Grant invited me here. Thanks Grant!