1 |
Postcards |
2 |
Mr. Gateau |
3 |
Meeting Daisy |
4 |
A
New Life |
5 |
Love
in Murmansk |
6 |
Meeting Again |
| 7 |
Mr. Button |
8 |
"Little
Man" Oti |
9 |
Alone at Night |
10 |
It
Was Nice to Have Met You |
11 |
Children's
Games |
12 |
Submarine
Attack |
13 |
The
Hummingbird |
14 |
Sunrise
on Lake Pontchartrain |
15 |
Daisy's
Ballet Career |
16 |
The
Accident |
17 |
Stay
Out of My Life |
18 |
Nothing
Lasts |
19 |
Some
Things You Never Forget |
20 |
Growing
Younger |
21 |
Dying
Away |
22 |
Love
Returns |
TRACK
LISTING (CD2) |
1 |
My
Name is Benjamin - Benjamin Button |
2 |
We
Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City - Doc Paulin's
Marching Band |
3 |
Some
days I Feel Different - Queenie & Benjamin Button
|
4 |
Ostrich
Walk - Frank Trumbauer and His Orchestra featuring Bix
Beiderbecke |
5 |
How
Old Are You? - Benjamin Button & The Preacher |
6 |
That's
How Rhythm Was Born - The Boswell Sisters |
7 |
When
Was The Last Time You Had A Woman? - Benjamin Button
& Captain Mike |
8 |
Freight
Train Blues (Traditional) - Billie & DeDe Pierce
|
9 |
Basin
Street Blues - Preservation Hall Jazz Band |
10 |
Thanksgiving,
1930 - Benjamin Button |
11 |
If
I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) - Louis Armstrong
and His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra |
12 |
What's
YOUR Secret? - Captain Mike & Benjamin Button |
13 |
Chanson
Sur Staline - Choeur de la Cathedral de la Rue Daru,
Paris XVII |
14 |
A
Date Which Will Live In Infamy... - Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, 1941 |
15 |
Arabeske
For Piano In C Major Op. 18 |
16 |
Coming
Home - Benjamin Button |
17 |
Out
Of Nowhere - Sidney Bechet |
18 |
Dear
Old Southland - Louis Armstrong |
19 |
Defined
By Opportunities - Benjamin Button |
SOUNDTRACK REVIEW:
Congratulations to you Mr. Alexandre Desplat, for you have scored a second Oscar nomination in your career after your regal composition for 2006’s The Queen. It doensn’t matter that you lost that statuette to Gustavo Santaolalla for his somewhat disappointing score for Babel (2006), because David Fincher’s fantasy film has garnered a whopping 13 nominations at the upcoming 81st Academy Awards, and you have been recognized as one of the five talented composers in the category of “Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score” – congratulations to you, Mr. Desplat.
What went through your mind when you conceptualized the music for this whimsically quirky film? With “Postcards”, you set the mood by introducing a delicately beautiful six note motif which exudes a gorgeously mysterious aura. This theme will go on to weave itself into the subtly exquisite cues that follow.
You go all playful with “A New Life”, infusing a rhythmic percussion background accompaniment to keep things upbeat. Following that, you create a romantically charming soundscape in “Love in Murmansak”, where the melodies of piano, strings and light woodwind orchestrations craft a harmonious picture that is best enjoyed with our loved ones. In “Mr. Button”, your choice of hurried strings in the background makes us sit up and listen to notice what the fuss is about, and in turn become engaged in this two minute track.
Tell us how you came up with the idea to let harps take centre stage in “Children’s Games”, Mr. Desplat. This track turned out to be a cold and disheartening four minute listening experience for us, but we loved it because it is so melancholically throbbing. And “Sunrise on Lake Pontchartrain” is undoubtedly the wondrously fascinating cue on the soundtrack album produced for the film – its fairytale like orchestration and arrangements with plucking strings and lush woodwinds melted out hearts.
Maybe because it is because of your classical training that you have composed such a refined score for this cinematic wonder, because how else could we have enjoyed this brilliantly refined score? Sure, it takes a few listens to truly appreciate the intricacies of your music, but it is definitely well worth it. What’s more, there’s a second disc which contains classic American music by Louis Armstrong and The Platters. Those who love Benjamin Button’s voice can listen to dialogue snippets from the film too.
Mr. Desplat, we wish you all the best. See you at the Oscars on 22 February.
ALBUM
RATING:
Recommended Track: (14) Sunrise on Lake Pontchartrain – Disc 1
Review
by John Li
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