I'm amazed that more films don't have a soundtrack from a single artist.
The Graduate leaps to mind, but I can't really remember any others.
Seems like a wonderful way to mesh the artistry of music with the artistry of film.
Yes, same here. For some reason, I kept picturing this as the British version of the Graduate because of the familiar depressing tones in the beginning and the amazing soundtrack. Nevertheless, both are amazing movies :D
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Into the Wild is another movie with an excellent soundtrack, by Eddie Vedder. This movie reminded me a lot of Into the Wild's soundtrack.
I've always been a fan of Cat Stevens but never knew he wrote many of these songs just for this movie!
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Cat's music made this film great.
He was very generous to allow his songs to be used.
People need to remember that Cat was a mega-star at this time.
"Your account is doomed."
The Great and Powerful ZOD
Ehh, not really a mega-star at the time...he was just starting to hit it big as this was being filmed in 1971.
Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?
I didn't think too much of the songs. The one that is really performed well for the film is 'Trouble.' 'If You Want TO Sing Out' has become quite a famous tune for Cat Stevens but even that one is not for me.
shareI guess a soundtrack to the film wasn't released in the early 1970s because a few of the Cat Stevens songs were only released the year before on Mona Bone Jakon and Tea for the Tillerman. Maybe his label wanted people to buy those albums to get the songs instead of the soundtrack. I have no idea why it was only released in Japan in 1972. It was a missed opportunity as it probably would've sold well over the years, especially given the film's ongoing popularity. It was nice to see it released in 2007 albeit as a limited edition.
ROCK STARS HAVE KIDNAPPED MY SON
The soundtrack and songs almost ruined this movie for me.
Don't know why they had to make the songs so prominent and loud, they couldn't have been that great even back then.
We are all different I guess.
Bah Humbug!
sharethey couldn't have been that great even back then.
All movies pre-1979 or so have obnoxiously LOUD music and sound effects compared to the dialogue. I can't stand it. You have to sit there and constantly jockey the volume button until you eventually just snap and say FUCK IT! and turn the movie off.
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