My Blueberry Nights
Blue Note Records - Blue Note Records
Original Soundtrack
Release date: 2008-04-01
Audio CD
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Blues-Rock, Contemporary Blues, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Country-Rock, Cuban Pop, Ethnic Fusion, Film Music, Indie Rock, Instrumental Rock, Modern Electric Blues, Neo-Soul, Original Score, Pop, Roots Rock, Sadcore, Slide Guitar Blues, Soundtrack
1. The Story - Norah Jones
2. Living Proof - Cat Power
3. Ely Nevada - Ry Cooder
4. Try a Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
5. Looking Back - Ruth Brown
6. Long Ride - Ry Cooder, My Good Eye
7. Eyes on the Prize - Mavis Staples
8. Yumeji's Theme (Harmonica Version) - Chikara Tsuzuki, Shigeru Umebayashi
9. Skipping Stone - Amos Lee
10. Bus Ride - Ry Cooder
11. Harvest Moon - Cassandra Wilson
12. Devil's Highway - Hello Stranger
13. Pajaros - Gustavo Santaolalla
14. The Greatest - Cat Power
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My Blueberry Nights
Date undefined"My Blueberry Nights" is a strong soundtrack collection. Norah Jones who stars in the film wrote the song "The Story" on set, which was included in the film. She sings, "I don't know how to begin because the story has been told before; I will sing along, I suppose it's just how it goes." Director Kar Wai explains in the liner notes that he went to music stores and bought CDs that were played on the stereo on cross country trips which scouted locations for the film. He loved Cat Power's CD The Greatest and included that title track and "Living Proof" from the CD on the soundtrack. Cassandra Wilson's recording of Neil Young's "Harvest Moon" was another track that he put together with a slide show from the road trips to help Norah Young get a feel for the film's content. Ry Cooder also contributed to the film with several of his instrumentals being stand-out tracks such as "Long Ride" & "Bus Ride." Mavis Staples who also participated in the blockbuster set I Believe to My Soul turns in an amazing performance on "Eyes on the Prize." Gustavo Santaolalla's lovely instrumental "Pajaros" is a gentle instrumental lament. Ruth Brown, one of my favorite classic soul singers, has "Looking Back" included on the disc. Otis Redding's classic recording "Try a Little Tenderness" is also here. This is a very good soundtrack, diverse in feel to match the changing moods of the film, which I'm looking forward to seeing! Enjoy!
My Blueberry Nights
Date undefinedThis soundtrack album is filled with gems. Why and how they put this cd together is beyond me, but it is filled with soul and wonderful tunes that probably fit the movie, but their compendium into an album does not make total sense to me. How does Ruth Brown fit with the others? What brings these songs together. I have a feeling that they were culled from someone's favorite records. Norah Jones maybe and used as a background to the movie, but they are too good to be background music. So how this came together is beyond me, but now that it is together it is a great cd of seemingly unrelated tunes. excellent. jack w.
