Bodysong (Music from the Film) [Enhanced, Soundtrack]

Jonny Greenwood (Artist), Jeremy Brown (Artist), Gene Calderazzo (Artist), Julian Argulles (Artist), Gerald Presencer (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 24, 2004)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Soundtrack
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B0000DZGGU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,995 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Moon Thrills

2. Moon Mall

3. Trench

4. Iron Swallow

5. Clockwork Tin Soldiers

6. Convergence

7. Nudnik Headache

8. Peartree

9. Splitter

10. Bode Radio/Glass Light/Broken Hearts

11. 24 Hour Charleston

12. Milky Drops From Heaven

13. Tehellet

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

43 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some really great background music, January 24, 2005

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Patrick Gillespie (Ellicott City, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bodysong (Music from the Film) (Audio CD)

I ran out and bought this album after listening to the samples on this site. As soon as I heard the beautiful piano of "Moon Thrills" I knew I had to have it. However, I should note, this is not a pop album, nor does it have any music you can sing along to in your car. This is a musical score, the album is an instrumental.

Anyway, if you're reading this, I'm going to wager that you're a Radiohead fan. You probably know that Jonny Greenwood is in Radiohead, possibly one of your favorite bands, and you're wondering if it's worth your hard earned cash to pick up this album.

This is certainly no Radiohead album, however, there is a bit of a Radiohead flavor in some tracks. It really depends on what makes you like Radiohead if you'll like this album. If it's Thom's voice or the emotional feeling radiated in their songs, you will probably find yourself dissatisfied. However, if you like the atmospheric aspect of their music, you'll probably like this a lot. This makes for great background music for when you're just sitting at your computer working on something. It's one of my favorite albums to put on when I have to write a paper or when I'm just up late surfing the net.

Also, as a side note to one of the other reviews, going platinum does not mean 1,000,000 copies have been sold, it means 1,000,000 copies have been shipped to stores.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Soundtrack According to Jonny Greenwood, June 26, 2004

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Jared Hawkley (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bodysong (Music from the Film) (Audio CD)

In the tradition of Koyaanisqatsi, Bodysong is simultaneously an ugly, gorgeous, riveting, and appalling study of human life. And like Philip Glass' astounding musical visions of the images in 'Qatsi', Jonny Greenwood's score is wholly engrossing and a creative realization of the subject matter of the documentary, not to mention the first true testament to Greenwood's ambitious but remarkable compositional skills.

Technically, the music on this album is clearly first-rate. What is most impressive is the fact that Greenwood, the lead guitarist for one of the most popular rock bands today, is also such a deft composer. As it turns out, however, Greenwood was classically trained in viola at Oxford Poly and has picked up a fair share about composition. He recently signed on to be the BBCs composer in residence, indicating both his skill and his continued interest in writing and conducting. Musically, each song on this soundtrack is a standout. Together, they make one of the most sublimely beautiful instrumental albums I've ever heard. Even without watching the documentary, one can be taken away by the mysteriously inhuman moods the music invokes.

Anyone buying this album and expecting Radiohead-esque music will likely be disappointed. That said, there are musical elements common to Greenwood's compostions and Radiohead's songs (makes sense, since Greenwood does a good deal of writing for the band after frontman Thom Yorke). While no member of Radiohead appears on the soundtrack except Jonny Greenwood, his composing and orchestrating skills alone create the same brilliant kind of sound-images that float through particularly Radiohead's most recent songs. However, until this soundtrack, Greenwood's musical presence has been balanced out and - dare I say - muted by his four band mates. Guitar riffs or no, the music Jonny Greenwood has created on Bodysong is a pure translation of image to sound, and an impressive step into the world of composition.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars highly recommended, August 16, 2004

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B. Carroll - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bodysong (Music from the Film) (Audio CD)

Johnny Greenwood's soundtrack to Bodysong is terrific. It should be said, however, that if you are buying it expecting Radiohead songs (as others on this site have said), you're barking up the wrong tree. Songs contain singing by definition. I hear now from listening to this record how much a large portion of Kid A/Amnesiac was Johnny Greenwood's creation. I can hear elements of RH's "Pyramid Song", "National Anthem", "Dollars and Cents", "Hunting Bears", and "Trans-Atlantic Drawl" specifically. There is a haunting and eerie beauty to this record and I've listened to it exclusively on repeat since I've bought it. Perhaps seeing the film along with it would make the music more enjoyable, but it stands up on its own quite well. This is noisy, mysterious, sad, hypnotic, and challenging music. Being a lover of experimentation i embrace it and I believe any true fan of Radiohead's sonic experiments will appreciate it immediately.