Filmmusik

Nathan Larson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 5, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Commotion
• ASIN: B0007Y090K
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #309,316 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Prozac (PROZAC NATION)

2. Boys (BOYS DON’T CRY)

3. Operator (PHONE BOOTH)

4. Tigerland (TIGERLAND)

5. You Can Take What’s Left of Me (PROZAC NATION)

6. Night Basketball (LILJA 4-EVER)

7. Fiction (STORYTELLING)

8. A Softer Night (BOYS DON’T CRY)

9. I Want Someone Badly (Bonus Track)

10. The Fawn (PROZAC NATION)

11. Small Town Jail (BOYS DON’T CRY)

12. Mommy, Are Angels Dead? (LILJA 4-EVER)

13. She Might be Waking Up (HIGH ART)

14. Le Pont de la Tristesse (THE CHATEAU)

15. Mom’s Mercedes (HIGH ART)

16. Balcony (PROZAC NATION)

17. Dirty Pretty Thing (DIRTY PRETTY THINGS)

18. Departure Lounge (DIRTY PRETTY THINGS)

19. Last Lines (HIGH ART)

20. Walter (THE WOODSMAN)

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Music From the Movies

"Nathan Larson is one of the strongest film music voices on the independent film market."

Product Description

Filmmusik showcases over twenty tracks of award-winning film composer and former Shudder To Think guitarist Nathan Larson’s music from critically-acclaimed and groundbreaking films including BOYS DON’T CRY, THE WOODSMAN, DIRTY PRETTY THINGS, HIGH ART and STORYTELLING.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Listen up, May 22, 2005

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Lovin' this music (ny, ny) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Filmmusik (Audio CD)

This sophisticated and thoroughly engrossing music is not something you want just in the background. Give it the respect and attention is deserves and you will be repaid many times over. There is soul here and some suffering and lots of charisma and talent. Treat yourself; by the end you will feel grateful and refreshed for this great gift of music.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Feast Your Ears on This, September 30, 2005

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D. Scheihagen "Bac" (Lewsville, Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Filmmusik (Audio CD)

I was already a fan of Larson's before hearing this music, yet I hope that this review will still come across as objective.
Now, having made that bias known - on with it!

I wish I could think of a list of artists to compare this music with, but it's hard to do. Perhaps that's simply telling of the lack of musical diversity on my CD rack, but hopefully it also says something for this extraordinary collection of music.
Still, I did hear some familiar sounds in there.

Maybe I can best compare the sound to the emotions expressed in the music.
It goes through a range. The opening track, "Prozac", evokes a feeling of calmness and slight jubilation.
"Boys", is one track that does sound like something I've heard (Ted Nugent's Stranglehold), but it's got plenty of Larson involved there as well!
"Operator" and "I Want Someone Badly" create feelings of desperation.
"Fiction" (featuring the voice of Nina Persson) sounds haunting with a twist of humor.
Certain tracks, especially the ones from "Boys Don't Cry" such as "A Softer Night" or "Rape and a Burning Polaroid" are reminiscent of Neil Young's work on the film, "Dead Man".
Much of the feeling is about pain (I'd say in various forms), but there is plenty of beauty (also in a variety of forms) to go along with it. Nathan explains that the work on FilmMusik is meant ro speak on these two things. I think it does and I think it does so very well.
He does it with an array of sounds, textures and emotion. He has succeeded in his task.
So, if you want to know how pain and beauty can be represented aurally, this CD is worth checking out. It is outstanding.