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Moonlight Mile

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4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(4)
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1 star:		(1)

 

 

Here is a list of all the songs (even the ones NOT included on the cd [minus the few classical pieces])that were in the movie:

01 Herb Alpert and the Tiajuana Brass - So What's New.mp3
02 Dave Edmunds - I hear you knocking.mp3
03 03 Gary Glitter - Rock And Roll Part 2.mp3
04 Sly and the Family Stone - Everybody Is A Star.mp3
05 Jethro Tull - Hymn 43.mp3
06 Bob Dylan - Buckets O Rain.mp3
07 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy.mp3
08 Travis Love Will Come Through.mp3
09 Proof Of Life Soundtrack - Van Morrison - I'll Be Your Lover.mp3
10 David Bowie - Sweet Head.mp3
11 Van Morrison - Sweet Thing.mp3
12 Ohio Players - Fire.mp3
13 Elton John - Razor Face.mp3
14 Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow - 05 Comin' Back To Me.mp3
15 Sly & The Family Stone - I Want To Take You Higher.mp3
16 Robert Plant - Song To The Siren.mp3
17 Jethro Tull - Aqualung.mp3
18 Jorma Kaukonen - The Telling.mp3
19 Rolling Stones - Moonlight mile.mp3

Hope it helps!

"Moonlight Mile" is a collection of songs that you've probably heard a million times before and could probably hear a million more. It's a solid 70's rock revue, but like the decade itself, there are some huge hits and huge misses. Having seen the movie first, I need to give this album 2 separate ratings.

If you HAVEN'T seen the Movie: 4 STARS. With songs such as the Rolling Stones' "Moonlight Mile," Elton John's more obscure "Razorface," and Bob Dylan's classic "Buckets Of Rain," how could you possibly go wrong? Add in Bowie's manic "Sweet Head," Van Morrison's achingly beautiful "I'll Be Your Lover Too" and both Sly and the Family Stone songs, and you've got a damn near perfect album. Unfortunately, the misplaced "I Hear You Knocking" and the awful hockey theme song, "Rock and Roll (Part 2)" knock one of the stars off, giving the album 4 out of 5 stars.

If you HAVE Seen the Movie: 3 STARS. There are one or two songs that were glaringly omitted from this album. Now I understand that with a compilation album, song rights play an enormous part in what makes the final cut. But to not include Van Morrison's "Sweet Thing," the song that ended the movie, is just wrong! Luckily, one Van song made it onto the album, but "Sweet Thing" would have added so much more to this cd.

Final Result: 3 1/2 stars.

was Elton John's "Someone Saved My Life Tonight". Why is that killer EJ song missing from this soundtrack? They should have had a couple musicians pen one or two original songs also. But still it is a small quibble in an otherwise quite good soundtrack. Dig?

I haven't bought this soundtrack yet, but I just saw the movie. It's wonderful to hear beautiful music like this is in a movie. It definitely sets the mood of the story. My only disappointment was that Van Morrison's "Sweet Thing" was left out. This track ends the movie and is flat-out one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. Why leave it out? But anyway, this soundtrack definitely sounds worth it.

Upon falling in love with MOONLIGHT MILE, I fell madly in love with the music as well. Writer/director and master thief Brad Silberling also served as the music superviser on the movie, and he did a wonderful job. This is one of the best soundtracks that I've ever heard. Music is plays a vital part in movies. Music can enhance a scene, make it more memorable, comedic, sadder, or even change the tone of it. These songs really and truely enhanced the scenes that they were placed in. What better song could be used for the center of the movie than Rolling Stones' "Moonlight Mile"? There is a line that goes, "I am just living to be lying by your side, but I'm just about a moonlight mile on down the road." For me, that summs up Joe's and Birdie's relationship right there.

Unfortunately, there are some flaws. I was hoping to hear more. For example, it would've been really nice to see "Fire" by Ohio Players or "Sweet Thing" by Van Morisson, or "Meet Me In the Morning" by the great Bob Dylan make the cut. And I also loved the beautiful score by Mark Isham and was disappointed to see only fourty seconds of it (which was only played in a deleted scene). I think that nobody would be disappointed to go without "Love Will Come Through" by Travis (was that song even in the movie?) or "I Hear You Knocking" by Dave Edmunds, but that's just my biased opinion.

However, it's a beautiful soundtrack, and I'd buy it even if I hadn't seen the movie. It is filled with beautiful and romantic songs that I hope to play if and when I get married, such as "Moonlight Mile", "I'll be Your Lover, Too", and the amazingly romantic "Song to the Siren" by Robert Plant. But it's also got some great fun tracks like "I Wanna Take You Higher" by Sly and the Family Stone, "Twentieth Century Boy" by T-Rex and "Rock & Roll (Part 2)" by Gary Glitter.

Just buy this CD, even if you haven't seen the movie. It's amazing and it's filled with essence of love and loss in the '70s and uses some of the best musicians and music that the '70s had to offer. Enjoy.

When I saw Moonlight Mile, I was chomping at the bit to get the cd, because there were such great songs in the movie, including the instrumental sets that the guys from Hot Tuna wrote with Mark Isham. It was disappointing that, given the tone of the movie, the cd didn't match it. The only instrumental set on the cd is 45 seconds of "The Telling," barely enough to even identify it on Name that Tune. I was really bummed, i have to say, although I am grateful for some of the songs they did include, which I love and can listen to over and over again.

wonderful soundtrack that is on par with some of the best OST compilations to date. does anyone know when the film score will come out? also, would anyone have the title for the track that seems to be the main instrumental theme for the movie and for the "making of" vignette on the DVD. it's a beautiful flowing guitar piece and i can't find any in depth information about it on the net, so any help would be great!

I agree, nuttystan. Awesome soundtrack. But the song that plays during the end credits is haunting. What is it? Help!!

Early Van Morrison, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, and Jefferson Airplane. The movie is set in the 70's and whoever picked these tracks went deep into their album collection. The songs are all just a little obscure but the artist list is a who's who of everything that was right with music in the late 60's early 70's.

Enjoyed the movie greatly. I wanted to know two songs from the movie. First, when Joe makes love to that postgirl lady and then secondly, when Joe delivers 75 letters to her and there's music playing while he is delivering them at different spots...