Punch Drunk Love (Score) [Enhanced, Soundtrack]

Jon Brion | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 5, 2002)
• Original Release Date: November 1, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Soundtrack
• Label: Nonesuch
• ASIN: B00006YXF6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #116,791 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Overture

2. Tabla

3. Punch-Drunk Melody

4. Hands & Feet

5. Le Petit Chateau

6. Alleyway

7. Punchy Track Piano

8. He Needs Me

9. Waikki

10. Moana Chimes

11. Hospital

12. Danny (Lonely Blue Boy)

13. Healthy Choice

14. Third Floor Hallway

15. Blossoms & Blood

16. Here We Go

17. He Really Needs Me

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ...So Here We Go, July 2, 2003

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Michael Crane (Orland Park, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Punch Drunk Love (Score) (Audio CD)

Strange... Cartoon-sounding... Eerie... Beautiful...

Those are the words that come to mind when I listen to the score to one of my new favorite films, "Punch-Drunk Love." Composed by Jon Brion, this beautifully haunting score gets in your head and stays there (just like the movie). You pretty much feel a party of emotions when you pop this baby in.

While it can be very melodic and soothing at times, it can also get tense and rapid. A lot of the tunes on the score appear to be influenced by the song "he needs me," which was originally from the "Popeye" movie and was performed by Shelly Duvall. (The original song appears on the soundtrack as well). And you really get the feeling that you're watching some sort of cartoon when you play the CD. How strange I'd like something like this, but that's thanks to loving the movie so much.

My favorite tracks are "overture," "tabla," "punch-drunk melody," "he needs me," "hands & feet," "blossoms & blood," "here we go," "le petit chateau," hospital," and "third floor hallway." That's the majority of the album, but those are the songs I listen to the most. I really love Jon Brion's "here we go;" the lyrics really seem to hit home with me. All 17 tracks are a complete joy to listen to.

If you're a big fan of the film and you love a good film score, put "Punch-Drunk Love" on your list. This is a score that I can never get tired of. I'm glad that I have it in my CD collection and it is a frequent visitor in my stereo, I must admit.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Great PT Anderson/Jon Brion Collaboration, May 14, 2003

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roastbeefalo "roastbeefalo" (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Punch Drunk Love (Score) (Audio CD)

This is another great collaboration between director Paul Thomas Anderson and musician Jon Brion. First, this is a great movie, and then an equally great soundtrack/score by Jon Brion, with the film and soundtrack working perfectly together. The disc is mostly instrumental songs, but also includes the songs "He Needs Me" "Waikiki" & "Danny (Lonely Boy Blue)" which are prominent in the film. This score is great on its own, which makes me recommend it more than the "Magnolia" score (again by the PT/Brion duo). These two are really able to team up and make the music perfectly complement the film.
Also, if you like this soundtrack, especially "Here We Go", go find Jon Brion's album "meaningless"

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best film soundtrack of the year, January 3, 2003

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James Stanton (New Orleans, LA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Punch Drunk Love (Score) (Audio CD)

captures the essence of the film perfectly...you get the Shelley Duvall song and Waikiki and much more.
It comes enhanced with film footage playing Jon Brion's Here We Go. This song is as much important to this film as Aimee Mann's Save Me was for Magnolia.
Unfortunately, I didn't hear it in the film. But I really love this cd.