Gran Torino (Original Theme Song From The Motion Picture)

Jamie Cullum | Format: MP3 Download
From the Album Gran Torino (Original Theme Song From The Motion Picture)

Product Details

• Original Release Date: December 23, 2008
• Release Date: December 23, 2008
• Label: New Line Records
• Copyright: 2008 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
• Duration: 4:39 minutes
• Genres:
• ASIN: B001NS3NXO
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A nostalgic and soulful song, January 7, 2009

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Wizard's Staph "madmardy" (Salt Lake City, UT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gran Torino (Original Theme Song From The Motion Picture) (MP3 Download)

This slow, melancholy song is exactly perfect for the end of the movie. I couldn't get up from my seat, but had to sit and watch all of the credits (which I probably would have done anyway for such a great movie) just so I could hear the whole song. I couldn't make out all of the words on the first time through, but I know it's about memories, and longing, some regret, some wistful pleasure in remembering. And it looks like Clint Eastwood helped write the song (and even sings a few bars of it before the credits). Truly a fitting ending for what I regard as his finest film in the latter half of his career. The song stays with you long after you leave the theater, meaning it should (and, I believe, will) stand on its own apart from the film.

When Clint stopped singing and the song started again, I thought for a moment the singer was Michael Buble, not because it sounds terribly like him, but because it is the sort of song a crooner would resurrect from the 50's and sing exactly that way. I was surprised to find it was a new song. Just like the film of the same name, it captures the spirit of a bygone era, with a style unmistakeably new.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still with me ..., March 1, 2009

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Feline325 "Feline325" (Atlanta) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gran Torino (Original Theme Song From The Motion Picture) (MP3 Download)

I saw this movie in January and it is still with me. Although Clint Eastwood is one of our finest living actors, in my opinion, if he never did anything but Gran Torino, what an acting imprint he has left by this project alone. I saw this movie with my sister and her husband on an early Sunday afternoon. The crowd was made up of mostly those over 40 years old. Not to take anything away from younger people, it is my opinion that so many of us 'over 40' folks really connected with how Clint's character was so justly frustrated and fed up with how much our society has changed. When the ending credits began to roll and this beautiful theme song unfolded, most of the audience remained in their seats, numb with emotion and crying silently. A very powerful movie by one of our greatest movie legends which ended with a beautiful, haunting, heart-wrenching theme song.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clint Eastwood does it again, January 10, 2009

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Alexa Rae (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gran Torino (Original Theme Song From The Motion Picture) (MP3 Download)

This is a beautiful song, with lyrics that will stick with you long after the song is over. Perfect end for a wonderful, and moving movie.