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Up In The Air

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I'll keep this short and sweet. Me and my girlfriend got to see this movie at an advanced screening event and it was amazing. I will say this though, the music on this disc is 10x better after you have seen the movie. These tracks have such an impact on the movie you can actually remember the exact scenes when you listen to the soundtrack. "Help Yourself" is an amazing song and should be downloaded if you decide not to purchase the disc.

"This Land is Your Land" and "Help Yourself", alone, make this album totally worth it. I can't wait for the movie to hit wide release. The soundtrack is smart, sophisticated, and makes me optimistic for more of Jason Reitman's musical finds in the future.

Listening to the soundtrack is much more relaxing than watching the movie was. I had seen an interview with Kevin Renick. He described how the song Up in the Air had already been written when the movie came out. He recorded it on a cassette tape and handed it to the director of the movie after listening to his lecture. That and being up in the air myself personalized the music for me.
The lyrics and the melodies on this soundtrack are mellow. It's good background music for studying, writing, or entertaining. I would buy this just for the song Up in the Air! I fervently hope that anyone reading this that is up in the air finds a way to come down. Good luck all!

If you liked the movie (we loved it / moved by it), you'll love the extraordinary soundtrack, especially some of the tracks by Rolfe Kent, composer who also did "Wedding Crashers", The Theory of Flight" (fabulous full orchestrations), "Sideways", "Men Who Stare at Goats", "Mean Girls" and more. Also terrific choice of great songs like Sad Brad Smith's "Be Yourself" and more. 5 stars for sure...

Up in the Air is the latest film from writer/director Jason Reitman, whose previous films included Thank You For Smoking and Juno. It's a comedy-drama starring George Clooney as a business executive who spends half his life travelling around the country; he lives out of a suitcase, eating at airport cafeterias, allowing him the freedom to never make a commitment. However, just as a corporate re-shuffling threatens to end his nomadic lifestyle and tie him to a desk, he meets and falls in love with a fellow frequent traveler in the shape of the comely Vera Farmiga. In addition to boasting Awards-caliber performances from Clooney, Farmiga, and supporting actors Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman and Sam Elliott, the film has an eclectic soundtrack which makes use of many contemporary pop and rock songs alongside an original score by Rolfe Kent.

Kent's contribution to the album is limited to just two tracks: "Security Ballet" and "Lost in Detroit", amounting to just 3 minutes of score. The music is quite rhythmic and funky. "Security Ballet" has all manner of shakers and percussion items, and bubbly/gurgly, almost tribal effects, alluding to the fact that making your way through airport security these days is akin to making your way through hostile territory; "Lost in Detroit" replaces percussion with an acoustic guitar, plucked bass, cello and synth drones, again in more rhythmic than thematic style. It's all very inconsequential, with no real meat on its bones, and although the film itself is likely to contain more music, score fans will find little to appeal to their musical sensibilities on the album.

The songs are all decent enough, and generally tend to be in the guitar-driven folk rock and soft rock idiom; anything by Crosby Stills & Nash is always a decent listen, and the soft, moody instrumentals by San Francisco-based musician Charles Atlas are also pretty good in an easy-listening sort of way.

Even if you haven't seen the movie, this is an excellent CD. The direcctor, Jason Reitman, seems to put as much effort into creating uniquely compelling soundtracks as he spends directing. It has a few known works plus some from unknowns. I like everything about this CD - bought immediately after seeing the movie, not to remember the movie by, but simply because of the music on it.

Fantastic movie!!! For those that like things of the "Non-Normal" and a different view on life. Dry humor...it's right up your alley!!!

After seeing the movie, I was so engrossed in the music I had to have the album. I wanted to learn "Help Yourself" so I could perform it with my guitar.

Do not watch the preview. It's a bit of a spoiler. See the movie. It connects to the real life. The current economic crisis, the sense of being, love , loneliness, loyalty, reality and so on. One of the best in the recent memory. Thoughtful, funny, sad and sexy and entertaining on top of it. See it, buy it.

The movie was acceptable and worth the Senior ticket price at Pacific Theaters but I don't know about the Best Picture buzz. It wasn't that great and the "too cute" acting by Clooney was tiresome. The guitar work on the soundtrack was terrific and I just ordered a copy. I hope my favorites from the movie will be on the soundtrack.