Vanilla Sky [Soundtrack]

Various Artists (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 11, 2001)
• Original Release Date: December 14, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Reprise / Wea
• ASIN: B00005S8MF
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (165 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #8,881 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Given his status as America's top male sex symbol, there's a perverse irony to Tom Cruise's virtually simmer-free performances in would-be erotic thrillers like Eyes Wide Shut and this Cameron Crowe remake of Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar's Abre los Ojos (Open Your Eyes). But if Crowe stops just short of delivering another undercooked holiday Tom turkey, his vaunted early career as boy-wonder rock writer--and the help of frequent collaborator Danny Bramson--informs the film with an exceptionally rich and eclectic pop music score that leans heavily on unreconstructed psychedelia. Such was the Crowe-Bramson reputation that they secured original songs by no less than R.E.M. (the jangly pop of "All the Right Friends") and Paul McCartney (a playfully obtuse title track that would otherwise be a standout on any modern Mac album), wrapping them in one sublime surprise, original and otherwise: Sigur Rós's hypnotic "Svefn-g-englar," the gorgeous languor of "Have You Forgotten" by Red House Painters, star Cameron Diaz debuting as a singer (under the name Julianna Gianni) with Crowe and wife/film scorer/Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson in Wilson's equally dreamy "I Fall Apart," the Monkees' psychedelic "Porpoise Song," Radiohead's "Everything in Its Right Place," Jeff Buckley's "Last Goodbye." Constructed as the playlist of some strangely liberated FM broadcast that never was, this soundtrack is also a collection that proves that the best part of any turkey may well be the stuffing--sonic or otherwise. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews

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310 of 325 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Vanilla Sky music list, June 13, 2002

By	Corey (Tulsa OK) - See all my reviews

the following is the list (in order of appearance in the movie) of the songs. *the numbers are the scene selection tracks on the dvd*
1. "everything in its right place" - Radiohead
"from rusholme with love" - Mint Royale (running through the streets of an empty Times Square)
"vanilla sky" - Paul McCartney
"have you forgotten" - Red House Painters
2. "all the right friends" - REM
3. *no music*
4. "my robot" - Looper (start of the birthday party)
"my favorite things" - John Coltrane (played by the hologramed John Coltrane)
5. "keep on pushing" - The Impressions
"mondo 77" - Looper
6. "directions" - Josh Rouse
7. "wrecking ball" - Creeper Lagoon
*music score - Nancy Wilson ('Jeff Buckley or Vicki Carr?')
8. "solsbury hill" - Peter Gabriel
*music score- Nancy Wilson ("I meant for that to be your forehead")
9. "last goodbye" - Jeff Buckley
"I fall aprat" - Julianna Gianni
10. "earthtime tapestry" - Spacecraft (in the park after the crash)
"elevator beat" - Nancy Wilson
"svefn g englar" - Sigur Ros
*music score - Nancy Wilson
11. *no music*
12. "agaetis byrjun" - Sigur Ros
13. "indra" - Thievery Corporation
"loops of fury" - Chemical Brothers
"afrika shox" - Leftfield/Afrika Bambaataa
"rez" - Underworld
"too good to be strange" - Andrea Parker/Two Sandwiches Short Of A Lunchbox
14. "sweetness follows" - REM
15. *music score - Nancy Wilson (starts at the end of track 15 and plays into 16)
16. "one of us" - Joan Osborne
*music score - Nancy Wilson (while Sofia is taking off David's "mask")
17. "fourth time around" - Bob Dylan
"wild honey" - U2 (in the restuarant)
18. *music score- Nancy Wilson
19. *music score - Nancy Wilson
20. "i might be wrong" - Radiohead
21. "porpoise song" - Monkees (medley with "one of us" - Joan Osborne, "jingle bell rock" - Bobby Helms, "its Slinky" - tv commercial, "western union" - Five Americans)
"can we still be friends" - Todd Rundgren
22. *no music*
23. "heaven" - Rolling Stones (police car ride to L.E.)
"healing room" - Sinnead O Connor
24. "good vibrations" - Beach Boys
"doot doot" - Freur
"to kill a mockingbird" main title theme - Elmer Bernstein
25. "elevator beat" - Nancy Wilson
"ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space" - Spiritualized (3 day memorial)
26. *no music*
27. "njosnavelin" (the nothing song) - Sigur Ros (when David jumps from the rooftop)
28. "vanilla sky" - Paul McCartney (credits)
"where do i begin" - Chemical Brothers (credits)

the music on the dvd menus is Nancy Wilson. track 3 @ vanillasky.com is the only song from the score that i can find. if ya have any questions or concerns or need someone to yell at.. lemme know!

450 of 528 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fourty-one, January 17, 2002

By	Alex Von Roach (LA, CA) - See all my reviews

Vanilla Sky -
1) Radiohead - Everything In It's Right Place,
2) Mint Royale - From Rusholme With Love,
3) Paul McCartney - Vanilla Sky,
4) Red House Painters - Have You Forgotten,
5) REM - All The Right Friends,
6) Looper - My Robot,
7) John Coltrane - My Favorite Things,
8) The Impressions - Keep On Pushing,
9) Looper - Mondo 77,
10) Josh Rouse - Directions,
11) Creeper Lagoon - Wrecking Ball,
12) Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill,
13) Juliana Gianni - I Fall Apart,
14) Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye,
15) Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-Englar,
16) Spacecraft - Earthtime Tapestry,
17) Theivery Corporation - Indra,
18) Sigur Ros - Agetis Byrjun,
19) Lefifield/Afrika Barbaera - Africa Shox,
20) Chemical Brothers - Loops Of Fury,
21) Underworld - Rez,
22) Two Sandwiches Short Of A Lunchbox - Too Good To Be Strange,
23) REM - Sweetness Follows,
24) Bob Dylan - Fourth Time Around,
25) Joan Osborne - One Of Us,
26) Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong,
27) U2 - Wild Honey,
28) Bobby Holmes - Jingle Bell Rock,
29) Monkees - Porpoise Song,
30) It's Slinky - TV Commercial,
31) The Five Americans - Western Union,
32) Rollings Stones - Heaven,
33) Todd Rundgren - Can We Still Be Friends,
34) Beach Boys - Good Vibrations,
35) Elmer Bernstein - Summer's End (To Kill A Mockingbird),
36) Sinead O'Connor - The Healing Room,
37) Sigur Ros - The Nothing Song (Njosnavelin),
38) Freur - Doot Doot,
39) Chemical Brothers - Where Do I Begin,
40) Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentleman We Are Floating In Space,
41) Nancy Wilson - Elevator Beat.

Thank you, Good night.

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars complete songlist in chronological order (updated), January 16, 2006

By	Castor Troy (Aichach, BY, Germany) - See all my reviews

1. radiohead - everything in its right place
2. mint royale - from rusholme with love
3. paul mccartney - vanilla sky
4. red house painters - have you forgotten
5. rem - all the right friends
6. looper - my robot
7. john coltrane - my favorite things
8. the impressions - keep on pushing
9. looper - mondo 77
10. josh rouse - directions
11. creeper lagoon - wrecking ball
12. nancy wilson - piano love theme
13. nancy wilson - welcome to your face
14. peter gabriel - solsbury hill
15. nancy wilson - almost kiss
16. jeff buckley - last goodbye
17. julianna gianni - i fall apart
18. spacecraft - earthtime tapestry
19. nancy wilson - guitar beat
20. sigur ros - svefn-g-englar
21. nancy wilson - garage beat
22. sigur ros - agaetis byrjun
23. thievery corporation - indra
24. chemical brothers - loops of fury
25. leftfield feat. afrika bambaataa - afrika shox
26. underworld - rez
27. andrea parker/two sandwiches short of a lunchbox - too good to be strange
28. r.e.m. - sweetness follows
29. nancy wilson - the splice
30. joan osborne - one of us
31. nancy wilson - plate removal
32. bob dylan - fourth time around
33. u2 - wild honey
34. nancy wilson - submarine and helicopter
35. nancy wilson - the joenet project
36. radiohead - i might be wrong
37. nancy wilson - life part one
38. nancy wilson - kick me when i'm down
39. the monkees - porpoise song
(joan osborne - one of us)
40. bobby helms - jingle bell rock
41. tv commercials - its slinky
42. five americans - western union
43. todd rundgren - can we still be friends
44. rolling stones - heaven
45. nancy wilson - hall of heads
46. sinead o connor - the healing room
47. beach boys - good vibrations
48. freur - doot doot
49. elmar bernstein - to kill a mockingbird
50. nancy wilson - elevator beat
51. spiritulized - ladies and gentleman we are floating in space
52. sigur ros - the nothing song (njosnavelin)
(paul mccartney - vanilla sky)
53. chemical brothers - where do i begin

Special thanks to Stainless_Steel_Rat and grand_admiral_thrawn85from IMDB!
Without their help this song list wouldn't exist!