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Colour of Blood - The Significance of Secrecy COLLAGE Various
Artists - Memento Soundtrack The
only thing better than the gorgeous film-noir movie Memento starring
the gorgeous film-noir Guy Pearce (he should marry me!) is the soundtrack
to said movie. Yes, now you, too, can experience that odd haunting just-woken-up
feeling in your own home! Courtesy of original film score by David Julyan. This soundtrack, like many indie soundtracks
these days, is an odd amalgam of bits of the score and tracks contributed
by cool people. The soundtrack
even contains bits of Guy Peace speaking snippets of the famous rants
of the memory-deprived main character of the movie, Leonard. “You
know who you are, and you know kinda all about yourself … “ If you haven’t seen the movie, I won’t wreck it for you here, but GO OUT AND RENT IT IMMEDIATELY! Consider that an order from headquarters, its easily one of the best movies of 2001, for sheer style and eeriness. But, this is not a movie column, it’s a music column. The soundtrack and original music matches this movie so well, that it reminds me of the works of David Lynch and his famous soundtracks (of which, I own several).
The score of this movie alone would make a very beautiful and haunting ambient album. It resounds like ambient music, moving subtly in layers and waves. It’s the stuff of the old ‘Hearts in Space” radio show, only it would never have made it on because its too sad. Its deep and hollow, moving through your guts and leaving you empty. Its enough to make one cry, out of the sheer sadness it evokes. It pairs nicely with the out-of-sync feel to the movie, reminding of the uncertainty of memory, yet the way that we as humans cling to it. At times the score is a collection of noise that reminds me of ringing ears and the strangeness I feel when I ‘ve just woken up from a nap.
The “indie additions” to this soundtrack fall squarely in my category of Urban music. This is a very urban film, with lots of action at times. The artists and tracks were obviously chosen with care, and chosen well. Techno-R&B soulsters Roni Size contribute “Snapshot”, and the marvelous Thievery Corporation track “Focus on Sight” rotates fairly heavily in my “Late-Nite Listening” queues and playlists. The Monc track “Stone” is used in a loungey bar-scene within the film, to great effect with its trip-hoppy slow-motion beats.
Electronic artist Moby has a track on this, “First Cool Hive”, a representative of his earlier work. It’s a nice piece, with the soul-vibrato vocals on top of your well-known Moby melodic progressions. Peace Orchestra contributes “Who Am I?”, a down-tempo groove examining identity. Even Paul Oakenfold, the DJ of the century, has a track on here, “Amnesia”, which is chock-full of trance-prettiness. There’s a remix of Bjork’s “All Is Full of Love” that rocks my socks, and a remix of a Radiohead instrumental “Treefingers”. Rounding off this excellently-put-together album is one of the Knights of the Round Table of Eeriness, David Bowie, with “Something In the Air”. I believe this song was used in the credits of the movie, and its an example of excellent songwriting. I haven’t enjoyed a soundtrack this much since the Pi or Matrix soundtracks came out. Rating: Eerie bits of memory and hollowness Stars:
Recommended if you Like: Moby (duh), Bjork, Massive Attack, Angelo Badalamenti, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Steve Roach, Ray Lynch Track Listing: 1.
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