Garden State
 | Sony, 2004, Audio CD Customer Rating: Recommend |
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Soundtrack to eagerly anticipated 2004 film features music from Coldplay, The Shins, Zero 7, Colin Hay, Cary Brothers, Remy Zero, Nick Drake, Thievery Corporation, Simon & Garfunkel, Iron & Wine, Frou Frou, & Bonnie Somerville.
Writer and director Zach Braff does a masterful job matching the charming, heartfelt tone of films like The Graduate and Rushmore in his motion picture debut, Garden State, so it only makes sense that the music he personally compiled for the soundtrack plays just as of big a part here as it did in those films. Simon & Garfunkel's languorous "The Only Living Boy in New York" is an obvious thread, but aside from Nick Drake's "One of These Things First," Braff is able to carry the mood without getting tripped up in the past. Frou Frou's "Let Go" and Zero 7's "In the Waiting Line" supply soft techno touches, while Iron & Wine's "Such Great Heights" and former Men at Work singer Colin Hay's "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You" offer understated angst. It's the pair of emotionally racked contributions from the Shins ("Caring Is Creepy," "New Slang"), however, that really make this compilation a must-have. — Aidin Vaziri
- Don't Panic - Coldplay
- Caring Is Creepy - The Shins
- In The Waiting Line - Zero 7
- New Slang - The Shins
- I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You - Colin Hay
- Blue Eyes - Cary Brothers
- Fair - Remy Zero
- One Of These Things First - Nick Drake
- Lebanese Blonde - Thievery Corporation
- The Only Living Boy In New York - Simon & Garfunkel
- Such Great Heights - Iron and Wine
- Let Go - Frou Frou
- Winding Road - Bonnie Somerville
Title: Garden State
Sales Rank: 2241 in Music
Creator: Various Artists
Label: Sony, 2004-08-10, Audio CD, 1 Disc
Format: Soundtrack
Item Dimensions: 0.25 pounds
Package Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches, 0.2 pounds
