A Brokedown Melody

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A Brokedown Melody
Wasserman Media Group
(DVD)
Release date
  • September 16, 2004 (2004-09-16)
Running time
55 minutes
LanguageEnglish

A Brokedown Melody is a

Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara in October, 2004, and at the Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) in Honolulu in October, 2004.[2][3][4][5] It is the fourth of The Moonshine Conspiracy films.[1][3][4]

Combining a wide range of styles of

guitar music for the soundtrack, the film captures award-winning cinematography from surfing footage of various locations worldwide: Chile, Hawaii, Mexico, Jamaica, Tahiti in French Polynesia, and Indonesia.[1][3] Surfers in the film include Tom Curren, Gerry Lopez, C. J. Hobgood, Rob Machado, and Kelly Slater.[1] Also, Jeff Johnson, Jack Johnson's father, and a very youthful John John Florence
make special appearances.

Cast

In alphabetical order:

Synopsis

The film explores the times, travels and experiences of a tribe of surfers who search for the spark of life and look to pass it on to the younger generation. Surfing on all sorts of boards, the stoked tribe finds plentiful, insanely good waves and no crowds.[1][3]

Soundtrack

Released by Brushfire Records on November 14, 2006, the soundtrack to A Brokedown Melody, which is scored by Johnson, collects 12 previously unavailable tracks by the likes of Culver City Dub Collective, Kings of Convenience, Johnny Osbourne, M. Ward, The Beta Band, Doug Martsch, Matt Costa, Eddie Vedder, and Johnson himself.[6]

Track listing

  1. "The Cave" – 3:10 (Culver City Dub Collective)
  2. "Breakdown" – 3:28 (Jack Johnson)
  3. "Know-How" – 3:54 (Kings of Convenience)
  4. "We Need Love" – 3:48 (Johnny Osbourne)
  5. "Transfiguration #1" – 2:40 (M. Ward)
  6. "Let It Be Sung" – 4:08 (Jack Johnson)
  7. "Goodbye" – 2:19 (Eddie Vedder)
  8. "Needles In My Eyes" – 4:16 (The Beta Band)
  9. "Window" – 3:55 (Doug Martsch)
  10. "The Road" – 2:27 (Matt Costa)
  11. "Vuelvo Al Sur" – 5:52 (Astor Piazzolla)
  12. "Home" – 3:32 (Jack Johnson)

Re-releases

"Breakdown" was re-released as a single from the multi-platinum (Australia, Canada, US, UK) top of the charts album

Hossegor, a famous surf break 20 km north of Biarritz or 150 km south of Bordeaux in Landes of southwestern France.[8] The video for "Breakdown" is from A Brokedown Melody and features Johnson surfing at Pichilemu, a famous surf break 220 km southwest of Santiago in central Chile.[9]

"Let It Be Sung" was re-released with the CD single "

U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Charts on March 22, 2008, from Johnson's top of the charts album Sleep Through the Static.[10]

"Goodbye" was re-released on Eddie Vedder's Ukulele Songs.

"Home" (acoustic) was re-released as an exclusive track available on foreign (Australia, Japan, UK, etc.) releases of Johnson's top of the charts album Sleep Through the Static. From Here to Now to You contains a 2013 version and, in July 2013, HBO Sports released a video of "Home (Live from the Beach)" with Jack and Kelly Slater playing guitars together.[11][12][13]

Bonus material

Awards and honors

Best Cinematography (2005) from Surfer for Dave Homcy.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "A Brokedown Melody". Woodshed Films website. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  2. The Honolulu Star Bulletin
    website. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d Friedman, Jonathan (September 8, 2004). "Keeping It Reel". The Malibu Times website. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  4. ^ a b Donnelly, Joe (Dec 9, 2004). "The Malloy Brothers Conspiracy". LA Weekly website. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
  5. ^ "Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) 2004". HIFF website. Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
  6. ^ A Brokedown Melody (soundtrack) Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine on Brushfire Records website
  7. ^ "Breakdown". Billboard website. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  8. ^ Jack Johnson (November 22, 2005). Jack Johnson – A Weekend at the Greek & Live in Japan (DVD). Berkeley's famed Greek Theatre and Japan: Universal Music and Video Distribution (Umvd).
  9. Pichilemu
    : Jack Johnson Music.
  10. ^ "If I Had Eyes". Billboard website. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  11. ^ Kelly Slater (July 2013). Kelly Slater: Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO Sports) (video). Cocoa Beach: HBO Sports.
  12. BNQT Media Group
    . Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  13. ^ Jack Johnson (July 2013). Home (Live from the beach) (video). Cocoa Beach: HBO Sports.
  14. ^ Poser Archived 2012-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, surflingo on Rippin' H2O website
  15. ^ "Recognition". Dave Homcy website. Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved April 20, 2012.

External links

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