American Beauty (soundtrack)
| American Beauty | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | October 5, 1999 |
| Genre | Rock, pop, instrumental |
| Length | 46:20 |
| Label | DreamWorks |
| Producer | Bill Bernstein |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
Allmusic |   [1] |
American Beauty: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a
Description
The soundtrack album was produced by Chris Douridas, Sam Mendes, and Michael Ostin, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media in the year 2000, the first year to offer this award.
The soundtrack features two tracks from the
Newman's "Dead Already" and "Any Other Name" were sampled by Jakatta for his house track "American Dream" in 2000.
The opening track "Dead Already" was used by the band
The closing track is an Annie Lennox rendition of Neil Young's "Don't Let It Bring You Down". It is also available on her 1995 album Medusa.
Some of the tracks such as "Dead Already" and "The Power of Denial" (both by Thomas Newman) were used in Pinoy Big Brother as part of the background music and nominations. "Dead Already" was also used as background music on
The 19-track Original Motion Picture Score of the film, entirely composed by Thomas Newman, was later released on January 11, 2000.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dead Already" | Thomas Newman | 3:18 |
| 2. | "Because" | Elliott Smith | 2:20 |
| 3. | "Free to Go" | The Folk Implosion | 3:31 |
| 4. | "All Right Now" | Free | 5:29 |
| 5. | "Use Me" | Bill Withers | 3:45 |
| 6. | "Cancer for the Cure" | Eels | 4:44 |
| 7. | "The Seeker" | The Who | 3:23 |
| 8. | "Don’t Rain on My Parade" | Bobby Darin | 2:53 |
| 9. | "Open the Door" | Betty Carter | 3:11 |
| 10. | "We Haven't Turned Around" | Gomez | 6:28 |
| 11. | "Bali Ha'i" | Peggy Lee | 3:10 |
| 12. | "Any Other Name" | Thomas Newman | 4:05 |
| 13. | "Don't Let It Bring You Down" | Annie Lennox | 3:40 |
References
- AllMusic
