1 |
Where
Do You Go To (My Lovely) - Peter Sarstedt |
2 |
Title
Music From Satyajit Ray's Film Jalshagar - Ustad Vilayat
Khan |
3 |
This
Time Tomorrow - The Kinks |
4 |
Title
Music From Satyajit Ray's Film Teen Kanya - Satyajit
Ray |
5 |
Title
Music From Merchant-Ivory's Film The Householder - Ali
Akbar Khan |
6 |
'Ruku's Room' From Satyajit Ray's Film Joi Baba Felunath
- Satyajit Ray |
| 7 |
'Charu's Theme' From Satyajit Ray's Film Joi Baba Felunath
- Satyajit Ray |
8 |
Title
Music From Merchant Ivory's Film Bombay Talkie - Shankar/Jaikishan |
9 |
'Montage' From Nityananda Datta's Film Baksa Badal -
Satyajit Ray |
10 |
Prayer
- Jodphur Sikh Temple Congregation |
11 |
'Farewell
To Earnest' From Merchant-Ivory's Film The Householder
- Ustad Ali Akbar Khan |
12 |
'The
Deserted Ballroom' From Merchant-Ivory's Film Shakespeare
Wallah - Satyajit Ray |
13 |
Suite
Bergamasque: 3. 'Clair De Lune' - Alexis Weissenberg |
14 |
'Typewriter
Tip, Tip, Tip' From Merchant-Ivory's Film Bombay Talkie
- Shankar/Jaikishan |
15 |
Memorial
- Narlai Village Troubador |
16 |
Strangers
- The Kinks |
17 |
Praise
Him - Udaipur Convent School Nuns and Students |
18 |
Symphony
No.7 In A (Op.92) Allegro Con Brio - Fritz Reiner |
19 |
Play
With Fire - The Rolling Stones |
20 |
'Arrival
In Benaras' From Merchant-Ivory's Film The Guru - Ustad
Vilayat Khan |
SOUNDTRACK REVIEW:
This reviewer remembers the outrage he caused when he brought
his friends to watch Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums
(2001), without warning them how quirkily non-mainstream it
was. While he himself loves Anderson’s unique indie
filmmaking signature style, he also loves the choice of soundtrack
music in his films – they always have a folksy rock
feel to them.
In
his latest film that is partly a dedication to legendary Indian
filmmaker Satyajit Ray, Anderson has selected an eclectic
and interesting mix of music to bring his stylistic to another
dynamic dimension.
Opening
the 56-minute soundtrack album is Peter Sarstedt’s “Where
Do You Go To (My Lovely)”, a gentle ballad that is soothing
to listen to. Then the disc takes a strange turn in Ustad
Vilayat Khan’s “Title Music From Satyajit Ray's
Film Jalshagar”. The Indian music may not be everyone’s
cup of tea (it’s not the catchy Bollywood tune we are
very familiar these days), but its dated feel does stir a
nice sense of nostalgia. After the two-minute cue, The Kinks’
“This Time Tomorrow”, comes on, steering the album
in another direction. The English pop rock group brings on
a relaxing mood with its laidback energy.
The
rest of the album features more varied styles of music, ranging
from The Rolling Stones’ psychedelic “Play With
Fire” and the classical favorite “Symphony No.7
In A (Op.92) Allegro Con Brio” to the bare but holy
“Praise Him” and the melancholic French tune “Les
Champs-Elysees”.
The
mix of genres does blend well together in this album without
anything sticking out like a sore thumb. One moment, you’d
get wistful with the many Indian music tracks (after all,
the film is a dramedy about three brothers making a journey
across India) like “Ruku's Room From Satyajit Ray's
Film Joi Baba Felunath” and ”The Deserted Ballroom'
From Merchant-Ivory's Film Shakespeare Wallah”, while
getting all emotional from the American soft rock tracks like
“Strangers” and “Powerman” a while
later.
You’d
never expect what to get from this peculiar filmmaker’s
soundtracks.
ALBUM
RATING:
 
Recommended Track: (16) Strangers - The Kinks
Review
by John Li
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