Van Morrison At The Movies: Soundtrack Hits_音乐专辑
Van Morrison At The Movies: Soundtrack Hits
表演者: Van Morrison
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 2007
唱片数: 1
出版者: Manhattan Records
条形码: 0094638422426
专辑简介
The cinematic qualities of many of Van Morrison’s songs make it no great surprise that he is one of the most popular choices for movie music. His compositions have graced the soundtrack of many a box-office success over the years.
That Martin Scorsese is a big Van fan is unsurprising: the connection was made when Robbie Robertson’s former roommate directed The Last Waltz, the Band’s historic farewell performance in San Francisco on Thanksgiving Day, 1976. Rock writer and spectator Greil Marcus described Morrison’s entrance as the catalyst that ‘’turned the show round....there he was on stage, in a maroon suit and a green top, singing to the rafters. They cut into ‘Caravan’ – with John Simon waving The Band’s volume up and down, and the horns at their most effective – while Van burned holes in the floor... It was a triumph, and as the song ended Van began to kick his leg in sheer exuberance, and he kicked his way right offstage like a Rockette. The crowd had given him a fine welcome and they cheered wildly when he left.’ That astonishing performance naturally appears in sound, if not in vision, here.
Van’s live version of the Pink Floyd classic ‘Comfortably Numb’, featured by Scorsese in his 2006 blockbuster The Departed, was cut in Berlin some 16 years earlier when Roger Waters, who co-wrote the song with David Gilmour, put on a live production of ‘The Wall’. There was a Band connection again, with Levon Helm and Rick Danko contributing background vocals.
Departed star Jack Nicholson also appeared in James L Brooks’s As Good As It Gets, which used the title track from ‘Days Like This’, at the time of release (1997) Van’s latest album. But it’s the earlier classics that have inevitably attracted the most attention from directors, even if some have been performed by others. The version of ‘Wild Night’ featured in 24 7 Twenty Four Seven.
Not one but two Vietnam movies have featured his music – and, as befits the timescale, they have chosen 1960s-vintage material. ‘Brown Eyed Girl’, the first solo US hit from 1967 and still performed today, was Oliver Stone’s choice in 1989 for the Born On The 4th Of July soundtrack, while the even earlier ‘Baby Please Don’t Go’ from Them days appeared in 1987’s Good Morning Vietnam. Continuing the military theme but moving forward a musical decade, Taylor Hackford’s An Officer & A Gentleman visited the often overlooked ‘Wavelength’ album for ‘Hungry For Your Love’ – a fine addition to a well above average soundtrack. (Hackford would return to the Morrison catalogue nearly two decades later when, in 2000, Proof Of Lifefeatured ‘I’ll Be Your Lover Too’ (from 1970’s ‘His Band And The Street Choir’) over the closing credits.)
At the other end of the musical spectrum, the tender ‘Someone Like You’ was not only a highlight of Lawrence Kasdan’s French Kiss but also Bridget Jones’ Diary. And if you’re talking romantic comedies, then Michael Hoffmann’s One Fine Daymust be on your list; the George Clooney/Michelle Pfeiffer vehicle from 1996 included Van’s classic ‘Have I Told You Lately’.
Mark Joffe’s The Matchmaker reflected Van’s own Irish heritage by telling the story of an election campaigner (Marcy Tizard, played by Janeane Garofalo) who visits an Irish village to track down the ancestral roots of the US Senator she works for, only to find romance. Suitably, the track selected was ‘Irish Heartbeat’, Van’s 1983 creation with the Chieftains which was not only a highlight of the ‘Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart’ album but also inspired a more extensive collaboration later in the decade, released under that very title. Morrison and the Chieftains was indeed a match made in Celtic heaven...
With An American Werewolf In London, John Landis, previously best known as director of Animal House, created a classic horror movie that, with its humorous twist, could be appreciated on several levels. Typical of his witty style was his use of music, incorporating a number of different ‘moon-themed’ pop songs including Moondance which, because of the contrast in mood this created, echoed the comedy/tragedy juxtaposition.
曲目
01Gloria
02Baby Please Don't Go
03Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
04Domino (Live)
05Moondance (Live)
06Queen Of The Slipstream
07Wild Night
08Caravan (Live)
09Wonderful Remark
10Brown Eyed Girl
11Days Like This
12Into The Mystic (Live)
13Hungry For Your Love
14Someone Like You
15Bright Side Of The Road
16Have I Told You Lately?
17Real Real Gone
18Irish Heartbeat
19Comfortably Numb (Live)
