All 23 Songs from I Love You, Beth Cooper Soundtrack

The soundtrack album for I Love You Beth Cooper has 11 songs from the movie. You can find these songs, plus the 12 other songs from the movie here.

For an awkward teeny bopper falls for the prom queen who she is strangely intrigued by him comedy (I mean that in a good way), the music to I Love You Beth Cooper is a lot less pop and more guitar than I would expect. (I mean that in a good way too.) Continuing the trend of other recent comedies with love interests named Beth – such as Role Models – the KISS classic “Beth” is also in this movie.

You also have music from Against Me! and a couple tunes from the Transcenders, whose music is also in 40-Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and College. Throw in Airbourne, Alice Cooper and The Hives and you have a rockin good time.

The soundtrack is balanced out with some Gym Class Heroes, The Ting Tings and even some classic Foreigner with “Feels Like the First Time.”

Here is the complete list of all 23 songs from I Love You, Beth Cooper, with links to the downloads for them. You can also find all the videos for the songs at Reelsoundtrack.com.

• The Battle, The Duel, The Victory by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
• Beth by KISS
• Catch Me If You Can by Gym Class Heroes
• Come Out Of The Shade by The Perishers
• Cruisin’ by Smokey Robinson
• Feels Like The First Time by Foreigner
• Forget Me by Violet Columbus
• A Good Idea At The Time by OK Go
• Heavenly View by Rebecca Borel Gray
• Lady Luck by Transcenders
• Let It Be Me by Ray LaMontagne
• Let It Rock by Kevin Rudolf
• New Wave by Against Me!
• School’s Out by Alice Cooper
• Shut Up And Let Me Go by The Ting Tings
• Star In The Making by Transcenders
• Starting All Over Again by Syd Dale
• Sway by The Kooks
• The Ride Of The Valkyries by Richard Wagner
• Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast by Airbourne
• True by Lazlo Bane
• Try It Again by The Hives
• Forget Me by Eleni Mandell

Original music for I Love You, Beth Cooper by Christophe Beck

All 17 Songs from the Bruno Soundtrack

They didn’t release a Bruno soundtrack album. Not to worry. You can find all 17 songs from the movie Bruno here. And the music lives up to the billing of the movie.

The music from Bruno is as eclectic, even downright bizarre, as is the man himself. Where else are you going to have Snoop, Elton John, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Slash, Sting and Bono collaborate on a song? Where else can you find AC/DC alongside Celine Dion or The Village People cavorting with Soft Cell?

I am debating whether I am going to see the midnight show tonight or if I am going to wait til tomorrow. One thing is for sure, I am trying to stay away from the previews, because I don’t want to spoil any more of the hilarity. It’s always better when you see Sacha Baron Cohen’s antics for the first time on the big screen.

Update: Here’s the complete list of songs from Bruno in the order they appeared in the movie. I have notes on a bunch of the scenes that the songs are in, but I missed a couple.

• Opening song – Nessaja by Scooter
• Pygmy boy scenes – Popcorn by Crazy Frog
• Thunderdome Til We Die by Peter by Paul Pigmans (aka 3 Steps Ahead)
• Stravinsky’s Bass by Peter by Paul Pigmans (aka 3 Steps Ahead)
• Raver by Showtek
• Arrives in the Middle East – Hava Nagila (Club Mix) by Axel Jaeger and Sebastian Wernke Schmiesing
• Bruno sings a song of peace – Dove Of Peace (Middle East Version) by Sacha Baron Cohen and Erran Baron Cohen
• For Sho by DaVinci’s Notebook
• Sings baby to sleep – Schlaf Kinder Schlaf by Sacha Baron Cohen and Gustaf Hammarsten
• Sexin’ Me by Christian Ebner
• Baby headphones – Yo Mo-Fo by K.I.N.D.
• Protesters, strapped together – Tainted Love by Soft Cell
• Military barracks – In The Navy by The Village People
• In the tent – Divide & Conquer by Pete Scaturro
• Cage match – Back In Black by AC/DC
• Kiss during cage match – My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion
• Singing in the studio – Dove Of Peace by Snoop Dogg, Elton John, Chris Martin, Slash, Sting and Bono

Original music to Bruno by Erran Baron Cohen

Here’s the opening song that a lot of people are looking for:

And Thunderdome Til We Die, which people have been looking for too:

And a couple other songs from the movie:

All 16 Songs from the Public Enemies Soundtrack

It was the jazz era. Billie Holiday and Benny Goodman ruled the roost. So went the Roaring Twenties into the Early Thirties; and so goes the soundtrack to Public Enemies. There are 16 songs in the movie Public Enemies, about half of which are on the soundtrack album, which also prominently features the score by Eliot Goldenthal.

John Dillinger was public enemy number one. The government hated him, but the public had a strange fixation with the jackrabbit, who leapt into and out of both banks and jails. He broke into two dozen of the former and out of two of the latter. As told through the eyes of the debonair Johnny Depp, the movie version of Dillinger is sad, loyal, even tragic. You know how it ends but want him to make to Caracas with Billie any way. The only thing I could have done without in the movie is Christian Bale, whose performance seemed awkward. It’s not the Untouchables, but it ain’t such a bad flick either.

Both the movie and the music will transport you to another era. Diana Krall’s version of Bye Bye Blackbird will haunt me for a while. I don’t know whether the lyrics were metaphor or anecdote, but it worked. Otis Taylor’s Ten Million Slaves – the song from the Public Enemies preview (and the chase scene in the woods during the beginning of the movie) – was also perfectly suited.

The soundtrack features the incomparable Billie Holiday, as well as Benny Goodman, Otis Taylor, Gene Autry and Blind Willie Johnson. Here’s the complete list of 16 songs from Public Enemies in the order they appeared in the movie, with notes on the scenes that most of them appeared in.

• After escape, packing at farm – Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah by Indian Bottom Association Old Regular Baptists
• Chase in the woods – Ten Million Slaves by Otis Taylor
• Dinner song – Chicago Shake by The Bruce Fowler Big Band
• Second dinner song – Ballroom Bounce by The Bruce Fowler Big Band
• Dance with Billie – Bye Bye Blackbird by Diana Krall
• Walking into the hotel & coat check – King Porter Stomp by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
• (Unknown scene) – After The Shooting by Johan Soderqvist and Gustavo Santaolalla
• Kiss, love scene – Love Me Or Leave Me by Billie Holiday
• Bank robbery – Instrumental version of Ten Million Slaves by Otis Taylor
• Tucson hotel, after racetrack – The Man I Love (Life from Carnegie Hall) by Billie Holiday
• In car after broke out of jail – Nasty Letter by Otis Taylor
• Radio song in Billie’s apartment – Am I Blue? by Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
• Talk about going to Caracas – Bye Bye Blackbird by Diana Krall
• (Unknown scene) – Close Your Eyes by Al Bowlly with Lew Stone and His Orchestra
• At the bar, fixing deportation – Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground by Blind Willie Johnson
• (Unknown scene) – Hanna Shoots Neil by Elliot Goldenthal
• (Unknown scene) – Beam by John Powell
• Closing credits - The Last Round Up by Gene Autry
• Original music for Public Enemies – Eliot Goldenthal

I could not find the video for the Diana Krall version of Bye Bye Blackbird, but given the significance of the song, I could not post without some version of the song, so here is Julie London singing a live version. It’s not my favorite, so I will continue to look for a better version.

All 29 Songs from Away We Go, Including 9 from Alexi Murdoch

First of all, Away We Go is one of my favorite soundtracks of the year. And I have a feeling that it is only going to grow on me as the years go by. Alexi Murdoch is nothing short of brilliant. He channels the solemnity of a Nick Drake and haunting airs of Elliott Smith. In fact, Away We Go is to Murdoch what Good Will Hunting was for Elliott Smith, a cinematic canvas that captures the essence of his soul.

That may sound like a writer getting carried away with his words. And possibly so. But I prefer to think of it as testimony to the brilliance of a poignant story matched with the perfect set of tunes.

Let us hope Murdoch’s fate is somehow sweeter than Nick Drake or Elliott Smith. He contributes nine songs to the soundtrack for Away We Go, plus the score, and a bonus song not in the movie that is featured on the soundtrack album. Orange Sky is one of my favorites:

There are 28 songs in the movie Away We Go, including tunes from Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground and The Stranglers. (I went through a period where Golden Brown was on constant repeat in my car; the movie triggered a long overdue deja view).

Only half of the songs are on the soundtrack album to Away We Go, but you can find the downloads for almost all of them below. I encourage you to explore Murdoch’s 2006 album Time Without Consequence as well. You will not be disappointed.

• All My Days by Alexi Murdoch
• Blue Mind by Alexi Murdoch
• Breathe by Alexi Murdoch
• Diamond Day by Vashti Bunyan
• Golden Brown by The Stranglers
• H.A.P.P.Y. by Winston Hislop and Clint Eastwood
• Hercules Theme by Hercules and Love Affair
• John The Rabbit by Elizabeth Mitchell
• Let’s Finish (Sinden remix) by Kudu
• Meet Me In The Morning by Bob Dylan
• Mr. Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan
• Night Birds by Shakatak
• Oh! Sweet Nuthin‘ by The Velvet Underground
• Orange Sky by Alexi Murdoch
• Original music for Away We Go by Alexi Murdoch
• Sin Tu Amor by Gabriel Francisco
• So Long, Farewell by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, II
• Some of These Days by Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
• Song for You by Alexi Murdoch
• Steak Rock by Endless Boogie
• Teach Me To Whisper by Liquid Mind
• The Four Seasons Spring Violin Concerto In E. Allegro by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• The Good Times by Guy Fletcher
• The Prego Shuffle by Kathy Smith
• The Ragged Sea by Alexi Murdoch
• Towards The Sun by Alexi Murdoch
• Wait by Alexi Murdoch
• What Is Life by George Harrison

Extra song on the soundtrack album (not in the movie)

• Crinan Wood by Alexi Murdoch

Ice Age 3 Soundtrack Features Seven Fun-Loving Songs

There are seven songs in Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Unfortunately, only two of them are on the soundtrack album. Not to worry. You can find the videos and downloads for all the songs here.

For the most part, the songs are fun and lighthearted, like the movie itself. The Ice Age 3 cast sing The Whiffenpoof Song and Walk the Dinosaur – one of my favorite guilty pleasures songs from the 80s. Whatever happened to Was Not Was? There are also a couple songs from Chad Fischer and You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine by Lou Rawls.

Here’s the complete list of songs from Ice Age 3. You can also find the videos at Reelsoundtrack.com. Enjoy.

Update 1: I have added info about the scenes the songs are played in and put them in the correct order.

• Opening scenes, sees the girl squirrel – You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine by Lou Rawls
• Baby dinosaurs – Walk The Dinosaur by Queen Latifah, George S. Pomeroy, Rudy Valee and Moss Hart
• (Unknown scene) – The Whiffenpoof Song by Queen Latifah, George S. Pomeroy, Rudy Valee and Moss Hart
• Singing in the chasm – The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) by Chad Fischer
• Squirrels dancing the tango – Instrumental version of You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine by Roger Wilkie, Frank Morocco and Randy Kerber
• Acorn following the squirrels in love -Alone Again (Naturally) by Chad Fischer
• (Unknown scene) – Adagio from Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian
• Original music for Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs by John Powell

All 14 songs from the Transformers 2 Soundtrack

There are 14 songs in the movie Transformers 2. You can find the complete list plus downloads and info on the scenes from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen below.

One of my favorite things about the first movie was how they used music (particularly played by Bumblebee) to tell jokes in scenes. The producers continued with the same in Transformers 2. Bumblebee plays four songs back to back when the “other girl” is in the car, including Your Cheatin’ Heart, The Theme to Jaws,  Super Freak and Brick House.

There’s some good music throughout the movie, including songs from Linkin Park, Green Day and a great cover of Burning Down the House by The Used. There are also tunes from Nickelback, Staind and The Fray. It’s a solid soundtrack.

The soundtrack album has about half of the songs from Transformers 2 Revenge of the Fallen. But you can find the downloads for all of them here. You can also find the videos at Reelsoundtrack.com.

• Megan Fox detailing the motorcycle and first song during closing credits – New Divide by Linkin Park
• Transformers Theme by Anne Bryant and Ford Kinder
• Moving to college – 21 Guns by Green Day
• Talk to Bumblebee in garage – I’m So Excited by Pointer Sisters
• Saying goodbye, not saying I love you – Never Say Never by The Fray
• First party song – Burning Down the House by The Used
• Web cam (background) – 21 Guns by Green Day
• Second party song – Burn It to the Ground by Nickelback
• First song in car with other girl – Your Cheatin’ Heart by Hank Williams
• Second song in car with other girl – Theme from Jaws by John Williams
• Third song in car with other girl – Super Freak by Rick James
• Fourth song in car with other girl, Bumblee spews liquid on her – Brick House by The Commodores
• First song during closing credits – New Divide by Linkin Park
• Second song during closing credits – 21 Guns by Green Day
• Third song during closing credits – This is It by Staind
• Fourth song during credits – Capital M-E by Taking Back Sunday
• Fifth song during closing credits – Let It Go by Cavo
• Original music – Original music for Transformers Revenge of the Fallen by Steve Jablonsky

Extra songs on the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen soundtrack album that are not actually in the movie.

• Not Meant to Be by Theory of a Deadman
• Real World by The All-American Rejects
• I Don’t Think I Love You by Hoobastank
• Almost Easy by Avenged Sevenfold
• Transformers The Fallen Remix by Cheap Trick

Year One Soundtrack is a World Party of Music

There are five songs in Year One. Three of them are indistinguishable from the score, which is a curious mix of middle eastern music and modern pop beats. The only distinct songs play during the closing credits. “I See the Light” by Cracker plays when they leave Sodom at the end of movie. “Put the Message in the Box” by World Party plays mid-way through the end credits.

The music was a throwback to another time for me…

The first concert I ever went to was 10,000 Maniacs and Camper Van Beethoven. I went for Natalie Merchant, but walked away thinking that David Lowery could really sing. His cover of Pictures of Matchstick Men is still one of my favorites. A couple years later, he went on to form the band Cracker, with hits like Low and Eurotrash Girl. About the same time, World Party was getting heavy rotation on my dusty Sony boombox. Ship of Fools and Put the Message in the Box were two of my favorites.

Why should all this matter? After all, isn’t this a post about the movie Year One. Why yes, it is. But me writing about my first concert and my crappy boombox makes about as much sense as the fact that Cracker’s I See the Light and World Party’s Put the Message in the Box are featured in the movie Year One. But they are.

It’s a strange brew. The two songs from Ali Mrateh Fadh make sense. But World Party, Cracker or David Kitay’s Robot Dance? Not so much. Not that I’m complaining. They were each a pleasant surprise – like cracking open an Easter egg and finding a $100 bill. Okay, maybe a $20. Or at least a couple quarters. Shiny ones. The Texas commemorative ones.

The soundtrack album for Year One features the score by Theodore Shapiro, but you can find the rest of the songs from Year One here.

• Allah O Akbar – Ali Mrateh Fadh
• Desert Roots – Ali Mrateh Fadh
• I See The Light – Cracker
• Original Music for Year One – Theodore Shapiro
• Put The Message In The Box – World Party
• Robot Dance – David Kitay

All 14 Songs from The Proposal Soundtrack

The Proposal was actually really funny. And the music was damn good too. Here’s the complete list of songs from the movie with notes on the scenes they were in. Seeing Sandra Bullock throwing down to Get Low by Lil John while belting the song at the top of her lungs was hilarious.

Get Low was only outdone by Bullock and Reynold’s version of Rob Base’s It Takes Two. The high notes hurt just a little, but it was good stuff.

Of course, there was also the interpretive stylings of the waiter/dancer/shopkeeper/minister who took on Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood and U Can’t Touch This by MC Hammer.

You get the idea. This is not The Hangover funny, but it was a heck of a lot better than I thought it would be – even laugh out loud funny at times.

They did not release a soundtrack album for The Proposal, but here is the complete list of songs from the movie, in the order they appeared and with notes on the scenes they were in. The downloads for the songs are linked below. You can also find them at Reelsoundtrack.com. Enjoy.

• Opening song – Find My Way by The Gabe Dixon Band
• First song at house party – I’ve Got You Under My Skin by Michael Buble
• Hors d’ oeuvres – Coolin’ by Alex Wilson and Paul Booth
• Telling proposal story – So Danco Samba by Luiz Bonfa
• Stripper guy dancing at bar – Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
• Second song playing with dancer guy at bar – U Cant Touch This by MC Hammer
• Chopping wood, head phones – Cult Of Personality by Living Colour
• Bullock singing in the shower – Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
• In bed telling personal stories and singing – It Takes Two by James Brown and Robin Ginyard
• Unkown scene – Freedom by Beautiful Creatures
• Gammy dancing around fire – Woosh Xhant Wuda.aat by Ed Littlefield
• Sandra Bullock dancing around fire – Get Low by Lil Jon
• Unkown scene – Love Me Tenderly by Johnny Lidell
• Wedding – Canon In D by Johann Pachelbel
• End credits – It Takes Two by Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock
• Original music – Original Music for The Proposal by Aaron Zigman

Imagine That Soundtrack Takes the Beatles for a Fun Ride

I didn’t know whether or not I would enjoy Imagine That. Not because I didn’t think it would be entertainining (it was). Not because I don’t think Eddie Murphy is funny (he is). But because I miss my little girl – who has been out of town for a week – and didn’t know whether the movie would just spin me into a funk (it didn’t).

I actually really enjoyed this movie. It was funny, the music was good and the message was right on target. I encourage any dad to see it. It’s not going to squish you in any way, but it will encourage you to go home a little earlier from the office and play a little harder on the weekends.

The soundtrack to Imagine That would carry that weekend. It features a number of Beatles cover songs by the likes of Matthew Sweet, Susanna Hoffs (of The Bangles fame), Colbie Caillat, Mikal Blue, Landon Pigg and the Paulist Choristers of California. Landon Pigg’s version of Nowhere Man is probably my favorite among the selections.

There are twelve songs in the movie. Here’s the list of songs in the order they appeared, with notes on the scenes they were in.

• Opening – Got to Get You Into My Life by Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs
• Time 4 a Holiday by Robbie Nevil
• Shop – Here Comes the Sun by Colbie Caillat
• Practice singing, and the concert – All You Need is Love by Paulist Choristers of California
• Dance with You by Jon Ehrlich
• We’re Gonna Party by Nikki Paige
• Alone with blanket – Nowhere Man by Landon Pigg
• First choir song – Leaves of Autumn by Paulist Choristers of California
• Second choir song – Sakura by Paulist Choristers of California
• La Marseillaise by Traditional
• Daughter sings – All You Need is Love by Paulist Choristers of California
• Gets the job – Here Comes the Sun (End Title Version) by Mikal Blue and Colbie Caillat
• Original music – Original music for Imagine That by Mark Mancina
• Closing credits – Five Little Monkeys by Karey Kirkpatrick

Alice in Chains & GNR Kick Some Terminator Salvation Tail

Terminator Salvation was good but not great. There were some good surprises, such as the reprisal of the T800 in full governator form, but there were also some overly cliched terminator moments. For example, if you want to stop a terminator in its tracks, find the nearest pot of molten metal and pour. To me, the star of the movie was Marcus, not John Connor.

There were only a couple songs in the movie, but they kicked as much ass as Blaire the A-10 pilot. I liked the throwback to You Could Be Mine by GNR. And you can’t go wrong with Alice in Chains.

Here’s the list of songs from the movie, with links to the downloads. You can also find the videos for the songs from Terminator Salvation at Reelsoundtrack.com.

• Starting the Jeep – Rooster by Alice In Chains
• Radio in the road – You Could Be Mine by Guns N’ Roses
• Main Title from Terminator 2: Judgment Day by Brad Fiedel
• Original music for Terminator Salvation by Danny Elfman