Seven Pounds Soundtrack – It’s a New Dawn, It’s a New Day

The soundtrack to Seven Pounds is subdued and sentimental but hopeful. I have not seen the movie yet, but I can only guess by the trailer, that the music perfectly suits the mood. The first half of the movie is mostly score, but the second half introduces a suite of incredible songs. [Update: I watched the DVD over and added notes on which scene each of the songs plays in except for two. Hope that helps.]

The soundtrack CD only has the score from Angelo Milli but you can find all of the songs and the videos for them at Reelsoundtrack.

Here are the highlights of the soundtrack, and following them, the full list.

I miss Nick Drake’s brilliance. He was a loss – too young. From Nick Drake’s One of These Things First: “I could have been a sailor, could have been a cook. Real life lover could have been a book…One of these things first.”

You cannot help but love Ruth Brown’s classic I Don’t Know: “If I gave him my heart would he refuse it, would he tear it apart or tenderly use it. I don’t know. I don’t know.” Call me blasphemous, but I actually prefer this cover version by Rosie Henshaw.

Then there is Minnie Riperton’s soaring, high pitched, how can she reach that note “Loving you is easy cause you’re beautiful.” You may remember this as the song that Shia LaBeouf tortures the party goers with in Disturbia. Not one of my favorites, but I could not resist.

But my favorite song on the soundtrack is Muse’s version of Feeling Good. They were also recently featured in Twilight. The song Supermassive Black Hole played during the baseball game. Here’s a live performance of Feeling Good from Wembley Stadium. “It’ s a new dawn, it’s a new day.”

Here’s the complete list of songs from Seven Pounds:

Asi Sera by Green Car Motel

After Ben meets Emily at her house – One Of These Things First by Nick Drake

Ezra plays piano – Fantasie In D Minor K.397 by Loretta Mento

Rusty by Elvis Dolls

Emily making breakfast for her nurse – I Don’t Know by Ruth Brown

After day on the hill & while fixing the beast – Feeling Good by Muse

Arriving at dinner at Emily’s – Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be) by Sly & The Family Stone

How Insensitive by Diana Krall

Dancing during dinner in the garden – For Me Formidable by Charles Aznavour

Humming during dinner – Lovin’ You by Minnie Riperton and Richard Rudolph

Ben leaving hospital in the rain – The Crisis by Ennio Morricone

Bathtub at the end and surgery – Have No Fear by Bird York

Kids choir at the end – I’m Into Something Good by Carole King and Gerry Goffin (originally sung by Hermin’s Hermits)

Original Music for Seven Pounds by Angelo Milli

~ by montelutz on December 19, 2008.