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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0886971594423 Label: J-Records Manufacturer: J-Records MPN: 715944 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: J-Records Release Date: September 18, 2007 Studio: J-Records Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Taking a break from his day job fronting rock heavyweight Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder immerses himself into the big-screen story of a young man who gives all his money to charity and hitchhikes to a new life--and his eventual death--in the wilds of Alaska. Prompted by the film's creator, Sean Penn, to contribute to the musical score, the Seattle musician tackled the entire project, playing every instrument on the soundtrack's nine original and two cover songs. Vedder contemplates the traveler "setting forth in the universe" in the opener "Setting Forth," then tracks in the remaining songs the realizations and disillusionments that follow. A wish comes true in banjo-plucked "No Ceiling" to "up and disappear," while affluence is questioned on the hard-rocking "Far Behind," with Vedder singing, "Empty pockets will/Allow a greater sense of wealth." No song in the album's first half exceeds two-and-a-half minutes, remedied by Vedder's pertinent five-minute stamp on the remake of Indio's "Hard Sun," complete with eerie backing vocals by Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker. The songwriter puts wealth on the hot seat in "Society," questioning, "If less is more/How you keepin' score?" The darkly sung folk song bookends the reticent declaration "Guaranteed," wonderfully delivered and quietly strummed, in which the prodigal Vedder wraps the journey in one line: "Leave it to me as I find a way to be/Consider me a satellite forever orbiting." (The record is packaged like a hardcover book, with vivid photography and lyrics.) --Scott Holter Product Description: track listing and sequence subject to change Album Description: The young, idealistic Christopher McCandless, played by Emile Hirsch abandons all possessions and life as most of us known it for the Alaskan wilderness. This incredible and intense true story has touched a nerve with millions around the world. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Into the WildThe most awesome CD I have. "Hard Sun" is a classic as well as "The Wolf" which has no lyrics but needs none. Rating: - AmazingThis is an absolutely amazing soundtrack. Eddie Vedder did an outstanding job on it. Rating: - I don't know muchI love the movie. I didn't want to watch it; it didn't interest me. I watched it. I loved it. I watched it again. I loved it more. A huge part of what I like about the movie is the music. I tell everyone the movie reminds me of Harold and Maude. They are both about young men and focus on their outlook on life and the world. And then there is the music. Cat Stevens and Eddie Vedder. The stories are incredibly similar; the music in both is amazing. Come to fine out Hard Sun is a remake. ... Read More Rating:  - Almost as good as the movieThis soundtrack is great, especially if you saw the movie, because than it brings back the images. Some songs are a little rough for me, but overal it's beautiful music. Just as you would expect from Eddie Vedder. Rating: - "Happiness is only real when shared with others..."This is great music. Rise, Hard Sun and Guaranteed are favorites but the entire soundtrack is really outstanding. Not a movie score but a series, almost a suite, of songs that perfectly capture McCandless' tragic but inspiring wanderlust. Trust the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to utterly get it wrong again by not nominating at least one of the songs; they apparently forgot two great songs from Brokeback Mountain, too, but then the Academy have a three-week attention span, ... Read More |
