Our friends over at The Rushmore Academy have got their hands on the tracklist for what purports to be “The Darjeeling Limited” soundtrack and it looks very-much on point. As we reported, longtime Wes Anderson collaborator, Mark Mothersbaugh is not on board for this one and as we correctly predicted and educatedly guessed a few weeks ago, the soundtrack leans heavily on the music composed by filmmaker Satyajit Ray himself, Ravi Shankar, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and Ustad Vilayat Khan (Jyotirindra Moitra and Shankar Jaikishan were the two we hadn’t even thought of, though we did even call a lot of the right movies).
The film also uses a track by American expat and ’60s/’70s French pop sensation Joe Dassin, the son of filmmaker Jules Dassin, who was blacklisted and went to work in France producing film classics like “Riffi” and “La Legge” with Marcello Mastroianni.
Last week, we had noted that RS had mentioned some of the pop songs used in the film by the Kinks, the Rolling Stones and ’60s British folky, Peter Sarsted.
The one partial rub, for nerd completists like ourselves is the actual titles of the songs from each of these film is missing.
Some would consider these major spoilers, but it’s out there now and let’s face it, many haven’t heard this Indian compositions before. What we’ll do is post some our favorite songs from these films (We can also safely assume the song from the Ray film, “Charulata” is the song “Charu Theme” as it’s already been used in the ‘Darjeeling’ trailer – some of these “faves” we’re also saving from our Wes soundtrack series, which has been completed, but not posted yet).
“The Darjeeling Limited” Tracklist –
Music from the film “Jalsaghar” – Ustad Vilayat Khan
“This Time Tomorrow” – The Kinks
Music from the film “Teen Kanya” – Satyajit Ray
Music from the film “The Householder” -Jyotirindra Moitra
Music from the film “Pather Panchali” – Pendit Ravi Shankar
Music from the film “Aparajito” – Pandit Ravi Shankar
Music from the film “Devi” -Ali Akbar Khan
Music from the film “Apur Sansar” – Pandit Ravi Shankar
Music from the film “Joi Baba Felunath” – Satyajit Ray
Music from the film “Charulata” – Satyajit Ray
Music from the film “Bombay Talkie” – Shankar Jaikishan
Music from the film “Shakespeare Wallah” – Satyajit Ray
Music from the film “Baksa Badal” – Satyajit Ray
Music from the film “Kanchenjungha” -Satyajit Ray
“Debussy: 3. Clair de Lune” – Written by Claude De Bussy (performed by Alexis Weissenberg)
“Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)” – Peter Sarstedt
“Strangers”- The Kinks
“Typewriter Tip Tip Tip” – Shankar Jaikishan
“Symphony No. 7 in A, OP. 92″ Written by Ludwig Van Beethoven (performed by Fritz Reiner)
“Symphony No. & in A OP. 92. Il Allegretto” Written by Ludwig Van Beethoven (performed by Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra
“Champs Elysees (aka Waterloo Road)” – Joe Dassin
“Play with Fire”- The Rolling Stones
“Powerman”- The Kinks
Music from the film “Guru” – Ustad Vilayat Khan
Download: The Kinks – “Powerman”
Download: The Rolling Stones – “Play With Fire”
Download: Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go to My Lovely”
Download: Claude Debussy – “Claire De Lune”
Download: Satyajit Ray – “Charu Theme”
Download: Joe Dassin – “Champs Elysees”
Download: Ustad Vilayat Khan – “Title Music” (from “The Guru“)
Download: Satyajit Ray – “Manjula’s Procession” (from “Shakespeare Wallah“)
Download: Ustad Ali Akbar Khan – “Prem’s Lament” (from “The Householder“)
According to the Rushmore Academy, the soundtrack disc will be released on ABKCO records.