The full tracklist for Noah Baumbach’s James Murphy scored “Greenberg” has been revealed and it looks like a winner.
The soundtrack boasts eleven brand new tunes from James Murphy alongside tracks by The Steve Miller Band, Albert Hammond (yep, the Dad of the dude in The Strokes), Duran Duran, Sonics, Nite Jewel and indie legends Galaxie 500. The latter band, as our EIC posited years ago, provided the verse melody for LCD Soundsystem’s “All My Friends” (featured in the trailer, and oddly enough, not included here) in their song “Snowstorm.” So it’s no surprise to find them featured here as well.
The soundtrack will hit stores on March 22nd, four days before the film opens on March 26th.
Greenberg Soundtrack Tracklist:
01. The Steve Miller Band – ‘Jet Airliner’
02. James Murphy – ‘People’
03. Nite Jewel – ‘Suburbia’
04. James Murphy – ‘Sleepy Baby’
05. James Murphy – ‘Thumbs’
06. Albert Hammond – ‘It Never Rains In Southern California’
07. James Murphy – ‘Plenty Of Time’
08. James Murphy – ‘Photographs’
09. James Murphy – ‘Gente’
10. Galaxie 500 – ‘Strange’
11. LCD Soundsystem – ‘Oh You (Christmas Blues)’
12. James Murphy – ‘Birthday Song’
13. James Murphy – ‘Dear You’
14. Sonics – ‘Shot Down’
15. Duran Duran – ‘The Chauffeur’
16. James Murphy – ‘If You Need A Friend’
17. James Murphy – ‘Please Don’t Follow Me’
18. James Murphy – ‘Photographs (Piano)’
As a faithful reader points out, we anticipated not only the use of Galaxie 500, but the exact song, “Strange” about three years ago when we made our If I Were Noah Baumbach Soundtrack Series edition. Give it a listen. It’s still pretty great if we do say so ourselves.