My next installment of the Playlist Soundtrack Series. Read here to find out what it’s about, but essentially it’s imaginary soundtracks I made for films that don’t exist from filmmakers that I love.
Volume 2: Jim Jarmusch’s imaginary soundtrack involves a cross-country fishing trip with old childhood pals, Tom Waits, John Lurie and their taciturn chain-smoking companion, Jim Jarmusch.
The Playlist Soundtrack Series: If I Were Jim Jarmusch
02 – Miserere Nobis – Gilberto Gil
03 – Arriving At Kenny’s – John Lurie
04 – Tell Me A Story – Iggy Pop
05 – Blue Veins – The Raconteurs
06 – Tell Me Now So I Know – Holly Golightly
07 – Yegelle Tezeta (cheating) – Mulatu Astatqe
08 – At Night – The Greenhornes
09 – Caramel – Cluster
10 – Black Flowers – Yo La Tengo
11 – Fishing – John Lurie
12 – Profissao Ladrao – Tom Zé
13 – King Tubby’s Borderline Dub – Augustus Pablo & King Tubby
14 – Backwards Flute – John Lurie
15 – A Little Rain – Tom Waits
16 – King’s Lead Hat – Brian Eno
17 – Musicawa Silt – The Daktaris
18 – Fishing With John – John Lurie
19 – Boys Are Boys And Girls Are Choice – The Monks
20 – How Does It Feel – Bobby Womack
21 – Knuckleheadz – Raekwon
22 – Red Hot Indians – Can
23 – This Is Not – Blonde Redhead
24 – Water Get No Enemy – Fela Ransome-Kuti And Africa 70
25 – Take It With Me – Tom Waits
26 – Le Wohl (edit) – Neu!
3.21.08 update: By the way, if you feel this one is too long, kill the Blonde Redhead song, I love that song, but now don’t think it really fits. I now wish I would have included a Harmonia song and one by The Genius/GZA. I probably could have edited myself a little bit, but the first couple in this series are long. I try and keep them to under an hour now.
Volume 3: Cameron Crowe; a love story, what else?
02 – Modern Music – Black Mountain
03 – Tears In the Morning – The Beach Boys
04 – Mahgeeta (edit) – My Morning Jacket
05 – Daisy Glaze – Big Star
06 – Our Hell – Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton
07 – Honey And The Moon – Joseph Arthur
08 – Long As I Can See The Light – Creedence Clearwater Revival
09 – Frying Pan – Evan Dando
10 – Good For You’s Good For Me – The Walkmen
11 – A Venture – Yes
12 – Standing In The Doorway – Bob Dylan
13 – Never Make Me Cry – Fleetwood Mac
14 – The Teenage Feeling – Neko Case
15 – Watch The Sunrise – Big Star
16 – If I Needed You – Townes Van Zandt
17 – On A Beach – Richard Ashcroft
18 – Words Fail – Lucinda Williams
19 – Fool In The Rain – Led Zeppelin
20 – Landslide – Smashing Pumpkins
21 – The World (Will Soon Turn Our Way) – The Autumn Defense
22 – I Go To The Barn Because I Like The – Band of Horses
23 – Wildflowers – Tom Petty
This one is still probably my sentimental favorite. It’s become comfort food music when I am blue.
The Playlist Soundtrack Series: If I Were Michel Gondry
Volume 4: Michel Gondry’s imaginary soundtrack involves a scientist, his pregnant wife and a loop in the time continuum that threatens the future of their child and relationship.
The Playlist Soundtrack Series: If I Were Michel Gondry
01 – Arctic Circle – Final Fantasy
02 – International Coloring Contest – Stereolab
03 – Scenic World – Beirut
04 – Falling Out Of Love (With You) (vocals Dean Wareham) – The 6ths
05 – I’m Afraid Of Japan – Final Fantasy
06 – The Idea Of Growing Old – The Features
07 – Unravel – Björk
08 – -> – Final Fantasy
09 – Strange Apparition – Beck
10 – Le Papier Tue-Enfant – Jean Claude Vannier
11 – Sailor & Widow – Keren Ann
12 – Grand Canyon – The Magnetic Fields
13 – I’ve Got You and You’ve Got Me – New Buffalo
14 – Many Lives -> 49mp (edit) – Final Fantasy
15 – Ruin My Day – Jon Brion
16 – Apple Blossom – White Stripes
17 – The Song That We Sing – Charlotte Gainsbourg
18 – Petite Agonie De L’Enfant Assassin – Jean Claude Vannier
19 – Baby Boy – The Owls
20 – Levitate – Idaho
21 – Hundreds of Sparrows – Sparklehorse
22 – (Repeat) – Final Fantasy
23 – The Trial of the Century – The French Kicks
24 – Mushaboom (Postal Service remix) – Feist
25 – For Today I Am A Boy – Antony & The Johnsons
26 – Continuous Hit Music – The American Analog Set
Yeah, I changed the art on this one cause I always hated the original that I did way too fast. This is more what I originally wanted. If you care, just add this to the version you already have. Or don’t, whatever. Most of the art on some of these are sub-par and I’d like to re-do most (thought the 3 on this page, I’m mostly happy with).