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Music from the Motion Picture Garden State

Editor's Review:

With a heavy, disaffected mid-20s sigh, I succumb to the Garden State soundtrack’s humble, soft-spoken charms. Fittingly, this coming-of-age film, set in the winter of the lead character’s youth (portrayed by writer / director Zach Braff), is set to the poignant strains of artists like The Shins, Colin Hay and Nick Drake. Further honing in on the temporal popularity of indie rock is the inclusion of Iron and Wine’s notable rendition of the Postal Service’s 2003 mandatory head-nodder, “Such Great Heights”; though their version forgoes the happy electronica, substituting it with languorous acoustic guitars, mandolins and vocal harmonies, to a beautifully melancholic effect. I hate it when target marketing so aptly hits its mark, and I happen to be the rube.
– Maurice S. Teilmann


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Record Label Sony
Released August 2004

Tracks

  1. Coldplay - Don't Panic
  2. The Shins - Caring Is Creepy
  3. Zero 7 - In The Waiting Line
  4. The Shins - New Slang
  5. Colin Hay - I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You
  6. Cary Brothers - Blue Eyes
  7. Remy Zero - Fair
  8. Nick Drake - One Of These Things First
  9. Thievery Corporation - Lebanese Blonde
  10. Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy In New York
  11. Iron and Wine - Such Great Heights
  12. Frou Frou - Let Go
  13. Bonnie Somerville - Winding Road
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The four-piece British rock phenomenon Coldplay initially got their start while Guy Berryman (bass), John Buckland (guitar), Will Champion (drums) and Chris Martin (vocals, piano, guitar) were studying at London University College. After Martin assumed the band’s name from an ex-flat mate, their soon-to-be manager financed the Saftey EP, which they released in 1998. Their “Brothers & Sisters” single was released on the Fierce Panda label in the spring of 1999, prompting interest from Parlophone, who released the band’s Blue Room EP that same year. With the strength of their single “Yellow,” their 2000 debut album Parachutes earned much praise by critics and fans alike. Their follow-up, A Rush Of Blood To The Head was released in 2002 to fervent enthusiasm.

– Maurice S. Teilmann (September, 2002)

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  1. Parachutes
  2. A Rush of Blood to the Head
    3. Music from the Motion Picture Garden State (Various Artists) (current page)
Zero 7
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  1. Simple Things
  2. Six Feet Under Soundtrack (Various Artists)
    3. Music from the Motion Picture Garden State (Various Artists) (current page)
Audio
  1. Destiny
the Shins
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  1. Oh, Inverted World
  2. Chutes Too Narrow
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Frou Frou
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    Music from the Motion Picture Garden State (Various Artists) (current page)
Simon & Garfunkel
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    Music from the Motion Picture Garden State (Various Artists) (current page)
Iron & Wine
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  1. Our Endless Numbered Days
  2. KCRW: Sounds Eclectic 3 (Various Artists)
    3. Music from the Motion Picture Garden State (Various Artists) (current page)
Interview
  1. Iron and Wine
Colin Hay
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    Music from the Motion Picture Garden State (Various Artists) (current page)
Cary Brothers
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    Music from the Motion Picture Garden State (Various Artists) (current page)
Remy Zero
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    Music from the Motion Picture Garden State (Various Artists) (current page)
Nick Drake
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    Music from the Motion Picture Garden State (Various Artists) (current page)

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