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Watchmen - Music From The Motion Picture - Various Artists / Warner Sunset Records Audio CD 2009 / 9362-49809-1

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Watchmen - Music From The Motion Picture - Various Artists / Warner Sunset Records Audio CD 2009 / 9362-49809-1

UPC 093624980919

 

Watchmen: Music from the Motion Picture is the film soundtrack album for the 2009 film Watchmen. The soundtrack features three songs written by Bob Dylan: "Desolation Row", "The Times They Are a-Changin'", and "All Along the Watchtower".

The film uses some of the songs mentioned in the comic, including "The Times They Are a-Changin'", Jimi Hendrix's cover of "All Along the Watchtower"; Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sounds of Silence"; Nena's "99 Luftballons"; a muzak version of Tears For Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"; and Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable". Many of the period songs were up-mixed to 5.1 surround for the film using the Penteo process. Tyler Bates, who wrote the film's original score, said the challenge was composing music that would transition effectively into these famous songs. Director Zack Snyder and Bates received Dylan's permission to use the stems from "The Times They Are a-Changin'" so the three-minute song could play over the six-minute opening. The story of how Dr. Manhattan came to be is accompanied by a montage of the pieces "Prophecies" and "Pruit Igoe" by Philip Glass, originally composed for the 1982 cult film Koyaanisqatsi. Nite Owl II and Silk Spectre II's sex scene aboard the Owl Ship is set to the tune of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Originally Zack Snyder used a recording of the song by Allison Crowe for the scene, but decided Crowe's version was "too romantic" and "too sexy" for a scene that is intended to come across as ironic and "ridiculous". Snyder ended up placing the original Cohen studio recording in this scene. My Chemical Romance, whose members are fans of the comic, covered Dylan's "Desolation Row" for the first half of the closing credits. The second half is followed by "First We Take Manhattan" sung by Leonard Cohen.

The song "The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning", composed by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins for the soundtrack of Batman & Robin, although used in a promotional trailer, was not included on the soundtrack of Watchmen. Also used in trailers but left off of the soundtrack is the track "Take A Bow" by English alternative rock band, Muse, from their 2006 album, Black Holes and Revelations. Additionally, "Bombshell", composed by American rock band Powerman 5000 for the soundtrack of Freddy vs. Jason Soundtrack (2003), although used in a music video and bonus tracks, was not included on Watchmen's original soundtracks. Also in the ads are Angel by Massive Attack.

 

Label: Warner Sunset Records – 9362-49809-1
Format: CD, Compilation, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 2009
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack, Hard Rock, Classic Rock
 
 
 

Tracklist:

1 My Chemical Romance Desolation Row
Mixed By – Rick Costey
Performer – My Chemical Romance
Producer – My Chemical Romance
Producer [Additional] – Rich Coffey
Written-By – Bob Dylan
Mixed By – Rick Costey
Performer – My Chemical Romance
Producer – My Chemical Romance
Producer [Additional] – Rich Coffey
Written-By – Bob Dylan
3:01
2 Nat King Cole Unforgettable
Performer – Nat King Cole
Written-By – Irving Gordon
Performer – Nat King Cole
Written-By – Irving Gordon
3:28
3 Bob Dylan The Times They Are A-Changin'
Performer – Bob Dylan
Written-By – Bob Dylan
Performer – Bob Dylan
Written-By – Bob Dylan
3:14
4 Simon & Garfunkel The Sound Of Silence
Performer – Simon & Garfunkel
Written-By – Paul Simon
Performer – Simon & Garfunkel
Written-By – Paul Simon
3:07
5 Janis Joplin Me And Bobby McGee
Performer – Janis Joplin
Written-By – Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson
Performer – Janis Joplin
Written-By – Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson
4:32
6 K.C. & The Sunshine Band I'm Your Boogie Man
Performer – K.C. & The Sunshine Band
Written-By – Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
Performer – K.C. & The Sunshine Band
Written-By – Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
4:04
7 Billie Holiday You're My Thrill
Performer – Billie Holiday
Written-By – Jay Gorney, Sidney Clare
Performer – Billie Holiday
Written-By – Jay Gorney, Sidney Clare
3:25
8 The Philip Glass Ensemble Pruit Igoe & Prophecies
Performer – The Philip Glass Ensemble
Written-By – Philip Glass
Performer – The Philip Glass Ensemble
Written-By – Philip Glass
8:38
9 Leonard Cohen Hallelujah
Performer – Leonard Cohen
Written-By – Leonard Cohen
Performer – Leonard Cohen
Written-By – Leonard Cohen
4:38
10   
Jimi Hendrix All Along The Watchtower
Performer – Jimi Hendrix
Written-By – Bob Dylan
Performer – Jimi Hendrix
Written-By – Bob Dylan
4:02
11 Budapest Symphony Orchestra Ride Of The Valkyries
Performer – The Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Written-By – Richard Wagner
Performer – The Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Written-By – Richard Wagner
5:22
12 Nina Simone Pirate Jenny
Performer – Nina Simone
Written-By – Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein
Performer – Nina Simone
Written-By – Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein    
6:39

 

 

  • Art Direction, DesignSteven R. Gilmore
  • Executive ProducerDeborah Snyder, Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Zack Snyder
  • Mastered ByBernie Grundman
  • Other [Executives In Charge Of Music For Warner Bros. Pictures]Darren Higman, Doug Frank, Gary LeMel
  • Producer [Soundtrack Producers For Reprise Records]Diarmuid Quinn, Tom Whalley, Xavier Ramos

 

 

 

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