Jan 14: Film Soundtracks #1: 'Magnolia' - Aimee Mann

As I continue this blog, I'll also be mentioning particular film soundtracks of note with cross postings from my Geography in/on Film blog.

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Spotify is a great way to access new music. As I subscribe, I like to get my money's worth and have been known to spend as long as 10 hours a day listening to music while working on writing. Sometimes I'll have a bit of a binge on a particular band or follow the various algorithms which suggest other similar music, or start a radio station based on an album.

Magnolia by Paul Thomas Anderson has one of the best film soundtracks there is, with major contributions from Aimee Mann (with Jon Brion) along with tracks by a few other bands including Supertramp. This is an anthology film, with a long running time.

Aimee Mann is one of my favourite artists and I have followed her music for around thirty years.

Here's the album as a Spotify album embedded below, particularly helpful for those who subscribe.

One of the key tracks from the album is 'Wise Up'. 

Warning: the clip below may contain spoilers for events in the film.

Another song from the film "Save Me" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, which it lost to "You'll Be in My Heart" from the Disney movie Tarzan. By way of introduction to a live performance, Mann has referred to "Save Me" as "the song that lost an Oscar to Phil Collins and his cartoon monkey love song."

Mann has occasionally dedicated her song to Collins in several different venues, albeit in jest.

Source: Wikipedia

Extra film trivia challenge

In which film does Aimee Mann plan an anarchist who loses one of her toes?

Answers in the comments. No prizes, for fun only.

So what are your favourite film soundtracks?

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