Benjamin and Daisy Original Score Composed, Conducted and Produced by Alexandre Desplat
Track Listings (19) - Disc #2
My Name is Benjamin - Benjamin Button
We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City - Doc Paulin's Marching Band
Some days I Feel Different - Queenie & Benjamin Button
Ostrich Walk - Frank Trumbauer and His Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderbecke
How Old Are You? - Benjamin Button & The Preacher
That's How Rhythm Was Born - The Boswell Sisters
When Was The Last Time You Had A Woman? - Benjamin Button & Captain Mike
Freight Train Blues (Traditional) - Billie & DeDe Pierce (5:34)
Basin Street Blues - Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Thanksgiving, 1930 - Benjamin Button
If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) - Louis Armstrong and His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra
What's YOUR Secret? - Captain Mike & Benjamin Button
Chanson Sur Staline - Choeur de la Cathedral de la Rue Daru, Paris XVII
A Date Which Will Live In Infamy... - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1941
Arabeske For Piano In C Major Op. 18
Coming Home - Benjamin Button
Out Of Nowhere - Sidney Bechet
Dear Old Southland - Louis Armstrong
Defined By Opportunities - Benjamin Button
A 2-CD collection from the acclaimed major motion picture featuring the compelling original score by Alexandre Desplat plus classic music by Louis Armstrong, The Platters and Bix Beiderbecke.
A 2-CD collection from the acclaimed major motion picture featuring the compelling original score by Alexandre Desplat plus classic music by Louis Armstrong, The Platters and Bix Beiderbecke.
This music is pretty lovely I admit but I wasn't aware of the soundtrack when I saw the movie. Meaning it wasn't intrusive on film or in life. Very pleasant.
CD Reviews
A Beautiful, Haunting and Emotional Journey
Ryan Izant | utah | 12/19/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Having not seen the movie yet, I'm sure my interpretation of the music will change. The score is beautiful and different than I expected - it's not brooding or as achingly melancholic as the score for 'Atonement,' but there's a delicate quality about the music here. Early tracks play a little more upbeat and almost have a mysterious quality to them, like the track 'Love in Mourmansk." As the story of Benjamin and Daisy unfolds, the music grows more complex and sad - in parallel to the emotional journey that the two lovers go through. Well, I've said enough. It's a beautiful soundtrack, there are many great tracks throughout, "Meeting Again" is simply but beautiful track with intricate piano work that I strongly recommend."
Subtle but beautiful
JY04 | Sydney, Australia | 12/22/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"'Sunrise on Lake Pontchartrain', 'Benjamin and Daisy', 'Love in Mourmansk', 'Postcards' and 'Alone at Night' are achingly wistful, exquisite pieces. Such beauty should not be overlooked."
The most beautiful soundtrack in years!
D. B. Simmons | Atlanta, GA | 12/27/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Whether or not you see the movie, which is also beautiful (by the way), this is a soundtrack you MUST NOT MISS. Without going into detail of each piece, let me say, it is delicious and splendid. Make sure you can enjoy it with as much "noise-reduction" as possible, so as not to miss the delicate, yet powerful, tones of each instrument. You will find yourself softly humming the haunting theme over and over. This is a masterpiece."
DESPLAT'S BUTTON SCORE IS STUNNING
Charles A. Christesson | 01/19/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"ALEXANDRE DESPLAT SPEAKS WITH HIS OWN UNIQUE MUSICAL VOICE, WHICH IS A GREAT PLEASURE TO HEAR, BOTH WITH THE MOVIE HE ENHANCES AND ON ITS OWN.
IF YOU TREASURE MELODY AND CRISP, CLEAN ORCHESTRATION, YOU CANNOT DO MUCH BETTER. I APPLAUD THE FILM'S DIRECTOR, DAVID FINCHER, FOR LETTING HIS VOICE AND VISION STAND EQUALLY WITH THOSE OF MR. DESPLAT."