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WATCHMEN
- Motion
Picture
Soundtrack
The
unconventional
nature
of this
long-anticipated
comic
book
adaptation
also
spawned
an unexpected
soundtrack
when
it came
to the
choice
of songs.
Unfortunately
this
release
does
not
feature
the
incidental
music
created
by Tyler
Bates,
but
rather
time-defining
tunes
from
a range
of musicians
and
singers
across
the
decades,
reflecting
the
movie’s
alternate
history
pattern.
The
only
modern
rock
flavour
comes
from
My Chemical
Romance
with
a punky
rendition
of Bob
Dylan’s
Desolation
Row,
while
the
man
does
his
own
version
of his
seminal
cut
The
Times
They
Are
A Changing,
and
Jimi
Hendrix’s
definitive
version
of Dylan’s
All
Along
The
Watchtower
also
get
a slot.
In addition
to easy
listening
classics
from
Nat
King
Cole,
Billie
Holiday
and
Nina
Simone,
there
are
somber
yet
unforgettable
cuts
from
Simon
&
Garfunkel,
and
Leonard
Cohen,
as well
as Janis
Joplin’s
acoustic
rendition
of Kris
Kristofferson’s
Me And
Bobby
McGee.
The
groovy
disco
flavours
of KC
&
The
Sunshine
Band
is countered
with
the
moody
orchestral
inclusions
of the
passionate
Budapest
Symphony
Orchestra,
and
the
hypnotically
brilliant
Philip
Glass
Ensemble
(which
I’m
sure
was
also
used
in the
amazing
documentary
Koyaanisqatsi).
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Blom
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