SY on "Juno" soundtrack
 

9/19/2007

Watch Your Back Wes Anderson & Zach Braff: 'Juno' Soundtrack Tries To One Up "Hip" Soundtracks; Ex-Moldy Peaches Singer Kimya Dawson Featured

 

OK, someone gave Jason Reitman ("Thank You For Smoking," son of comedy director Ivan Reitman) just a little bit of extra dough for soundtrack clearances for his upcoming new dark comedy, "Juno," which recently debuted to strong reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival (the film won the People's Choice runner-up prize at TIFF - Eastern Promises took the top honors)

And so, attention Wes Anderson, Zach Braff, Sofia Coppola and filmmakers with tastefully chosen "hipster" soundtracks (in Braff's case, emo-ly chosen nu-ish indie rock soundtracks to accompany your cranberry juice order), Jason Reitman might be gunning for you.

 

The "Juno" movie features Ex-Moldy Peaches singer Kimya Dawson who contributes a bunch of pre-existing songs to the comedy about a teenage girl ('X-Men 3''s Ellen Paige) who gets pregnant (by Michael Cera) and finds her unborn child a “perfect” set of parents: an affluent suburban couple, (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner), longing to adopt (hello, small-"Arrested Development" reunion).

The movie also features existing songs by the Kinks, the Velvet Underground (a self-titled 3rd album B-side), Buddy Holly, Cat Power, Hole, Belle & Sebastian, Sonic Youth (an excellent B-side Carpenters cover) and Ellen Page and Michael Cera singing together in the film; singing the Moldy Peaches song, "Anyone Else But You."

 

Director Jason Reitman explained in the film's press notes that actress Ellen Paige actually informed some of the musical choices.

“At one point, I asked Ellen Page before we started shooting, ‘what do you think Juno listens to?’ And she said ‘The Moldy Peaches’. She went on my computer, played the songs, and I fell in love with it. [Screenwriter] Diablo [Cody] and I discussed putting a Moldy Peaches song in it where the characters would sing to each other. I got in touch with Kimya Dawson of The Moldy Peaches and she started sending me her work, which was beautiful, and that became a lot of the soundtrack.”

In the same press notes, Screenwriter Diablo Cody said, "I love the music. I think that Ellen Page as a person informed a lot about the movie. She’s just an interesting personality and such an amazing person, that you couldn’t help but put her stamp on things.” Kimya Dawson wrote rather self-deprecatingly on her livejournal about the songs used in the film, noting she didn't really write anything original for the film.

 

“Some of those songs were recorded in my bed in Bedford Hills, under the covers, on the 4-track. And when people were coming up to me telling me I did a great job it felt weird because I didn’t do a job. I wrote a bunch of crap when my heart was hurting. Everyone else had to do a job. The songs were already there. Just floating around in space. I didn’t do anything specifically FOR the movie. Except record some instrumental versions of a couple songs that only have two chords. That was easy. so, yeah...”

Kimya also contributed tracks with her kid-folk band Antsy Pants, that features 12-year old Leo from the kid one-man-band Bear Creek.

As we've noted before, our Raison d'être might seem like we live for pop music in movies, but au contraire. We've said it before: pop music in films can easily act as a cheap emotional shortcut to dial up feelings that the actual scene and film aren't executing themselves and in the worst scenarios they seem forced, lazy and gratuitous (see a lot of comedies). With that said, Filmwad has a pretty good rant and plea to "Stop Ruining Comedies With "Cool" Soundtracks," and we definitely think this is a salient concern to raise or at least think about.

Juno is due December 14th and there's no word on a soundtrack release yet. The trailer (below) features the Moldy Peaches' "Anyone Else But You" and Mott the Hooples' "All The Young Dudes."

i'd fuck that whore.

thought it was worth noting that the Juno soundtrack hit #1 on the Billboard Top 200 today, the first time SY has ever been involved in anything this high as a band

nice the main page mention today

SONIC YOUTH #1
The soundtrack for the movie 'Juno', containing Sonic Youth's rendition of the Carpenters' 'Superstar' is the #1 record in America for the week of Jan 30. The band also features in the movie as an element of the plot. You can watch the Superstar video directed by Dave Markey here. The song can be heard as part of the streaming mix tape via the link above.

Jason Bateman = Hot

i am sick of pop songs on soundtracks.


they distract from the movie.

they attach the movie's feelings to a song in people's minds who were never fans of the song or band to begin with (pixies at the end of fight club for example)

i also hate when songs aere used where the lyrics are suposed to describe the plot taking place.

suck suck suck


then again Repo man used music quite well, but that was specifically hardcore punk because the main character is a punk. it makes sense that way.

"there's too many of us there's too many of us there's too many there's too many of us"

The Moldy Peaches are the Barometer Of Suck for the last decade.
The absolute festering nadir of so-called "indie" music.
The heavy presence of Ms Dawson's and M.P. music in this movie were some of the biggest reasons I chose not to see it.

Moldy Peaches put me to sleep.

I have no idea about the reason for this (maybe it's because I never listened to them or coz they are totally "unfamous" over here) but I kinda like a couple of those songs. I even like bits of the lyrics. Am I devolving? Not in a devo-cool kinda way.

What if we used the Butthole Surfers or Swans?

If I become a film director, I would so use those highly abrasive bands.

But yeah, I kind of got annoyed by the use of music in Juno. We dont need to here some wimpy indie song every fucking 10 seconds!

I liked the use of the music.

For some reason, it was a little less blatant than the scene in Garden State where Natalie Portman makes Zach Braff listen to The Hives, and that was fine with me.

juno was great
 

did someone say something about homeless?

Superstar was my girlfriends song when we were 16.

<listening to Fri/end. Drinking Lake Superior Special Ale.

Devotional Dharma crackles above ya

Diablo Cody is a Godess amongst women.

Ron Paul won in reality.

That was The Shins. "They'll change your life."

Whatever..

Remember where you heard it firts muthafuckas!

i really enjoyed the film, and it was nice to hear some references to sonic youth, i thought the film was really post-modern

po-mo!


I used to wathc Post Modern MTV before 120 minytes was created

....what?

please don't make me explain...

that kimya chick is hideous! she gots a face for radio.

I think it's the hair more than anything else.

could someone badongo me the cat power song from this movie, it's called "Sea Of Love" and its wonderful. I am not going to spend £12 on the CD just for one song.

Hayden i am looking to you here, as i bet you have it!

and a voice for... uhm... silent films


no, its filthy

screaming skull....if youre a true sonic nerd and want that catpower song....
try tracking down this....
http://www.sonicyouth.com/history/og-set.html

It's the first appearance of that song...as well as an exclusive SY track.
I guess I should send chris a tracklisting of this record.....

i am confused?!? what has that Cat Power song got to do with SY????


Thanks to Nicfit


Wow, there is an amazing difference between the original and Chan's version! Both are lovely though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5JMQwrhx8Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHbQ-...eature=related

shhhhh! THEY'RE LISTENING!!! I'M GOING TO JAIL!!!

ha ha ha, sorry!

Its on 'The Covers Album' by Cat Power..

yeah, i have that, but only on vinyl. :(

The Tracklisting for Index Magazine - Summer 99 Sampler is as follows
1. The Legendary Voices of Black Radio - Soul on the Dial Pt.1
2. Guitar Wolf - Kawasaki Z II 750 Rock 'n' Roll
3. Lord High Fixers - a poem/Love at Psychedelic Velocity
4.The Make-Up - Save Yourself
5.Melvins - Lone Rose Holding Now
6. Dennis Cooper - Dear Todd
7. Pavement - Billie
8.Will Oldham - Ode #2
9. Danielson Famile - Rallying The Dominoes
10. Eileen Myles - An American Poem
11. Royal Trux - Shockwave Rider
12. Price Paul featuring De La Soul - More Than U Know
13. Bruce LaBruce featuring Candy Parker - Are You For Real Mr. Lewis?
14.Kahimi Karie - Le Roi Soleil
15. Smog - Held
16.Emer Martin - The Magpie of Mexico City
17. Question Mark & The Mysterians - 96 Tears (En Espanol)
18.Sonic youth - Eyes & Teeth
19.Thee Majesty - Possession (A Perfect Restraint)
20. Cat Power - Sea of Love

in news of the soundtrack, it was ceritfied Gold by the RIAA

so this will be the second gold record hanging over Steve's toliet now?first being Judgement Night

saw the movie mostly because i am a big Arrested Development fan (the excellent deleted television series that starred jason bateman and michael cera several years ago) i thought it was pretty funny, mostly enjoyable, weird to see someone like jason bateman who plays a 30 something yuppie in a movie saying how "he appreciates sonic youth" to say a 16 year old pregnant girl... but then again its a movie and it could actually happen, maybe... i thought the music worked well with the film and the musical segments weren't odd or overbearing and were used to kinda build up on what was happening during the the film.

but man if i had a nickle for everytime i heard some say "i bought a sonic youth album and all i thought of it was noise" i'd have enough cash to buy gas for a year... and that line was in the movie, that was probably the one thing that seemed distracting and not as funny as it should've been, but thats because i'm a SY fan.

I'm doing it now. Give me 20 minutes.

http://www.badongo.com/file/7862597

Cat Power - Sea of Love

scene movie.

speaking of which, i had to explain what "hipster" meant for a joke i made this weekend.

That sucks. It's not even funny once you have to explain it.

i know, i did get a laugh though.

gee thanks! :) ;)

It was a really great, sweet film. Its not at all as lame as it looks...and Ellen Page is the hotness...

I just really could give a rat's ass about yet another story about a preggo teenager. big fucking deal.

its not at all like it sounds, its not melodramatic...its really quite funny

i have heard it is funny and witty and all that, but it is still the story of yet another teenage pregnancy and how she has to deal with it.
big whup.