香草天空 電影原聲帶 (20週年2LP旋渦白橘色彩膠) Music From Vanilla Sky (20th Anniversary 2LP White With Orange Swirl Vinyl Edition)

As a former music journalist (for Creem and Rolling Stone among other periodicals), director Cameron Crowe has always put his heart and soul into the soundtracks of his films. So, it’s no wonder that the most ambitious of all his flms, Vanilla Sky, sported the most far-ranging and masterful of all of his scores. The film itself was a waking dream, subject to various interpretations; the soundtrack, too, explored shifting moods and shades, but always maintaining the surreal tone and aesthetic of the flm, with a glittering line-up (R.E.M., Radiohead, Paul McCartney, Jeff Buckley, Bob Dylan) of artists.

The result was breathless praise for the soundtrack (the New York Times called it “a music masterpiece”) and an Academy Award nomination. It is, quite simply, one of the greatest “mix-tapes” a film director has ever created (with some help from soundtrack Co-Producer Danny Bramson and Crowe’s then-wife, Nancy Wilson of Heart); and, for its 20th anniversary, we have created a custom gatefold cover for the 2-LP release and pressed up 1500 copies in white with orange swirl vinyl. A sublime listening and visual experience awaits.

★葛萊美獎最佳原聲帶「成名在望」原聲帶製作人精挑勾勒年輕世代輕狂、感傷與夢想的情感佳作
★R.E.M.重新灌唱成軍之初的創作”All The Right Friends”、披頭四大將Paul McCartney奉上主題曲”Vanilla Sky”
★女主角卡麥蓉狄亞獻唱個性搖滾小品”I Fall Apart”

英俊瀟灑的富家青年大衛阿密斯是紐約出版業的經理，雖然過著愜意無比的生活，但總覺得生活上有些遺憾，一天夜裡大衛邂遘了夢中渴望的女子，卻因犯一個小錯而分手，更踏進一段滿佈著浪漫、喜樂、猜忌、真愛、性愛、夢境的精神幻覺之旅。「成名在望」奧斯卡最佳原著劇本得主卡麥隆克洛根據98年柏林影展參展片【睜開你的雙眼】所改編的電影【香草天空】闡釋了真愛的珍貴與短暫；這是克洛與湯姆克魯斯繼奧斯卡提名佳片【征服情海】的二度合作，參演卡司包括:「霹靂嬌娃」女主角卡麥蓉狄亞、「戰地情人」西班牙性感女星潘尼洛普克魯茲、「747絕地悍將」性格巨星寇特羅素與「愛,上了癮」小生傑森李。

繼「情到深處」、「單身貴族」、「征服情海」與葛萊美獎最佳原聲帶「成名在望」後，音樂總監丹尼布蘭森(Danny Bramson)第五度為克洛執導的電影擔綱原聲帶執行總監，布蘭森的原聲帶代表作尚有「X情人」、「時空賤諜007」…等，此番為「香草天空」掌舵時，特地以近代與60、70年代搖滾藝人樂團均衡對照出青春所象徵的迷惘、狂妄與夢想。REM特地重新灌唱樂團79、80年成軍時的創作曲”All The Right Friends”並貢獻92年專輯「Automatic For The People」中的”Sweetness Follows”、披頭四大將Paul McCartney奉上主題曲”Vanilla Sky”、Genesis創始元老，致力於世界音樂播種的老將Peter Gabriel重唱77年首張專輯作品”Solsbury Hill”、97年意外喪生的情緒唱作才子Jeff Buckley，還有Bob Dylan、The Monkees、Todd Rundgren等唱作紛紛灌注青春思緒；而Radiohead英美冠軍大碟「Kid A」序曲”Everything In Its Right Place”、英國超前衛舞曲組合Leftfield ’99年英國金榜冠軍專輯「Rhythm And Stealth」中與電子潮流先鋒Afrika Bambaataa合作的”Afrika Shox”、輻射性靈思維的冰島新勢力Sigur Ros、由Belle & Sebastian貝斯手Stuart David所策動的電子計劃代號Looper、90年代末期以來的傲世電音組The Chemical Brothers等樂團作品則是襯托精神幻覺狀態的極致意象；卡麥蓉狄亞則以女主角之名Julianna Gianni演唱導演與老婆Nancy Wilson (Heart合唱團核心人物)攜手創作的個性搖滾小品”I Fall Apart”，Nancy也譜寫一段電影音樂。「香草天空」電影原聲帶投射了青春的感傷、年少的輕狂與逝去的夢想，這樣的感覺是不會隨時光消失的!

曲目：

Side One:
1. All The Right Friends – R.E.M.
2. Everything In Its Right Place – Radiohead
3. Vanilla Sky – Paul McCartney
4. Solsbury Hill – Peter Gabriel
5. I Fall Apart – Julianna Gianna

Side Two:
1. Porpoise Song (Theme From “Head”) – The Monkees
2. Mondo ’77 – Looper feat. Francis MacDonald
3. Have You Forgotten – Red House Painters
4. Directions – Josh Rouse
5. Afrika Shox – Leftfield / Afrika Bambaataa

Side Three:
1. Svefn-g-englar – Sigur Ros
2. Last Goodbye – Jeff Buckley
3. Can We Still Be Friends – Todd Rundgren

Side Four:
1. Fourth Time Around – Bob Dylan
2. Elevator Beat – Nancy Wilson
3. Sweetness Follows – R.E.M.
4. Where Do I Begin – The Chemical Brothers