Catch & Release (2007)

Product Summary Label: Sony UPC: 00886970585224 Release Date: 1/23/2007 Buy.com Sku: 203931197 Item#: M3EG5M Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Razor - Foo Fighters ~ Original Soundtrack 2. My Drug Buddy - The Lemonheads ~ Original Soundtrack 3. Nest For Two, A - Blinker The Star ~ Original Soundtrack 4. Mornings Eleven - The Magic Numbers ~ Original Soundtrack 5. Pills - Gary Jules ~ Original Soundtrack 6. Electrified & Ripe - Steve Durand ~ Original Soundtrack 7. Winding Staircase, The - New Radiant Storm King ~ Original Soundtrack 8. Sky Signal - Audible ~ Original Soundtrack 9. Leaving The Ground - Peter MacLaggan ~ Original Soundtrack 10. What If You - Joshua Radin ~ Original Soundtrack 11. These 3 Sins - Gomez ~ Original Soundtrack 12. Resistance - Alaska! ~ Original Soundtrack 13. Let The Bad Times Roll - Paul Westerberg ~ Original Soundtrack 14. Turning Blue - The Swallows ~ Original Soundtrack 15. What I Done - Andrew Rodriguez ~ Original Soundtrack 16. Soul Meets Body - Death Cab For Cutie ~ Original Soundtrack 17. THere Goes The Fear - Doves ~ Original Soundtrack (C) (P) Compilation 2007 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Composers: BT; Tommy Stinson. The soundtrack to Jennifer Garner's charming romantic comedy sounds like a who's who of the subtler indie rock on offer around the early 2000s. The well-chosen contributions include the Foo Fighters' acoustic "Razor," which conjures memories of Nick Drake, and the British band the Magic Numbers' perky slice of pop psychedelia, "Mornings Eleven." There's also a shout-out to indie artists of yesteryear courtesy of the Lemonheads' "My Drug Buddy," and an appearance by the Replacements' legendary leader Paul Westerberg, whose fatalistic "Let the Bad Times Roll" has a certain ring of truth, while the U.K. band the Doves strip down their characteristically larger-than-life sound for the charmingly understated "There Goes the Fear." Garden State provided the template for modern indie romantic comedies -- not just as a film, but for their soundtracks, as the indie rock-heavy album accompanying the Zach Braff film arguably turned into a bigger hit than the movie itself. The producers of the Jennifer Garner- and Timothy Olyphant-starring Catch and Release noticed this phenomenon and decided to follow its blueprint for their own film. If Garden State suggested that indie rock could change your life, in the case of Catch and Release it's simply a device to save the soundtrack, to help give the impression that the film is a bit hipper than it actually is. So, this set is designed to capture the target audience for the movie: Gen-X thirtysomethings who listened to the Lemonheads, the Replacements, and Dave Grohl (albeit as the drummer of Nirvana, not as the leader of the Foo Fighters) while in college and now are settling down into a smooth adult alternative life -- tasteful and tempered but never tacky, blessed with things and music that suggest that you're just a bit better than the mainstream. As such, Catch and Release is overloaded with sensitive and pleasant singer/songwriters -- it's all likable, vaguely melodic, often delving into folky (but not folk) pop, and sung by wispy, earnest guys (with the exception of the old guys Evan Dando, Paul Westerberg, and Grohl, who are easily the most forceful, distinctive singers here). This is designed not just as a soundtrack to the movie, but a soundtrack to life, something that can be played in the background, and on that level it's a success, since it delivers lifestyle music for the characters in the film and for the movie's audience. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Garden State provided the template for modern indie romantic comedies -- not just as a film, but for their soundtracks, as the indie rock-heavy album accompanying the Zach Braff film arguably turned into a bigger hit than the movie itself. The producers of the Jennifer Garner- and Timothy Olyphant-starring Catch and Release noticed this phenomenon and decided to follow its blueprint for their own film. If Garden State suggested that indie rock could change your life, in the case of Catch and Release it's simply a device to save the soundtrack, to help give the impression that the film is a bit hipper than it actually is. So, this set is designed to capture the target audience for the movie: Gen-X thirtysomethings who listened to the Lemonheads, the Replacements, and Dave Grohl (albeit as the drummer of Nirvana, not as the leader of the Foo Fighters) while in college and now are settling down into a smooth adult alternative life -- tasteful and tempered but never tacky, blessed with things and music that suggest that you're just a bit better than the mainstream. As such, Catch and Release is overloaded with sensitive singer/songwriters who are pleasant enough but rarely write songs as memorable as Daniel Powter -- it's all likable, vaguely melodic without ever really being catchy pop, often delving into folky (but not folk) pop, and sung by wispy, earnest guys (with the exception of the old guys Evan Dando, Paul Westerberg, and Grohl, who are easily the most forceful, distinctive singers here). All this blends together, but that's the point: this is designed not just as a soundtrack to the movie, but a soundtrack to life, something that can be played in the background, and on that level it's a success, since it delivers lifestyle music for the characters in the film and for the movie's audience. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine   Associated Artists and Works California Dreams Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack   Technical Info Release Date : 01/23/2007 Original Release Date : 2007 Catalog ID : 705852 Label : Legacy Recordings Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00886970585224    Related Videos 500 Days of Summer: Sound...