Wish I Was Here, Boyhood and Guardians Of The Galaxy take a mixtape approach to their soundtracks.
Ivan looks at what makes them so great…
You gotta hear this one song.
Then, she placed a pair of headphones over his ears and played him The Shins.
10 years later, filmmakers are still chasing the same thing: the ultimate mixtape.
2014 has been a goldmine for gathering tracks together into uber compilations.
Leading the pack, arguably, isWish I Was Here(in cinemas now).
fail to tug at your heartstrings.
Look at the artists names.
Listen to the lyrics.
Arent they all so prescient and expertly picked?
Tying the film back toGarden Stateis The Shins new song,So Now What.
That made me feel wonderful.
But its a different kind of song than New Slang.
Hes not really writing so much in the style of the Shins anymore.
But his music really works for me, it always has.
And the fact that he said that about the new song is really cool for me.
It is, for better or worse, a Zach Braff playlist.
Then you have to hear this!
The great jukebox movie soundtracks are more than the director picking cool tunes.
They are diegetic, not just stemming from the narrative, but resonating with the characters on-screen.
When Sam shares The Shins with Andrew, she hands him the headphones and we hear what he hears.
Tyler Bates score is solid stuff, but never stands out as particularly memorable.
It was an idea that came from the character, quite literally.
I dont normally listen to 70s pop songs, Gunntold us earlier this year.
Its the opposite of Quentins personal record highlights.
The scene relies on Peter knowing the track, not the audience.
2 is perhaps more exciting than anything else Marvel has to offer.
The years best mixtape, though, belongs to another, equally special album: Richard LinklatersBoyhood.
?is heard for just a few bars as Mason climbs out of a vehicle.
The result is a bizarrely moving experience.
How many of the songs that have accompanied his life would make their appearance?
Thats the hidden track on an ultimate movie mixtape.
And itll have you putting on your headphones to hear them both for hours.
