Bottle Rocket
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Composer: Mark MothersbaughEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1997-01-14
Music Label: London / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- Voluntary Hospital Escape
- Gun Buyers
- Bookstore Robbery
- Dignan's Dance
- And Also Because He Fired Me
- Zorro Is Back
- Cleaning Rooms With Inez
- She Looks Just Like You
- Pachanga Diferente
- No Lifeguard On Duty
- Mambo Guajiro
- Rocky
- Doesn't Sound That Bad In Spanish
- Over And Done With
- Snowflake Music/Mr.Henry's Chop Shop
- You're Breaking His Heart
- Goddammit I'm In
- No Jazz
- Highway Reprised
- 75 Year Plan
- Futureman's Theme
Music reviews of Bottle Rocket
Music Review: The first Mark Mothersbaugh / Wes Anderson collaboration
Rating: 4 Stars
I'm in the mood for hyperbole so keep that in mind before reading this. This first collaboration between two amazing artists (who, for the unitiated, have gone on to work together on Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and most recently The Life Aquatic) this is also one of the first Mothersbaugh soundtracks of "any" kind. In some ways it is the most complete of Mark's scores to appear on CD, but I think that is due to the other 3 films reliance on "songs". It's definitely my favorite of his scores if not my favorite of Wes' films (that would be Rushmore).
Hopefully they continue to collaborate as I think they will be as synonymous as Hitchcock and Bernard Hermann or Steven Spielberg and John Williams (or for that matter George Lucas and John Williams). It's impossible to think of any of those classic films (as well as Wes Anderson's ) without the music accompaniment of their collaborator. This is no more true with Bottle Rocket (the film would be much less without the music and this is admitted by Anderson himself in a small blurb on the insert). As great as the "songs" in Anderson's film are (and scene appropriate at that), I don't purchase his soundtracks for the "songs", I buy them for the Mark Mothersbaugh tracks.
Now about the "songs" on Bottle Rocket. There are only 4 (two by Rene Touzet - the Spanish songs you'll remember from the film), "Zorro Is Back" by Oliver Onions(!) and The Proclaimers "Over and Done With". All four fit with the mood of the film but like all mixed soundtracks (songs mixed in with the score) I wish the songs came last or first so they would not break up the mood of the instrumentals. My favorite of the four is definitely "Zorro Is Back".
One of my few complaints about the disc is that so many of the tracks seem to cut short. I understand that they are movie cues, but for many I wish they had been extended (this was probably financially unfeasible for the label). And that brings me to a common complaint about soundtracks. In most cases "missing tracks" - especially songs by popular artists -- are missing because of money. The aritist in question (say The Rolling Stones featured in Royal Tenenbaums) want way too much dough for their song to appear on the disc. Soundtracks typically do not sell well (there is perhaps one or two exceptions per year out of the hundreds that are released), and putting some obscure Rolling Stone song on the soundtrack is not going to boost sales enough to justify the expense of obtaining the rights. I think the common belief is that somebody is doing something scandalous when they leave off track(s), but it's all about money, folks.
The most indispensible tracks (for me) are Rocky, Snowflake Music/Mr. Henry's Chop Shop, and track 17 which has a word in the title I'm not sure Amazon allows in their reviews. All of the music is worthwhile ranging from keyboards to Spanish guitars. If you've never seen the film (shame on you!) go rent or buy it now. But if you have and are unsure about the soundtrack purchase, don't hesitate (especially if you're familiar with the other three films).
Having been alive (and music aware) when Mothersbaugh was the creative force behind Devo, it is ironic to me that it took Wes Anderson and his great films to help me discover Mark and then by association return to Devo. My ignorance of Devo's genius was then revealed to me! For the other recent converts, I highly recommend the 2-disc Life Aquatic and the 20 minute featurette on Mark and his collaboration with Wes Anderson.
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