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Garden State is the soundtrack album to the film Garden State. Compilation producer Zach Braff was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Pictures, Television or Other Visual Media for his work on the album.
Jul 24, 2024 · Braff loaded Garden State with the sort of in-the-know music recommendations that had become currency. The movie hails from a steady wave of hip, successful soundtracks. The 2000s were full...
Garden State received positive reviews and was a box office success. It was an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival. The film's soundtrack, selected by Braff, won a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.
- Ariana Bacle
- "New Slang" by The Shins. Yes, it's the song that Natalie Portman told us would change our lives. Maybe it didn't change your life, but it probably got stuck in your head thanks to its strange, open-to-interpretation lyrics and a folk sound that's easy to bop your head along to.
- "Only Living Boy in New York" by Simon & Garfunkel. This 1970 song is about loneliness, but without the somberness that usually accompanies songs about loneliness.
- "Let Go" by Frou Frou. Imogen Heap (one-half of Frou Frou, along with Guy Sigsworth) sings in her typical breathy style for "Let Go," a song that invites the listener in with the beginning crescendo and keeps you staying with that dramatic cello and Heap's uplifting lyrics.
- "Such Great Heights" by Iron & Wine. Originally an up-tempo song by electronic duo The Postal Service, Iron & Wine took "Such Great Heights" and made it into a delicate, sweet ballad only faintly like its (also great) parent.
Jul 29, 2024 · With Simon & Garfunkel and Coldplay, the 13-song mix introduced The Shins and Frou Frou. Braff selected the songs, which fit the film's story and resonated with listeners.
Braff also personally chose the songs for the film's soundtrack, choosing music he felt would fit from his own favourite bands. Three of the performers on the soundtrack did not even have...
Sep 14, 2022 · The press surrounding Garden State’s soundtrack, released on August 10th, 2004, used this quote from Zach Braff: “Essentially, I made a mix CD with all of the music that I felt was scoring my life at the time I was writing the screenplay.” The next year, Zach’s mix CD was awarded a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a ...
