Track Listing

1. Shark Attack Theme - Sven Libaek
2. Loquasto International Film Festival
3. Life on Mars? - David Bowie
4. Starman - Seu Jorge
5. Let Me Tell You About My Boat
6. Rebel Rebel - Seu Jorge
7. Zissou Society Blue Star Cadets/Ned's Theme Take 1 [Take]
8. Gut Feeling - Devo
9. Open Sea Theme - Sven Libaek
10. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide - Seu Jorge
11. Here's to You - Joan Baez
12. We Call Them Pirates Out Here
13. Search and Destroy - Iggy & the Stooges
14. Nina de Puerta Oscura - Paco de Lucia
15. Life on Mars? - Seu Jorge
16. Ping Island/Lighting Strike Rescue Op
17. Five Years - Seu Jorge
18. 30 Century Man - Scott Walker
19. Way I Feel Inside - The Zombies
20. Queen Bitch - David Bowie

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26036 in Music
• Released on: 2004-12-14
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Soundtrack, Content/Copy-Protected CD
• Original language: English, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Portuguese, Tagalog
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Amazon.com
Director Wes Anderson's jewel of a comic-character study revolves around the quirks and obsessions of Bill Murray's titular Cousteau-esque deep-sea adventurer and his motley crew of associates. As they did for the director's equally sublime Royal Tenenbaums, Anderson and music super Randall Poster stitch their eclectic source material into a warm, subtly focused new cinemusic whole. Mark Mothersbaugh's original Casio-baroque cues are the perfect complement for Australian film composer Sven Libaek's compelling slices of vintage exotica, while Ziggy Stardust-era David Bowie largely provides the musical subtext, either directly or in earnest, through live acoustic renditions by Brazilian troubadour/film costar Seu Jorge. Seasoning the mix to near perfection are smart, vintage Britpop contributions by Scott Walker and the Zombies, Iggy and the Stooges thrashing "Search and Destroy," the evocative Iberian fire of Paco DeLucia, and Joan Baez's dramatic read of Morricone's Sacco & Vanzetti theme, "Here's to You." -- Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews

Staralfur by Sigur Ros.... i know i know.
AMAZING soundtrack. of course, everyone is complaining that Staralfur by Sigur Ros is not included.

well, it is available, LEGALLY, for FREE as an mp3 download at an indie music site called epitonic.

here is the link:
http://www.epitonic.com/artists/sigurros.html

ENJOY!

Excellent overall.
When I first saw this movie, I knew I had to have the soundtrack. Mark Mothersbaugh is a genius, and I loved the little bits with Seu Jorge playing guitar and singing in the movie, so I figured if the soundtrack CD gives me at least those two things, it will be well worth my money. Well, let me tell you, this CD gives that and more. There's only one song missing from this CD, but it's easily downloadable from a site mentioned in a previous review of this same CD. I say that if you thought the music in the movie was good, you'll like this CD.

Where is the music?
I think that The Life Aquatic is very well one of the best films I have seen in a very very long time. What made the film so great, was the music. It was fun, quirky, and moving in all the right places. My complaint is this: Half the music in the film, is not in the soundtrack. All the little strange electronic songs that were scattered throughout the movie are not in on here. HOWEVER, the soundtrack by itself is great anyway, and I love it. I just really wish that the little songs that glued the movie together had made it on.