Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Postcards
2. Mr. Gateau
3. Meeting Daisy
4. A New Life
5. Love in Murmansk
6. Meeting Again
7. Mr. Button
8. "Little Man" Oti
9. Alone at Night
10. It Was Nice to Have Met You
11. Children's Games
12. Submarine Attack
13. The Hummingbird
14. Sunrise on Lake Pontchartrain
15. Daisy's Ballet Career
16. The Accident
17. Stay Out of My Life
18. Nothing Lasts
19. Some Things You Never Forget
20. Growing Younger
21. Dying Away
22. Love Returns
23. Benjamin and Daisy Original Score Composed, Conducted and Produced by Alexandre Desplat

Disc 2:

1. My Name is Benjamin - Benjamin Button
2. We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City - Doc Paulin's Marching Band
3. Some days I Feel Different - Queenie & Benjamin Button
4. Ostrich Walk - Frank Trumbauer and His Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderbecke
5. How Old Are You? - Benjamin Button & The Preacher
6. That's How Rhythm Was Born - The Boswell Sisters
7. When Was The Last Time You Had A Woman? - Benjamin Button & Captain Mike
8. Freight Train Blues (Traditional) - Billie & DeDe Pierce (5:34)
9. Basin Street Blues - Preservation Hall Jazz Band
10. Thanksgiving, 1930 - Benjamin Button
11. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) - Louis Armstrong and His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra
12. What's YOUR Secret? - Captain Mike & Benjamin Button
13. Chanson Sur Staline - Choeur de la Cathedral de la Rue Daru, Paris XVII
14. A Date Which Will Live In Infamy... - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1941
15. Arabeske For Piano In C Major Op. 18
16. Coming Home - Benjamin Button
17. Out Of Nowhere - Sidney Bechet
18. Dear Old Southland - Louis Armstrong
19. Defined By Opportunities - Benjamin Button

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17701 in Music
• Brand: Dig
• Released on: 2008-12-16
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Soundtrack
• Dimensions: .16 pounds

Album Description
A 2-CD collection from the acclaimed major motion picture featuring the compelling original score by Alexandre Desplat plus classic music by Louis Armstrong, The Platters and Bix Beiderbecke.

Customer Reviews

A Beautiful, Haunting and Emotional Journey
Having not seen the movie yet, I'm sure my interpretation of the music will change. The score is beautiful and different than I expected - it's not brooding or as achingly melancholic as the score for 'Atonement,' but there's a delicate quality about the music here. Early tracks play a little more upbeat and almost have a mysterious quality to them, like the track 'Love in Mourmansk." As the story of Benjamin and Daisy unfolds, the music grows more complex and sad - in parallel to the emotional journey that the two lovers go through. Well, I've said enough. It's a beautiful soundtrack, there are many great tracks throughout, "Meeting Again" is simply but beautiful track with intricate piano work that I strongly recommend.

Subtle but beautiful
'Sunrise on Lake Pontchartrain', 'Benjamin and Daisy', 'Love in Mourmansk', 'Postcards' and 'Alone at Night' are achingly wistful, exquisite pieces. Such beauty should not be overlooked.

The most beautiful soundtrack in years!
Whether or not you see the movie, which is also beautiful (by the way), this is a soundtrack you MUST NOT MISS. Without going into detail of each piece, let me say, it is delicious and splendid. Make sure you can enjoy it with as much "noise-reduction" as possible, so as not to miss the delicate, yet powerful, tones of each instrument. You will find yourself softly humming the haunting theme over and over. This is a masterpiece.