Save on music from the best films of the 90s

 

     
  Good Will Hunting (Soundtrack)  
  CD List Bt. 220

For Membership Bt. 190

TAPE List Bt. 120

For Membership Bt. 85

Date : 02/12/97 Label : Capital

  
       

 

Track Listing & Real Audio Sound Clip
01. Between The Bars (Orchestral) - Elliott Smith

02. As The Rain - Jeb Loy Nichols
03. Angeles - Elliott Smith
04. No Name #3 - Elliott Smith
05. Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys
06. Why Do I Lie? - Luscious Jackson
07. Will Hunting (Main Titles) - Danny Elfman
08. Between The Bars - Elliott Smith

  09. Say Yes - Elliott Smith
10. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
11. Somebody's Baby - Andru Donalds
12. Boys Better - The Dandy Warhols
13. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Al Green

14. Miss Misery - Elliott Smith
15. Weepy Donuts - Danny Elfman

 

Notes :
Producers include: Danny Elfman, Craig Street, Rob Schnapf, Elliott Smith, Daniel Lanois.

For a movie so ostensibly family-oriented, the soundtrack to Good Will Hunting contains some pretty damn disconsolate music. The bulk of the songs here are provided by Heatmiser main man Elliott Smith, whose melancholy solo work far outshines his more rockist band outings, and has gained him far more acclaim. Smith songs like "No Name #3" and "Miss Misery" plumb the depths of despair without ever getting too noisy about their self-pity. We would use Nick Drake as a reference, were the comparison not rendered moot by the way Drake's name is tossed about recklessly in connection to every moe with a Prozac prescription and an acoustic guitar. Every late-'90s soundtrack is required by law to include at least one retro '70s cut. This album makes good use of that requirement to slip in Al Green's delectable rendition of the Bee Gees' classic torch song "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart." Pass the headphones and the Kleenex.