Wes Anderson has always had strong soundtracks in his movies. Think back to the first time you watched The Royal Tenenbaums and how much you loved Nico afterwards. Or The Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday." The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou is one of the few movie soundtracks I ever bought. I even bought the supplemental thing that Seu Jorge did of just more David Bowie covers in Portuguese (the best ones are already on the soundtrack). Today, the tracklisting for Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson's new film, was released. It features composer Alexandre Desplat, with whom Anderson worked with on The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Pitchfork has a full listing of the soundtrack as well as a piece from Desplat streaming, check it out.
Also interesting are the choices from composer Leonard Bernstein. The film is about two kids running away together, so it's neat that Anderson has chosen pieces from Bernstein's A Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra. Anderson sure does like his thematic consistency. Shame there's no Rolling Stones on here though. Also, I'm not looking forward to the scene that features "Ramblin Man". Not just because I hate that song, but also because there's only a few ways to use that song and they've all been done before. But hey, I trust Wes Anderson. And Paul Thomas Anderson while I'm at it, he's cool too. But not Paul W.S. Anderson. That guy sucks.
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