Soundtrack Series Volume 2, 3, & 4: Jim Jarmusch, Cameron Crowe, Michel Gondry

My next installment of the Playlist Soundtrack Series. Read here to find out what it’s about, but essentially it’s imaginary soundtracks I made for films that don’t exist from filmmakers that I love.

For this batch I included some very loose premises because a) they came to me while making them and b) because I’m probably pretentious like that. Update: Downloadable links removed, we’ve had enough issues with Google to last a lifetime.

The Playlist Soundtrack Series: If I Were Jim Jarmusch
Volume 2: Jim Jarmusch’s imaginary soundtrack involves a cross-country fishing trip with old childhood pals, Tom Waits, John Lurie and their taciturn chain-smoking companion, Jim Jarmusch.

The Playlist Soundtrack Series: If I Were Jim Jarmusch

01 – Reunited – Wu Tang Clan
02 – Miserere Nobis – Gilberto Gil
03 – Arriving At Kenny’s – John Lurie
04 – Tell Me A Story – Iggy Pop
05 – Blue Veins – The Raconteurs
06 – Tell Me Now So I Know – Holly Golightly
07 – Yegelle Tezeta (cheating) – Mulatu Astatqe
08 – At Night – The Greenhornes
09 – Caramel – Cluster
10 – Black Flowers – Yo La Tengo
11 – Fishing – John Lurie
12 – Profissao Ladrao – Tom Zé
13 – King Tubby’s Borderline Dub – Augustus Pablo & King Tubby
14 – Backwards Flute – John Lurie
15 – A Little Rain – Tom Waits
16 – King’s Lead Hat – Brian Eno
17 – Musicawa Silt – The Daktaris
18 – Fishing With John – John Lurie
19 – Boys Are Boys And Girls Are Choice – The Monks
20 – How Does It Feel – Bobby Womack
21 – Knuckleheadz – Raekwon
22 – Red Hot Indians – Can
23 – This Is Not – Blonde Redhead
24 – Water Get No Enemy – Fela Ransome-Kuti And Africa 70
25 – Take It With Me – Tom Waits
26 – Le Wohl (edit) – Neu!

3.21.08 update: By the way, if you feel this one is too long, kill the Blonde Redhead song, I love that song, but now don’t think it really fits. I now wish I would have included a Harmonia song and one by The Genius/GZA. I probably could have edited myself a little bit, but the first couple in this series are long. I try and keep them to under an hour now.

The Playlist Soundtrack Series: If I Were Cameron Crowe
Volume 3: Cameron Crowe; a love story, what else?

The Playlist Soundtrack Series: If I Were Cameron Crowe

01 – Chopsticks – Liz Phair
02 – Modern Music – Black Mountain
03 – Tears In the Morning – The Beach Boys
04 – Mahgeeta (edit) – My Morning Jacket
05 – Daisy Glaze – Big Star
06 – Our Hell – Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton
07 – Honey And The Moon – Joseph Arthur
08 – Long As I Can See The Light – Creedence Clearwater Revival
09 – Frying Pan – Evan Dando
10 – Good For You’s Good For Me – The Walkmen
11 – A Venture – Yes
12 – Standing In The Doorway – Bob Dylan
13 – Never Make Me Cry – Fleetwood Mac
14 – The Teenage Feeling – Neko Case
15 – Watch The Sunrise – Big Star
16 – If I Needed You – Townes Van Zandt
17 – On A Beach – Richard Ashcroft
18 – Words Fail – Lucinda Williams
19 – Fool In The Rain – Led Zeppelin
20 – Landslide – Smashing Pumpkins
21 – The World (Will Soon Turn Our Way) – The Autumn Defense
22 – I Go To The Barn Because I Like The – Band of Horses
23 – Wildflowers – Tom Petty

This one is still probably my sentimental favorite. It’s become comfort food music when I am blue.

The Playlist Soundtrack Series: If I Were Michel Gondry
Volume 4: Michel Gondry’s imaginary soundtrack involves a scientist, his pregnant wife and a loop in the time continuum that threatens the future of their child and relationship.

The Playlist Soundtrack Series: If I Were Michel Gondry
01 – Arctic Circle – Final Fantasy
02 – International Coloring Contest – Stereolab
03 – Scenic World – Beirut
04 – Falling Out Of Love (With You) (vocals Dean Wareham) – The 6ths
05 – I’m Afraid Of Japan – Final Fantasy
06 – The Idea Of Growing Old – The Features
07 – Unravel – Björk
08 – -> – Final Fantasy
09 – Strange Apparition – Beck
10 – Le Papier Tue-Enfant – Jean Claude Vannier
11 – Sailor & Widow – Keren Ann
12 – Grand Canyon – The Magnetic Fields
13 – I’ve Got You and You’ve Got Me – New Buffalo
14 – Many Lives -> 49mp (edit) – Final Fantasy
15 – Ruin My Day – Jon Brion
16 – Apple Blossom – White Stripes
17 – The Song That We Sing – Charlotte Gainsbourg
18 – Petite Agonie De L’Enfant Assassin – Jean Claude Vannier
19 – Baby Boy – The Owls
20 – Levitate – Idaho
21 – Hundreds of Sparrows – Sparklehorse
22 – (Repeat) – Final Fantasy
23 – The Trial of the Century – The French Kicks
24 – Mushaboom (Postal Service remix) – Feist
25 – For Today I Am A Boy – Antony & The Johnsons
26 – Continuous Hit Music – The American Analog Set

Yeah, I changed the art on this one cause I always hated the original that I did way too fast. This is more what I originally wanted. If you care, just add this to the version you already have. Or don’t, whatever. Most of the art on some of these are sub-par and I’d like to re-do most (thought the 3 on this page, I’m mostly happy with).

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Born in Chile, raised in Canada, now living in Brooklyn, NY, Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2007. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, MuchMusic, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.

Rodrigo Perez
Rodrigo Perez
Born in Chile, raised in Canada, now living in Brooklyn, NY, Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2007. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, MuchMusic, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.

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