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The Kinks - The Darjeeling Limited Audio CD

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The Kinks Band: The Kinks
Title: The Darjeeling Limited
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Release Date: 2007-09-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) - Peter Sarstedt 2: Jalshagar [Title Music] - Vilayat Khan 3: This Time Tomorrow - The Kinks 4: Teen Kanya [Title Music] - Satyajit Ray 5: Householder [Title Music] - Ali Akbar Khan, Jyotitindra Moitra 6: Ruku Room [From Joi Baba Felunath] - Satyajit Ray 7: Charu's Theme [From Charulata] - Satyajit Ray 8: Bombay Talkie [Title Music] - Shankar Jaikishan, , Shankar, Shankar-Jaikishan 9: Montage [From Baksa Badal] - Satyajit Ray 10: Prayer - Jodphur Sikh Temple Congregation 11: Farewell to Earnest [From the Householder] - Ali Akbar Khan, Jyotitindra Moitra 12: Deserted Ballroom [From Shakespeare Wallah] - Satyajit Ray 13: Suite Bergamasque: 3. "Clair de Lune" - Alexis Weissenberg 14: Typewriter Tip, Tip Tip [From Bombay Talkie] - Shankar Jaikishan, , Shankar, Shankar-Jaikishan 15: Memorial - Narlai Village Troubador 16: Strangers - The Kinks 17: Praise Him - Udaipur Convent School Nuns And Students 18: Symphony No. 7 in A (Op 92): Allegro con Brio - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, , Fritz Reiner, Fritz Reiner 19: Play with Fire - The Rolling Stones 20: Arrival in Benaras [From the Guru] - Vilayat Khan 21: Powerman - The Kinks 22: Champs-Élysées - Joe Dassin

This film is crazy good!
You watch it once and want to see it again immediately. . did I get that right? Must see it again to make sure.


It's music
Dance around to the last track. It's a soundtrack to a charming film which you need to have seen.


Owen Wilson!
Also, Owen Wilson is great! Plus, its a great way to see India without actually going there. This movie is great because it is a great dynamic between 3 brothers who are bad at keeping secrets. It has an optional opening movie (short) with Natalie Portman, which is cool! Also, have the soundtrack! Have a Good ONE!.


Evocatively Wes Anderson (...That's a Good Thing!)
Beautiful and emotional, the eclectic mix seems to intentionally involve music of a bygone era in settings that suggest no time has passed, when indeed much has. Please don't balk at the ringing cliché-o-meters when I call this soundtrack "evocative" since Wes Anderson's soundtracks are always appropriate to the settings and themes on display. This sense is very real in India, and the tale of three neurotic, self-involved materialists gaining a vague sense of this along with a need to take corrective action through self-awareness makes this soundtrack appropriate to both story and setting.

For this reason, I think we can forgive the fact that this is less an original soundtrack than an original collection for a theme. Also for this reason, you may wish to see the film first to see if you gain any meaningful associations with individual tracks before committing to a download. I submit that you likely WILL find at least some connections (yes, a movie plug. )

It is, unsurprisingly, heavily weighted towards Indian music, particularly the poppy, Bollywood variety. This can drag on one's desire to replay the soundtrack in its entirety since not all of these tracks are easily connected in one's memory to a scene in the film. Notable exceptions are "Title. . . from. . . Jalshagar" as the soundtrack to Bill Murray's quirky "chase" cameo in the opening scene, and "Praise Him" which evokes mix of familiarity and now-foreign disconnects the characters experience upon finding their mother in a remote Indian orphanage.
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True film version of song
You should be aware that if you download the single "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) by Peter Sarstedt, from Itunes, for example, you will NOT get the same song as featured in the film. Great movie and soundtrack. You must buy the soundtrack to get the film's version of the song, which features accordian music, a faster tempo, and a better vocal by Sarstedt. I recommend the soundtrack version. .


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