Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild soundtrack
By Andy Denton on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 12:53 pm
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, my brother Noah and I went to see the movie “Into the Wild“. I had given the book to Noah for Christmas a few years ago, so going to see the movie was a natural transition. The movie, although slow at times, was a great story. I felt that Sean Penn as the director missed providing a much more cinematic experience by not showing as much scenic landsapes and such. But, nonetheless, the story was powerful. For those of you who don’t know about the story, it depicts a recent college graduate who didn’t have the best family life growing up. After graduating college, he basically attempts to flee society and ‘fall off the grid’ sort of speak. In this, he’s a constant vagabond traveling the country side and stopping only to commune with like-spirited friends. I don’t think I’m ruining the movie for you when I say that in the end, the kid basically learns the hard way that happiness is only real when it is shared.
The surprise of the movie for me wasn’t really the plot of the movie, but the incredible soundtrack perfomed entirely by Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam. Every song just fit the scene, and was clearly crafted for each exact moment in the flick. I personally feel it’s some of Eddie’s best work. And it reminds me of the final scene in the Mark Wahlberg movie Rock Star where Mark’s rock star persona flees the big stage and is found in a local Seattle coffee shop belting out heart-felt ballads. The Into The Wild soundtrack by Eddie Vedder provides exactly the same escape for Pearl Jam’s lead vocalist.
Some of these songs relate mostly to the movie, but there are two or three songs which will be long time classics in my playlists.
Here are my favorites.
Eddie Vedder - Rise
Eddie Vedder - Guaranteed
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