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Post by headlightbeams on Sept 15, 2006 3:31:14 GMT -5
A short plug in music piece previewing "Open Season" soundtrack contains this mini review: 2-½ years in the making, Open Season: Featuring The Songs Of Paul Westerberg works beautifully as a complement to the film. Westerberg fans will also be happy to know that the songs work just as well as a new Paul Westerberg album. The songs are full of his signature hooks and infectious melodies as well as his clever lyrics. ... Open Season: Featuring The Songs Of Paul Westerberg marks Westerberg’s first foray into writing music for an animated film, and proves that he is still writing the kind of music that has made him one of the most influential artists of the last three decades. |
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Post by kgp on Sept 15, 2006 14:02:20 GMT -5
From Pitchfork via the Current:
One of two tunes that reunites former Replacements bandmates Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson for the soundtrack to the animated movie Open Season, "Love You in the Fall" is exactly what you'd expect: feelgood, vaguely rootsy pop-rock that won't offend anybody. Westerberg sounds typically weathered, and Stinson's bass sounds, well, completely anonymous. At least there aren't any cartoon animals involved.
The Open Season soundtrack is out September 26 on Lost Highway.
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Post by barry on Sept 16, 2006 14:34:38 GMT -5
Does anyone know if he rerecorded "Good day" or is it the Eventually version?
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Post by kgp on Sept 16, 2006 16:52:16 GMT -5
I've seen Open Season coloring books in the supermarket already.
Oh, and Amazon has the samples up. So far, I really like "I Belong" and "Whisper Me Luck."
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Post by headlightbeams on Sept 16, 2006 21:16:18 GMT -5
So far, I really like "I Belong" Which one?  And have two songs ever been as polar opposite as "Nowhere Is My Home" and "I Belong"? |
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Post by kgp on Sept 17, 2006 9:28:29 GMT -5
So far, I really like "I Belong" Which one? And have two songs ever been as polar opposite as "Nowhere Is My Home" and "I Belong"? I only listened to Paul's version; I've yet to hear Pete Yawn's. I didn't sample "A Right to Arm Bears," either. Title alone kinda' scares me--a little too "punny" even for a cartoon. Now, if he'd written a rap song called "Fuzzy's gotta Uzi" or something, maybe... |
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Post by scoOter on Sept 17, 2006 10:17:33 GMT -5
question (and it may have been answered already):
did paul write the 2 deathray songs as well? i'm pretty sure i read that he wrote "wild as i wanna be", but what about the other one? if so, i would love to hear paul's versions.
edit: i just wanted to chime in & say the new songs are exciting. the arming bears songs is fucking great, but it is, as has been mentioned before, very "punny". a little too cutesy. this one, good as it is, musically, can only exist on this soundtrack, and that is unfortunate. still, overall, i am impressed by the new output, and i hope it is very successful for our little engine who up until now could not.
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Post by Kathy on Sept 17, 2006 13:28:09 GMT -5
I love "Right to Arm Bears" and don't find it overly cute or punny, given that it's intended for a children's movie. I realize that because this song represents the previously-never-to-be-dreamed of confluence btw 2 of my favorite things (Paul Westerberg music and animal welfare), in a delicious pop confection, I'm completely biased.
"The Constitution is an institution
Change is not our ambition
The solution now is obvious:
Ban all the ammunition"
Underneath all the punning is a pretty strong anti-hunting/killing message and I like it.
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Post by bhelm on Sept 17, 2006 20:02:30 GMT -5
where is everyone hearing all of this unreleased material?  are they just clips?? or the entire songs?? |
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Post by kgp on Sept 17, 2006 20:06:49 GMT -5
where is everyone hearing all of this unreleased material? are they just clips?? or the entire songs?? has 30 second clips up now. |
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Post by timtoast on Sept 17, 2006 20:35:12 GMT -5
I just saw a commercial for the movie after tonight's Family Guy. It sounded like they are finally playing a PW song in the commercial, probably Right To Arms Bears. (It was played very low in the background)
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Post by headlightbeams on Sept 17, 2006 22:35:54 GMT -5
A blogger had this to say: Friday, September 15, 2006 Brand spankin' new from Paul Westerberg: Open Season Soundtrack Paul Westerberg's re-entry into the world of film soundtracks is greeted 'round these parts with open arms and happy ears. Following his stellar contributions to the Singles soundtrack (Cameron Crowe's 1992 film about the music scene and dating life in the Emerald City of Seattle, and one of my favorite soundtracks ever) Westerberg has dusted off his movie-musicmaker and done pretty much the whole soundtrack for the new Sony Pictures animated film Open Season. I've read (possibly exaggerated) accounts that for the movie Singles, Westerberg locked himself in a hotel room and emerged twenty minutes later with the classic track "Dyslexic Heart." Open Season by comparison took quite a bit longer. Westerberg says, "Singles took about two weeks [total], while Cameron Crowe sat there and sorta encouraged me along . . . This project took two-and-a-half years." Thanks to the music elves, I've got the new song for ya. I can't think of a better way to kick off a Friday. I find the new track very enjoyable - the opening is fantastic vintage Westerberg, with a similar feel to tunes like "Be Bad For Me" or the recent 'Mats track "Message To The Boys." The lyrics are admittedly a bit simplistic, but I don't listen to him to discern the meaning of the universe or anything, so this will do just fine. 'Mats bassist Tommy Stinson adds background vocals and wields the thunderstick for this song, as well as one other track called "Right To Arm Bears" (ha ha). ... Comments: At September 17, 2006 9:12 PM, Anonymous said... Love the blog, and have been checking it out for months, but I feel like I've gotta correct one little thing. Deathray isn't from S.F., they're from my town, Sacramento. They're made up former members of CAKE and another long-gone Sac. band, Little Guilt Shrine. It's very rare a Sac band gets some props, so I thought I'd give 'em a little love. |
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Post by headlightbeams on Sept 17, 2006 22:41:25 GMT -5
Here's some stuff about Deathray from another blog: Seems Deathray got the hook-up after a well-placed friend put a copy of the local (and currently unsigned) pop band's "Believe Me" record in the hands of a Sony Pictures music supervisor. Long story short, the guy liked it so much, he asked Deathray to cover a new Westerberg track for the upcoming animated flick "Open Season." Deathray recorded the song at lead singer Dana Gumbiner's home studio, sent it back to L.A. and then got word that the studio liked the track well enough to include it on the film's soundtrack. The overall experience, Gumbiner says, was "intense." "It was crazy work, (with) deadlines and a lot of back and forth as the filmmakers were very particular and detail-oriented," Gumbiner wrote in a recent e-mail. "Plus, there were multiple directors working on the movie so the communication was challenging. But overall, it was totally fun and the people involved were so much easier to work with than anyone we've ever dealt with in the 'music industry.' " The best part, Gumbiner adds, will come when he gets to take his 7-year-old son, Jack, to the September premiere in Hollywood. "He's excited because I've told him he'll be one of the first kids to see it." And, as a fan of the Replacements, Gumbiner's excited, too. "(Westerberg's) new stuff in the movie is really cool and inspired; a few songs sound like they could be off of (the Replacements') "Let It Be" - they're very raw and unpolished," he says. "I just hope Paul Westerberg likes our cover." Posted: Rachel Leibrock at 02:08 PM August 23, 2006 |
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Post by headlightbeams on Sept 18, 2006 9:19:56 GMT -5
Which one? And have two songs ever been as polar opposite as "Nowhere Is My Home" and "I Belong"? I only listened to Paul's version; I've yet to hear Pete Yawn's. I didn't sample "A Right to Arm Bears," either. Title alone kinda' scares me--a little too "punny" even for a cartoon. Now, if he'd written a rap song called "Fuzzy's gotta Uzi" or something, maybe... I like that: Fuzzy Wuzzy wuzza bear ... But I too disagree about punny. I think it's fine; I'm more worried about "I Belong." What should be the Pete Yorn sample is entirely orchestration, no vocals or hint of vocals . |
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Post by Kathy on Sept 18, 2006 9:45:11 GMT -5
I like that: Fuzzy Wuzzy wuzza bear ... But I too disagree about punny. I think it's fine; I'm more worried about "I Belong." What should be the Pete Yorn sample is entirely orchestration, no vocals or hint of vocals . The vocals don't come in til halfway thru the song and last about 1 1/2, so it's kind of an odd track... |
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Post by Wolfdog on Sept 18, 2006 10:45:31 GMT -5
The vocals don't come in til halfway thru the song and last about 1 1/2, so it's kind of an odd track... maybe its one of them 'play over the foreign animation team member credits because we ran out of original material' songs. should have it's own category at the oscars. its usually standard to have someone else cover a main song from the film, or some sort of instrumental version. |
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Post by headlightbeams on Sept 18, 2006 21:21:45 GMT -5
iesb.net has ten clips from the movie ... looks like Windows only. The clip titles don't suggest any of the songs particularly: Sweet You Gotta Go Outside Behold, I Come In Peace McSquizzy's Tree Some Kind of Chick Fight I Look Like A Bear What Was That? I've Been Living A Lie I Never Hold A Grudge Fire!
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Post by headlightbeams on Sept 19, 2006 22:59:31 GMT -5
From canmag.com: The latest clips for Open Season are pretty funny, though it does seem like Sony may have entered into the animated conundrum. Some of the humor wants to be adult, but they deliver it in a childish manner to satisfy a younger audience. What happened to the subliminal adult humor used in films such as Shrek? Besides that little complaint, it does look like Sony has a fun movie to help close out September. |
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Post by headlightbeams on Sept 21, 2006 0:27:44 GMT -5
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Post by cford on Sept 21, 2006 9:25:31 GMT -5
From canmag.com: The latest clips for Open Season are pretty funny, though it does seem like Sony may have entered into the animated conundrum. Some of the humor wants to be adult, but they deliver it in a childish manner to satisfy a younger audience. What happened to the subliminal adult humor used in films such as Shrek? Besides that little complaint, it does look like Sony has a fun movie to help close out September. Shrek, SpongeBob, RugRats are examples of shows that have an adult layer.... I would guess, based on this review, that Open Season is not among them.. CF |
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