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Yesterday i was watching a movie (Tenenbaum) with a good choice of songs : Clash, Stones, Paul Simon…
I wonder if Lu appears in some movies or TV’s.Well, two that immediately come to mind – she recorded a cover of Glen Campbell’s hit “Gentle On My Mind” (written by John Hartford) that plays while the credits roll on the movie Talledega Nights. And, on the NBC television series Crossing Jordan, she recorded a version of “Hang Down Your Head” (written by Kathleen Brennan & Tom Waits). The latter is available on a 2003 Crossing Jordan soundtrack CD (as well as a bonus track on the Australian release of World Without Tears), while the former has never been commercially released.
I’m sure there are others…
Tom
“Sharp Cutting Wings” in Niagra, Niagra (no, it’s not titled Viagra, Viagra–it’s actually about a Tourette’s Syndrome kid); “Lonely Girls” in Shallow Hal; “I Envy the Wind” and I think “Blue” in some fairly recent French film with, I think, Isabel Huppert–I mentioned this to T Overby and he thought the rights had not been cleared with the LW camp. . . Wish I could remember that title: it pops up on Sundance and/or IFC on occasion. There’s more I’m drawing blanks on.
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I’m sure there are others…
Oh yeah, I just thought of another one… 😉
A version of “Hard Time Killing Floor Blues” (written by Nehemiah “Skip” James) on the Wim Wenders documentary film A Soul Of A Man (an awesome soundtrack, BTW, if you love the blues). It was a documentary, as opposed to a feature film, however.
And these I culled from her “Credits” list at allmusic.com:
Film soundtracks: “One Night Stand” from Tumbleweeds; “Can’t Let Go” from Jack Frost; “Still I Long For Your Kiss” from The Horse Whisperer; & “The Night’s Too Long” from Lone Star.
Television series soundtracks: “Are You Alright?” from House, M.D. & “Right In Time” from The L Word.
Tom
One of the songs from West appeared in The Sopranos. I forget which one.
edited on 4/13: it was “Are You Alright?” 🙂
I heard “Change the Locks” playing in the background in a bar scene on the HBO show “Eastbound and Down” recently.
Something About What Happens When We Talk is in Unhook The Stars and World Without Tears is in Lake City.
at least a couple songs in the documentary “ganja queen” …. i think that is what it was called
i will look it up
yes, it was 3 songs
“Lucinda Williams performed three songs on the soundtrack –
Essence, Steal Your Love & Unsuffer Me”When Like A Rose plays in TransAmerica, it is nothing short of awesome.
One of my favorite LuSongs from a movie is Terry Allen’s Bloodlines from the film The Baby Dance. I’ve not been able to find that song anywhere.
That last song’s a good, somewhat obscure one, Drunken Angel. I knew of her singing “Room To Room” and “Black To Black” with Terry Allen on his album Human Remains, but I was not aware of that one. I’d sure like to get a copy of it myself. In case you haven’t seen it (or for anyone else interested), I found this Terry Allen interview where he talks about getting Lu to sing “Bloodlines” for The Baby Dance.
Also, here’s a good list of Lu’s songs / singing in movie & TV soundtracks at imdb.com…
Tom
I was watching the final season of The Sopranos last year and when Tony goes to Vegas to “console” one of Christopher’s girlfriends,the brand new ,at the time “Are you alright” intro was playing as he arrived.Unfortunately,there wasn’t any vocal but no one could identify where the music was from,except little ol’ me!That’s how new it was at the time.I had purchased the CD the day it was released in my area so I had no problem picking it out.David Chase,I’ve read,is really into all kinds of music and it shows because he showcases quite a variety of tunes but never puts the artists in the credits.Is that illegal?Pay up,Chase!
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