an indie music movie soundtrack

Looking at my past posts, I think I've been using the word "love " a lot. I mean it 100% though, always. For instance, I love it when books I...love...get turned into movies. Or more accurately, I'm initially excited. I suppose I don't always love the end result nearly so much. For example, EVERY DR. SEUSS BOOK SO FAR that has been made into a live action movie has thoroughly creeped me out (Jim Carrey as the Grinch?). And Coraline was sort of disappointing too. It was really beautiful, but too kid-oriented. Yes, I know it was a kids' book, but that's no excuse, and if you read the book, you'd understand. SO A QUICK AND SLIGHTLY OFF-TOPIC THING, I just discovered that in 1970, a movie version of The Phantom Tollbooth was released, and I am absolutely going to watch it, and it should be amazing. But the actual point of this was, Where the Wild Things Are is coming out in theatres later this year(!). Maybe you've seen the trailer? It features an Arcade Fire song, "Wake Up." This is apparently a big deal in the music world. I'm not a big Arcade Fire fan myself, but I do love it when movies feature indie musicians in their soundtracks. I never understood people who like keeping really great bands to themselves. Like all those hipsters who got upset when Garden State came out, and all of a sudden mainstream America loved The Shins. I think it's fantastic when a band I like succeeds, because they absolutely deserve it, and I think it's pretty immature and selfish to want to deny them that just so I can have an unwarranted sense of superiority. I really despise indie kids sometimes, and I don't by any means consider myself to be one. I don't even like Animal Collective, which is basically the indie community's prodigy this year, right? But despite all this, here is my--you've been waiting for this since you read the title of this post--indie music movie soundtrack. It's not perfect, but I actually chose it myself instead of falling to the temptation of setting iTunes on shuffle. Which produces some pretty fun results, but I guess that's for another time.

Opening Credits: Rilo Kiley - "A Better Son/Daughter"

Car Chase: Stars - "Soft Revolution"

Love Scene: Stars - "My Favourite Book"

Ending Credits: Dizzy Balloon - "Young Love"/Badly Drawn Boy - "Four Leaf Clover"

That was pretty fun. I'd like to have a job where I can just sit at a conference table and talk about music I like. I could make movie soundtracks, or choose songs for Rock Band. "I LIKE THIS SONG," or "FALL OUT BOY IS LAME, AND NOT IN A COOL NOSTALGIC WAY BECAUSE THEY'RE FAIRLY RECENT." Maybe I'll go make up some business cards offering my services as a Music Consultant. No, I probably won't. I just Googled it, and the title is already taken for a less-cool job.