Inherent Vice (soundtrack)

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Inherent Vice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Soundtrack album by
Jonny Greenwood and various artists
ReleasedDecember 15, 2014
RecordedDecember 2013–February 2014
Genre Film soundtrack
Length54:42
Label Nonesuch
Producer Jonny Greenwood
Jonny Greenwood chronology
The Master
(2012)
Inherent Vice
(2014)
Junun
(2015)
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Shasta"
2:40
2."Vitamin C" Can 3:32
3."Meeting Crocker Fenway"
  • Greenwood
  • Royal Philharmonic
1:25
4."Here Comes the Ho-Dads" The Marketts 2:10
5."Spooks"Greenwood2:35
6."Shasta Fay"
  • Greenwood
  • Royal Philharmonic
7:02
7."Les Fleur" Minnie Riperton 3:15
8."The Chryskylodon Institute"
  • Greenwood
  • Royal Philharmonic
3:04
9."Sukiyaki" Kyu Sakamoto 3:06
10."Adrian Prussia"
  • Greenwood
  • Royal Philharmonic
2:51
11."Journey Through the Past" Neil Young 2:22
12."Simba" Les Baxter 2:42
13."Under the Paving-Stones, the Beach!"Greenwood1:56
14."The Golden Fang"
  • Greenwood
  • Royal Philharmonic
4:50
15."Amethyst"Greenwood2:03
16."Shasta Fay Hepworth"
  • Greenwood
  • Royal Philharmonic
5:45
17."Any Day Now" Chuck Jackson 3:24
Total length:54:42

Additional music

Film music not included in the album: [6]

  1. "Dreamin' On a Cloud" – The Tornados
  2. "Rhythm of the Rain" – The Cascades
  3. "Soup" – Can
  4. "Burning Bridges" – Jack Scott
  5. "The Throwaway Age" – Bob Irwin
  6. "Gilligan’s Island Theme" – Sherwood Schwartz and George Wyle
  7. "Harvest" – Neil Young
  8. "Electricity" – Cliff Adams
  9. "Never My Love" – The Association
  10. "Adam-12 (Themes and Cues)" – Frank Comstock
  11. "(What A) Wonderful World" – Sam Cooke

Reception

The review aggregator website Metacritic assigned a score 79 out of 100 to the album, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [13] Jayson Greene of Pitchfork rated 7.3/10 to the album, saying "Like the movie, the soundtrack is a pungent, incoherent, occasionally haunting trifle. The feeling is of a bunch of intelligent and talented people trying on a bunch of funny-colored clothing and giggling at each other. If you're not wearing the costumes, there's a limit to just how entertained by all of it you can be." [14] Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote "In its own way, Inherent Vice is as subtly and carefully crafted as Greenwood's other scores for Anderson's films, but its wit and heart make it special in its own right." [15]

Sean Wilson of Music Files wrote "Greenwood has established a recognisable musical voice over just five feature films, and although Inherent Vice is almost certainly the most straightforward of all his scores, it still retains the technical complexity for which he's renowned." [16] Joe Goggins of Drowned In Sound gave 7 out of 10 to the album and wrote Greenwood's "non-Radiohead output has always been interesting and has often been compelling". [17] Will Schube of Passion of the Weiss wrote "The soundtrack’s an easy listen, partially because Greenwood’s work is less demanding, but also in how the record’s sequencing intersperses underground classics of the 70s among the original work." [18] Ben Hogwood of MusicOMH rated three-and-a-half out of five, saying "this is undoubtedly Greenwood’s work, and he writes with ever-growing assurance and colour, broadening the orchestral palette. It’s just a shame this album as a whole could not be arranged in a more satisfying way". [19]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipientsResultRef.
Boston Society of Film Critics December 7, 2014 Best Use of Music in a Film Jonny Greenwood Won [20]
Denver Film Critics SocietyJanuary 12, 2015Best ScoreNominated [21]
[22]
International Film Music Critics Association AwardsFebruary 19, 2015Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller FilmNominated [23]
Los Angeles Film Critics Association December 7, 2014 Best Music Score (tied with Mica Levi for Under the Skin )Won [24]

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