Music from Vanilla Sky

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Music from Vanilla Sky
Album vanilla sky ost.jpg
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Released4 December 2001
RecordedVarious times
Length73:46 + Extra tracks
Label Reprise/WEA
Producer Danny Bramson, Cameron Crowe, Bob Ezrin, Gerry Goffin, Bob Johnston, David Kahne, Mark Kozelek, Scott Litt, Patrick McCarthy, Paul McCartney, Josh Rouse, Todd Rundgren, Michael Tighe
Singles from Music from Vanilla Sky
  1. "All the Right Friends"
    Released: 2001
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Music from Vanilla Sky is the soundtrack to the 2001 film Vanilla Sky . The album has been subject to critical acclaim from its reviewers, being called "a music masterpiece" by The New York Times . The eclectic taste of the soundtrack has been said to be one of the reasons the film has become a cult classic. [2] The eponymous song from the soundtrack, written by Paul McCartney, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleArtistLength
1."All the Right Friends" R.E.M. 2:46
2."Everything in Its Right Place" Radiohead 4:09
3."Vanilla Sky" Paul McCartney 2:46
4."Solsbury Hill" Peter Gabriel 4:23
5."I Fall Apart" Julianna Gianni 3:52
6."Porpoise Song" The Monkees 2:52
7."Mondo '77" Looper featuring Francis MacDonald 4:54
8."Have You Forgotten" Red House Painters 5:28
9."Directions" Josh Rouse 3:24
10."Afrika Shox" Leftfield featuring Afrika Bambaataa 3:44
11."Svefn-g-englar" Sigur Rós 9:15
12."Last Goodbye" Jeff Buckley 4:33
13."Can We Still Be Friends" Todd Rundgren 3:33
14."4th Time Around" Bob Dylan 4:35
15."Elevator Beat" Nancy Wilson 2:44
16."Sweetness Follows"R.E.M.4:19
17."Where Do I Begin" The Chemical Brothers 6:29

Additional songs

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)Position
Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [5] 141

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