The Darjeeling Limited (soundtrack)

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The Darjeeling Limited: Original Soundtrack
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Soundtrack album by
various artists
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2007
Genre Film score
Rock
Classical
Length55:48
Label ABKCO Records
Producer Wes Anderson
Randall Poster
Wes Anderson film soundtrack chronology
The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions
(2005)
The Darjeeling Limited: Original Soundtrack
(2007)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
(2009)
Professional ratings
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The Darjeeling Limited: Original Soundtrack is the soundtrack album for the Wes Anderson film, The Darjeeling Limited . The album features three songs by The Kinks, "Powerman", "Strangers" and "This Time Tomorrow", all from the 1970 album Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One , as well as "Play With Fire" by The Rolling Stones. Most of the album, however, features film score music composed by Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray and other artists from the cinema of India. The works include "Charu's Theme", from Ray's 1964 film, Charulata .

The film is the first of Anderson's not to feature music by Mark Mothersbaugh. The Darjeeling Limited is the first Wes Anderson soundtrack album to feature a song by The Rolling Stones (though Bottle Rocket , Rushmore , and The Royal Tenenbaums all featured Rolling Stones songs, contractual reasons prevented the songs from appearing on the soundtrack albums).

Track listing

No.TitleArtist(s)DurationNotes
1"Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)" Peter Sarstedt 4:38from his self-titled album
2"Title Music" Vilayat Khan 2:25from Satyajit Ray's film Jalsaghar
3"This Time Tomorrow" The Kinks 3:25from their album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
4"Title Music" Satyajit Ray 1:25from Satyajit Ray's Teen Kanya
5"Title Music"Jyotitindra Moitra & Ustad Ali Akbar Khan 1:37from Merchant-Ivory's film The Householder
6"Ruku's Room"Satyajit Ray0:49from Satyajit Ray's film Joi Baba Felunath
7"Charu's Theme"Satyajit Ray1:01from Satyajit Ray's film Charulata
8"Title Music" Shankar Jaikishan 2:33from Merchant-Ivory's film Bombay Talkie
9"Montage"Satyajit Ray1:15from Nityananda Datta's film Baksa Badal
10"Prayer" (traditional) Jodhpur Sikh Temple Congregation1:07Song from the film’s soundtrack
11"Farewell to Earnest"Jyotitindra Moitra1:59from Merchant-Ivory's film The Householder
12"The Deserted Ballroom"Satyajit Ray0:46from Merchant-Ivory's film Shakespeare Wallah
13"Suite Bergamasque: 3. Clair de Lune" Claude Debussy Alexis Weissenberg 4:57from his album Weissenberg Plays Debussy
14"Typewriter Tip, Tip, Tip"Shankar Jaikishan4:37from Merchant-Ivory's film Bombay Talkie
15"Memorial" (traditional)Narlai Village Troubador1:26Song from the film’s soundtrack
16"Strangers"The Kinks3:20from their album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
17"Praise Him" (traditional) Udaipur Convent School Nuns And Students0:43Song from the film’s soundtrack
18"Symphony No. 7 in A (Op 92) Allegro Con Brio" Ludwig van Beethoven Fritz Reiner and Chicago Symphony Orchestra 6:48Non-album track
19"Play With Fire" The Rolling Stones 2:15from their album Out of Our Heads
20"Arrival in Benaras"Ustad Vilayat Khan1:44from Merchant-Ivory's film The Guru
21"Powerman"The Kinks4:19from their album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
22"Les Champs-Élysées" Joe Dassin 2:39from his album Les Champs-Élysées

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