1. Don't Panic - Coldplay
2. Caring Is Creepy - The Shins
3. In The Waiting Line - Zero 7
4. New Slang - The Shins
5. I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You - Colin Hay
6. Blue Eyes - Cary Brothers
7. Fair - Remy Zero
8. One Of These Things First - Nick Drake
9. Lebanese Blonde - Thievery Corporation
10. The Only Living Boy In New York - Simon & Garfunkel
11. Such Great Heights - Iron and Wine
12. Let Go - Frou Frou
13. Winding Road - Bonnie Somerville
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Writer and director Zach Braff does a masterful job matching the charming, heartfelt tone of films like The Graduate and Rushmore in his motion picture debut, Garden State, so it only makes sense that the music he personally compiled for the soundtrack plays just as of big a part here as it did in those films. Simon & Garfunkel's languorous "The Only Living Boy in New York" is an obvious thread, but aside from Nick Drake's "One of These Things First," Braff is able to carry the mood without getting tripped up in the past. Frou Frou's "Let Go" and Zero 7's "In the Waiting Line" supply soft techno touches, while Iron & Wine's "Such Great Heights" and former Men at Work singer Colin Hay's "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You" offer understated angst. It's the pair of emotionally racked contributions from the Shins ("Caring Is Creepy," "New Slang"), however, that really make this compilation a must-have. --Aidin Vaziri
Album Description
Soundtrack to eagerly anticipated 2004 film features music from Coldplay, The Shins, Zero 7, Colin Hay, Cary Brothers, Remy Zero, Nick Drake, Thievery Corporation, Simon & Garfunkel, Iron & Wine, Frou Frou, & Bonnie Somerville.
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Garden State
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2004-08-10)
- Publisher: Sony
- Label: Sony
- Format: Soundtrack
- Studio: Sony
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 311 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #1456
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Summary: The Most Presumptuous & Transparent Soundtrack this Decade 2008-11-25
Comment: With the creation of Zach Braff's "Garden State" every kid in America decided they too could enjoy indie movies. The Garden State soundtrack affords the same benefits. With the album compiled of the latest cracker jack, so-called "indie" artists Zach Braff has certainly captivated an unassuming audience and tricked them into believing that they have truly found a secretive sect of music that no one else has ever heard, despite that most of the musicians found here have been around for quite some time. While the packaging and hype surrounding the album make it deliciously attractive, it's the bigger idea of the album that you should be repulsed by. If you're interested in buying good music, go do it. If you're interested in buying into an over-commercialized version of what "our generation" should be listening to, by all means, click the "Buy Now" button as soon as humanly possible.
In Braff's self-absorbed world I'm sure his compilation passes as brilliant, however, to those who are more well-adjusted to the "indie scene", this album is nothing to be impressed by. Simply put, the "Garden State" soundtrack is the most palatable combination of "indie" artists that can be distributed and consumed in today's mass culture.
Braff himself claims to be the voice of our (20-somethings) generation, while this is both presumptuous and false, it's even more offensive that he put a soundtrack to it. Take a snapshot of youth culture, water it way, way, way down, repackage it for popular consumption and--voila! You've got the "Garden State" soundtrack and the perfect CD you can buy all your friends to affirm their psyches.
Zach Braff is many things, but a novel thinker on our generation's issues? Certainly not. My advice: don't buy the album, let Braff stick to acting, and leave the revelations for Spielberg.
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Summary: I want Braff's entire music collection! 2008-07-24
Comment: I can't even tell you how many times I've purchased a movie soundtrack only to be disappointed by the mediocre (at best) collection. Before Garden State, I'm pretty sure the last soundtrack I bought was for Men in Black back in '97. Major disappointment there.
So when I locked onto the Garden State soundtrack, I wavered. I checked out the song clips on Amazon and decided to sit on it for awhile. But I couldn't get the clips out of my head. Do you have any idea how annoying it is to only know 30 seconds of a great song? So I finally gave in. I purchased the CD, and worried that somehow it was going to turn out like one of those movies where they show all the good parts in the preview.
Several years later and this album is still among my Top 10 most played albums. Having grown up listening to my dad's Simon & Garfunkel albums, I already had a foot in the door with their contribution, but beyond that I was only familiar with Coldplay. I'd heard of a few of the other artists in name only, but I was deeply impressed with each and every track on this album. It's not very often that I find an album, not to mention a soundtrack, that I can bare to listen to all the way through. Even my parents have enjoyed it!
Zach Braff has a great ear for music and I wish I could tap into his private vault of music to build up my own stash.
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Summary: my top ten 2008-06-02
Comment: It is difficult for me to fully express why, but this movie makes my top ten movies of all time list. As for the soundtrack, well, not only does it remind me of the film, but it also has some choice cuts of music within it.
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Summary: Great soundtrack 2008-02-22
Comment: I love movie soundtracks that have artists that may other wise not get airplay. Zero 7, the Shins, and Frou Frou, even an Simon & Garfunkel song gets woven into an interesting musical experience. It pretty mellow but the story was about a guy who spent much of his teens - mid 20's in an induced depression. Great movie - great music.
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Summary: something to listen to when trying to sleep! 2008-01-28
Comment: i fell inlove with the movie so i ordered the sound track thinking it was going to be the same. this cd is very boring and slow!
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