Good Will Hunting: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture | 
 enlarge | Artists: Elliott Smith, Gerry Rafferty, Al Green
Label: Capitol
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 29650
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 23338
UPC: 724382333821
EAN: 0724382333821
ASIN: B000002TM0
Release Date: December 2, 1997
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| Tracks:
| • | Between the Bars - Smith, Elliott | | • | As the Rain - Nichols, Jeb Loy | | • | Angeles - Smith, Elliott | | • | No Name #3 - Smith, Elliott | | • | Fisherman's Blues - Scott, Mike [1] | | • | Why Do I Lie? - Cunniff, Jill | | • | Will Hunting - Elfman, Danny | | • | Between the Bars - Smith, Elliott | | • | Say Yes - Smith, Elliott | | • | Baker Street - Rafferty, Gerry | | • | Somebody's Baby - Browne, Jackson | | • | Boys Better - Taylor, Courtney | | • | How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? - Gibb, Barry | | • | Miss Misery - Smith, Elliott | | • | Weepy Donuts - Elfman, Danny |
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Movie soundtracks are chancy in that the music is often geared to specific parts of the film that are meant to evoke concurrent emotions; many don't hold up apart from their cinematic context. The trend of the past few years has been to gratuitously traipse down memory lane, with the convenient stance that a hit parade of '70s funk will lend an otherwise bloodless film some street cred. Thankfully the soundtrack to Good Will Hunting doesn't strive for fake urban cool; this film about white, working-class Bostonians gets a mostly white, working-class sound. The soundtrack effectively mirrors the half-filled desires and lives that the film capitalizes on: restlessness, ennui, doubt, and unrequited love rule here. Elliot Smith contributes the most, and the best, songs, beautiful weepers that outshine Danny Elfman's somber original score, which makes only a few appearances. --Alan E. Rapp
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| Customer Reviews: Read 33 more reviews...
 Yes this has Miss Misery! November 11, 2007
This contains a great collection of Elliot Smith songs including his best songs ever written: "Between the Bars" and "Miss Misery." If you didn't feel like owning XO (because you are really poor or you live under a wicked stepmother that only lets you own one cd) then this would be a great one to own. If you have even a meager salary however, be sure to get XO as well as Either/Or by Elliott Smith.
Beautifully Done January 13, 2007
Great soundtrack...
I love Elliot Smith's voice and style of writing.... these songs are so very sad... and if you know about the personal life of Elliot Smith, terribly heartbreaking to listen to....
Beautiful.... it leaves you with a strong sense of yearning for something you can't have...
Miss Misery June 8, 2006
Quick note: for those of you perpetually searching for the perfect song, "Miss Misery" is one of them. Flawless in a way that very precious few songs are. Compares favorably to the best songs ever, in my opinion, including any Beatles classics. If you appreciate real songwriting and you haven't heard this tune, there's a void in your experience of perfection.
 A genius film, a sharp soundtrack October 26, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The film was a masterpiece combining exemplary writing, superb casting, and a memorable score that provided each scene with an ambience that otherwise would have been missed if the music had been absent. The soundtrack captures most of the film's prominient songs and does evoke memories of the movie most notably the opening titles piece and the numerous tracks provided by the talented Elliot Smith. The only complaint that can be made about this compilation is the lack of "Afternoon Delight", the song sung by Will (Matt Damon) as he frustrates a psychiatrist and played at the very end of the credits. Otherwise this soundtrack holds up quite admirably in preserving the essence of the film and as an album of Elliot Smith and lesser known artists.
Great soundtrack. March 2, 2004
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is a great soundtract for those out there that love Elliott Smith, and a great introduction for those yet to discover him. Once you delve into the many albums out there, you will find one gem after another. I go through periods where I put all of it on shuffle, and enjoy, for a week at a time. I think that he will be remembered as one of the greatest songwriters of the 1990s.In case you can't tell, you should buy this soundtrack. Just a note to the poster that lamented that the song from the trailor was not on the soundtrack: it is quite common in the movie industry to use music in a trailor that is not the actual music from the movie. This is because the music is one of the last things to go in. I am glad you found your song, but I don't think that it was "left off" the soundtrack, because I don't remember that song being in the movie at all. Also, some artists generally allow their music to be used in a movie, but not on the soundtrack. The Rolling Stones are a good example of this. I am glad that you found the song you were looking for, but if it was only in the trailor (and I can't remember it being in the movie), then it doesn't really belong on the soundtrack. I am glad that you grew to like the soundtrack. Enjoy.
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