Cinema Science

This is from a blog from USA Today. It concerns the soundtrack to Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited.

I just got an e-mail asking about the music in The Darjeeling Limited. It was definitely one of the highlights of the film, though it's not as ear-popping as it is in, say, Rushmore or Tenenbaums. As expected, we hear a bunch of Kinks tracks and a dash of the Stones.

A sample of the tunes:

- The Rolling Stones' Play With Fire (I think I may need to hear this again on the way home)

- The Kinks' This Time Tomorrow

- The Kinks' Strangers

- The Kinks' Powerman

- Joe Dassin's Champs Elysees

- Peter Sarstedt's Where Do You Go to (My Lovely)

Wes Anderson also throws in several classical tracks, like Debussy's Clair De Lune and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92. Of course, expect to hear several Indian songs as well. I'll keep you posted on details of an official soundtrack disc. The movie opens Sept. 29.