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1. Paris Texas	Listen
2. Brothers	Listen
3. Nothing Out There	Listen
4. Cancion Mixteca	Listen
5. No Safety Zone	Listen
6. Houston In Two Seconds
7. She's Leaving The Bank
8. On The Couch
9. I Knew These Two People
10. Dark Was The Night

Amazon.co.uk Review
A stark drama staring Harry Dean Stanton, Paris, Texas (1985) remains German director Wim Wenders best-known English language film. To capture the emotion of story set against the relentless heat and arid landscape of Texas, Wenders chose not a Hollywood film composer, but the celebrated folk and blues musician, Ry Cooder. Working with just two other musicians, Jim Dickinson and David Lindley, Cooder crafted an incisive score which seems to burrow right under the skin of the film's damaged, fragile characters, articulating feelings too painful for words. Cooder dominates the score with his distinctive slide guitar playing, his simple main theme so evocative than once heard it is never forgotten. The subtle nuances of the performances mix guitars and delicate percussion to create distinctive soundscapes, the complex layering of "She's Leaving The Bank" being especially striking. Also present is "Cancion Mixteca" a traditional song given a somewhat eccentric performance by Harry Dean Stanton, and "I Knew These People" a lengthy dialogue encompassing the heart of the film. Far removed from conventional film music, this is a quietly haunting score, which alongside Cooder's The Long Riders and Last Man Standing, shows just how effective an imaginatively different approach to movie music can be. --Gary S. Dalkin

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Ry Cooder has done some of the best soundtracks in the last 20 years or so (I wouldn't live without The Long Riders or the two-disc Music By Ry Cooder compilation, either)--most of them superior to the movies. (Sorry about that, Walter Hill--but it's true.) His lonesome, steel-guitar music for Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas is one of those cases where the movie and its music are equally great. I can't imagine one without the other. Every time I hear Cooder's opening theme, I see those wide western spaces and Travis (Harry Dean Stanton) wandering through them; and every time I see a still from the movie, I can hear Cooder's music playing in my head. --Jim Emerson

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: A Beautiful Soundtrack, 13 Oct 2003 By  Andrew Moore "island dweller" (Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK) - See all my reviews       A beautiful soundtrack to an even better film, Ry Cooder's music fits the mood of 'Paris Texas' so well. 'Paris, Texas' is my favourite film and I just had to buy this CD and it still sends tingles up my spine in place. So atmospheric. Andy Moore  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Out There!, 16 Feb 2007 By  Ernest the Goose (Harrogate England) - See all my reviews I have to confess to hearing Ry Cooder's memorable and beautiful soundtrack long before seeing the film, however like many film soundtracks I have since purchased, this one stands up as a fine example of inspirational music on its own - with or without the film for reference. It's funny, that years later I find myself embracing, with equal enthusiasm, the work of Gustavo Santaolalla: memorable for his soundtracks to Brokeback Mountain, 21 Grams, and Amores Perros. Like Cooder, Santaolalla also creates a timeless haunting soundscape with the purity of a simple guitar palate and when it works... there is nothing to beat it. If you like this album, check out the other soundtracks I mentioned. In the meantime if you only have room for one 'out there' acoustic guitar album, buy this one at any price... you will not be disappointed. Enjoy, Ernest the Goose  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Brilliant and unusual, 19 Dec 1999 By A Customer If you love the sounds of a guitar genius then you have to get this CD. Just sit back and mellow out, reflects the film perfectly. If your in a really bad mood then put this on and half way through the first track all your troubles will be smoothed by the rounded riffs and crying slides.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 6 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews No Safety Zone Is this, I wonder, the greatest filmscore ever made? Well, if it isn't, it must come close. It is impossible to imagine Wim Wenders' film without the sparse,... Read more Published 11 months ago by Funky Midget Absolute twanging slidy, front porch swing brilliance! Twang....budoing....shimmer (then slide up six) budoing ..wheee..shimmer ( finish on low E) All of you slide guitar afficionados will recognise the brilliance of Ry Cooder at... Read more Published on 10 Aug 2001 Classic Ry Cooder Slide guitar! If your feeling restless need to chillout, feel the warmth of a desert dusk on your face sipping a shot of aged tequilla and you've got Ry Cooders Paris texas soundtrack, The film... Read more Published on 19 Feb 2001 by Matthew R. Coupe Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 6 customer reviews...