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| 1. Paris Texas |
| 2. Brothers |
| 3. Nothing Out There |
| 4. Cancion Mixteca |
| 5. No Safety Zone |
| 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 |
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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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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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