127 Hours
Various Artists
Released:
Nov 2010
Label:
Interscope
The score to this 2010 "OMG, I have to cut off my own arm with a dull blade!" movie is by Bollywood master A.R. Rahman. The Indian composer's work here is often spare, atmospheric and Western but is striking in its diversity: neo-classical, acoustic guitar, electro (Rahman avoids the cliches -- or stereotypes -- of Indian film music). The pop songs are also something: a gorgeous club jazz vocal from Esther Phillips, a catchy tune from NYC hipsters Free Blood, a beauty from Sigur Ros, Bill Withers' life-embracing "Lovely Day" and the uplifting Plastic Bertrand punk classic "Ca Plane Pour Moi."
Play Album
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5:51Free Blood
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3:01A.R. Rahman
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2:14A.R. Rahman
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4:39A.R. Rahman
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4:16Bill Withers
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4:01Vladimir Ashkenazy
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2:59Plastic Bertrand
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4:06A.R. Rahman
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3:27Esther Phillips
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4:21A.R. Rahman
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5:11A.R. Rahman
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3:11A.R. Rahman
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9:25Sigur Ros
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4:38Dido