Garden State Soundtrack

Album featuring Coldplay, The Shins, Iron & Wine and more to be released 10 August 2004

Garden State: Music From The Motion Picture, the companion album to the upcoming Fox Searchlight romantic comedy starring, written and directed by Zach Braff (of TV's Scrubs), will be released by Epic Records on Tuesday August 10th, 2004.

Music plays a prominent role in Garden State and Braff hand-picked the songs featured in the film. The songs he chose serve to lend additional emotional depth and colour to the film's story.

The soundtrack includes a wide array of music, ranging from classic pop, rock, and folk artist to more contemporary musicians. Featured tracks on the album come courtesy of Coldplay, British duo Frou Frou, indie-pop darlings The Shins, Iron & Wine, cult hero Nick Drake, U.K. soul outfit Zero 7, former Men at Work frontman Colin Hay, alterna-rockers Remy Zero, instrumental rhythm kings Thievery Corporation, and legendary songwriting duo Simon & Garfunkel."Essentially, I made a mix CD with all of the music that I felt was scoring my life at the time I was writing the screenplay," remarks Braff about his song chocies. However, given the film's limited budget, getting the rights to some of those songs wasn't easy. "The sort of money that was originally quoted could have funded a few small independent pictures," he explains. "I'm just thankful that after I showed them the sequences in which their songs were used, the artists or their estates were generous enough to work within our budgets."

Here is the complete track listing for Garden State: Music From The Motion Picture:

1. Don't Panic- Coldplay

2. Caring Is Creepy- The Shins

3. In The Waiting Line- Zero 7

4. New Slang- The Shins

5. I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You- Colin Hay

6. Blue Eyes- Cary Brothers

7. Fair- Remy Zero

8. One Of These Things First- Nick Drake

9. Lebanese Blonde- Thievery Corporation

10. The Only Living Boy In New York- Simon & Garfunkel

11. Such Great Heights- Iron and Wine

12. Let Go- Frou Frou

13. Winding Road- Bonnie Somerville

Source: ign.com.