The Beach- Motion Picture Soundtrack

The Beach Leonardo DiCaprio sought to distance himself from the purity of his character in Titanic, and his role in The Beach is in many ways a polar opposite. As Richard, a young American seeking to "suck in the experience" of freestyle travel in Thailand, he's a chronic liar, a pot-smoki...	Brokedown Palace: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Rather than settle on a standard vacation to Hawaii, the two young friends in Brokedown Palace--played by Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale--pick a more exotic locale: Bangkok. A few thrills later, the trip proves to be more than they ever imagined. The soundtrack for this messy a...	The Beach In our ever-shrinking world, where popular Western culture seems to have infected every nation on the planet, it is hard to find even a small niche of unspoiled land--forget searching for pristine islands or continents. This is the situation in Alex Garland's debut novel, The...	Cruel Intentions: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Aside from the ubiquitous presence of a Fatboy Slim track ("Praise You") and the Verve's yesteryear anthem of choice, "Bittersweet Symphony," the cuts on this teensploitation-influenced compilation are hardly cut-out bin oatmeal. Fans restless to sample fresh Blur material will b...	William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music From The Motion Picture (1996 Version) [Enhanced CD] Like the movie itself, the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack is filled with emotional twists; from the hardness of Garbage's "#1 Crush" and the Butthole Surfers' "Whatever" to Stina Nordenstam's endearing, whispery "Little Star" the journey is all over the map. Within the CD-enhanced gro...
Play Those who have followed Moby's career are familiar by now with his deep convictions and spiritual connection. On his 1999 release, Play, he celebrates his faith in a masterful, unobtrusive way, channeling gospel and other inspirational samples through beats so earthy they could g...	Great Expectations (1998 Film) Whether the movie Great Expectations was any good or not, the soundtrack excelled, crossing generations and cultures as Cesaria Evora nestles next to the Dead's "Uncle John's Band," and Mono's breathless "Life in Mono" leads into former Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell's surprisi...	Viva La Vida To say there has been a lot of anticipation for Coldplay's fourth album, Viva La Vida, is an understatement. Having enlisted legendary leftfield producer Brian Eno, borrowed their album title from a painting by renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and made tantalising remarks abou...	The Saint: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack This '90s update of the classic U.K. television series of the '60s was roundly criticized for its murky, convoluted plotting and quirky performance by Val Kilmer in the title role of Simon Templar. But its soundtrack--a typically market-driven collection of modern pop--is actuall...	Garden State Writer and director Zach Braff does a masterful job matching the charming, heartfelt tone of films like The Graduate and Rushmore in his motion picture debut, Garden State, so it only makes sense that the music he personally compiled for the soundtrack plays just as of big a part...

Help please?
Does anyone know the name of the song that is played on the start menu on the dvd? Like right before you would select Play????

Excellent!
This is the best soundtrack for any movie ever!!!!!!! And the movie is awesome too! My personal favorite is Woozy but every song on the album is great(although I have to admit, Im not too crazy about the Blur song...the intro matches the movie with the exotic feel, but about 10 seconds into the song it goes way off course)....If I was in charge of putting the soundtrack together I couldn't have done a better job. I recently went to Thailand and saw this place and its magnificent even though its overrun with tourists now and not such a "big secret" anymore. I brought this soundtrack along with my own soundtrack I made with songs such as Peter Gabriels "Red Rain" and Stings "Desert Rose". Those 2 songs really capture the feel of Thailand, the same feel this soundtrack captures. Thailands the best! The movie is the best(except the movie kind of goes downhill towards the middle, but the whole first half makes up for it)! And the soundtrack is even better! And like the others said...VAST-TOUCHED IS THE SONG THAT IS NOT INCLUDED ON THE SOUNDTRACK BUT IN THE TRAILERS FOR THE MOVIE..GREAT SONG! THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW THAT ONE GUYS!

Perfect album to travel with
A really good mix of various electronic music. I was surprised that "Spinning Away" was a track from Sugar Ray. It is quite a good track with a very island feel to it. While I thought the movie could have been better, this soundtrack is one of the best I have heard.

Bombastic Best Beach Broadcast
The sountrack really matches every scenes in the movie. The sequencing and timing of the music with the scenes are uncanny. I used this sountrack as background for any occassion and it was just too perfect and listeners love it.

A pleasant slice of electronica
Let me start by saying I have never seen "The Beach". When it came out, it did not seem like the type of movie I would be intersted in seeing. Because I had never seen the movie, I had no impulse to listen to the soundtrack either. However, I recently borrowed the soundtrack CD from a friend, and was pleasantly surprised. I love techno and electronica music. I have been a fan of this type of music going back to it's new-wave/techno roots of the early 80's. This CD offers a wide sampling of electronica, including some of the usual suspects/pioneers of the genre such as Moby, New Order, and Orbital. The CD also gives some artists not known for this type of music a "techno" vibe. All Saints, who were pretty much a Spice Girls clone of the late 90's, are given the electronica treatment on a tune called "Pure Shores". I actually like this song better than some of the material they recorded on their own. Perhaps they might have stayed popular a little longer if they had moved more in this direction than in the Spice Girl direction. Another group given a new spin is Sugar Ray. I had to check the track listing twice, because Mark McGrath sounds almost completely different on "Spinning Mary". This CD is ambient enough to put on your computer and play in the background while you work and/or study. It is certainly not a masterpiece, but worth a spin.