| The Darjeeling Limited |  | Creators: Satyajit Ray, Shankar Jaikishan, Ustad Vilayat Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, Fritz Reiner, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Peter Sarstedt, Joe Dassin, Alexis Weissenberg
Label: Abkco
Category: Music
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 25,657
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 92402
UPC: 018771924029
EAN: 0018771924029
ASIN: B000VAT032
Release Date: September 25, 2007
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| Tracks:
| | Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) - Peter Sarstedt | | | Jalshagar [Title Music] - Vilayat Khan | | | This Time Tomorrow - The Kinks | | | Teen Kanya [Title Music] - Satyajit Ray | | | Householder [Title Music] - Ali Akbar Khan, Jyotitindra Moitra | | | Ruku Room [From Joi Baba Felunath] - Satyajit Ray | | | Charu's Theme [From Charulata] - Satyajit Ray | | | Bombay Talkie [Title Music] - Shankar Jaikishan, , Shankar, Shankar-Jaikishan | | | Montage [From Baksa Badal] - Satyajit Ray | | | Prayer - Jodphur Sikh Temple Congregation | | | Farewell to Earnest [From the Householder] - Ali Akbar Khan, Jyotitindra Moitra | | | Deserted Ballroom [From Shakespeare Wallah] - Satyajit Ray | | | Suite Bergamasque: 3. "Clair de Lune" - Alexis Weissenberg | | | Typewriter Tip, Tip Tip [From Bombay Talkie] - Shankar Jaikishan, , Shankar, Shankar-Jaikishan | | | Memorial - Narlai Village Troubador | | | Strangers - The Kinks | | | Praise Him - Udaipur Convent School Nuns And Students | | | Symphony No. 7 in A (Op 92): Allegro con Brio - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, , Fritz Reiner, Fritz Reiner | | | Play with Fire - The Rolling Stones | | | Arrival in Benaras [From the Guru] - Vilayat Khan | | | Powerman - The Kinks | | | Champs-Élysées - Joe Dassin |
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Music plays a huge part in director Wes Anderson's meticulously crafted world. For this movie set in India, he's come up with a typically wide-ranging, mind-boggling soundtrack largely culled from the mid-'60s and early '70s, despite the fact that the film is set in the present. Though Indian cinema has come to mean Bollywood for most Americans, Anderson pays tribute to art filmmaker Satyajit Ray by including music from some of his movies, mines the early (1963-1970), lesser-known oeuvre of James Ivory, and features traditional Indian tunes. This may throw fans of Bollywood's more frantic style at first (even if the upbeat go-go "Typewriter Tip, Tip, Tip," co-sung by superstar Asha Bhosle, gets close), but the music's eerie charm works in insidious ways. British Invasion pop, an enduring love of Anderson's, is represented by obscure songs from well-known combos (three cuts from the Kinks' 1970 album Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One), as well as obscure songs from obscure performers, like Peter Sarstedt's 1969 nugget "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)." Add a fantastic Rolling Stones pop tune from 1965, a couple of Western classical tracks, a popular French hit by Joe Dassin, and you have a CD that's all over the map yet oddly consistent in its eccentricity. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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 Where do you go to my lovely? February 13, 2008
E. Anderson
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I have to admit that I haven't seen THE DARJEELING LIMITED. The reason I have picked up the soundtrack is for the music, especially by Sathajit Ray. I am fascinated by Indian music and that fascination is what led me to pick up THE DARJEELING LIMITED. I love how the soundtrack is mixed between Satyajit Ray's film scores, classical music, and classic rock songs by The Rolling Stones and The Kinks. Surprisingly enough, the combinations of these diverse sounds really worked for me. I love how the soundtrack starts off with the lovely folk song "Where Do You Go to (My Lovely)" by Peter Sarstedt. There isn't a single song on the entire soundtrack that made me want to hit the skip button on my stereo.
Great Soundtrack October 31, 2007
Mark Roberts (Midwest US)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I was immeadiately attracted to the movie and the soundtrack when I heard the background music in the TV movie trailer.
The 2 Kinks songs featured in the trailer are a couple of my favorites. Strangers is a Dave Davies song and one of his best, it makes me very happy to see it get some exposure.
I have read that Wes Anderson was a big Kinks fan and had considered using nothing but Kinks songs on the Rushmore soundtrack. (I always thought the plotline paralleled the theme of Schoolboys in Disgrace)
He has always done a phenomenal job of selecting quirky songs that set the mood for his films, thats probably why I own more Wes Anderson movie sountracks than from any other director. Great Stuff!
Wes Anderson movies have great scores. October 30, 2007
Jarrod Haze (Somewhere.)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Wes Anderson always has great music in his movies, and this is just more evidence of that.
The Indian music is beautiful, and holds up on its own without the imagery from the film. Great to relax to.
And as for the other songs, the flow is not interrupted at all. The blending of The Kinks and the Stones with the rest of the album is flawless... and the choices of songs from these artists is perfect. "Hidden gems," you could say.
Definitely worth it.
 The Darjeeling CD... over a cup of Darjeeling Tea January 7, 2008
Backblade (Maryland)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed watching The Darjeeling Limited. Like all Wes Anderson films it was funny, irreverant and at moments, touching. The soundtrack for his films are all usually pretty good. The thing to remember about this soundtrack, is that the "funny" doesn't come through on the cd. What does come through is the irreverant mix of indian and western songs, and the mood that it invokes. That mood is a stong yet calm, peaceful set of music. Perfect for that long drive, or an evening at home with a glass of wine.
Don't believe the product tag that says this is "bollywood". Think of Satyajit Ray movies (and music) as the Akira Kurasawa of India.
The Indian Songs December 17, 2007
M. Islam (Dallas, TX)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a goldmine for a Satyajit Rai beginner. Now, not only do you have the music in an accessible format, but the movies from which the songs were selected are listed on the CD case as well. Happy hunting! Watch out though, some of the songs aren't really from the listed films. For example, "Charu's Theme" is from the movie "Charulata," not "Joi Baba Felunath." Loved the movie (the art!) and the music.
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