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Music Monday – Home For the Holidays Soundtrack

November 14, 2016

One of my favorite movies is “Home For the Holidays” with Holly Hunter and Robert Downey Jr. It’s about a dysfunctional family who try to keep it together for Thanksgiving – and fail. I also love the music and I finally found the soundtrack on ebay for a mere $5 so I grabbed it while I had the chance. And I’m so glad I did! It’s my November/Thanksgiving music right now and it fits – especially in the morning or late afternoons (I’ve told you before it’s about mood, people). So, let’s go to the breakdown shall we?

1. Evil Ways by Rusted Root – This is a remake of the classic Santana hit and it’s a good remake – really good remake.

2. Holiday Blues by Mark Isham – A bluesy song reminiscent of the 30’s and 40’s blues and jazz. It’s a good song to listen to when things aren’t going quite right or you’re stuck in traffic.

3. Candy by Nat King Cole – A Cole classic from 1956. I don’t think it plays in it’s entirety in the movie so I’m glad it’s on the album.

4. It’s Not Unusual by Tom Jones – Okay, trivia time! Who thought Tom Jones was American? Yeah, me too! Well, he’s not – he’s Welsh. Did you know this was his first hit? Yeah, me neither! I really like this song – both the music and the words.

5. Blue Nights by Mark Isham – Another song like Holiday Blues and these little bluesy songs are really the focal musical backdrop to the movie – the main soundtrack if you will. Love the organ music intro – you can almost hear trouble brewing.

6. Birth of the Cool Whip by Mark Isham – see above

7. Trouble in Mind – Dinah Washington – Not my favorite on the album, but I do like it. Again, a bluesy song and the title punctuates the character Tommy. To be honest, I’m going to need to go back in the movie to see where this one shows up because I don’t remember it. They may have just used a small clip of the song.

8. The Late Night Blues by Mark Isham – I think this is the music used when Tommy and his friend show up at Tommy’s parents house. Again, see comment on Blue Nights. :-)

9. Medley: The Very Thought of You/With Us Alone Medley by Mark Isham – A very sweet, quiet acoustic piano medley of these two songs.

10. The Very Thought of You by Mark Isham – A very jazzy riff on Cole’s song.

11. The Very Thought of You by Nat King Cole – This is my personal favorite on this album! Just so beautiful and sweet. A song about when you first love someone and how all your thoughts turn to that person wherever you’re at. How you can’t wait to be with them again. The music even feels day dreamy. And the placement in the movie was perfect.

12. Piece of My Heart by Janis Joplin (under Big Brother and the Holding Company) – My least favorite song on the album. While it is bluesy, I’m just not that into Janis Joplin’s style. I do like the words though. What is sad here is the fact that Janis Joplin died at 27 years old – my God – way too young.

So, that’s it. There are a few other incidental songs from the movie that aren’t on this album, but that’s ok. I think what’s here is good and when I listen I can see the various parts of the movie go through my head. I love the movie and I love the music and it totally fits my Thanksgiving/Fall mood this year. :-)

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On November 14, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Matt said:

Fun fact: there's a conference room named "Santana" right behind me.

On November 16, 2016 at 11:30 AM, java_queen said:

Is there a "Duran Duran" room? :-P

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November 14, 2016

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