Artist: Various | Label: Real Gone Music | Format: 2xLP | Genre: Soundtrack | LP Condition: New | Jacket: Sealed
Various
Great Expectations: The Album
Real Gone 1333 - 2 LP set - FIRST TIME ON VINYL!! on limited EMERALD GREEN vinyl in a thick gatefold jacket
Alfonso Cuarón's 1998 film changed a few things from the original Charles Dickens novel: Abel Magwitch became Arthur Lustig, Miss Havisham became Nora Dinsmoor, poor old Pip became Finn... and most importantly for our purposes, early 19th century London became 1990s New York! And so did the soundtrack-featuring tunes by Chris Cornell (the rare "Sunshower"), Pulp, Scott Weiland, Iggy Pop, and The Verve Pipe, it's finger was firmly on the pulse of the late 20th century music scene, with a few welcome curveballs (Cesaria Evora, Grateful Dead?) to boot. Collectors will also note that Tori Amos wrote "Siren" for the movie, and that "Today" by Poe-which, like several other songs in the score, did not appear in the film-makes it's only appearance here. Great Expectations: The Album was originally released only on CD, so vinyl soundtrack collectors have been lobbying for years to see it out on wax, and we are obliging with a 2-LP set inside a gorgeous gatefold jacket, pressed in emerald green vinyl to match Gwyneth Paltrow's ravishing dress from the film. Limited
tracks are;
Finn (Intro) - Tori Amos
Siren - Tori Amos
Life in Mono - Mono
Sunshower - Chris Cornell
Resignation - Reef
Like a Friend - Pulp
Wishful Thinking - Duncan Sheik
Today - Poe
Lady, Your Roof Brings Me Down - Scott Weiland
Her Ornament - the Verve Pipe
Walk This Earth Alone - Lauren Christy
Breakable - Fisher
Success - Iggy Pop
Slave - David Garza
Uncle John's Band - the Grateful Dead
Bésame Mucho - Cesaria Evora