Various Artists
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Label:  Hollywood Records 
Date:  12/14/2004
Length:  0:00
Format:  CD
Genre:  Rock; Soundtrack
  Category:  soundtrack
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Sven Libaek - Shark Attack Theme    
      2.  
      		 Mark Mothersbaugh - Loquasto International Film Festival    
      3.  
      		 David Bowie - Life on Mars?    
      4.  
      		 Seu Jorge - Starman (David Bowie)    
      5.  
      		 Mark Mothersbaugh - Let Me Tell You About My Boat    
      6.  
      		 Seu Jorge - Rebel Rebel (David Bowie)    
      7.  
      		 Mark Mothersbaugh - Zissou Society Blue Star Cadets/Ned's Theme Take 1    
      8.  
      		 Devo - Gut Feeling    
      9.  
      		 Sven Libaek - Open Sea Theme    
      10.  
      		 Seu Jorge - Rock & Roll Suicide (David Bowie)    
      11.  
      		 Joan Baez - Here's to You    
      12.  
      		 Mark Mothersbaugh - We Call Them Pirates Out Here    
      13.  
      		 Iggy And The Stooges - Search and Destroy    
      14.  
      		 Paco de Lucía - Nina de Puerta Oscura    
      15.  
      		 Seu Jorge - Life on Mars? (David Bowie)    
      16.  
      		 Mark Mothersbaugh - Ping Island/Lighting Strike Rescue Op    
      17.  
      		 Seu Jorge - Five Years (David Bowie)    
      18.  
      		 Scott Walker - 30 Century Man    
      19.  
      		 The Zombies - Way I Feel Inside    
      20.  
      		 David Bowie - Queen Bitch    
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      Director Wes Anderson's jewel of a comic-character study revolves around the quirks and obsessions of Bill Murray's titular Cousteau-esque deep-sea adventurer and his motley crew of associates. As they did for the director's equally sublime Royal Tenenbaums, Anderson and music super Randall Poster stitch their eclectic source material into a warm, subtly focused new cinemusic whole. Mark Mothersbaugh's original Casio-baroque cues are the perfect complement for Australian film composer Sven Libaek's compelling slices of vintage exotica, while Ziggy Stardust-era David Bowie largely provides the musical subtext, either directly or in earnest, through live acoustic renditions by Brazilian troubadour/film costar Seu Jorge. Seasoning the mix to near perfection are smart, vintage Britpop contributions by Scott Walker and the Zombies, Iggy and the Stooges thrashing "Search and Destroy," the evocative Iberian fire of Paco DeLucia, and Joan Baez's dramatic read of Morricone's Sacco & Vanzetti theme, "Here's to You." -- Jerry McCulley