So, as usual, I’m about 4 years behind the stick here. I just got back from vacation with my family (best vacation ever), where we channel-surfed our way through the majority of Sofia Coppola’s 2006 film, Marie Antoinette. Opinions were mixed (I liked a lot about it, others didn’t), but I knew when I got home I’d need to check out the soundtrack.
It’s a winner. Coppola uses New Wave, post-punk, and electronic music to create an atmosphere that — in my opinion — does a much better job of capturing the subjective feel of the time than any assemblage of period songs could do. But then I like a little intentional anachronism. Forsooth. (Remember, this is coming from a guy who loves A Knight’s Tale.)
Anyway. Enough of my jabber. I pulled the soundtrack together on Grooveshark. Take a listen. If you don’t have the time for all of it, I’d recommend especially:
Hopefully you’ll enjoy it as much as I have.