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The Present [Soundtrack] [Digipak]

Original Soundtrack
1 disc

1. Smile, The - David Axelrod
2. You May Be Blue - Vetiver
3. Longing of the Leftist - The Mattson 2/The Mattson
4. Open Air Dance Pt.2 - Mice Parade
5. New Wedding - Bonnie "Prince" Billy - (featuring Aram Smith/Emmett Kelly)
6. Not Time For Time - Tommy Guerrero
7. When the Bible Was Wrote - Cass McCombs
8. Lion Mountain - Nbadva Kure/Ndobva Kure Band - (featuring R. Carroll/Shannon Sol/Dave Rastovich/Djibril N'gom/Shannon Sol R. Carroll/Ibrahima Seydi/Mamadou N'gom/Idrissa N'gnigue/Dave Rostovich/Chris Berry)
9. Spendin' Days - Japanese Motors
10. Contrivance, A - The Photographic
11. Spellbinder - Gabor Szabo
12. Good Friend - Plants and Animals
13. Nbadva Kure - Nbadva Kure/Ndobva Kure Band - (featuring R. Carroll/Shannon Sol/Djibril N'gom/Shannon Sol R. Carroll/Ibrahima Seydi/Mamadou N'gom/Idrissa N'gnigue/Dave Rostovich/Chris Berry)
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Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): B001310702
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Surf movies are often short on dialogue, devoting the bulk of their focus instead to the physical sport itself. This soundtrack is structured with that agenda in mind; its 12 songs feature the same breezy, summery ambience that surfing evokes, and its emphasis on instrumental numbers allows the images onscreen to do most of the talking. The Present concern itself with little more than setting a mood, and it mixes surf rock numbers with dashes of folk, world, and pop to tuneful effect. Several songs do feature lyrics, with Japanese Motors' "Spendin' Days" standing out as one of the most memorable, but the Present's best numbers are its wordless songs, from the lounge-influenced "Longing of the Leftist" to the eight-minute trance-rock of "A Contrivance." ~ Andrew Leahey