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American Beauty
Label:  Dreamworks 
Length:  0:00
  Ref#:  ?-0344
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Dead Already    
      2.  
      		 Arose    
      3.  
      		 Power of Denial    
      4.  
      		 Lunch w/ The King    
      5.  
      		 Mental Boy    
      6.  
      		 Mr. Smarty-Man    
      7.  
      		 Root Beer    
      8.  
      		 American Beauty    
      9.  
      		 Bloodless Freak    
      10.  
      		 Choking the Bishop    
      11.  
      		 Weirdest Home Videos    
      12.  
      		 Structure & Discipline    
      13.  
      		 Spartanette    
      14.  
      		 Angela Undress    
      15.  
      		 Marine    
      16.  
      		 Walk Home    
      17.  
      		 Blood Red    
      18.  
      		 Any Other Name    
      19.  
      		 Still Dead    
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      We knew Thomas Newman was versatile (he's created gripping soundtracks for everything from The Shawshank Redemption to Desperately Seeking Susan), but his score for American Beauty is simply gorgeous and one of his best. Filled with inventive instrumentation--tablas, bird calls, dulcimer, banjo, ukulele, detuned mandolin, and more--the score varies between highly rhythmic, world-music influenced passages ("Dead Already," "Lunch with the King") and the more subdued ("Mr. Smarty-Man," "American Beauty"). Throughout, Newman's score is inventive and a great complement to the dark comedy's numerous mood swings. The movie's other soundtrack--a collection of memorable alt-rock tracks--gave us just a sampling of this score. Here's the rest. It's short (37 minutes) but sweet. --Jason Verlinde
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