Music for the Motion Picture Into the Wild by Eddie Vedder J-Records

Product Description: Taking a break from his day job fronting rock heavyweight Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder immerses himself into the big-screen story of a young man who gives all his money to charity and hitchhikes to a new life--and his eventual death--in the wilds of Alaska. Prompted by the film's creator, Sean Penn, to contribute to the musical score, the Seattle musician tackled the entire project, playing every instrument on the soundtrack's nine original and two cover songs. Vedder contemplates the traveler "setting forth in the universe" in the opener "Setting Forth," then tracks in the remaining songs the realizations and disillusionments that follow. A wish comes true in banjo-plucked "No Ceiling" to "up and disappear," while affluence is questioned on the hard-rocking "Far Behind," with Vedder singing, "Empty pockets will/Allow a greater sense of wealth." No song in the album's first half exceeds two-and-a-half minutes, remedied by Vedder's pertinent five-minute stamp on the remake of Indio's "Hard Sun," complete with eerie backing vocals by Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker. The songwriter puts wealth on the hot seat in "Society," questioning, "If less is more/How you keepin' score?" The darkly sung folk song bookends the reticent declaration "Guaranteed," wonderfully delivered and quietly strummed, in which the prodigal Vedder wraps the journey in one line: "Leave it to me as I find a way to be/Consider me a satellite forever orbiting." (The record is packaged like a hardcover book, with vivid photography and lyrics.) --Scott Holter

Customer Reviews

5 stars Easy listening
The tunes flow & stir emotion created by the movie. Would have preferred if the final song 'guaranteed', was split in 2; the song itself & then the instrumental. Instead there's a pause in the middle...which drags song duration onto 7:17 mins. Great song though.

5 stars Buy this CD NOW!
If you are concerned with how these short tracks amount to an album.... worry not. It is a fantastic cd. Much like the movie it amounts to way more than what you think. Eddie is fantastic. The packaging is brilliant as well. Absolutely worth the money. I put off buying it for a while and now I wish I hadn't waited so long.

5 stars Brilliant
I got the OST before the movie and basically I watched it for the music, This guy really knows how to sing, just amazing!!!
(For the guy who wrote the editorial review: next time you don't need to say -or suggest- that the main character dies at the end...DUH!!!)

5 stars Very sad, serious album
Eddie has done it again. He takes his voice to new levels and projects the sadness of Chris McCandless's story through his songs. Best songs: Hard Sun, The Wolf, and End of the Road. Made me teary-eyed to listen to it. (And that's virtually impossible). Great album, Mr. Vedder. WE LOVE YOU!!

2 stars Where's Tracy?
Great movie, but somehow the soundtrack leaves out the two most touching (imho, that is) tunes of the film: the songs performed by Tracy. The second one is "The Angel Of Montgomery" by J. Prine. Have not figured out what the first one was (...ain't no wonder I never have much to say, I am just hanging on the wind...).

Fabulous movie, wish the soundtrack was more than just an E. Vedder solo CD...

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