Angus: Music from the Motion Picture

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Angus
Soundtrack album by
Various
Released1995
GenreRock
Length34:48
LabelReprise Records


Angus: Music from the Motion Picture is a soundtrack album released alongside the eponymous film from 1995. It contains the Weezer song "You Gave Your Love to Me Softly".

Overview

In 1995, Rivers Cuomo was approached by the producers of Angus to write a song for its soundtrack. Originally, Cuomo wrote "Wanda (You're My Only Love)", whose lyrics summarize the film's plot, however, this song was rejected for being "too literal" and for not sounding enough like other popular Weezer songs. After the rejection, Cuomo submitted "You Gave Your Love to Me Softly", which was included in the film. Cuomo recalled being "angry, frustrated, and sad" at the studio's reaction to "Wanda" and has stated he felt the producers were wrong for including the ultimately chosen track. Said Cuomo, "The song had nothing to do with the movie, the characters, or the mood of the scene in which it played. At the time I concluded that the movie people didn't care about the art at all, they just wanted a Weezer rock single."[1] "Wanda" was eventually released on the compilation album Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo in 2007.

The soundtrack features songs from other bands contemporary to Weezer, including Green Day and Ash.

Track listing

No.TitleArtistLength
1."J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva)"Green Day2:52
2."Jack Names the Planets"Ash3:12
3."Enough"Dance Hall Crashers2:58
4."Kung Fu"Ash2:21
5."Back to You"The Riverdales3:33
6."Mrs. You and Me"Smoking Popes3:32
7."You Gave Your Love to Me Softly"Weezer1:51
8."Ain't that Unusual"Goo Goo Dolls3:20
9."Funny Face"The Muffs3:19
10."White Homes"Tilt2:08
11."Deep Water"Pansy Division2:07
12."Am I Wrong"Love Spit Love3:35
Total length:34:48

See also

References

  1. Cuomo, Rivers. (2007). Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo liner notes. Archived from the original on Weezerpedia at Alone liner notes.