PAUL – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Any regular visitor to Metal Odyssey knows by now, that I am a life-long admirer of the Electric Light Orchestra and anything that Jeff Lynne has been a part of musically. Once I heard All Over The World by ELO being played at the end of the movie trailer for PAUL, I became instantly psyched out. This ELO classic is track #22 on the PAUL soundtrack. All Over The World was originally released on another movie soundtrack, that goes back more than thirty years ago to 1980. That movie soundtrack is XANADU.
Xanadu – (1980/Jet Records U.K./MCA Records U.S.)
All Over The World is track #4 on side two on the Xandadu soundtrack. Side two has all five songs performed by the Electric Light Orchestra, with track 5 (title track) Xanadu being sung by Olivia Newton-John. Side one of Xanadu has five songs sung by Olivia Newton-John, which include her singing with: Gene Kelly, Cliff Richard and The Tubes.
Um… back to the PAUL – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack… plus a flashback to Nazz…
Hello It’s Me by the legendary Todd Rundgren is another Classic Rock blast from the past that is on the PAUL soundtrack. Hello It’s Me was originally released back in 1968, on the debut and self-titled album from nazz. Todd Rundgren was a founding member and lead guitarist of Nazz. (This debut album depicts the lower case “n” in nazz).
nazz – debut/self-titled (1968/SGC Records)
* PAUL – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will be released on April 5th, 2011. I’ve seen the record label listed as UMTV and Hip-O Records as well… I don’t know which is correct or if both are correct?
* The film director for PAUL is Greg Mottola.
* Starring in PAUL are: Nick Frost, Simon Pegg and Seth Rogen (voice of Paul).
* The film score for PAUL was created by David Arnold. David Arnold has Independence Day and five James Bond film scores to his credit (among many other works).
Track Listing For PAUL – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack:
01 – Paul Opening Title – David Arnold
02 – Another Girl Another Planet – The Only Ones
03 – Road Trip Number 1 – David Arnold
04 – Just The Two Of Us – Bill Withers & Grover Washington Jr.
05 – Passport – David Arnold
06 – Road Trip Number 2 – David Arnold
07 – Flying Saucers Rock n Roll – Bill Lee Riley
08 – Window Shopping – David Arnold
09 – Hello It’s Me – Todd Rundgren
10 – End Of The Road Trip – David Arnold
11 – Dancing In The Moonlight – King Harvest
12 – Campfire Confessions – David Arnold
13 – Got To Give It Up – Marvin Gaye
14 – A Little Talk With Paul – David Arnold
15 – I Chase The Devil – Max Romeo
16 – Chase – David Arnold
17 – Cantina Band – Syd Masters and The Swing Riders
18 – You Gotta Try – David Arnold
19 – 1st Contact – David Arnold
20 – Planet Care – B52’s
21 – Goodbye (It’s A Little Awkward) – David Arnold
22 – All Over The World – Electric Light Orchestra
LONG LIVE COOL SPACE ALIENS.
LONG LIVE ELO, TODD RUNDGREN & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN.
Stone.
There is no disguising the fact, I have been an ELO fan my entire life. The Electric Light Orchestra has music that actually fits into any type of mood I am in. From the more mellow “Eldorado” album to the rather upbeat “Discovery” album, ELO has always been there for me. Certainly, Metal Music (including all of it’s incredible sub genres of Extreme Metal Music) is my mainstay, #1 always and forever – still, there are those many moments in my life where I turn to ELO for inspiration and musical enjoyment. ELO is music. ELO is a Progressive Rock giant that in my Metal opinion, has always been cutting edge, if you will, with their musical arrangements and overall sound. Here are 12 cool facts for ELO fans to savor over, new fans of ELO just might find these facts to be of interest too.
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