"Hospital" - Lydia

I read "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold about a year ago. When I found out they were making a movie out of it, I knew the music had to be powerful stuff. This book is increbly heart-wrenching. But it is also incredibly hopeful. Thus, my next installment will feature the hopeful component. In the meantime, enjoy "Hospital" by Lydia. Here is what Amazon.com had to say: The Lovely Bones works as an odd yet affecting coming-of-age story. Susie struggles to accept her death while still clinging to the lost world of the living, following her family's dramas over the years like an episode of "My So-Called Afterlife." She watches them from a very unique sort of heaven. This song evokes that place: "Hospital" - Lydia

"Hungry Like the Wolf" - Duran Duran

Other than being female protagonists in food-themed movies, Catherine Zeta Jones in No Reservations, and Amy Adams in Julie and Julia have nothing in common. Unlike Jones' character who is obsessed with order, Adams' character is in search of breaking the monotony in her life. While the No Reservations soundtrack is filled with songs of the classical and jazz genres, Duran Duran's Hungry Like the Wolf suites Julie and Julia perfectly.

"The Trial of the Century" - The French Kicks

This song is fairly old but its age only testifies to how catchy it is. Its been in my head since 2004! And I finally have a suggestion for its use: "Looking for Alaska." Using quotes from the end of the book, this video proves that there is no better place for the song than the movie's ending:

"Police and the Private" - Metric

Metric's "Police and the Private" would work well in the new romantic comedy, "Definitely, Maybe": "As a father (Ryan Reynolds) goes through a difficult divorce, his young daughter (Abigail Breslin) starts questioning him on his entire romantic history. So, he tells her the tale of the three great loves of his life and she must guess which woman eventually became her mother. Is it the sweet-as-pie girl-next-door Emily (Elizabeth Banks)? His best friend (Isla Fisher)? Or the flaky journalist (Rachel Weisz)?" -Movies.com

Lyrics: "Lord lord mother we are all losing love/Lord listen lover we are all missing mama"

A music video was never made for this song, but I managed to find a homemade one on youtube:

"Heart Full of Black" - Burning Brides

I discovered this band when I first started working for Black Sand Music, a music placement agency who takes care of the band's licensing. "Heart Full of Black" would work great in "Wanted," based upon Mark Millar's graphic novel and starring Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, and James McAvoy. (Burning Brides are today's Myspace Records Spotlight!)

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"Last Words" - The Real Tuesday Weld

I have this song in mind for two movies that don't have trailers yet. So for now, I'll keep them a surprise. Keep you coming back for more. For now, please enjoy the song. It truly is brilliant:

http://sixdegreesrecords.com/support/last_words.mp3

"Fidelity" - Regina Spektor

This isn't really a suggestion to use a song. The song I would have suggested was used!!! Did I copy them or did they copy me? My video was up first!!! Compare the following trailer with another one of my O.C. music videos! (notice the identical scenes in which they both try on wedding dresses; notice the part in The O.C. video in which we hear, "suppose I kept on singing love songs just to break my own fall" and Summer sits watching Julie's wedding)

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