Great movies invariably have great soundtracks.
Whether the music is original score or a compilation of existing songs, whether it’s in-your-face or subtle, it plays almost as big a role as the script, acting and camerawork. The best soundtracks are like another character in the film.
The first two Simon & Garfunkel songs I featured were used in The Graduate and now the third is the song most famously associated with that film. I didn’t plan it that way… I guess Mike Nichols and I just have similar taste in music.
1968’s Bookends is an odd little album. Side One is a meditation on aging, including bookending ‘Bookends’ themes, a track called ‘Old Friends’ that was tailor made for all the eventual reunion shows these guys would do and a 2-minute collage of old people talking, including one guy who rails off a laundry list of serious symptoms and then says “To this minute, I don’t think it’s an ordinary cold.” I’ve always loved that guy.
Meet Me In Montauk 