Magnolia: Music from the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by
Aimee Mann
ReleasedDecember 7, 1999
GenrePop, rock
Length50:49
LabelReprise
ProducerJon Brion
Buddy Judge
Aimee Mann
Brendan O'Brien
Michael Penn
Aimee Mann chronology
I'm with Stupid
(1995)		 Magnolia: Music from the Motion Picture
(1999)		 Bachelor No. 2
(2000)
Singles from Magnolia: Music from the Motion Picture
  1. "Save Me"
    Released: 1999

Magnolia: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album to the 1999 film Magnolia by Paul Thomas Anderson. Largely composed of songs by Aimee Mann, it also features tracks by Gabrielle, Supertramp and Jon Brion. The album received positive reviews and was certified gold in 2001.

Music

The music of Aimee Mann inspired the director Paul Thomas Anderson to write Magnolia; he said he "sat down to write an adaptation of Aimee Mann songs".[1] Mann wrote two of the songs for Magnolia: "You Do" and "Save Me".[2] "Deathly", "Driving Sideways" and "You Do" also appeared on Mann's following album, Bachelor No. 2. "Nothing Is Good Enough", here an instrumental, appears in lyrical form on that album. (Bachelor also includes "Red Vines", a song Mann wrote about Anderson.) "One" is a cover of the 1968 song by Harry Nillson, recorded for the 1995 tribute album For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson.[3]

The film features a sequence in which the characters sing along to Mann's song "Wise Up".[4] Mann originally recorded "Wise Up" to be used in the 1996 film Jerry Maguire, but the director, Cameron Crowe, felt it did not fit. According to Crowe, he had used Mann's original version, a simple demo piano, in a scene in which Jerry Maguire is moving through an airport. Mann's final version was "larger, more lush, more of a personal epic, and quite incredible... suddenly it was too big for the scene it was meant for." He said not being able to use it was "heartbreaking".[5] The song was included on the Jerry Maguire soundtrack.[6]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
The Austin Chronicle[8]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(1-star Honorable Mention)[9]
Los Angeles Times[10]
NME4/10[11]
Q[12]
Rolling Stone[13]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[14]

By February 2001, the soundtrack had sold 410,000 units in the United States.[15] "Save Me" garnered Mann an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song, losing to Phil Collins's song "You'll Be in My Heart" from Tarzan.[7] In 2021, the Los Angeles Times described "Save Me" as Mann's masterpiece, which "solidified Mann's stature as an esteemed songwriter".[16] Mann later said the song "really gave a blood transfusion to my career. But it wasn't like I went from playing to five people to 5,000 people. It was just a real influx of energy."[17] The success of the Magnolia soundtrack caused Mann stress, as she felt pressure to capitalize on it and tour heavily.[18]

In a 2020 retrospective, Alex McLevy of The A.V. Club praised the film for widening Mann's audience and the unique way that the writing of the film coincided with her songwriting.[19]

Track listing

All songs performed by Aimee Mann, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."One"Harry Nilsson2:53
2."Momentum"Aimee Mann3:27
3."Build That Wall"Aimee Mann, Jon Brion4:25
4."Deathly"Aimee Mann5:28
5."Driving Sideways"Aimee Mann, Michael Lockwood3:47
6."You Do"Aimee Mann3:41
7."Nothing Is Good Enough"Aimee Mann3:10
8."Wise Up"Aimee Mann3:31
9."Save Me"Aimee Mann4:35
10."Goodbye Stranger" (performed by Supertramp)Rick Davies, Roger Hodgson5:50
11."The Logical Song" (performed by Supertramp)Davies, Hodgson4:07
12."Dreams" (performed by Gabrielle)Gabrielle, Tim Laws3:43
13."Magnolia" (performed by Jon Brion)Brion2:12
Total length:50:49

Charts and certifications

References

  1. ↑ McLevy, Alex. "Aimee Mann got cinematic with the gorgeous Magnolia soundtrack". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  2. ↑ Bessman, Jim (December 16, 1999). "Music Blossomed into Film". Toronto Star.
  3. ↑ McLevy, Alex (June 25, 2020). "Aimee Mann got cinematic with the gorgeous Magnolia soundtrack". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  4. ↑ Patterson, John (March 10, 2000). "Magnolia Maniac". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on August 27, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
  5. ↑ Robinson, Joanna (2015-05-28). "Cameron Crowe takes us on a musical tour through his filmography". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  6. ↑ Grad, David (10 January 1997). "Jerry Maguire". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  7. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Magnolia [Original Soundtrack] – Aimee Mann". AllMusic. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
  8. ↑ Labernz, Mindy (February 18, 2000). "Aimee Mann: Songs From Magnolia (Reprise)". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  9. ↑ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Magnolia". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  10. ↑ Nichols, Natalie (December 8, 1999). "Vulnerability Is at the Heart of Mann's 'Magnolia' Songs". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  11. ↑ Pattison, Louis (April 3, 2000). "Various Artists – Magnolia – Music From The Motion Picture". NME. Archived from the original on June 8, 2000. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Magnolia: Music from the Motion Picture". Q (164): 114. May 2000.
  13. ↑ Walters, Barry (February 17, 2000). "Aimee Mann: Magnolia Music from the Motion Picture". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 4, 2007. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
  14. ↑ Randall, Mac (2004). "Aimee Mann". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 511–12. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  15. ↑ Wiltz, Teresa (18 February 2001). "Her Own Mann: Independent-Minded Singer Sheds Labels". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  16. ↑ Pelly, Jenn (2021-11-04). "Aimee Mann: 'I have an enormous amount of compassion for people who are struggling'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  17. ↑ Bleggi, Doug (November 21, 2018). "'Til Today: 25 years after her solo debut, Aimee Mann looks back". Stereogum. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  18. ↑ Snapes, Laura (2021-11-04). "Aimee Mann: 'Any woman my age is traumatised by growing up in the 60s and 70s'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  19. ↑ McLevy, Alex (June 24, 2020). "The Magnolia Soundtrack Made Sweet Music from a Cinematic Ode to Aimee Mann". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  20. ↑ "Top 100 CDs". RPM. Toronto. 70 (17). February 28, 2000. Archived from the original on March 18, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
  21. ↑ "Discographie Aimee Mann". charts.de (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  22. 1 2 "Magnolia [Original Soundtrack] – Awards (Billboard Singles)". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
  23. ↑ "Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2000". Jam!. Archived from the original on September 6, 2004. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  24. ↑ "American album certifications – Soundtrack – Magnolia". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
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