Various – Lost In Translation (Music From The Motion Picture)

Lost In Translation's soundtrack's luminous atmospherics come from a variety of sources, but My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields leads the pack by contributing the Loveless classic "Sometimes" and four new tracks penned under his own name.

As worthwhile as Shields' contributions are, it would be a mistake to let them eclipse the rest of this fine soundtrack. Interestingly, many of the other pieces on Lost in Translation sound more like Shields' previous work than his own tracks. Chief among them is Death in Vegas' lovely "Girls," a slow-building epic that combines breathy vocals, deceptively simple guitars, and distant but powerful drumming. Likewise, the Jesus & Mary Chain's "Just Like Honey" is nearly as swooningly romantic as "Sometimes."

Perfectly defined in its hazy beauty, this soundtrack loses nothing in its translation from a quietly wonderful movie into a quietly wonderful album.

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Tracklist:
No Artist– Intro / Tokyo 0:34
Kevin Shields– City Girl 3:48
Sebastien Tellier– Fantino 3:13
Squarepusher– Tommib 1:21
Death In Vegas– Girls 4:27
Kevin Shields– Goodbye 2:32
Phoenix– Too Young 3:19
Happy End– Kaze Wo Atsumete 4:07
Brian Reitzell & Roger J. Manning Jr.– On The Subway 1:10
Kevin Shields– Ikebana 1:38
My Bloody Valentine– Sometimes 5:19
AIR– Alone In Kyoto 4:48
Brian Reitzell & Roger J. Manning Jr.– Shibuya 3:27
Kevin Shields– Are You Awake? 1:35
The Jesus & Mary Chain– Just Like Honey 12:38
Bill Murray With Roger Joseph Manning Jr. & Brian Reitzell– More Than This