Thumbsucker

无论你今年几岁，长大成人真不是件容易事！当贾斯丁(路波西)想要戒除咬手指的坏习惯时，周遭的人都因此陷入一片混乱。本片提供了人们对于重塑自我付出的努力一个诚恳与诙谐的检视，他们总想脱胎换骨却又担心和别人不一样。要了解没有人能够变成别人，「正常」是不存在的，缺陷美才是令你人性化及可爱的地方…… 民谣歌手，作曲家Elliott Smith 1997年由于电影《Good Will Hunting》中的一曲Miss Misery的成功，从无名的独立音乐人成功的进入了主流音乐圈。他出生于美国波特兰，14岁开始写歌并录制样带。随后，Smith组成了乐队Heatmiser，在1993年发行了第一张LP《Dead Air》，一年后，他在一个小厂牌下，发行了个人首张专辑《Roman Candle》。1995年，他签约于Kill Rockstar公司，发行了同名专辑《Elliott Smith》，之后1997年又发行了《Either/Or》。几乎同时，电影导演，同时也是Smith的超级歌迷Gus Van Sant征求在电影《Good Will Hunting》中使用Smith的音乐，并同时邀请他为电影写一些新歌。其中Miss Misery令人惊讶的获得了奥斯卡最佳原创歌曲的提名，虽然最后并未获奖，Smith还是出席了典礼并且和超级明星Trisha Yearwood，以及最佳原创歌曲获奖者 Celine Dion同台演出。随后Smith改签了Dreamworks公司，1998年推出了他最成功的专辑《XO》。2年后，又发行了《Figure 8》，这张专辑制作精良，编曲加入华丽丰富的管弦乐，与他前几次的solo专辑相比，风格一下子转变了不少。接下来的2年，Smith一直在努力的策划他的下一张新专辑，《From a Basement on a Hill》。但是，他并没有能够完成这张作品，让他所有的朋友和歌迷震惊的是，Elliott Smith在2003年10月21日结束了自己的生命。 The indie drama Thumbsucker, pertaining to a 14-year old boy struggling with the habit that gives the movie its title, gets the symphonic treatment with this original score by Tim DeLaughter of The Polyphonic Spree. Mingling with the flowery orchestration and flute trills are three tracks by the late Elliott Smith, who was involved in the early development of the film with director Mike Mills. While Spree fans have come to expect the full sonic overload of the 20+ strong ensemble, DeLaughter's best track is the one where he picks up a guitar and sings sans backing band, "Wonderful You." DeLaughter is in a delicate situation here, sharing the disc with the superior song craft of Smith. Smith's contributions, including "Let’s Get Lost" from From a Basement on the Hill and the never-before-released "Thirteen" and "Trouble" only hint at what this soundtrack might have been. While DeLaughter's tracks make good film music, Smith's stand upright on their own, regardless of context. Ultimately, both contributors provide the soundtrack with a feeling of adolescent melancholy well suited for the film. -- Ryan Boudinot Product Description This soundtrack was written and recorded by Tim DeLaughter, frontman for The Polyphonic Spree and also features three tracks from late singer-songwriter Elliott Smith, including the original "Let's Get Lost" and covers of Big Star's "Thirteen" and Cat Stevens' "Trouble," the latter believed to be among the last tracks he ever put to tape.