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About This Track
“Exit Music (For a Film)” is a song by Radiohead, written specifically for the ending credits of the 1996 film William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet. Although not included on either of the two soundtrack albums at the request of Thom Yorke, the song appears on the band’s highly acclaimed third album, OK Computer (1997). The moment in the film when Claire Danes (as Juliet) holds a gun to her head was the actual inspiration for “Exit Music”.
Thom Yorke also had the 1968 adaptation of the play (Romeo and Juliet) in his head: “I saw the Zeffirelli version when I was 13 and I cried my eyes out, because I couldn’t understand why, the morning after they shagged, they didn’t just run away. The song is written for two people who should run away before all the bad stuff starts. A personal song.” The director of the movie, Baz Luhrmann, revealed in the DVD commentary that he believes it is one of the greatest film exit songs ever written.
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Phelipee wrote:
2 coelhos.
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Foggster wrote:
right
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Marjo47 wrote:
Love
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DanLovesAlice wrote:
Love it when the drums kick in, the first part of the song builds so perfectly to it. Gorgeous and haunting song from an excellent album.
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Rastinatuitam wrote:
i've just fell in love with this song
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Harry_01 wrote:
The song is so awesome and listened to with headphones... oh damn...
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Excrono wrote:
"am i the only one who find this the worst track on the album... so boring... " Yes, it means you can't hear and identify with the raw emotion of this amazing track.
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jyjz wrote:
killer
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captainyodel wrote:
haha, i just scrolled down and realized that i had already written that exact comment a month ago. it still reins true.
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captainyodel wrote:
perfect song
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callmemc wrote:
just featured radiohead on my new blog coachellafestival.tumblr.com. every day for 99 days I feature one artist that is a part of the coachella 2012 lineup, creating an information center where you can access basic artist information, third party reviews, music videos, and song downloads conveniently in one place. enjoy!
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bloodmaw wrote:
"am i the only one who find this the worst track on the album..." yes, this song is much more interesting than most of the album
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DanielCondex wrote:
this is suddenly my favorite of the album.
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filas312 wrote:
Gives me chills. That mellotron is simply epic, fuck.
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tai1975 wrote:
This was played during the ending credits for Romeo and Juliet (1996 version). Claire Danes and Leonardo Dicaprio
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passport90 wrote:
am i the only one who find this the worst track on the album... so boring...
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Leonardo_Silva wrote:
man, dat bass
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forestXboy wrote:
Amazing, constantly gets stuck in my head.
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alameda_ wrote:
beautiful, haunting, amazing, perfect.
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jimmydasaint wrote:
Awesome! Deep! I love this!
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