Magnolia (soundtrack)
{{About|the soundtrack album to the film Magnolia|the album of Jon Brion's score|Magnolia (score)}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Magnolia: Music from the Motion Picture
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = Aimee Mann
| cover = Magnolia album.jpg
| alt =
| released = December 7, 1999
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| length = 50:49
| label = Reprise
| producer = Jon Brion
Buddy Judge
Aimee Mann
Brendan O'Brien
Michael Penn
| prev_title = I'm with Stupid
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Bachelor No. 2
| next_year = 2000
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Magnolia: Music from the Motion Picture
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = Save Me
| single1date = 1999
}}
}}
Magnolia: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album to the 1999 film Magnolia. It comprises nine songs by Aimee Mann, plus tracks by Gabrielle, Supertramp and Jon Brion. The album received positive reviews and was certified gold in 2001. Mann's song "Save Me" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
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".{{Cite web |last=McLevy |first=Alex |title=Aimee Mann got cinematic with the gorgeous Magnolia soundtrack |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-magnolia-soundtrack-made-sweet-music-from-a-cinemat-1844139288 |access-date=2021-11-07 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en-us}} Mann wrote two songs for Magnolia: "You Do" and "Save Me".{{cite news |last=Bessman |first=Jim |date=December 16, 1999 |title=Music Blossomed into Film |newspaper=Toronto Star}} "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.{{Cn|date=January 2024}} (Bachelor also includes "Red Vines", a song Mann wrote about Anderson.){{Cn|date=January 2024}} "One" is a cover of the 1968 song by Harry Nilsson, recorded for the 1995 tribute album For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson.{{Cite web |last=McLevy |first=Alex |date=June 25, 2020 |title=Aimee Mann got cinematic with the gorgeous Magnolia soundtrack |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-magnolia-soundtrack-made-sweet-music-from-a-cinemat-1844139288 |access-date=2021-11-07 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en-us}}
The film features a sequence in which the characters sing along to Mann's song "Wise Up".{{cite news |last=Patterson |first=John |date=March 10, 2000 |title=Magnolia Maniac |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/mar/10/culture.features |url-status=live |access-date=April 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827044550/http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2000/mar/10/culture.features |archive-date=August 27, 2012}} 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 piano demo 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".{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Joanna |date=2015-05-28 |title=Cameron Crowe takes us on a musical tour through his filmography |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/05/cameron-crowe-music-interview |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}} The song was included on the Jerry Maguire soundtrack.{{Cite web |last=Grad |first=David |date=10 January 1997 |title=Jerry Maguire |url=https://ew.com/article/1997/01/10/jerry-maguire-4/ |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}
Reception
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{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/magnolia-original-soundtrack-mw0000672301 | title=Magnolia [Original Soundtrack] – Aimee Mann | website=AllMusic | access-date=May 11, 2013 | last=Erlewine | first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}
| rev2 = The Austin Chronicle
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web | url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2000-02-18/75935/ | title=Aimee Mann: Songs From Magnolia (Reprise) | work=The Austin Chronicle | date=February 18, 2000 | access-date=July 7, 2013 | last=Labernz | first=Mindy}}
| rev3 = Christgau's Consumer Guide
| rev3score = {{rating-Christgau|hm1}}{{cite book |chapter-url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=3295 |chapter=Magnolia |access-date=July 7, 2013 |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=2000 |isbn=0-312-24560-2}}
| rev4 = Los Angeles Times
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-dec-08-ca-41577-story.html | title=Vulnerability Is at the Heart of Mann's 'Magnolia' Songs | work=Los Angeles Times | date=December 8, 1999 | access-date=November 6, 2016 | last=Nichols | first=Natalie}}
| rev5 = NME
| rev5Score = 4/10{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com:80/reviews/reviews/20000403093058.html | title=Various Artists – Magnolia – Music From The Motion Picture | work=NME | date=April 3, 2000 | access-date=July 7, 2013 | last=Pattison | first=Louis | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000608073026/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/20000403093058.html | archive-date=June 8, 2000 | url-status=dead }}
| rev6 = Q
| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal | title=Magnolia: Music from the Motion Picture | journal=Q | issue=164 |date=May 2000 | page=114}}
| rev7 = Rolling Stone
| rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/aimeemann/albums/album/203461/review/5943938/magnolia_music_from_the_motion_picture | title=Aimee Mann: Magnolia Music from the Motion Picture | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=February 17, 2000 | access-date=May 11, 2013 | last=Walters | first=Barry | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204204425/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/aimeemann/albums/album/203461/review/5943938/magnolia_music_from_the_motion_picture | archive-date=December 4, 2007}}
| rev8 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev8Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book |chapter=Aimee Mann |last=Randall |first=Mac |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |year=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/511 511–12] }}
}}
By February 2001, the soundtrack had sold 410,000 units in the United States.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/2001/02/18/her-own-mann-independent-minded-singer-sheds-labels/6f54e736-a133-47ef-9ecf-b6319a561465/|title=Her Own Mann: Independent-Minded Singer Sheds Labels|newspaper=The Washington Post|first=Teresa|last=Wiltz|date=18 February 2001|access-date=6 March 2019}} Mann's song "Save Me" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, losing to Phil Collins's song "You'll Be in My Heart" from Tarzan. In 2021, the Los Angeles Times described "Save Me" as Mann's masterpiece, which "solidified Mann's stature as an esteemed songwriter".{{Cite web |last=Pelly |first=Jenn |date=2021-11-04 |title=Aimee Mann: 'I have an enormous amount of compassion for people who are struggling' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-11-04/aimee-mann-queens-of-the-summer-hotel-girl-interrupted |access-date=2021-11-09 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} The success of the Magnolia soundtrack caused Mann stress, as she felt pressure to capitalize on it and tour heavily.{{Cite web |last=Snapes |first=Laura |date=2021-11-04 |title=Aimee Mann: 'Any woman my age is traumatised by growing up in the 60s and 70s' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/04/aimee-mann-any-woman-my-age-is-traumatised-by-growing-up-in-the-60s-and-70s |access-date=2021-11-05 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |last=McLevy |first=Alex |date=June 24, 2020 |title=The Magnolia Soundtrack Made Sweet Music from a Cinematic Ode to Aimee Mann |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-magnolia-soundtrack-made-sweet-music-from-a-cinemat-1844139288 |access-date=June 24, 2020 |publisher=The A.V. Club |language=en-US}}
Track listing
All songs performed by Aimee Mann, except where noted.
{{Track listing
| total_length = 50:49
| title1 = One
| writer1 = Harry Nilsson
| length1 = 2:53
| title2 = Momentum
| writer2 = Aimee Mann
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = Build That Wall
| writer3 = {{hlist|Mann|Jon Brion}}
| length3 = 4:25
| title4 = Deathly
| writer4 = Mann
| length4 = 5:28
| title5 = Driving Sideways
| writer5 = {{hlist|Mann|Michael Lockwood}}
| length5 = 3:47
| title6 = You Do
| writer6 = Mann
| length6 = 3:41
| title7 = Nothing Is Good Enough
| writer7 = Mann
| length7 = 3:10
| title8 = Wise Up
| writer8 = Mann
| length8 = 3:31
| title9 = Save Me
| writer9 = Mann
| length9 = 4:35
| title10 = Goodbye Stranger
| note10 = performed by Supertramp
| writer10 = {{hlist|Rick Davies|Roger Hodgson}}
| length10 = 5:50
| title11 = The Logical Song
| note11 = performed by Supertramp
| writer11 = {{hlist|Davies|Hodgson}}
| length11 = 4:07
| title12 = Dreams
| note12 = performed by Gabrielle
| writer12 = {{hlist|Gabrielle|Tim Laws}}
| length12 = 3:43
| title13 = Magnolia
| note13 = performed by Jon Brion
| writer13 = Brion
| length13 = 2:12
}}
Charts and certifications
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=Charts=
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= Year-end charts =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+Year-end chart performance for Magnolia ! scope="col"| Chart (2000) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184459/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2000_2.html|archivedate=September 6, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2000_2.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2000|website=Jam!|accessdate=March 29, 2022}}
| align="center"|187 |
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=Certifications=
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry | region=United States | title=Magnolia | artist=Soundtrack | type=album | award=Gold | relyear=1999 | certyear=2001|access-date=November 19, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
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References
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{{Aimee Mann}}
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Category:1999 soundtrack albums
Category:Aimee Mann soundtracks
Category:Albums produced by Brendan O'Brien (record producer)
Category:Albums produced by Jon Brion