American Beauty (soundtrack)

American Beauty
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	October 5, 1999
Genre	Rock, pop, instrumental
Length	46:20
Label	DreamWorks 50210 (U.S., CD)
Producer	Bill Bernstein

Professional ratings
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Allmusic	[1]

American Beauty is a 1999 soundtrack album to the film of the same name starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening. The soundtrack features two excerpts from the film's score, composed by Thomas Newman, which won several awards. The soundtrack album was produced by Chris Douridas, Sam Mendes, and Michael Ostin, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media in the year 2000, the first year to offer this award.

Elliott Smith's cover of The Beatles song "Because" was the end credit for the film. The track "Dead Already" was later featured in the 2005 film Madagascar.

Track listing

1. Dead Already - Thomas Newman
2. Because - Elliott Smith
3. Free to Go - The Folk Implosion
4. American Woman - The Guess Who
5. All Right Now - Free
6. Use Me - Bill Withers
7. Cancer for the Cure - Eels
8. The Seeker - The Who
9. Don't Rain on my Parade - Bobby Darin
10. Open the Door - Betty Carter
11. We Haven't Turned Around - Gomez
12. Bali Ha'i - Peggy Lee
13. Any Other Name - Thomas Newman

References

1. ^ American Beauty (soundtrack) at Allmusic

See also

• American Beauty
• American Beauty: Original Motion Picture Score
• The Guess Who on the big and small screens