About a Son

I received the wonderful soundtrack to About a Son the recent Kurt Cobain film from Sidetrack Films. I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this one: the soundtrack contains no music of Kurt's or Nirvana's, instead a few scores by Benjamin Gibbard and Steve Fisk and songs that capture the scene at the high point of Kurt's career, and songs that Kurt simply liked. The interview excerpts are very charming, findign Kurt discussing the first time he heard himself on the radio and punk rock.

This one is clearly a companion piece to the film but that shouldn't stop you from enjoying the great music contained on it. Any 90's kid needs this one for sure, and even Nirvana-shruggers will enjoy the new Gibbard tunes, grunge and punk classics, and Leadbelly singing about D.C.'s social racism....okay, I don't get that one either, but it's still good.

[mp3] Half Japanese - Pour Some Sugar On It

Buy it at insound.