'American Beauty' - Thomas Newman (from the 'plastic bag scene')

Just the music (Track 8, 'American Beauty', from the 'American Beauty: Original Motion Picture Score') and the bag...

This track is NOT "Any Other Name". That track is similar to this one, but it plays at the end of the film.

"It was one of those days, when it's a minute away from snowing, and there's this electricity in the air. You can almost hear it, right? And this bag was just dancing with me, like a little kid begging me to play with it, for fifteen minutes.

That's the day I realized there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse, I know, but it helps me remember. I need to remember.

Sometimes there is so much... beauty... in the world, I feel like I can't take it, and my heart is just going to cave in."

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[jubitoftw]

postoje trenuci kada sve stane. nesto carobno mi privuce paznju, sve ostalo utihne i kao da nestane, i ja sam potpuno bespomocan. moze biti bilo sto, crveni zalazak sunca, sustanje lisca pred kisu, tisuce drugih stvari. razmakne se veo obicnost i ukaže se Zivot. velicanstven, caroban i vjecan. postajem bespomocan, sposoban jedino za divljenje i zahvalnost. netko me potapsa po ramenu i sapne mi tajnu: "gledaj kako je ovo prekrasno. velicanstveno. i ti si dio toga. svi smo mi dio toga."

[Charlie8734]

It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing and there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. Right? And this bag was just dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. That's the day I realized that there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever.

[NOVITEQVII]

This is the song i want played at my funeral.

[Greg Ingram]

Good. I don't. I have a shower.

[oOSilhouetteOo]

I was my anus with soapy warm water all the time.

It's called a BATH.

[Greg Ingram]

Fuck family guy. Its as good as blasphemy writing that shit. Family Guy is for Colonel Frank Fitz type of men anyway. Go and wash your anus with soapy warm water.

[FanFickChick1992]

Dude...that was a joke from family guy.

[Liam O'Toole]

like a lot of these things ... It just talks to you or it Does'nt . Rosemary , you have no idea how much I love you ,but . The explanation robs the meaning

[Liam O'Toole]

urbane

[Greg Ingram]

I do. But this scene is emotive and makes you feel. Its the potential meaning behind it, not the science.

[Greg Ingram]

as for the music score - it fits like a glove with the movie because it promotes a reflective mood to the listener. At least for some. You might find this when watching the movie but you might not. I love big movies - Rocky, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, but this is different to these big budget efforts. Its a one off. If you love film then you must see this movie. It does more than give your nervous system the odd jolt from CGI but might well shift your perception of you and the world

[Greg Ingram]

AB can be about questioning what you take for granted. Like beauty and then you realise am I conditioned in my thinking and feelings to beauty or do I actually find something beautiful? is my car beautiful or do I want to keep up with the jonses? AB is profound because for some they might realise that the debt they have to buy a house, to live the'dream', to be the middle class citizen/person is not what they believe it would be. AB is defo one of the most profound movies ever made.