Radiohead - Exit Music From A Film - LIVE

visit my webpage - http://www.joolsscott.co.uk "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.

The song is mostly very sombre and quiet, but builds to a climax at the end as the heavily compressed drums enter. In live performances, Jonny Greenwood slides a coin up and down the strings of his guitar, using a Roland Space Echo to create the eerie sounds heard throughout the song. In the studio version, the ambient sound is actually a recording of children playing played backwards. The distinctive fuzzy bass guitar featured in the climax is courtesy of the Shin-ei Companion FY-2 fuzz pedal.

The song is featured in the final episode of Father Ted, "Going to America", when Father Kevin is depressed by it on the bus, having previously been cured of his depression by listening to "Theme from Shaft" by Isaac Hayes.

Jazz pianist Brad Mehldau covered the song on volumes III and IV of his Art of the Trio series. His recording was featured in the movie Unfaithful in 2002. Other cover versions have been made by Miranda Sex Garden in 2001, Scala & Kolacny Brothers, Vampire Weekend, and Christopher O'Riley in 2003. There are several remixes of the song, available online.

American musician Marilyn Manson told Rolling Stone Magazine that he "escaped from a treatment facility and listened to [Exit Music (For a Film)] as [he] was standing on the edge of a cliff, thinking about jumping."[1] In the end, he walked away from the incident, the song having supposedly changed his mind.

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[elenavivequi]

So well done. I love how the background noise makes this actually sound like the soundtrack to a film, as corny as that may sound. Great job. :)

[moochie1965]

I doubt that anyone there truly understood the significance of that song. Very well played!

[ericho33]

exclusive

[elgitano2323]

i think the children in the back ground is perfect, goes exactly as the original song and then the piano gets louder, if that was not your intention then it was a great coincidence

[CR4ZyD00D100]

@trufiend138 I completely disagree, the talking in the background adds to it. In the 2nd verse of the album version there's an effect that sort of sounds like background noise, i think the people adds to the whole mood of the song, there so oblivious...

[emoxmasochist]

i like the music with crowd

[JosoBCN]

I'm pretty sure It's an effect made by the camera. It addapts the sound's max level because the piano gets much louder, so you can't hear the quiter sound anymore.

Such a noisy place to play piano :(

[NapalmKid]

Wow... it was like everyone got quiet when you hit the climax. that was interesting. What a cool video.

[NapalmKid]

lol, the lace around his wrists reminds me of the scene in Interview with the Vampire when Lestat comes back. neat.