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Best use of Music in "Montage of Heck"

posted 10 years ago by cellism
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Of all the music in the documentary "Montage of Heck," what did you think was most powerful. For me, there were more that a few songs I would have loved to hear. That been said, this documentary did an admirable job of selecting songs.

I wonder how many people saw that "Smells Like" bit, with the symphonic opera taking the place of the actual song, as the best music moment. It's a neat moment. No doubt.But do you have any other favorite song selections/performances.

[–] LiquidAudio 10 years ago

My favorite was Been a Son when it showed Kurt exploring his creativity. I also really liked when it played Lithium and showed the montage of Nevermind being released.

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[–] cellism 10 years ago

I thought the "Smells Like" bit was cool in that it was in slow motion, and gave a different take on the video and song. However, it was a bit much. I was also disappointed that it didn't play the actual song, even if I have heard it too many times.

I would like to second the Molly's Lips suggestion. I realized I have never really payed attention to their cover of that song. I've always dismissed it. But this doc gave it new life for me. I immediately sought out the song, and listened to it repeatedly.

[–] Zzzz_Zzzz_Zzzz 10 years ago

Oh Me

[–] zombiesquad-61423 10 years ago

A lot of good moments, I liked the part were they used "School" coupled with footage from the film "Over The Edge".

[–] cellism 10 years ago

Yes! That was groovy. "Won't you believe it, it's just my luck."

I wasn't aware of "Over the Edge" until "MoH," but I really want to see it now.

[–] arilicious234 10 years ago

I loved the lullaby version of "All Apologies", I thought it was cute and sad how they played that while showing the clips of him as a baby. Made me tear up.

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[–] cellism 10 years ago

As I remember, that was among the first moments of the doc. I was wondering if the entire film would be strange covers of Nirvana music rather than actual Nirvana music. I guess I was conditioned by the excellent documentary "About a Son" from '06, which had no Nirvana music. It did have a killer soundtrack though.

[–] ilovesnowboarding 10 years ago

Yeah I second the lullaby version of All Apologies! Was moving. I liked all of the music selections though and thought overall they selected the most emotionally appropriate songs for this piece.

[–] Blaffer 9 years ago

Does anybody know where one could find the music shown in the movie? I really liked the instrumental versions of Nirvana songs.

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[–] LaLa_LaLa_Lola 9 years ago

Definitely the orchestral teen spirit. It was the only time I teared up the entire movie. Beautiful. I had never seen that great quality photo of kurt lying in the poppy field. He is so beautiful in that video.