Mann is best known from her days as the lead singer of Til Tuesday. In the same way that Simon and Garfunkel’s soundtrack for “The Graduate” helped propel that film, Mann’s songs are the spiritual center of the movie “Magnolia.”An example of how Anderson wove Mann’s songs into the movie is shown in the song “Deadly.” One character, Claudia, played by Melora Walters, uses the opening line “Now that I met you, would you object to never seeing each other again?” According to Anderson, he wrote the character’s story after hearing the song, and many of the other characters were born from hearing the songs. Anderson was a big fan and friend of Mann and as he began to write the movie “Magnolia” he used Mann’s music as a blueprint. “Magnolia” is the latest film from director Paul Thomas Anderson, best known for “Boogie Nights.” The film “Magnolia” was in part inspired by the music of Aimee Mann. “Magnolia” is an outstanding example of one of those soundtracks. At best, soundtracks can be as essential to a movie as the characters, adding extra nuances and information. The majority of the time, songs are either 1) not in the movie at all 2) have nothing to do with the movie or 3) are just a dumping ground for a label’s b-list bands.But it wasn’t always like this.
Soundtracks are usually nothing more than blatant attempts to cash in. Soundtrack of "Magnolia" breaks movie music mold
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