As a former music journalist (for Creem and Rolling Stone among other periodicals), director Cameron Crowe has always put his heart and soul into the soundtracks of his films. So, it’s no wonder that the most ambitious of all his films, Vanilla Sky, sported the most far-ranging and masterful of all of his scores. The film itself was a waking dream, subject to various interpretations; the soundtrack, too, explored shifting moods and shades, but always maintaining the surreal tone and aesthetic of the film, with a glittering line-up (R.E.M., Radiohead, Paul McCartney, Jeff Buckley, Bob Dylan) of artists. The result was breathless praise for the soundtrack(the New York Times called it “a music masterpiece”) andan Academy Award nomination. It is, quite simply, one of the greatest “mix-tapes” a film director has ever created (with some help from soundtrack Co-Producer Danny Bramson and Crowe’s then-wife, Nancy Wilson of Heart); and, for its first vinyl reissue since its initial release, we have created a custom gatefold cover for the 2-LP release and pressed up 1000 copies in “blue cloud” vinyl. A sublime listening and visual experience awaits.

RECORD ONE Side One R.E.M.—All the Right Friends Radiohead—Everything in Its Right Place Paul McCartney—Vanilla Sky Peter Gabriel—Solsbury Hill Julianna Gianni—I Fall Apart RECORD ONE Side Two The Monkees—Porpoise Song (Theme from “Head”) Looper Featuring Francis Macdonald— Mondo ‘77 Red House Painters—Have You Forgotten Josh Rouse—Directions Leftfield/Afrika Bambaataa—Afrika Shox RECORD TWO Side One Sigur Rós—Svefn-G-Englar Jeff Buckley—Last Goodbye Todd Rundgren—Can We Still Be Friends RECORD TWO Side Two Bob Dylan—Fourth Time Around Nancy Wilson—Elevator Beat R.E.M.—Sweetness Follows The Chemical Brothers—Where Do I Begin