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With an incred ible compilation of indie songs mixed with some fairly well-known oldies, writer, director and star Zack Braff was able to do something not many filmmakers can accomplish: Putting together a soundtrack of movies not in spired by the film, but that inspire the film. Every song complements the images on the screen and makes them that much more powerful, making the music an integral part of the film. “Essentially, I made a mix CD with all of the music that I felt was scoring my life at the time I was writing the screenplay,” Braff, who plays Andrew Bargeman in “Garden State,” said during a press conference after the film’s release. The music works wonderfully into the film, making the emotions seem that much more real. As Natalie Portman’s character Sam says, “You’ve got to hear this one song; it will change your life.” She might as well have been talking about this album. It could well serve as someone’s life soundtrack, as it basically does for Braff s character in the film. The soundtrack begins with Coldplay’s “Don’t Panic,” a bittersweet melody that sets the pace of the soundtrack and the film. Chris Martin sings, “We live in a beautiful world,” establishing a sense of lofty romanticism that plays well with the plot of the movie. The lesser-known group The Shins follows up with “Caring Is Creepy,” a quirky rock song that sounds straight out of the 1960s with its distant, almost filtered vocals. With lyrics that are hard to decipher, this song is a laid-back tune that fits nicely with the rest of the mix. Zero 7’s track “In the Waiting Line” addsa little low-key electronic vibe to the mix, keep the casual and romantic mood intact with Sop; Barker’s gentle vocals. Singing a song thatar. 20-something can relate to. Barker gently ao “Everyone’s saying different things to me,"ta ping into the confusion of Braffs charactera: the basic confusion of being in the mid-20sar not knowing where life is going. Simon & Garfunkel’s timeless song "Thef Living Boy in New York” fits nicely into the; with its acoustic sounds and relatable andthot; provoking lyrics. As Bargeman struggles with return to New Jersey, he does seem liketheo living person. The last three songs on the soundtrack aret best. First is Iron & Wine’s cover of the Posti Service’s “Such Great Heights.” The original electro-pop tune is turned around and loaded’, slow acoustics, a change that fits the toneofth movie perfectly. Perhaps the star of the album, however, isl Go” by Frou Frou, the song most often attache the film’s trailer. “There’s beauty in thebreal down,” croons out lead singer, Imogen Heap, I drawing in the listener with its mesmerizing hi and orchestra-backed sounds. The album winds down with “Winding Roil by Bonnie Sommerville, another song drivenT acoustic guitar that is perhaps too perfect ofa 1 conclusion to the album with the lyrics, “one J we’ll find our way home. The only thing missing from this albumitl two great songs featured in some of the film | previews, the original “Such Great Heights" I by the Postal Service and Travis’ “LoveWlI Come Through.” W'ithout these songs, howl the 13-track album still echoes the atmospbfl created by the movie in a way that most moil cannot achieve. For a first-time director, Braff has work; magic with this album. If searching for an album to round out the summer, music fans cannot go wrong with adding this soundtn First six-figure Democrat donor WASHINGTON — A television writer and fund-raiser for John Kerry is the first six-figure donor to a new group that is criticizing Presi dent Bush’s National Guard service during the Vietnam War. 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