There have only been 2 movies where the soundtracks really struck me. Those movies would be “Dear John” and “Ladder 49”.
In Dear John, a young man in the military falls in love with a young woman while he’s on a two week break. They promise to stay together even when he goes back and they wrote to each other all the time. After the 9/11 attacks, his group was asked if they want to re-instate for another term and they all agreed they would. While he goes home for a week he has to break the news to his girlfriend who thought he was coming home for good. This winds up being a sex scene but it was the song that really got me. “The Moon” by the Swell Season is a very different genre of music and it’s very soul-piercing, if it had to be described.
Later on in the movie, John doesn’t receive any more letters from his girlfriend. The song that plays depicting those scenes builds up the moments to when he gets sent a break-up letter. “This is the Thing” by Fink was the song. It’s sad and the lyrics go right along with what was happening in the movie. It was a perfect moment for the song.
Now Ladder 49 is about a firefighter who falls through many floors from a floor collapse in a burning building. As he fades in and out of consciousness his memories also play in and out. SPOILER ALERT: The main character dies in the end because he wasn’t able to be saved by his fellow workers. While his casket was being carried out of the church and onto the fire truck, “Shine Your Light” by Robbie Robertson was playing. This song talks about a man who wants the Lord to shine his light down on him and life him up so he can see. I think that goes along incredibly well with the ending imagery.
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