''Music for 'Bubble is an album by

Robert Pollard Robert Ellsworth Pollard Jr. (born October 31, 1957) is an American singer and songwriter who is the leader and creative force behind indie rock group Guided by Voices. In addition to his work with Guided by Voices, he continues to have a prol ...

, released in 2005. It collects his score for the film ''

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'' directed by

Steven Soderbergh Steven Andrew Soderbergh (; born January 14, 1963) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor. A pioneer of modern independent cinema, Soderbergh is an acclaimed and prolific filmmaker. Soderbergh's direc ...

Background

''Music for 'Bubble'' is Pollard's first film music release. Pollard made contact with Soderbergh after the director mentioned in an interview his love for Pollard's music. Previously, Soderbergh had used a song from Pollard's band Guided by Voices in the closing credits of his film ''Full Frontal'' and had written an introduction to the book "Guided by Voices: A Brief History."{{Cite web , last=Olsen , first=Mark , date=29 Jan 2006 , title=The Indie Boy in the Soundtrack Bubble , url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/movies/the-indie-boy-in-the-soundtrack-bubble.html , website=The New York Times In 2004, Soderbergh attended a show on the Guided by Voices farewell tour, The Electrifying Conclusion, where the two met. Initially, Soderbergh was inspired by the film's setting in

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, where Pollard was based, to ask the musician for a song to go with a specific bar scene. However, Pollard ended up sending Soderbergh a CD with 47 new songs, which the director picked from.

Track listing

All songs written by

# "All Men Are Freezing" – 2:14 # "747 Ego" – 2:07 # "Boring About – 1:51 # "Search-light Pickups" – 1:28 # "I'm No Child" – 2:02 # "747 Ego (Oh Yeah)" – 2:07

References

2005 EPs Robert Pollard albums 2005 soundtrack albums Drama film soundtracks