''Revolution Summer'' is a
soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack o ...
album by
Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Michael Richman (born May 16, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970, he founded the Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key acoustic a ...
, released by the Vapor Records
label in 2007. The music was composed for the film ''Revolution Summer'', directed by Miles Matthew Montalbano.
While Richman had previously contributed songs to the 1998 film, ''
There's Something About Mary
''There's Something About Mary'' is a 1998 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly. It stars Cameron Diaz as the title character with Ben Stiller, Matt Dillon, Lee Evans, and Chris Elliott all playing men who ...
'', and appeared in that film, along with drummer
Tommy Larkins
Jonathan Michael Richman (born May 16, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970, he founded the Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key acoustic a ...
, ''Revolution Summer'' is Richman's first complete soundtrack album. It is entirely instrumental, another first for Richman.
Track listing
All music composed by Jonathan Richman
# "Weeds Breaking Through The Concrete" (1:02)
# "Revolution Summer Theme" (2:01)
# "Francine's Theme" (1:31)
# "A Chill in the Night Air' (1.21)
# "Music for Next Year's Jukebox" (3:22)
# "Hipster Cafe" (1:10)
# "Vacant Lot" (5:16)
# "Hope's Theme" (1:35)
# "Francine's Theme (Reprise)" (3:43)
# "Hope's Theme (Reprise)" (0:41)
# "Weeds Breaking Through The Concrete (Reprise)" (4:03)
# "Now What?" (2:33)
Personnel
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Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Michael Richman (born May 16, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970, he founded the Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key acoustic a ...
- guitars, bass, pump organ
*
Tommy Larkins
Jonathan Michael Richman (born May 16, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970, he founded the Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key acoustic a ...
- drums and percussion
*
Ralph Carney - woodwinds, violin, pedal steel
*Charles Gonzalez - keyboards, bass on ''Music For Next Year's Jukebox''
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2007 soundtrack albums
Jonathan Richman albums
Vapor Records albums