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Mogwai - Zidane: A 21th Century Portrait - Original Soundtrack (2006) <br />
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Mogwai's slow-shifting, meteoric post-rock might have never earnt them a place on the back-of-the-nets montage on Match Of The Day, but their soundtrack to Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait suggests that for this band, football boasts a deeper emotional palette than the Lightning Seeds could ever hope to evoke. Truthfully, it beggars belief it's taken Mogwai so long to reach the rarefied sphere of movie soundtracker; their gleaming, glittering instrumentals are big and beautiful, like a glacier or a blue whale. But supplying the score to Turner Prize artist Douglas Gordon's match-long portrait of French footballer Zinédine Zidane, is probably a subject somewhat closer to their hearts. Lilting and ponderous, it boasts little of the fireworks that this band have been known for: far from the anger its name suggests, "Wake Up and Go Berserk" is a neat excursion into serene ambience, all finger-picked semi-acoustic guitars and padded sticks, while "It Would Have Happened Anyway" adds that crucial tension, perhaps a product of the pre-penalty kick. Mogwai's spirit has soften in recent years, but with Zidane, the boys done good: call it a "Nessun Dorma" for the experimental rock set.<br />
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01 - Black Spider<br />
02 - Terrific Speech 2<br />
03 - Wake Up And Go Berserk<br />
04 - Terrific Speech<br />
05 - 7:25<br />
06 - Half Time<br />
07 - I Do Have Weapons<br />
08 - Time And Half<br />
09 - It Would Have Happened Anyway<br />
10 - Black Spider 2<br />
11 - Untitled (Hidden Track) <br />
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mp3@160kbps/2chnls(stereo)/44kHz
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