Lords of dogtown documentary soundtrack
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Dogtown & Z-Boys OG Soundtrack ()
In mids America, skateboarding was a fad in danger of dying out, until a small group of surfers in Santa Monica began moving to extremes in both lifestyle and techniques, using their skills in empty swimming pools and the streets to create a new form eller gestalt of skateboarding. Director Stacy Peralta, who was one of the group, weaves home footage of their early days with interviews with those still in the scene.
The soundtrack was part of an early joint-venture with Everloving (fka Enjoy) and Republic/Universal Records. It was nominated for a Grammy for Best Soundtrack Albums but was later unceremoniously deleted when Universal released the fictional Lords of Dogtown with a new soundtrack album.
Containing photos by Glen E Friedman and CR Stecyk that were not part of the documentary but nonetheless necessary to properly present this crucial story as well as a special logo from the minds of Everloving and the graphic design of a young Shepard Fairey
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Punk rock and skateboard culture have always owed a lot to each other. Their relationship can be traced way back to the origins of skateboarding itself, and it continues to the present day. Movies about skateboarding tend not to fare as well as the music that surrounds its culture, but exceptions exist. Lords Of Dogtown might, or might not be one of those movies. I'm not going to lie and say I've seen it, as I haven't, but I have given fair chance to the soundtrack.
Consisting mostly of music first released in the same time period that the Z-Boys were making a name for themselves, the soundtrack offers a pretty diverse and pretty impressive range of musical acts.
Shifting between the origins of metal, a godfather of punk rock, and one of America's most prolific singers, there's really at least one track on here for everyone. The problem is with flow. How are David Bowie and Black Sabbath going to come one after the other; how are people going to feel about listening to
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Lords of Dogtown - Music From the Motion Picture Review
You've seen the real story, now see the story the way everyone involved wishes it happened! Stacy Peralta's acclaimed documentary, Dogtown and Z-Boys capitalized on the recent and unavoidable popularity of skateboarding, with a teary-eyed remembrance of some of the first and most influential freestyle skaters. 's Lords of Dogtown slaps a new coat of wax on the legend and some really silly looking wigs on some up and coming young actors. The former is great documentary filmmaking and the latter is pure fiction, simple as that. What is truly amazing, however, is that the makers of the two films apparently did not share notes when compiling the film's soundtracks. One has to imagine that there will be a certain crossover audience between the two films. Unfortunate for them, if those fans are dedicated enough to collect both records, they are inexcusably similar, even going too far as to repeat several songs