Wes Anderson has long celebrated a certain strain of music in his movies, and now an indie-leaning cast of musical acts will be returning the favor. As Pitchfork points out, I Saved Latin!: A Tribute to Wes Anderson is on the way as a two-CD set in spring 2014 via American Laundromat Records. The compilation consists of covers of songs from Anderson’s movies Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, and Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Nothing is mentioned so far from last year’s Moonrise Kingdom, but that film is named in the cover art, so stay tuned. Among the likely highlights at this point: Black Francis’ take on Love’s “Seven and Seven Is” (despite the Pixies frontman’s troubles with the song’s outro), Kristin Hersh’s rendition of Nick Drake’s “Fly,” Juliana Hatfield’s version of Elliott Smith’s “Needle in the Hay,” and other covers from Mike Watt & the Secondmen, Generationals, Elk City, Telekinesis, and Santah.
The track list isn’t finalized yet, and Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel opens early next year, so there’s still time for a Kanye West appearance. Everyone knows Cat Stevens sings “The Wind” — what this tribute presupposes is… maybe he didn’t? Check out various options for pre-order goodies here.
I Saved Latin track list (in alphabetical order):
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Black Francis – “Seven and Seven Is” (Love) [Bottle Rocket]
Elk City – “Play With Fire” (The Rolling Stones) [Darjeeling Limited]
Escondido – “Strangers” (The Kinks) [Darjeeling Limited]
Freelance Whales – “Let Her Dance” (The Bobby Fuller Four) [Fantastic Mr. Fox]
Generationals – “Making Time” (Creation) [Rushmore]
Grand Hallway – “I Am Waiting” (The Rolling Stones) [Rushmore]
Joy Zipper – “Ooh La La” (The Faces) [Rushmore]
Juliana Hatfield – “Needle in the Hay” (Elliott Smith) [Royal Tenenbaums]
Kristin Hersh – “Fly” (Nick Drake) [Royal Tenenbaums]
Matt Pond – “These Days” (Nico) [Royal Tenenbaums]
Mike Watt & the Secondmen – “Street Fighting Man (The Rolling Stones)” [Fantastic Mr. Fox]
PHOX – “The Way I Feel Inside” (The Zombies) [The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou]
Santah – “Five Years” (David Bowie) [The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou]
Sara Lov – “Alone Again Or” (Love) [Bottle Rocket]
Solvents – “Nothing in This World Can Stop Me Worryin’ Bout That Girl” (The Kinks) [Rushmore]
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – “Margaret Yang’s Theme” (Mark Mothersbaugh) [Rushmore]
Tea Cozies – “Here Comes My Baby” (Cat Stevens) [Rushmore]
Tele Novella – “Stephanie Says” (The Velvet Underground) [Royal Tenenbaums]
Telekinesis – “This Time Tomorrow” (The Kinks) [Darjeeling Limited]
The Ghost in You – “Oh Yoko!” (John Lennon) [Rushmore]
Tomten – “30 Century Man” (Scott Walker) [Life Aquatic]
Trespassers William – “Fairest of the Seasons” (Nico) [Royal Tenenbaums]
William Fitzsimmons – “The Wind” (Cat Stevens) [Rushmore]
