Rock the kasbah soundtrack cd details and availability. Rock the kasbah soundtrack from 2015, composed by various artists, marcelo zarvos. The soundtrack is anchored by leem lubanys three original cat stevens covers, which are featured prominently i. The film stars bill murray as a talent manager sent to. Rock the kasbah is a boring, unfunny attempt at a comedy starring legendary actor bill murray.
Behind the soundtrack of rock the kasbah the film, with bill murray and zooey deschanel, features the music of cat stevens, aka yusuf islam. A hasbeen rock manager from van nuys, california stumbles upon a onceinalifetime voice in a remote afghan cave in rock the kasbah, a dramatic comedy inspired by. Rock the casbah is a song by the english punk rock band the clash, released in 1982. When richie finds himself in kabul, abandoned, penniless and without his passport, he discovers a. Rock the kasbah, which is very loosely based on a true story, feels like it was designed specifically as a billy murray vehicle and probably was. Murray plays richie lanz, a washedup rock manager who cons wannabe singers from a motel room. Leem lubany peace train hd 720 rock the kasbah final scene duration. Bill murrays upcoming, afghanistanbased rocknroll comedy rock the kasbah hits theatres next month and will be supported by a soundtrack release featuring performances from the actor and co. The story of richie lanz bill murray, a rock manager with a golden ear and a taste for talent, who has seen better times. Rock the kasbah original motion picture soundtrack oct 23rd 2015. Its musicindustry gags sit awkwardly next to warzone jokes and cultural quips, landing all involved on a peace train to nowhere. A hasbeen rock manager from van nuys, california stumbles upon a onceinalifetime voice in a remote afghan cave in rock the kasbah, a dramatic comedy inspired by strangerthanfiction, real. Murray is just following orders, but here hes far more antic and grating than usual. Peace train song scene from rock the kasbah youtube.
Peace train leem lubany smoke on the water bill murray so now that you know how great the rock the kasbah soundtrack is, you can appreciate the movie a little more and also appreciate. Aside from those, however, the film has quite the tin ear for music. Rock the kasbah is a 2015 american comedy film directed by barry levinson and written by mitch glazer. Released october 23rd, 2015, rock the kasbah stars bill murray, arian moayed, kate hudson, leem lubany the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 46 min, and received a. The barry levinson comedy also stars zooey deschanel, danny mcbride and leem lubany. Leem lubany peace train rock the kasbah soundtrack duration. As the torrent of water dried up for the first time in thousands of years, it revealed a horrific sight. Released by varese sarabande in 2015 containing music from rock the kasbah 2015. When he takes his last remaining client on a uso tour of afghanistan, she gets cold feet and leaves him penniless and without his passport.
A strong ethnic chic inspiration emerges from his creations. Rock the kasbah isnt a true story, but its inspired by. A downonhisluck music manager discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice while on a music tour in afghanistan and takes her to kabul to compete on. Bill murrays rock the kasbah gets soundtrack release. This current film has an interesting enough premise. Rock the kasbah bill murray, kate hudson, bruce willis scena in. Rock the kasbah 1 hours and 46 minutes movie 2015 a downonhisluck music manager discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice while on a music tour in afghanistan and takes her to kabul to compete on the popular television show, afghan star. Rock the kasbah soundtrack features a singing bill.
Rock the kasbah is a small craft company, which manufactures original and authentic pieces. Rock the kasbah soundtrack list rock the kasbah movie 2015. Peace train leem lubany smoke on the water bill murray. Rock the kasbah goes fierce to quietly touching and back to funny again. It reached number eight on the billboard hot 100 chart in the us their second and last top 40 and only top 10 single in the united states and, along with the track mustapha dance, it also reached number eight on the.
The new film rock the kasbah is like the love child of crazy heart and mad max. Cat stevens songs appeared in the 2015 american comedy rock the kasbah. Bill murray is a very specific actor, and despite the fact that he has had iconic success with both comedy and drama, rock the kasbah cant figure out which murray it wants. Rock the kasbah offers what is probably the first unironic use of. Movie music by composer marcelo zarvos, various artists. Rock the kasbah soundtrack list movie 2015 tracklist listen to full soundtrack songs, the playlist of all of the songs played in the movie, trailers songs, what songs and who sings them, including end credits. Rent rock the kasbah 2015 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Rock the kasbah 2015 stream and watch online moviefone.
A downonhisluck music manager discovers a teenage girl with an. And theres kate hudson as a hooker working the kabul circuit. Bill murray plays a rock n roll artist manager who travels to afghanistan and discovers a local girl with a golden voice. The song was released as the third single from their fifth album, combat rock. How cat stevens made bill murrays new film happen director barry levinson tells how he needed the muslim pop stars okay to produce rock the kasbah. Rock the kasbah is so unworthy of him, im surprised he didnt find a way to get his name off it. A stunningly misjudged comedy, rock the kasbah stretches and strains bill murrays deadpan nonchalance until it snaps, and what results is a singularly unfunny, often. Rock the kasbah soundtrack 2015 the moviemusic store. Despite its somewhat realistic plot, rock the kasbah is a total work of fiction. W hile watching rock the kasbah, i kept wondering why its filmmakers had decided to create a variation on ishtara 1987 film which also bombed with two other movie stars pretending to be amateur entertainers in the middle of a muslim war zone.
Vincent milked murrays curmudgeonly potential for all it was worth, kasbah offers up the actor as a hippieera relic who may have once been at. Richie lanz is an invented character though murray. Come on peace train now, ive been happy lately thinkin about the good things to come and. Peace train is in c, while here comes the sun is in a. O ne presumes that veteran director barry levinson envisaged this mitch glazerscripted comedy about a hasbeen rock. On january 3, 2011, the creator philippe xerri founded rock the kasbah in tunisia. The soundtrack is anchored by leem lubanys three original cat stevens covers which feature prominently in the film. Watch a film clip from rock the kasbah, starring bill murray, leem lubany and zooey deschanel. October 23, 2015 below you can view the complete rock the kasbah soundtrack list. Rent rock the kasbah 2015 starring bill murray and bruce willis on dvd and bluray.
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