Music
Vanilla Sky featured original compositions from Nancy Wilson and one original composition by Paul McCartney. It also features two Radiohead songs, "Everything In Its Right Place" and "I Might Be Wrong", as well as others by Sigur Rós, R.E.M., Joan Osborne, Looper, Todd Rundgren, Thievery Corporation, Underworld, Jeff Buckley, U2, The Monkees, The Beach Boys, Peter Gabriel, The Chemical Brothers, Josh Rouse, Creeper Lagoon and Freur. The Beatles song "Revolution #9" is briefly sampled. The film features the track "Untitled #4 (a.k.a. 'Njósnavélin')" by Sigur Rós, but because the track had not been recorded in a studio during production, the version featured in the film is a recording of a live performance at the 2000 Roskilde Festival in Denmark. Crowe thought Vanilla Sky had musical overtones, and expressed this through the use of music throughout the film. Music from Vanilla Sky was released as the film's commercial soundtrack. The soundtrack received acclaim from soundtrack critics, praising the film's musical selection as a compilational masterpiece which perfectly evoked the emotions sought by the cast.
The song "The Healing Room" by Sinéad O'Connor can also be heard during the video presentation of "Lucid Dream" in Rebecca Dearborn's office, although it is not featured on the soundtrack. "Wrecking Ball" by Creeper Lagoon can be heard as David runs through the alley after his night clubbing with Sofia and Brian, but doesn't appear on the soundtrack either.
According to Nancy Wilson, on the audio commentary to the film on CD, the Rolling Stones' "Heaven" is also featured in the film, as he is being transported to L.E.'s offices. This is also not on the soundtrack. Another song appearing at a critical juncture in the soundtrack is "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" by Jason Pierce and performed by Spiritualized.
Another song used during the scene of Tom Cruise running through Times Square is "From Rusholme With Love" by Mint Royale, also not included on the soundtrack.
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