The music in the national parks documentary
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For Wood it was a different way of working, but he says that the songs in the film were chosen for one reason: “This film is a celebration and the music throughout brings that celebratory feel.”
He continues: “The national parks are the places we go to rekindle our spirits—so the soundtrack is also aimed at lifting the spirit. The idea was ‘let’s make this a fun movie.’ It’s designed to give families a joyful experience of what it’s like to get out there and explore. It really fits in with Greg’s philosophy that if you let people fall in love with wild places, they will naturally protect them.”
The songs include both Bruce Springsteen and Little Feat performing perhaps the most famous American pop tune of all: Woody Guthrie’s folk ode to the American spirit, “This Land Is Your Land.” Another song is Jeff Buckley’s version of Leonard Cohen’s rock hymn “Hallelujah” which adds to the hush of cast member Rachel Pohl’s adventure in the ice caves of Pictured Rocks National Seashore. The songs range from Mungo Jerry’s instantly recognizable “In The Summertime” to alternative Aussie rocker Scott Matthew’s cover of John Denver’s “Annie’s Song” and to new music from rising British star James Bay (“Hold Back The River”), singer-songwriter Andy Grammer (“Back Home”), tropical-influenced
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National Parks Project
2011 Canadian film
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| Directed by | Various; see table |
| Produced by | Joel McConvey Kristina McLaughlin Kevin McMahon Michael McMahon Geoff Morrison Ryan Noth |
| Cinematography | Stephen Chung Jonathon Cliff Steve Cosens Catherine Lutes Cabot McNenly Chris Romeike John Minh Tran |
| Edited by | Caroline Christie Dave Moment Carlo Stéphane Lafleur Andres Landau Jeremiah Munce Ryan Noth Roland Schlimme Duff Smith Jeff Warren Kathy Weinkauf Eric Wiegand |
| Music by | Various; watch table |
Production | FilmCAN |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
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The Soundtrack
Amy Marquis, former associate editor for this very magazine, was working on a short film that would launch a series dubbed the National Park Experience, when she stumbled upon the work of a band called, yes, that’s right—The National Parks. She reached out to Brady Parks and his bandmates (all students at Brigham Young University in Utah), to see if they would write and produce a song to accompany “Love in the Tetons.” The result is “As We Ran,” a catchy folk-rock song that conjures visions of a road trip—the perfect accompaniment to the story of a Latina couple who fell in love with the Tetons and tied the knot there.
“As a kid, I remember going to the Grand Canyon and Rocky Mountain National Parks—growing up my family just loved camping, whether in a national park or another wilderness area,” says Parks. “So when the National Park Experience first approached us, we were thrilled with the idea of attaching our music to the national parks in some way. Our recording costs were already covered, so we decided to donate all the proceeds from the first month’s sales to NPCA.”
Audiences have responded to the film and the music. “Love in the Tetons” has played in film festivals in Yosemite National Park in California, and Telluride, Colorado; the film is also schedu