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We are going to take all of you On The Musical Road. The soundtrack of the movie consists of 19 songs. Each of these songs were chosen by the writer of the novel (/producer of the movie) with a reason, but what was that reason? Why do they suit the movie so perfectly? Let's find out what our interpretations are!
"On The Road" by Jack Kerouac.

Gustavo Santaolalla

Freedom

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Written by Jack Kerouac

Ode to Marylou

Relationships with blurry lines

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Sweet Sixteen - Greg Kramer - On The Road Soundtrack

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Roman Candles - Gustavo Santaolalla 0:00/0:32

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Roman Candles - Gustavo Santaolalla 0:00/0:32

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Important metaphor from the novel

" ... the mad ones, the ones who are mad t live, mad to talk [...] the ones who [...] burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles..."

The vibe is restless, like the souls of the main characters

It appears several times in the movie

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Roman Candles - Gustavo Santaolalla - On The Road Soundtrack

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Yip Rox Heresy - Slim Gaillard 0:00/0:24

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Yip Rox Heresy - Slim Gaillard 0:00/0:24

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Jack Kerouac loves jazz

Dean sings the song once, later on 'Slim' himself sings it

Jazz is very 'go with the flow of the moment', which is how Sal and Dean want to live their lives

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Yip Roc Hersley   Slim Gaillard - On The Road Soundtrack

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Reminiscence - Gustavo Santaolalla 0:00/0:24

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Reminiscence - Gustavo Santaolalla 0:00/0:24

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Sal's state of mind

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Mean And Evil - Dinah Washington 0:00/0:20

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Mean And Evil - Dinah Washington 0:00/0:20

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Written by Claude De Metrius and Irene Higginbotham

Redressing the balance

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Mean and Evil Blues - Dinah Washington - On The Road Soundtrack

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Lovin'IT - Gustavo Santaolalla 0:00/0:24

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Lovin'IT - Gustavo Santaolalla 0:00/0:24

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Dean philosophizing about IT

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Lovin' IT Gustavo Santaolalla On the Road soundtrack

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The Open Road - Gustavo Santaolalla 0:00/0:20

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The Open Road - Gustavo Santaolalla 0:00/0:20

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Restlessness

Link to the title

Contrast between being on the 'open' road and staying in one place

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The Open Road - Gustavo Santaolalla - On The Road Soundtrack

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A Sailboat In The Moonlight - Billie Holiday, Lester Young 0:09/0:19

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A Sailboat In The Moonlight - Billie Holiday, Lester Young 0:09/0:19

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Love song to a special someone

His beloved car

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Billie Holiday - A Sailboat In The Moonlight (1937)

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Upbeat jazz

Let’s party

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Memories / Up to Spead - Gustavo Santaolalla 0:34/0:44

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Memories / Up to Spead - Gustavo Santaolalla 0:34/0:44

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Slow and mellow

Sal’s life

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Memories (Up to Speed) - Gustavo Santaolalla - On The Road Soundtrack

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I've Got The World On A String - Ella Fitzgerald 0:43/0:53

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I've Got The World On A String - Ella Fitzgerald 0:43/0:53

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In love with the world

Travel

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Ella Fitzgerald - I've got the world on a string

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That's IT - Gustavo Santaolalla 0:00/0:10

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That's IT - Gustavo Santaolalla 0:00/0:10

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Party in Mexico

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That's It - Gustavo Santaolalla - On The Road Soundtrack

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Keep It Rollin' - Gustavo Santaolalla 0:21/0:31

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Keep It Rollin' - Gustavo Santaolalla 0:21/0:31

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Sal’s intrigued

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Keep It Rollin' -Gustavo Santaolalla - On The Road Soundtrack

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Salt Peanuts - Charlie parker, Dizzy Gillespie 0:26/1:00

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Salt Peanuts - Charlie parker, Dizzy Gillespie 0:26/1:00

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Beat generation

Alcohol and drugs

Freedom from the obligations of society

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Salt Peanuts - Dizzy Gillespie & His All Stars - On The Road Soundtrack

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Hit That Jive Jack - Slim Gaillard 0:00/0:30

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Hit That Jive Jack - Slim Gaillard 0:00/0:30

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Dean is a big fan of Slim Gaillard

Happiness

Party-vibes

"To Slim Gaillard life was just one big O-rooni." Jack Kerouac in "On The Road"

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Hit That Jive Jack - Slim Gaillard - On The Road Soundtrack

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God Is Pooh Bear - Gustavo Santaolalla 0:10/0:40

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God Is Pooh Bear - Gustavo Santaolalla 0:10/0:40

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Nervousness and curiosity

Need for writing

Blessings all around us

“So in America when the sun goes down and I sit on the old broken-down river pier watching the long, long skies over New Jersey and sense all that raw land that rolls in one unbelievable huge bulge over to the West Coast, and all that road going, and all the people dreaming in the immensity of it, and in Iowa I know by now the children must be crying in the land where they let the children cry, and tonight the stars’ll be out, and don’t you know that God is Pooh Bear? the evening star must be drooping and shedding her sparkler dims on the prairie, which is just before the coming of complete night that blesses the earth, darkens all the rivers, cups the peaks and folds the final shore in, and nobody, nobody knows what’s going to happen to anybody besides the forlorn rags of growing old …” Jack Kerouac in "On The Road"

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Death Letter Blues - Son House 0:00/0:30

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Death Letter Blues - Son House 0:00/0:30

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Appreciate what you have got before it is too late

Treatment of women

“… I got a letter this mornin, I say how do you reckon it read?

You know, it said, "Hurry, hurry, how come the gal you love is dead?"

So, I grabbed up my suitcase, and took off down the road
When I got there she was layin' on a coolin' board […] I didn't know I loved her 'till they began to let her down …”

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I Think Of Dean - Gustavo Santaolalla 0:00/0:30

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I Think Of Dean - Gustavo Santaolalla 0:00/0:30

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Sadness

Magnify emotions

Friendship

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Jack Kerouac Reads On The Road - Jack Kerouac 0:25/1:00

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Jack Kerouac Reads On The Road - Jack Kerouac 0:25/1:00

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Bluesy feeling

Home I'll never be

Dissatisfaction

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Jack Kerouac reads On The Road - Jack Kerouac - On The Road Soundtrack

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The different songs with different cultural backgrounds show Jack Kerouac's interest for other cultures. He is fascinated and inspired by different kinds of people with all sorts of ethnicities and stories. The soundtrack consists of, for example, Argentinian, Mexican and African-American and American composers. On one hand it displays his love for jazz and swing music. On the other hand, the songs of Gustavo Santaolalla portray Sal (Jack"s) state of mind and mood at certain times during the Beat generation period.

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If you ever want to re-read what we spoke about.