Can: the ultimate film soundtrack band?

The use of Can's music in Norwegian Wood confirms the krautrock pioneers have always made sounds fit for cinemaHe hardly needs to give up his day job, but Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood seems have a pretty good alternative career lined up as a film composer. After his dissonant, overpowering strings on There Will Be Blood, he does sterling work on this week's excellent Norwegian Wood, adding to the Japanese teen gloom with sheets of orchestral noise and tender acoustic guitar melodies. But what cau...

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