"Feast Of Love" Soundtrack Lyrics

"Feast of Love (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" Soundtrack Description

Overview

What makes a love story feel true: the words, or the music between them? This soundtrack answers with indie folk, alt-rock, and an iconic lament, weaving through Robert Benton’s Portland-set mosaic of couples who collide, mend, and risk it again.

The album mixes licensed songs (Travis, M. Ward, The Frames, Jeff Buckley) with Stephen Trask’s warm, lightly melancholic score. It favors close-mic’d voices, roomy guitars, and after-hours tempos—music that sits with characters as choices harden and grace arrives. Released by Lakeshore Records, the album runs about 70 minutes and includes an end-cap “Suite” from Trask that stitches the film’s motives into one continuous cue. Apple Music and AllMusic list 18 tracks and a 1:10 runtime; the 2016 digital reissue keeps the same program.

Questions & Answers

Whose score underpins the film?

Stephen Trask composed the original score; a 7+ minute “Suite” from it closes the album.

Which version of “Hallelujah” is in the movie?

Jeff Buckley’s recording is used in a key love scene.

Is “Falling Slowly” here the Once version?

No—the film uses The Frames’ version; the song pre-dated Once and appeared in their repertoire.

Who released the soundtrack and when?

Lakeshore Records issued it on September 4, 2007; a digital reissue appeared in 2016.

Does the album include every song from the film?

It’s a strong representative set (18 tracks) including the major placements and one score suite; not marketed as a “complete” cues collection.

Where does the album’s short “Greek Gods” piece come from?

It’s a spoken-word snippet from Morgan Freeman’s opening narration, used as an album prelude.

Is there a separate score-only album?

No separate commercial release; the compilation includes Trask’s “Suite.”

Notes & Trivia

• Jeff Buckley’s “Hallelujah” appears during a pivotal love scene—one of several 2000s films to use his version.
• The Frames’ “Falling Slowly” shows up here the same year it won the Oscar with a different recording in Once.
• Portland settings pair naturally with M. Ward’s “Post-War” era sound—he’s a longtime Portland-linked artist.
• Singer Jaime Wyatt’s “Wicked World” and Pete Droge’s “Under the Waves” were both placed; Droge also produced Wyatt early on.
• The album opens with dialogue and closes with a score suite—bookends that frame the needle-drops as one narrative arc.

Genres & Themes

Indie folk / acoustic – vulnerability without varnish; these cues sit under confessions and quiet reconciliations.

Alt-rock & Britpop – momentum for relationship pivots; tracks like Travis’s “Turn” underline decisions that can’t be undone.

Soul / funk touches – The New Mastersounds with Corinne Bailey Rae bring warmth and sensuality to domestic moments.

Modern torch songs – Buckley’s “Hallelujah” and The Frames’ “Falling Slowly” score intimacy and longing, edging scenes toward ache rather than triumph.

Tracks & Scenes

"Hallelujah" – Jeff Buckley
Scene: Plays over one of the film’s central love scenes, heightening tenderness and fragility; non-diegetic. A needle-drop that announces consequence, not bliss.
Why it matters: It’s the soundtrack’s emotional fulcrum—melody and breath pacing the edit and the characters’ risk.

"Falling Slowly" – The Frames
Scene: Heard under an intimate Davalos/Hemingway moment; non-diegetic. Critics noted its use the same year Once made the song famous.
Why it matters: The song’s halting climb mirrors the couple’s tentative trust, then undercuts certainty with its unresolved cadence.

"Turn" – Travis
Scene: Used to push a transition as relationships realign; non-diegetic montage energy rather than on-screen performance.
Why it matters: The lyric idea of circling back underscores patterns the film keeps testing.

"Honestly" – Cary Brothers
Scene: Supports a reflective passage when characters take stock after a break; non-diegetic.
Why it matters: The close vocal and ambient guitar pull scenes inward—less plot, more temperature.

"Your Love Is Mine" – The New Mastersounds feat. Corinne Bailey Rae
Scene: Pours over a domestic/early-romance beat; non-diegetic, groove-first.
Why it matters: Warmer timbres offset the film’s grayscale Oregon palette, signaling comfort before complications.

"Post-War" – M. Ward
Scene: Late-night drift after an emotional clash; non-diegetic.
Why it matters: Nostalgic sonics suggest memory and aftermath—how characters mythologize what just happened.

"Under the Waves" – Pete Droge
Scene: An interlude cue between crises; non-diegetic.
Why it matters: Coastal, loping feel suits the Pacific Northwest setting and gives space before the next turn.

"Wicked World" – Jaime Wyatt
Scene: Needle-drop around a temptation beat; non-diegetic.
Why it matters: Bitter-sweet title says it all—the film keeps arguing that desire isn’t the plan, it’s the weather.

"Suite" – Stephen Trask
Scene: Album-only condensation of score motifs, heard across the film and often near the close.
Why it matters: Knits the stories into one musical sentence; proof the soundtrack isn’t just a playlist but a design.

Also heard: “Dillon” (Rocco DeLuca), “Age of Consent” (John Linton), “Daylight Savings” (Goh Nakamura), “You Alone” (Alt-Ctrl-Sleep), “Ghost” (Darren Smith). Trailer promotion tied to the film spotlighted Cary Brothers’ “Honestly.”

Music–Story Links

When the young couple move from flirtation to vulnerability, “Falling Slowly” gives them room to hesitate—its rising melody plays like a question they both answer yes to, for now. Later, Buckley’s “Hallelujah” reframes intimacy as aftermath: desire meets consequence. Acoustic cues (Cary Brothers, M. Ward) sit under reckoning scenes, while groove-leaning tracks suggest the hopeful normalcy characters keep trying to rebuild.

How It Was Made

Composer Stephen Trask anchors the film with understated score cues, then yields space to curated songs that feel found rather than forced. Music supervision (credited in production records to J. Eric Schmidt) leans on mid-2000s indie and a few timeless ringers, sequencing dialogue (“Greek Gods”) as a prologue and Trask’s “Suite” as the coda. Lakeshore Records packaged the needle-drops and score excerpt into a single release that mirrors the movie’s chaptered structure.

Reception & Quotes

Critical response was mixed-positive on the music choices, even when the drama divided reviewers. Several singled out the Buckley and Frames placements.

“Sexy, funny, sad and defiantly romantic.” Time (via Metacritic)

“Freeman returns as a wise counselor of the troubled and heartsick.” RogerEbert.com

“A nice soundtrack (Jeff Buckley’s ‘Hallelujah’; a snatch of ‘Falling Slowly’).” NZ Herald (quoted on Flicks.co.nz)

Frames’ “Falling Slowly” is used under a Davalos/Hemingway scene. Variety

Additional Info

• Album label number: Lakeshore 33932 (original CD); later digital reissue listed under 780163478921.
• Original U.S. film release: September 28, 2007.
• Running time of album: about 70 minutes.
• “Greek Gods” pulls directly from Morgan Freeman’s opening narration.
• “Falling Slowly” existed in The Frames/Swell Season circles before Once; this film uses a Frames cut.
• Pete Droge notes placements for his “Under the Waves” and his production on Jaime Wyatt’s “Wicked World.”
• Jeff Buckley’s estate lists the film among official syncs for “Hallelujah.”
• The soundtrack skews non-diegetic; on-screen performance is not the device here.

Technical Info

• Title: Feast of Love (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
• Year: 2007 (digital reissue 2016)
• Type: Various-artists compilation with score suite
• Composer (score): Stephen Trask
• Music Supervision: J. Eric Schmidt (as listed in production tech credits)
• Label: Lakeshore Records
• Format/Length: ~70 minutes; 18 tracks
• Notable placements: “Hallelujah” (Jeff Buckley); “Falling Slowly” (The Frames); “Turn” (Travis)
• Release context: Film opened in U.S. theaters Sept 28, 2007
• Availability: Widely available on major services (e.g., Apple Music); physical CD originally issued by Lakeshore

Canonical Entities & Relations

Sources: Apple Music; AllMusic; IMDb; Discogs; The Leonard Cohen Files; Jeff Buckley official site; Variety; Flicks.co.nz; Lakeshore Records listings; MovieMusic database.

November, 09th 2025