Around the Fire Soundtrack (

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Alternate Names:
Title in Español:

Jugando con fuego

Title in Italiano:

Ali bruciate

Title in Português:

Around the Fire

Synopsis

Around the Fire is the deeply resonant story of a boy named Simon, who despite being raised in an upper-class Manhattan household with all its privileges--and restrictions--is haunted by the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of his mother. In Simon's eyes, his high-powered businessman father Matt wasted no time in remarrying his stepmother Lauren, a woman with a perfect facade whom he suspects of having an affair with Matt long before his mother's demise. When Simon is sent away to boarding school in preparation to attend Princeton, he meets Andrew, who introduces him to marijuana and LSD, and immerses him into a whole new world populated by dreamers, artists, utopians, flower children and partiers who spend the better part of their lives "on tour" at musical festivals. Simon is deeply moved by the beauty and freedom of these people, and feels they are the family he has always sought. At his very first concert Simon meets Jennifer, a beautiful young hippie to whom he is immediately attracted, Trace, a hipster on the road less traveled who immediately bonds with him, and Kevin, a champion of the "seize the day" ethic who is dying of AIDS. As Simon delves deeper into this new-found free-spirited lifestyle, he must face an inevitable conflict not only with the life his father has planned for him, but also with the self-destructive emotional turmoil deep within. Struggling to come to terms with these conflicts, Simon makes a series of bad decisions which land him in a strict drug rehab program run by a street-smart, yet caring woman named Kate. It is here that Simon is made to take a look at himself in an honest light and to learn that until he finds out what is right for him, his chances for happiness will be fleeting at best.

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Around the Fire
Water of Love
Mark Knopfler: Writer
Dire Straits: Performer
Red Clay
Freddie Hubbard: Writer
Freddie Hubbard: Performer
I've Enjoyed About As Much As I Can Take
Acetone: Performer
He Bite Me
The Meters: Performer
Joseph Modeliste: Writer
Brother John
Cyril Neville: Writer
"Tippie Toes'
The Meters: Performer
Joseph Modeliste: Writer
Bra
Cymande: Performer
Wake Up And Live
I Don't Mind Failing In This World
Cars, Trucks And Buses
somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond
Maple Leaf Rag
Brown Eyed Women
Song For A Blue Guitar
Even After All
Rhythm of the Road
Can't Find My Way Home