Life as a House Soundtrack (

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Tags: house construction
Alternate Names:
Title in Español:

La casa de mi vida

Title in Italiano:

L'ultimo sogno

Title in Português:

Uma Casa, uma Vida

Synopsis

George Monroe (Kevin Kline) is a lonely and sad man. Divorced for ten years, he lives alone on the southern California coast with his pet dog in the same run down shack in which he has lived for twenty-five years, the shack which his father passed down to him. In the intervening years, ostentatious houses have sprung up around him. He's been at the same architectural firm for twenty years in a job he hates, which primarily consists of building scale models. On the day that he is fired from his job, he is diagnosed with an advanced case of terminal cancer, which he chooses not to disclose to his family. In many ways, this day is the happiest of his recent life in that he decides to spend what little time he has left doing what he really wants to do, namely build a house he can call his own to replace the shack. He also wants his rebellious sixteen-year-old son, Sam Monroe (Hayden Christensen), to live with him for the summer, hopefully not only to help in the house construction, but for the two to reconnect as a family. Getting Sam to do any of it will not be an easy task as Sam, who has embarked on some self-destructive behavior, would rather do anything than spend time with his family, which also includes his mother Robin Kimball (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas), her wealthy but emotionally unaffectionate husband Peter Kimball (Jamey Sheridan), and their adolescent children. In Sam, George sees an unhappy person in every aspect of his life, much like George was before that fateful day. What Sam decides to do for the summer may consider Alyssa Beck (Jena Malone), his pretty classmate and George's next door neighbor. Through the process, George also reconnects with Robin, who admits that she's made some pretty bad decisions in her life. He may not want that reconnection to go too far considering his health. Ultimately, George has much to do to complete all he wants before he dies.

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Play Title Artist
Life as a House
What You Wish For
Guster: Performer
Ryan Miller: Writer
That's the Way
Gob: Performer
Theo Goutzinakis: Writer
Soluble Words
Ken Andrews: Writer
Live a Lie
Default: Writer
Default: Performer
Sweet Dreams
Marilyn Manson: Performer
David A. Stewart: Writer
Dave Stewart: Writer
Somewhere
Default: Writer
Default: Performer
Rearranged
Limp Bizkit: Performer
Eric B.: Writer
Rainy Day
Both Sides Now
The Key To Gramercy Park
How to Disappear Completely
If I Could Kiss You
Mark Isham: Performer
Round Robin
Mark Isham: Performer
Tear It Down
Mark Isham: Performer
Love Is Not Enough
Mark Isham: Performer
I'm Happy Today
Mark Isham: Performer
A Leap
Mark Isham: Performer
Sunscreen and Bicycles
Mark Isham: Performer
A Promise
Mark Isham: Performer
Build This House With Me
Mark Isham: Performer
Leap of Faith
Mark Isham: Performer
Building a Family
Mark Isham: Performer
I'll Take This One
Mark Isham: Performer
I Built Myself a Life
Mark Isham: Performer
Prologue (From "Bobby")
Mark Isham: Performer
Eight Below Suite (From "Eight Below")
Mark Isham: Performer
A River Runs Through It Suite (From "A River Runs Through It")
Mark Isham: Performer
Funeral (From "Judas and the Black Messiah")
Mark Isham: Performer
Building a Family (From "Life as a House")
Mark Isham: Performer
On the Threshold of Liberty (From "Rules of Engagement")
Mark Isham: Performer
The Event Flashback (From "The Nevers")
Mark Isham: Performer
The Black Dahlia Suite (From "The Black Dahlia")
Mark Isham: Performer
American Crime Suite: Movement III (From "American Crime")
Mark Isham: Performer
Les Modernes Suite (From "The Moderns")
Mark Isham: Performer
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Suite (From "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent")
Mark Isham: Performer
42 Suite (From "42")
Mark Isham: Performer
Peace Train (Cat Stevens)
Thomas Newman: Performer
Think (Aretha Franklin)
Thomas Newman: Performer
Summertime From "Porgy & Bess" (Janis Joplin)
Thomas Newman: Performer
Daydream (Lovin' Spoonful)
Thomas Newman: Performer
Sunny (Bobby Hebb)
Thomas Newman: Performer
Spirit in the Sky (Norman Greenbaum)
Thomas Newman: Performer
Follow (Richie Havens)
Thomas Newman: Performer
Up on Cripple Creek (The Band)
Thomas Newman: Performer
Someday We'll Be Together (Diana Ross & The Supremes)
Thomas Newman: Performer
Juliette
Thomas Newman: Performer
Trolley
Thomas Newman: Performer
The War - Main Title
Thomas Newman: Performer
Hornets
Thomas Newman: Performer
Resuscitation
Thomas Newman: Performer
Gone Again
Thomas Newman: Performer
Life be a Bowlful
Thomas Newman: Performer
2nd Vietnam
Thomas Newman: Performer
Junkyard Billy
Thomas Newman: Performer
Dare
Thomas Newman: Performer
Hospital
Thomas Newman: Performer
Angel Pen
Thomas Newman: Performer