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Attempting to analyze Paul Thomas Anderson's "Magnolia" film and its accompanying soundtrack presents one of those classic "chicken or the egg?"-variety riddles.
Former 'Til Tuesday frontwoman Aimee Mann had composed many of the songs that appear on the soundtrack well before "Magnolia" even began filming, and Anderson had asked for some music from Mann while he was working on the screenplay.
Those tunes ended up inspiring many of the key scenes, situations, and dialogue featured in "Magnolia," Anderson's ensemble-based follow-up to 1997's "Boogie Nights." The stimulus also worked both ways, as Mann then wrote musical interludes and pieces that were grafted onto the completed work.
As impressive as the three-hour film is, the eight originals Mann contributed to the "Magnolia" soundtrack (as well as a stirring cover of Harry Nilsson's "One") are almost as revelatory. The singer-songwriter had been out of the public eye since her second solo effort, "I'm With Stupid," was issued in 1995.
Since then, Mann has been derailed by a messy business situation with her former label, Geffen Records, a situation further complicated when Interscope merged with Geffen in January '99. But Mann was able to buy back her master tapes from the label, some of which appeared on the "Magnolia" soundtrack, and others which will turn up on her forthcoming LP, "Bachelor No. 2."
It wasn't all fiscal ups and downs for Mann, though, as she married another acclaimed singer-songwriter, Michael Penn, in 1998. The two continue to live and work together and will head out on a joint tour in late-January through mid-February.
MTV News sat down with Mann right after "Save Me," a song from the "Magnolia" soundtrack, was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and talked about her role in creating the film, her new album, and her long-term family plans with Penn.
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