The Braid catalog expanded with surprising regularity after the emo pioneers broke up in 1999.
Among their posthumous efforts, Movie Music, Vol.
1 and its sequentially titled companion piece are perhaps the most collectable of these postmortem offerings.
This first volume is a complete collection of songs from the group's many 7" singles.
Braid was notorious for keeping much of their best material off of the full-length releases, so this collection is of no small interest.
Like volume two, Movie Music, Vol.
1 is chronologically sequenced, thus allowing listeners an opportunity to chart the band's growth.
Established fan favorites like "I'm Afraid of Everything" and "Now I'm Exhausted" are not only release highlights, but also career standouts.
With 17 tracks of relatively consistent songwriting and performing, Movie Music, Vol.
1 is highly recommended for both new listeners and collectors looking to avoid purchasing the many singles necessary to duplicate this track list.
This is one of Braid's strongest full-length discs.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sounds Like Violence | Braid | Play | 02:53 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 2 | Motion Light | Braid | Play | 02:54 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 3 | Perfect Pitch | Braid | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 4 | I'm Afraid of Everything | Braid | Play | 02:29 | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| 5 | Radish White Icicle | Braid | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 6 | Now I'm Exhausted | Braid | Play | 02:50 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 7 | Fire Makes the House Grow | Braid | Play | 03:14 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 8 | Niagara | Braid | Play | 03:03 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 9 | That Car Came Out of Nowhere | Braid | Play | 01:28 | 3 MB | 10 MB |
| 10 | What a Wonderful Puddle! | Braid | Play | 04:14 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 11 | Switzerland | Braids | Play | 03:15 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 32 mins | 75 MB | |||||
| 32 mins | 214 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damon Atkinson | Drums |
| 2 | Andrew Bedinni | Engineer |
| 3 | Todd Bell | Bass |
| 4 | Gregg Bernstein | Art Direction, Design, Photography |
| 5 | Bob | Piano |
| 6 | Shawn Brackbill | Photography |
| 7 | Braid | Composer, Engineer, Liner Notes, Mastering, Photography, Primary Artist, Producer, Sequencing |
| 8 | Chris Broach | Guitar, Piano, Vocals |
| 9 | Lynn Canfield | Vocals |
| 10 | Paul Drake | Photography |
| 11 | Roy Ewing | Drums, Vocals |
| 12 | Mark Forgothislastname | Engineer |
| 13 | Brendan Gamble | Engineer |
| 14 | Mark Haines | Engineer |
| 15 | Steve Lamos | Trumpet |
| 16 | Matt Lunford | Producer |
| 17 | Matt Lunsford | Producer |
| 18 | Andy Mueller | Photography |
| 19 | Bob Nanna | Guitar, Liner Notes, Piano, Synthesizer Piano, Vocals |
| 20 | Jon Pines | Mastering, Sequencing |
| 21 | Jonathan Pines | Mastering, Sequencing |
| 22 | Roy | Vocals |
| 23 | Shawn Scallen | Photography |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |