So the chronology went: first there was the God Help The Girl album in 2009 (which has grown on me over the years since), and then Stuart Murdoch and cohorts went ahead and made a film out of it in 2014, of which this is the soundtrack, featuring a fair number of the songs from the original album but re-recorded by the cast - notably Emily Browning, who sings lead on most - plus various incidental snippets and a few other full songs, including The Life Pursuit's "Dress Up In You" (Belle and Sebastian themselves).
And actually it's all quite charming, carried a fair way by the tunes and a bit further by the general mood. Browning isn't the strongest singer but she can carry a melody and inject a bit of feeling into the mix, so basically mission accomplished in this context. I also liked flipping through the cd booklet, thinking that the other girl actor looked like Gilly from Game of Thrones, and then finding out that yes it is in fact her (Hannah Murray).
And actually it's all quite charming, carried a fair way by the tunes and a bit further by the general mood. Browning isn't the strongest singer but she can carry a melody and inject a bit of feeling into the mix, so basically mission accomplished in this context. I also liked flipping through the cd booklet, thinking that the other girl actor looked like Gilly from Game of Thrones, and then finding out that yes it is in fact her (Hannah Murray).
