City of Angels
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City of Angels is a film that was directed by Brad Silberling in 1998. The film stars Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan. Set in Los Angeles, California, the film is a remake of Wim Wenders' 1987 German film Wings of Desire, which was set in Berlin. In the film, an angel (Cage) falls in love with a human woman (Ryan) and has to decide whether to become mortal to spend human life with her.
The Angel who becomes human is a sort of herdsman for the dead, known simply as Seth. He listens to music every dawn and dusk, which apparently originates in the sunrise and sunset. With him are scores of other Angels, invisible and undetected by human adults. Seth spends considerable time thinking about humans; he becomes very interested in their thoughts, particularly those of a female medical scientist-- a surgeon.
Soundtrack
- "If God Will Send His Angels" (U2)
- "Uninvited" (Alanis Morissette)
- "Red House" (Jimi Hendrix)
- "Feelin' Love" (Paula Cole)
- "Mama, You Got A Daughter" (John Lee Hooker)
- "Angel" (Sarah McLachlan)
- "Iris" (Goo Goo Dolls)
- * Johnny Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls wrote "Iris" specifically for this soundtrack, though it was also included on their 1998 CD, Dizzy Up the Girl.
- "I Grieve" (Peter Gabriel)
- "I Know" (Jude)
- "Further On Up The Road" (Eric Clapton)
- "Angel Falls" (Gabriel Yared)
- "Unfeeling Kiss" (Gabriel Yared)
- "Spreading Wings" (Gabriel Yared)
- "City of Angels" (Gabriel Yared)
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