Day 10 - A Song that Makes You Fall Asleep and Feel Relaxed

This entry a part of the 30 Day Song Challenge

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Voices
Dario G. Feat. Vanessa Quiñones
OST- The Beach
(Released February 2000)

I don’t know about “falling asleep” to this song but it’s definitely one that relaxes. Actually, this chillout track seems like the perfect choice for Day 10. For one, it really is a relaxing song. I love Dario G’s work and this song is probably my second favorite of his creations. Second, I love the soundtrack. (I didn’t have the money in college so I bought a bootleg copy at University Mall along Taft Avenue!) Actually, there are two versions of this song; the one featured above is the original, longer release with the fervid tribal chant. And let me just say, I’m bound to LOVE any music with chanting (e.g., Julia Fordham’s Happy Ever After, Enigma’s Return to Innocence, Deep Forest’s Forest Hymn). The second version of the song is stripped down to just Vanessa Quiñones’s moody vocals and acoustic instrumentation. Both versions of the song were originally released in Dario. G’s album Sunmachine but it was only the former that was featured on The Beach soundtrack, even though the two songs were played in the movie. Let me also share with you the acoustic version:

It goes without saying that I immensely loved the movie The Beach. I hadn’t discovered the pleasures of moviegoing back then so I had to settle with a low quality VHS copy of the movie from the local rental shop. Even though the picture was bad and I couldn’t make out some of the dialogue, I remember loving the movie for its central theme of finding paradise and later discovering that “it’s not always rainbows and butterflies” hehe. Plus, the movie had one of the best, if not the best, kissing scenes I’ve seen yet. And this is coming from someone who cringes and averts his eyes from the screen when the main stars engage in liplock.

So I love the song in itself, the soundtrack where it’s from, and the movie, but, more importantly, I love the beach. One time my friends and I were talking about holiday getaways and it was brought up whether we’d want to stay in the mountains or the beach. I said, No brainer — the beach! My answer still hasn’t changed. There’s just something very soothing about the combination of sand, sea, and sky. I was down in the dumps around this time two years ago but just walking along magnificent Sanur Beach in Bali at sunrise helped wash the blues away. Naturally they came flowing back once I touched base in Manila.

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