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Clint Eastwood - actor, writer, director, composer...singer?
From the Front Row — From the Front Row Movie News, Reviews, and Commentary by Matthew Lucas Thursday, November 27, 2008 Clint Eastwood - actor, writer, director, composer...singer? I love Clint Eastwood as an actor and a director, but he should not sing . Ever. [image] Words fail. http://www.wikio.com posted at 4:33 AM [image] [image] 0 comments: Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Site Web fromthefrontrow.blogspot.com [image] About My Photo Matthew ...

Clint Eastwood Sings The 'Gran Torino' Theme Song, No Really
:: The Playlist :: — ... just par for the course on his movies. Well, now he sings and he kind of sounds like a warbling toad that was once Tom Waits. It's kind of hilarious to hear. We're not sure who the other voice is (sounds vaguely Bono-ish), but the song is written by Eastwood, Jamie Cullen, Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens (we're pretty sure it's the cult teen keyboard idol Jamie Cullen). The song is the last track on the WB site, presumably that means it plays in the closing credits. Our ...

Raspy Gravelly
Hollywood Elsewhere — Raspy Gravelly Last night I finally listened to this mp3 of Clint Eastwood 's half-talking, half Tom Waits-ean singing of the Gran Torino song. It's okay. Clint shouldn't have named the tune "Gran Torino" (i.e., too on-the-nose), but I'm not hugely bothered by this -- just mildly so. Otherwise it's a whaddaya-whaddaya.

For Your Consideration: 5 Alternates for Best Song Oscar
SpoutBlog — ... of the year’s songs written for the screen. Unfortunately for ABC, the Oscars aren’t just about securing viewers, so there’s no promise that the most popular artists will be among the five nominees. Rather, the true Oscar-worthy songs are those tunes that serve their respective films best — in terms of context as much as in the quality of their songwriting. In addition to Springsteen and Gabriel, another sure thing nominee is Clint Eastwood, who wrote the title song for his film Gran Torino. As for the fourth ...

Reconsidering
From the Front Row — OK, I've decided that I have changed my mind about Clint Eastwood's song that plays over the end credits of Gran Torino. [image] Eastwood may have a gravelly voice, hell he may not even be a very good singer, but there's just something about it that grows on you. It really works in context, and Jamie Cullum's vocals really give it wings later on. Maybe it's just my love for the film that made me reconsider how I felt about it. It's got that kind of smooth, jazz club vibe to it that I really like, and when you add that to just how much I really love this film, and it's ...