Here’s a guide to every song in the 2012 drama Silver Linings Playbook. David O. Russell first made a name for himself directing dark indie comedies like Flirting With Disaster, but he scored a hit with Three Kings in 1999. His career would later be overshadowed by controversies over conflicts on the sets of Three Kings with star George Clooney and follow-up I Heart Huckabees with Lily Tomlin. He also endured a difficult production on comedy Nailed, a black comedy starring Jessica Biel as a woman who suffers a head injury that turns her into a nymphomaniac.

Nailed was shut down four times due to constant budget issues, with the director eventually leaving before filming could be complete. A version of the movie was eventually released with the title Accidental Love in 2015, with Russell – having long disowned it – credited under the pseudonym Stephen Greene. David O’Russell received a comeback thanks to the success of The Fighter, an acclaimed boxer drama starring Mark Wahlberg as real-life fighter Micky Ward. His next project Silver Linings Playbook cast Bradley Cooper as a man with bipolar disorder who falls for Jennifer Lawrence’s widow.

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The movie received great reviews while the Silver Linings Playbook awards train brought home a Best Actress Academy Award for Jennifer Lawrence; the movie was also nominated for Best Picture and Best Actor for Cooper. The movie made it on to Screen Rant’s own Best Of The Decade List in 2020 too. Here’s a guide to the songs on the official Silver Linings Playbook soundtrack.

  • Silver Lining Titles – Danny Elfman
  • My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder
  • Always Alright – Alabama Shakes
  • Unsquare Dance – The Dave Brubeck Quartet
  • Buffalo – Alt-J ft Mountain Man
  • The Moon Of Manakoora – Les Paul & Mary Ford
  • Monster Mash – CrabCorps
  • Goodnight Moon – Ambrosia Parsley & The Elegant Too
  • Now I’m a Fool – Eagles Of Death Metal
  • Walking Home – Danny Elfman
  • Girl From The North Country – Bob Dylan with Johnny Cash
  • Silver Lining (Crazy ‘Bout You) – Jessie J
  • Hey Big Brother – Rare Earth
  • Maria (Album Version) – The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Silver Linings Playbook’s score was composed by the legendary Danny Elfman, with two tracks from his score – “Silver Lining Titles” and “Walking Home” – making it on to the soundtrack. It’s a soundtrack with a little something for everybody, from Jessie J’s poppy main theme “Silver Lining (Crazy ‘Bout You)” to soul classic “My Cherie Amour” by Stevie Wonder, “Now I´m a Fool” by Eagles Of Death Metal and the jazzy “Maria” by The Dave Brubeck Quartet.

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The success of Silver Linings Playbookled to another Bradley Cooper / Jennifer Lawrence collaboration shortly after, though 2014’s Serena was met with largely indifferent reviews and was a box-office dud. They later reunited with Russell to much better reviews and box-office for American Hustle and Joy.

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It’s pronounced Paw-rick, not Pad-raig. Now that’s out of the way, a brief introduction. Padraig has been writing about film online since 2012, when a friend asked if he’d like to contribute the occasional review or feature to their site.

A part-time hobby soon blossomed into a career when he discovered he really loved writing about movies, TV and video games – he even (arguably) had a little bit of talent for it. He has written words for Den of Geek, Collider, The Irish Times and Screen Rant over the years, and can discuss anything from the MCU – where Hawkeye is clearly the best character – to the most obscure cult b-movie gem, and his hot takes often require heat resistant gloves to handle.

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