A bit into the song, a nice little soloish thing comes in, very nice. The chorus is a nice melody and acoustic and light drumming work well together. His voice sounds really special, I don't know how else to describe it.Īlameda - A wonderful song, starts out with another slightly creepy riff and then Elliott's vocals come in, along with some quiet backing vocals. Elliott's emotional and highish vocals are very, very good in here. Speed Trials - The song starts out with a slightly creepy guitar riff, then Elliott's vocals come in along with a cool drum beat that is played on a snare (without the snare things). When he did what he was good at, the results were amazing. He knew what he could do and what he couldn't do. Elliott had a great ear for a 3 minute pop song.

Hopefully, his music will stand the test of time, it's certainly good enough. Unfortunatly, Elliott was found dead in 2003, from self inflicted stab wounds.

The soundtrack features some of the tracks off here. I can't quite pick up what it was, but there was definitely something about it.Įlliott's first big project was the soundtrack to the film 'Good Will Hunting'. He played acoustic guitar very well, and there was just something about his voice. Elliot could sing some pretty high notes and his harmonies were great. What seperates Elliott from his peers (Damien Rice, Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake etc) is his extremely obvious Beatles and Beach Boys influence. Elliott Smith is arguably the best solo Acoustic Alternative artist of the last 10 years.

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