The Royal Tenenbaums ending (Sloop John B version)

[Black Tiger]

So a lot of people don't know that The Royal Tenenbaums originally ended with Sloop, and in fact there were some early screenings of this version of the film. Eventually it was replaced in favor of a vastly inferior song. Four years ago I did a mock up of the BB version, which I'm finally uploading to youtube now.  I was using fairly primitive video editing software and a fossil of a computer, so it's a bit rough. Still works great as a closing song, I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u6ZN-r8eqU

There was another version that used the Beatles "I'm Looking Through You" (Anthology version). I made my own version of this one too, I'll have to try and dig it up.

[Misterlou]

So a lot of people don't know that The Royal Tenenbaums originally ended with Sloop, and in fact there were some early screenings of this version of the film. Eventually it was replaced in favor of a vastly inferior song. Four years ago I did a mock up of the BB version, which I'm finally uploading to youtube now.  I was using fairly primitive video editing software and a fossil of a computer, so it's a bit rough. Still works great as a closing song, I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u6ZN-r8eqU

There was another version that used the Beatles "I'm Looking Through You" (Anthology version). I made my own version of this one too, I'll have to try and dig it up.

That doesn't surprise me. I'm pretty sure Wes Anderson is a fan of the Beach Boys, and more than just a casual one. I was just watching Fantastic Mr. Fox this morning, the Criterion Collection edition, with his commentary on, and he mentions Heroes and Villains when it plays early on in the film, and how the film has a Beach Boys motif. I was so caught up in it that I was late for work.  

P.S. By the way, I like it.

[Marty Castillo]

I hadn't heard this before. Thanks for sharing the edit...intriguing, but I guess I'm just used to the Van Morrison "Everyone" ending. Sloop just seems a bit too cheery for a funeral scene--though I could see Wes Anderson using it and making it work.

[undercover-m]

Fantastic Mr. Fox has a, well, fantastic soundtrack! I should see it again and look for that motif... Do ya think Mr. Fox represents someone from the Beach Boy world? It's been a while since I've seen the movie...

There's also the Ol Man River cover done by the boys in the soundtrack.

Sloop John B goes well with Royal's epitaph. It is a little incongruous with the funeral setting, as mentioned aboved.

The only other Wes Anderson films I've seen are Moonrise Kingdom and recently Grand Budapest.

edit: Sloop just came on shuffle. Coincidence...?

[sea of tunes]

Nice work.  I had heard the stories about some screenings using The Beatles version of "Hey Jude" but not "Sloop John B" over the ending. 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265666/alternateversions

I actually think "Sloop John B" works better for the scene, honestly.  Especially when juxtaposed with the grave marker.