In honour of today’s 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, grab the moonshine (wine will do) and play this lunar-loving soundtrack while practicing your moonwalk.

10.  “My Moon My Man” Feist
9.  “See You on the Moon!” Great Lake Swimmers
8. “Blue Moon” Billie Holiday
7. “Bad Moon Rising” Creedence Clearwater Revival
6. “Man on the Moon” R.E.M.
5. “Moonshadow” Cat Stevens
4. “Walking on the Moon” The Police
3. “Bad Side of the Moon” April Wine
2. “Harvest Moon” Neil Young
1. “Moondance” Van Morrison

All songs available on iTunes.

If we love a movie, it’s inevitable we love its soundtrack.

But after watching Amélie for the hundredth time, we realized we never bought the movie’s whimsical score.

Just like the box of childhood finds the heroine comes across in the film, some things are better discovered later in life. Like French musician Yann Tiersen who composed the soundtrack and has since released Les Retrouvailles, an equally lovely collection of songs featuring Jane Birkin and Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins.

If only Mr. Tiersen could compose the soundtrack to our lives….

$21.99 at Amazon.ca.

Listen to music at www.yanntiersen.com