I recently heard a song this evening on a Jeff Buckley album, which I
eventually recognised as being in a film that I had seen. The song was
called Hallelujah, but in the film it was covered by Tom Waits, as I
remember. To add to the complication, it was actually written by
Leonard Cohen originally.

So to sum up: Leonard Cohen wrote the song, which was covered by Jeff
Buckley on his album and by Tom Waits. The latter version I remember
hearing in a film - I think possibly at the end credits. It may also
be on one of Waits' albums, but I have no idea.

The thing that is driving me crazy is... which film was this song
featured in, as sung by Tom Waits? I can't find it anywhere.

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Request for Question Clarification by juggler-ga on 28 Mar 2005 22:09 PST

Could you be thinking of John Cale's version?
http://webjay.org/insta.m3u?url=http://jbwarehouse.blogspot.com/music/Hale.mp3

It was used in two movies (Basquiat and Shrek).

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Request for Question Clarification by juggler-ga on 29 Mar 2005 05:03 PST

Let me know if you think this is the right version.

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Clarification of Question by azaik-ga on 29 Mar 2005 06:40 PST

Ah yes... you're right, it was by John Cale and it was of course Shrek
where I'd heard it. Thanks for putting me out of my misery!

Thanks!   We'll make John Cale's Hallelujah the offficial answer.

My source for the answer was this page:

"LEONARD COHEN'S SONGS ON THE SOUNDTRACKS"
http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/filmo.html

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search strategy:
"leonard cohen" hallelujah buckley soundtrack
"leonard cohen" hallelujah shrek  basquiat

Thanks again!

Please note this song also appeared in Farenheit 9/11 sung by Buckley.