Length 75:27 | Release date 9 July 1996 Genre Electronica | |
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Released 9 July 1996 (1996-07-09) Trainspotting Music from the Motion Picture(1996) Trainspotting #2 Music from the Motion Picture, Vol. #2(1997) Nominations Brit Award for Best Soundtrack/Cast Recording Similar Lust for Life, Renaissance: The Mix Collection, Everything - Everything, Dubnobasswithmyheadman, Second Toughest in the Infa |
The Trainspotting soundtracks are two soundtrack albums released following the film adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel of the same name. The first was released on July 9, 1996. The comparatively huge fanbase for both the film and the original soundtrack prompted a release of a second soundtrack on October 21, 1997. This second soundtrack included songs from the film that didn't make the cut for the first album, as well as songs that didn't appear in the final film, but were involved at earlier stages or were used as inspiration by the filmmakers. The popularity of the first volume led EMI to reissue and continue to press it from 16 June 2003.
Contents
In 2007 the editors of Vanity Fair magazine ranked the original Trainspotting soundtrack as the 7th best motion picture soundtrack in history. It was ranked #17 on Entertainment Weekly's 100 Best Movie Soundtracks.
Complete soundtrack list
The following is a complete list of songs that appear in Trainspotting in order of appearance:
- "Lust for Life" – Iggy Pop
- "Carmen Suite No.2" – Georges Bizet
- "Deep Blue Day" – Brian Eno
- "Trainspotting" – Primal Scream
- "Temptation" – Heaven 17
- "Atomic" – Sleeper
- "Temptation" – New Order
- "Nightclubbing" – Iggy Pop
- "Sing" – Blur
- "Perfect Day" – Lou Reed
- "Dark and Long (Dark Train)" – Underworld
- "Think About the Way" – Ice MC
- "Mile End" – Pulp
- "For What You Dream Of" (Full-on Renaissance Mix) – Bedrock featuring KYO
- "2:1" – Elastica
- "Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen" – Gábor Lehotka
- "A Final Hit" – Leftfield
- "Statuesque" – Sleeper
- "Born Slippy .NUXX" – Underworld
- "Closet Romantic" – Damon Albarn
Songs
1Choose LifeEwan McGregor - PF Project7:50
2The PassengerIggy Pop4:41
3Dark and Long (Dark Train mix)Underworld9:54