Friday Night Lights (film soundtrack)

Infobox Album
Name = Friday Night Lights
Type = Soundtrack
Artist = Explosions in the Sky


Released = October 2004
Recorded = Burbank, California
Genre = Instrumental rock
Post-rock
Length = 52:52
Label = Hip-O Select
Producer = Brian Reitzell
Justin Stanley
Richard Jory
Reviews = Pitchfork Media (5.5/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17547-friday-night-lights-ost link]

"Friday Night Lights" is the soundtrack for the 2004 film "Friday Night Lights", mostly written by post-rock band Explosions in the Sky in June and August 2004. It also features music by Daniel Lanois, Bad Company, and David Torn.

Explosions in the Sky joined the project after receiving an email from producer Brian Reitzell that said "he was working on a new movie and he was wondering if [the band] would be interested in doing music for it." The members were familiar with the book on which the movie was based, and were raised in its setting of West Texas. Despite having access to "all sorts of rare equipment", the band stuck to its usual songwriting style. [cite web
url = http://www.explosionsinthesky.com/fnl.html
title = "Friday Night Lights Original Soundtrack"
author = Explosions in the Sky
accessdate = 2007-02-08] The prominent track "Your Hand in Mine" was adapted from the 2003 album "The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place".

A double vinyl version of the album was released exclusively through Hip-O Select records and was limited to only 2500 copies.

Track listing

# "From West Texas" - 2:41
# "Your Hand in Mine (w/Strings)" - 4:08
# "Our Last Days as Children" - 2:41
# "An Ugly Fact of Life" - 2:55
# "Home" - 2:38
# "Sonho Dourado" (Daniel Lanois) - 3:26
# "To West Texas" - 4:06
# "Your Hand in Mine (Goodbye)" - 2:05
# "Inside It All Feels the Same" - 4:23
# "Do You Ever Feel Cursed" (David Torn) - 3:23
# "Lonely Train" - 6:51
# "Seagull" (Bad Company) - 4:03
# "The Sky Above, the Field Below" - 5:40
# "A Slow Dance" - 3:53

References

External links

* [http://www.explosionsinthesky.com/albums.html Explosions in the Sky albums]