Requiem for a Dream (soundtrack)

Infobox Album
Name = Requiem for a Dream
Type = soundtrack
Artist = Clint Mansell and Kronos Quartet


Released = 2000
Genre = Electronic/Neoclassical
Length = 51:13
Reviews = Pitchfork Media (9.1/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19697-requiem-for-a-dream link]

"Requiem for a Dream" is the title of a soundtrack album released in 2000 to accompany the Darren Aronofsky film "Requiem for a Dream". The soundtrack was composed by Clint Mansell and performed by the Kronos Quartet.

Details

Mansell's score was his follow-up to the score he composed for Aronofsky's first film, "π", and has since become a cult hit. The music is notable for its use of sharp, often staccato 'un-vibrato-ed' string instruments to create a cold and discomforting sound from instruments frequently used for their warmth and softness (an effect pioneered in film soundtracks by Bernard Hermann).

The soundtrack has been widely praised, and in particular, the track "Lux Aeterna" (which itself is much used in the film) has subsequently been used in various forms of media. The theme was reorchestrated for "" trailer [ [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20021117/ANSWERMAN/211170301 Answer Man] rogerebert.com Retrieved on May 2 2007.] and is known by the name "Requiem for a Tower". The theme has been displayed in trailers for other films, including the "The Da Vinci Code", "Zathura", "300", "Sunshine" and "Valley of Flowers". It also appeared in the television show "Lost", the video game "Assassin's Creed", NASCAR promotions, PGA tour coverage, and a special edition of the BBC program Top Gear. Use of the theme extended to the point where it is interchangeable with the name "Requiem for a Dream".

The soundtrack for "Requiem for a Dream" also confirmed its popularity with the remix album "Requiem for a Dream: Remixed", which contained new mixes of the music by Paul Oakenfold, Josh Wink, Jagz Kooner, and Delerium, amongst others. However the track "Requiem for a Tower" was not included on this remix album.listen
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Tracklistings

Original album

ummer

#Summer Overture (2:36)
#Party (0:28)
#Coney Island Dreaming (1:04)
#Party (0:36)
#Chocolate Charms (0:25)
#Ghosts of Things to Come (1:33)
#Dreams (0:44)
#Tense (0.38)
#Dr. Pill (0:42)
#High on Life (0:11)
#Ghosts (1:21)
#Crimin' & Dealin' (1:44)
#Hope Overture (2:31)
#Tense (0:28)
#Bialy & Lox Conga (0:45)

Fall

#Cleaning Apartment (1:28)
#Ghosts Falling (1:11)
#Dreams II (1:02)
#Arnold (2:35)
#Marion Barfs (2:22)
#Supermarket Sweep (2:14)
#Dreams III (0:32)
#Sara Goldfarb Has Left the Building (1:17)
#Bugs Got a Devilish Grin Conga (0:57)

Winter

#Winter Overture (0:19)
#Southern Hospitality (1:23)
#Fear (2:26)
#Full Tense (1:04)
#The Beginning of the End (4:28)
#Ghosts of a Future Lost (1:51)
#Meltdown (3:56)
#Lux Aeterna (3:54)
#Coney Island Low (2:13)

Requiem For A Tower - EP

#Requiem For A Tower, Movement 2
#Requiem For A Tower, Movement 3
#Requiem For A Tower, Movement 4

Remixed Album

#Clint Mansell - Tappy's Intro (Film Score) 0:51
#Plant - In the End It's All Nice 6:17
#Psilonaut - Ghost in the Machine 6:56
#Paul Oakenfold - Æternal (6:50) 6:50
#Clint Mansell - Seacoast Towers (Film Score) 0:54
#Jagz Kooner - Coney Island Express 7:09
#Clint Mansell - Seacoast Alarm (Film Score) 0:30
#Wish FM - Haunted Dreams 6:36
#Kronos Quartet - Tense 0:14
#Josh Wink - Full Tension 8:25
#Clint Mansell - Food (Film Score) 1:21
#Delerium - Deluxed 7:20
#Clint Mansell - Island (Film Score) 0:16
#A Guy Called Gerald - Body and Fear 5:48
#Clint Mansell - 112 (Film Score) 1:13
#Ils - Overturned 5:41
#Clint Mansell - Sara (Film Score) 1:08
#Hive - Hand Jive 3:27
#Clint Mansell - Arnold (Film Score) 0:44
#Clint Mansell - Ghosts (Vocal Version) 4:22

Other Tracks

#GMS (music group) - No Rules: Juice
#Paul Oakenfold - Bunkka: Zoo York
#Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz - Kings of Crunk: Throw It Up (Feat. Pastor Troy)

Notes on track titles

* The song "Supermarket Sweep" on the soundtrack is named after Aronofsky's senior thesis film he made at Harvard University. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365809/]

* One of the tracks, "Crimin' & Dealin'", is most likely a reference to the Beastie Boys song "Rhymin' & Stealin'" from their album "Licensed to Ill". This is made more likely because the song was sampled in the Pop Will Eat Itself song "Hit the Hi-Tech Groove". In the commentary for the film, the director, Darren Aronofsky, spoke about listening to hip-hop music as a teenager, which makes the connection even more plausible. Also, both Aronofsky and Beastie Boy Adam Yauch attended Edward R. Murrow High School albeit several years apart.

References

External links

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* [http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800319878&cf=gen&intl=us Mansell at Yahoo Movies]
* [http://www.myspace.com/mansellclint Clint Mansell Official Myspace Page]