Trainspotting: Music from the Motion Picture | |
Type: | soundtrack |
Artist: | Various Artists |
Cover: | Trainspottingsoundtrack.jpg |
Label: | EMI Premier (UK) Capitol (US) |
Chronology: | Danny Boyle film soundtrack |
Prev Title: | Shallow Grave |
Prev Year: | 1995 |
Next Title: | Trainspotting #2: Music from the Motion Picture, Vol. #2 |
Next Year: | 1997 |
The Trainspotting soundtracks are two soundtrack albums released following the film adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel of the same name.
The first album was released in February 1996 in the UK and 9 July 1996 in the US. The comparatively huge fanbase for both the film and the original soundtrack prompted the release of a second soundtrack on 21 October 1997. This second album included songs from the film that did not make the cut for the first album, as well as songs that did not appear in the final film but were involved at earlier stages or were used as inspiration by the filmmakers, and one duplicate song. The popularity of the first volume led EMI to reissue it and continue to press it since 16 June 2003.
In 2007, the editors of Vanity Fair magazine ranked the original Trainspotting soundtrack as the 7th best motion picture soundtrack in history.[1] It was ranked #17 on Entertainment Weeklys 100 Best Movie Soundtracks.[2]
Trainspotting #2: Music from the Motion Picture | |
Type: | Soundtrack |
Artist: | various artists |
Cover: | Trainspottingsoundtrack2.jpg |
Released: | October 7, 1997 |
Genre: | Rock, britpop, electronica, classical |
Length: | 71:56 |
Label: | EMI Premier (UK) Capitol (US) |
Chronology: | Danny Boyle film soundtrack |
Prev Title: | Trainspotting: Music from the Motion Picture |
Prev Year: | 1996 |
Next Title: | A Life Less Ordinary |
Next Year: | 1997 |
The following is a complete list of songs that appear in the film Trainspotting in order of appearance:
^Two songs titled 'Temptation' feature in the movie and soundtracks 1 & 2, however they are completely different songs.