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Michael Andrews / Original Soundtrack - Donnie Darko Soundtrack CD
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Original score composed by Michael Andrews.
Recorded at Elgonix Studios, Hollywood, California. Includes liner notes by Richard Kelly.
Composer: Michael Andrews.
Personnel: Gary Jules (vocals); Sam Shelton (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Todd Burke.
Liner Note Author: Richard Kelly .
Recording information: Elgonix Labs.
The most remarkable thing about Richard Kelly's directorial debut, Donnie Darko, is its sheer tenacity. After suffering the fatal blow of a post-September 11 release date, the ominous film, which features the destruction of a sleepy suburban household by a falling jet engine, was pulled from theaters. Its subsequent release on video garnered a rabid fan base that elevated the movie to cult status, spawning hundreds of websites devoted to untangling its spidery threads of time-travel logic and spiritual chicanery. Rookie composer Michael Andrews, whose only previous work was for television's Freaks and Geeks, captures the underlying dread and unsettling beauty of the film by remaining reverent to it. Clocking in at just over 30 minutes, the heart of the piece is a pulsing, hypnotic waltz that transports you to the alternate-reality Middlesex, VA where the film takes place. His use of period (1980s) synths and a voxophone, tastefully punctuated by sparse choral arrangements, evoke a Danny Elfman score leached of bombast and quivering in its naked form. Like Air's soundtrack to The Virgin Suicides, Andrews' songs create such a specific sense of place that an entirely different film would emerge in their absence, robbing the consumer of its dizzying afterglow -- the soft, walking pianos on "The Artifact and Living" and "Rosie Darko" tiptoe through your subconscious for weeks. Due to the sparse, six-million-dollar budget of the movie, the producers had to decide whether or not to include celluloid-only tracks like "Killing Moon" by Echo & the Bunnymen and "Under the Milky Way" by the Church or pay for the special effects. They wisely opted for the latter, threw in an extra quarter and allowed Andrews and singer-songwriter Gary Jules to construct the heartbreaking re-working of Tears for Fears' 1983 hit "Mad World," that delivers the last play on Donnie Darko's haunting, apocalyptic jukebox. [In 2004, Sanctuary released a comprehensive two-dsic version in the U.K. that featured all of the songs used in the film, including tracks by Tears For Fears, the Church, Echo & the Bunnymen, INXS, Joy Division, Duran Duran and others.] ~ James Christopher Monger
Donnie Darko Soundtrack Music
Michael Andrews / Original Soundtrack - Donnie Darko Soundtrack Songs
| 1 | Donnie Darko, film score: Carpathian Ridge
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| 2 | Donnie Darko, film score: The Tangent Universe
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| 3 | Donnie Darko, film score: The Artifact & Living
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| 4 | Donnie Darko, film score: Middlesex Times
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| 5 | Donnie Darko, film score: Manupulated Living
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| 6 | Donnie Darko, film score: Philosophy of Time Travel
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| 7 | Donnie Darko, film score: Liquid Spear Waltz
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| 8 | Donnie Darko, film score: Gretchen Ross
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| 9 | Donnie Darko, film score: Burn it to the Ground
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| 10 | Donnie Darko, film score: Slipping Away
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| 11 | Donnie Darko, film score: Rosie Darko
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| 12 | Donnie Darko, film score: Cellar Door
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| 13 | Donnie Darko, film score: Ensurance Trap
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| 14 | Donnie Darko, film score: Waltz in the 4th Dimension
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| 15 | Donnie Darko, film score: Time Travel
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| 16 | Donnie Darko, film score: Did you Know Him?
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| 17 | Mad World: as used in the film Donnie Darko
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| 18 | Mad World: alternate version as used in the film Donnie Darko
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Donnie Darko Soundtrack Music Review
Average Rating: (3.5 out of 5 stars)   Great song, drab album
While the artistry is undeniable, the musical backgrounds are rather drab. They certainly add to the movie, but do not shine by themselves. The two versions of Mad World, however, are worth the price of the CD.
Submitted by kiteking (Puyallup, WA, USA) 
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good, but...
this is a good soundtrack, but its missing "the killing moon" by echo and the bunnymen. this was my favorite song in the movie! if you dont know what song im talking about, get it somehow and youll recognize it immediately.
Submitted by jay (doadnasld)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 2 found this helpful.  great music
This music is very good.
Submitted by wolfs_lady59 (Jewett, New York)
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chillly, dark, romantic atmosphere
In a film like the beautiful "DONNIE DARKO" music is as important as its main actor. Musician Micheal Andrews makes a great job creating a chilly, dark, romantic and futuristic atmosphere which perfectly fits the film. Gary Jules' version of Tears for fears' MAd World brings the original a second life, as it is completely different from it.
This score is perfect for rainy days or when you feel you wanna spend 45 minutes alone with yourself. Just pump up the volume!
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