{"product_id":"michael-andrews-donnie-darko-original-score-lp","title":"Michael Andrews - Donnie Darko (Original Score) (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u0026amp; 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 \u0026amp; the Bunnymen, INXS, Joy Division, Duran Duran and others.] ~ James Christopher Monger\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal score composed by Michael Andrews.\u003cbr\u003eRecorded at Elgonix Studios, Hollywood, California. Includes liner notes by Richard Kelly.\u003cbr\u003eComposer: Michael Andrews.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(209, 72, 65);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHandling Time Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e** Please allow an additional 4-5 business days for this item's shipment. **\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Electronic, Soundtrack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemember, for our lowest prices, always order directly from \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(184, 49, 47);\"\u003e Joco Records\u003c\/span\u003e!\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack Listing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1 Carpathian Ridge 1:36\u003cbr\u003eA2 The Tangent Universe 1:50\u003cbr\u003eA3 The Artifact \u0026amp; Living 2:30\u003cbr\u003eA4 Middlesex Times 1:42\u003cbr\u003eA5 Manipulated Living 2:09\u003cbr\u003eA6 Philosophy Of Time Travel 2:02\u003cbr\u003eA7 Liquid Spear Waltz 1:32\u003cbr\u003eA8 Gretchen Ross 0:52\u003cbr\u003eA9 Burn It To The Ground 1:58\u003cbr\u003eA10 Slipping Away 1:17\u003cbr\u003eB1 Rosie Darko 1:26\u003cbr\u003eB2 Cellar Door 1:04\u003cbr\u003eB3 Ensurance Trap 3:12\u003cbr\u003eB4 Waltz In The 4th Dimension 2:47\u003cbr\u003eB5 Time Travel 3:02\u003cbr\u003eB6 Did You Know Him? 1:47\u003cbr\u003eB7 Mad World 3:08\u003cbr\u003eB8 Mad World (Alternate Version) 3:41\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joco Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48097750155523,"sku":"WG88Y7-0YGW-00","price":23.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/phishstonesproducts.myshopify.com\/products\/michael-andrews-donnie-darko-original-score-lp","provider":"PhishStones Products","version":"1.0","type":"link"}