Marie Antoinette (soundtrack)

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Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette cover
Soundtrack
Released October 10, 2006
Recorded Burbank, CA
Genre Soundtrack
Length 91:02
Label Verve Forecast/Polydor
Producer Brian Reitzell
Professional reviews

Marie Antoinette is the soundtrack to the 2006 Sofia Coppola film of the same name. The soundtrack is heavily comprised of atmospheric guitar-based rock music and electronic music, a trend established in previous Coppola films such as Lost in Translation and The Virgin Suicides which were also produced by music director Brian Reitzell.

1980s New Wave and post-punk artists such as New Order, The Cure, and Bow Wow Wow represent the music that accounts for the bulk of the soundtrack. Coppola's choice of modern music for use in the film's soundtrack is unusual, as the film itself is set in 18th century France. The soundtrack also contains several period baroque pieces, including works by Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Philippe Rameau and Domenico Scarlatti.

The two-disc soundtrack album was released by Verve Forecast and Polydor Records on October 10, 2006.

The album has been quite successful. It debuted at number 154 on the US Billboard 200. In its second week it jumped to number 97 and was named that week's "pace setter".

It was nominated for "Best Soundtrack" at the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards. [1]

The album was ranked #10 by Trent Vanegas in his "Top Music of 2006". [2]

[edit] Track listing

Disc One
  1. "Hong Kong Garden" – Siouxsie & The Banshees
  2. "Aphrodisiac" – Bow Wow Wow
  3. "What Ever Happened" – The Strokes
  4. "Pulling Our Weight" – The Radio Dept.
  5. "Ceremony" – New Order
  6. "Natural's Not in It" – Gang of Four
  7. "I Want Candy (Kevin Shields Remix)" – Bow Wow Wow
  8. "Kings of the Wild Frontier" – Adam & The Ants
  9. "Concerto in G"[1] – Antonio Vivaldi / Reitzell
  10. "The Melody of a Fallen Tree" – Windsor for the Derby
  11. "I Don’t Like It Like This" – The Radio Dept.
  12. "Plainsong" – The Cure
Disc Two
  1. "Intro Versailles" – Reitzell / Beggs
  2. "Jynweythek Ylow" – Aphex Twin
  3. "Opus 17" – Dustin O’Halloran
  4. "Il Secondo Giorno (Instrumental)" – Air
  5. "Keen On Boys" – The Radio Dept.
  6. "Opus 23" – Dustin O’Halloran
  7. "Les barricades mystérieuses" – François Couperin / Reitzell
  8. "Fools Rush In (Kevin Shields Remix)" – Bow Wow Wow
  9. "Avril 14th" – Aphex Twin
  10. "K. 213" – Domenico Scarlatti / Reitzell
  11. "Tommib Help Buss" – Squarepusher
  12. "Tristes Apprêts, Pâles Flambeaux" – Jean Philippe Rameau / W. Christie[2]
  13. "Opus 36" – Dustin O’Halloran
  14. "All Cats Are Grey" – The Cure

[edit] Album

Year Chart Peak Position
2006 The Billboard 200 (U.S.) 97

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Concerto for Strings and Continuo in G major RV 151 Concerto alla rustica: I presto
  2. ^ "Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux" from Rameau's opera Castor and Pollux.