Sunshine: Music from the Motion Picture

Sunshine: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album for the 2007 Danny Boyle film Sunshine and is a joint composition by the electronic band Underworld^[1] and film score composer John Murphy. Underworld has a long history of collaboration with Boyle, having been featured on the soundtracks to Boyle's Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary, and The Beach. Murphy composed the scores to Boyle's 28 Days Later and Millions.

The soundtrack includes "Avenue of Hope" by I Am Kloot^[2] and "Peggy Sussed" by Underworld. These tracks are featured during the movie's end credits. "Capa Meets the Sun" is a slightly edited version of "To Heal", from Underworld's album Oblivion with Bells.

Legal problems

The soundtrack release was held up for over a year with lawyers trying to resolve unspecified legal issues.^[3] Several official sources even stated that a soundtrack release would never happen.^[4] However, the legal issues were finally resolved, and on their 10 September 2008 radio show, Underworld announced that the soundtrack would be released soon.^[5] On 25 November 2008 the soundtrack was finally released exclusively through the iTunes Store. On 14 February 2009 the album was re-released on iTunes in DRM-free iTunes Plus format.

Other appearances of music from the film Sunshine

Various arrangements, renditions and samples of the now-famous four-chord progression first heard in "Sunshine (Adagio In D Minor)" and "Kaneda's Death, Pt. 2 (Adagio In D Minor)" have been used in television shows, films, advertisements and song remixes such as:

• The track "Time" from the 2010 film Inception.
• A trailer for the movie The Adjustment Bureau.
• A trailer for the movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
• The unaired pilot episode of the television series Fringe.
• The season finale of the 2009 television series V (season 1, episode 12: "Red Sky").
• Multiple episodes of the television series The Walking Dead (season 1, episode 5: "Wildfire"; season 2, episode 1: "What Lies Ahead").
• An NBC feature on speed skater Apolo Ohno that aired on February 14, 2010 during the network's coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
• The 2010 film Kick-Ass. John Murphy was one of five composers who worked on the film's score. Tracks based on the Sunshine/Adagio theme include "I'm Kick-Ass," "Safehouse / Ambush," "Nightvision," "Strobe (Adagio in D Minor)" and "Flying Home" — most of which are devoted arrangements.

Track listing

1. "Welcome to Icarus II" (John Murphy) – 1:59
2. "Avenue of Hope" (I Am Kloot) – 4:34
3. "Capa's Last Transmission Home" (Underworld) – 2:11
4. "Kaneda's Death, Pt. 2 (Adagio In D Minor)" (John Murphy) – 2:58
5. "Mercury" (Underworld & John Murphy) – 2:10
6. "Kaneda's Death, Pt. 1" (John Murphy) – 6:06
7. "Searle Finds the Crew of Icarus I / Floating Free / Searle's Last Blast" (Underworld & John Murphy) – 3:11
8. "Freezing Outside: Harvey" (John Murphy & Underworld) – 2:54
9. "Trey's Fate" (Underworld) – 2:42
10. "Pinbacker Slashes Capa" (John Murphy & Underworld) – 2:32
11. "Corazon Finds the Seedling" (Underworld) – 1:20
12. "Cassie Searches / Dead Corazón" (John Murphy & Underworld) – 2:41
13. "Freezing Inside: Mace" (John Murphy) – 1:51
14. "Capa Suits Up" (John Murphy) – 1:54
15. "Sunshine (Adagio In D Minor)" (John Murphy) – 4:27
16. "Capa's Jump" (John Murphy) – 1:20
17. "Distortions" (Underworld) – 5:40
18. "Capa Meets the Sun (To Heal)" (Underworld) – 2:18
19. "Peggy Sussed" (Underworld) – 2:27

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