Psycho (soundtrack)

Psycho: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album to the 1998 remake of Psycho. It includes three adaptations of Bernard Herrmann's score to the original by Danny Elfman (Elfman's adaptation was later released on a separate album - ironically, the original film recording of Herrmann's score has yet to be released), with the rest of the album made up of songs by rock, metal, country, trip hop, and drum and bass artists.

Many of the songs were recorded for the album. Five songs sample the actual film: "Once Is Not Enough" repeats a number of Norman Bates and Marion Crane's lines from the 1998 version, and "Honeymoon Suite", "Madhouse", "All of My Life", and "In the End" all sample Bernard Herrmann's score to the original film.

Two songs are cover versions: "Psycho", written by Leon Payne, was previously recorded by Elvis Costello and Beasts of Bourbon, and "Psycho Killer" is song by the Talking Heads.

Only two of the songs were already released by their respective artists at the time of the album's release: "Living Dead Girl" on the album Hellbilly Deluxe, and "Psycho Future" on the album Freak*on*ica (both also Geffen releases).

"Screaming" was later released by the Pet Shop Boys as a B-side to their 1999 single "I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Anymore", and "Fly" was later included on Lamb's 1999 album Fear of Fours.

"Madhouse" was the last song ever recorded by Mono before the band broke up.

Track listing

1. "Prelude" (Bernard Herrmann) – Danny Elfman
2. "Living Dead Girl" (Rob Zombie, Scott Humphrey) – Rob Zombie
3. "Once Is Not Enough" (Howie B.) – Howie B.
4. "Psycho" (Leon Payne) – Teddy Thompson
5. "Screaming" (Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, Tom Stephan) – Pet Shop Boys
6. "Psycho Future" (GVSB) – Girls Against Boys
7. "Honeymoon Suite" (Rob Garza, Eric Hilton) – Thievery Corporation
8. "The Murder" (Herrmann) – Danny Elfman
9. "Madhouse" (Martin Virgo) – Mono
10. "Psycho Killer" (David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz) – James Hall
11. "All of My Life" (Steve Earle) – Steve Earle
12. "Fly" (Andy Barlow, Louise Rhodes) – Lamb
13. "In the End" (Justin Robertson, Roger Lyons) – Lionrock
14. "The Finale" (Herrmann) – Danny Elfman

References

v t e Psycho Novels Psycho (1959) Psycho II (1982) Psycho House (1990) Films Psycho (1960) Psycho II (1983) Psycho III (1986) Psycho (1998) Television Bates Motel (1987) Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) Bates Motel (2013–present) episodes Characters Norman Bates Norma Bates Marion Crane Lila Crane Emma Spool Miscellaneous Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho Hitchcock (2012) Robert Bloch's Psychos The Psycho Legacy (2010) "The Murder" Psycho: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture Psycho