Music
Although the character of Brian Slade is based mainly on David Bowie, Bowie vetoed the proposal that his songs appear in the film. As producer of Lou Reed's 1972 Transformer album, his backing vocals (mainly consisting of "bum-bum-bum"s and "ooh-ooh"s) can be heard on "Satellite of Love". The finished soundtrack includes songs by glam rock and glam-influenced bands, past and present.
The English musicians who played under the name The Venus in Furs on the soundtrack were Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, Craig "Clune" McClune of David Gray's band, Suede's Bernard Butler, and Roxy Music's Andy Mackay. The American musicians who played as Curt Wild's Wylde Ratttz on the soundtrack were The Stooges' Ron Asheton, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Steve Shelley, Minutemen's Mike Watt, Gumball's Don Fleming, and Mark Arm of Mudhoney.
The soundtrack features new songs written for the film by Pulp, Shudder to Think and Grant Lee Buffalo, as well as many early glam rock compositions, covers and original versions. The Venus in Furs covers several Roxy Music songs with Thom Yorke channeling Bryan Ferry on vocals, Placebo covers T. Rex's "20th Century Boy," Wylde Ratttz and Ewan McGregor cover The Stooges' "T.V. Eye" and "Gimme Danger"; Teenage Fanclub and Donna Matthews cover the New York Dolls' "Personality Crisis". Lou Reed, Brian Eno, T. Rex, and Steve Harley songs from the period are also included. The album is rounded out by a piece of Carter Burwell's score.
All three members of the band Placebo appeared in the film, with Brian Molko and Steve Hewitt playing members of the Flaming Creatures (Malcolm and Billy respectively) and Stefan Olsdal playing Polly Small's bassist. Another member of the Flaming Creatures, Pearl, was played by Xavior (Paul Wilkinson), former lead singer of Romo band DexDexTer and later a keyboard player for Placebo and Rachel Stamp.
Track listing
Brian Eno: "Needle in the Camel's Eye" (Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera) – 3:09
Shudder to Think: "Hot One" (Nathan Larson, Shudder to Think) (Based on a lot of David Bowie's glam work, mostly "Time") – 3:04
Placebo: "20th Century Boy" (T. Rex cover) (Marc Bolan) – 3:42
The Venus in Furs (vocals by Thom Yorke): "2HB" (Roxy Music cover) (Bryan Ferry) – 5:39
Wylde Ratttz (vocals by Ewan McGregor): "T.V. Eye" (The Stooges cover) (Dave Alexander, Scott Asheton, Ron Asheton, James Osterberg Jr.) – 5:24
Shudder to Think: "Ballad of Maxwell Demon" (Based on David Bowie's "All the Young Dudes" and Brian Eno's band Maxwell Demon) (Craig Wedren, Shudder to Think) – 4:47
Grant Lee Buffalo: "The Whole Shebang" (Based on David Bowie's "Velvet Goldmine") (Grant-Lee Phillips) – 4:11
The Venus in Furs (vocals by Thom Yorke): "Ladytron" (Roxy Music cover) (Ferry) – 4:26
Pulp: "We Are the Boys" (Cocker, Banks, Doyle, Steve Mackey, Webber) – 3:13
Roxy Music: "Virginia Plain" (Ferry) – 3:00
Teenage Fanclub & Donna Matthews: "Personality Crisis" (New York Dolls cover) (David Johansen, Johnny Thunders) – 3:49
Lou Reed: "Satellite of Love" (Lou Reed) – 3:41
T. Rex: "Diamond Meadows" (Bolan) – 2:00
Paul Kimble & Andy Mackay: "Bitters End" (Ferry) – 2:13
The Venus in Furs (vocals by Jonathan Rhys Meyers): "Baby's on Fire" (Brian Eno cover) (Eno) – 3:19
The Venus in Furs (vocals by Thom Yorke): "Bitter-Sweet" (Roxy Music cover) (Andy Mackay, Ferry) – 4:55
Carter Burwell: "Velvet Spacetime" (Carter Burwell) – 4:10
The Venus in Furs (vocals by Jonathan Rhys Meyers): "Tumbling Down" (Cockney Rebel cover) (Steve Harley) – 3:28
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel: "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" (Harley) – 3:59
A more extensive selection of music was used for the movie soundtrack.
Film soundtrack listing
"Needle in the Camel's Eye" (Eno, Manzanera) – performed by Brian Eno
"Hot One" (Larson, Shudder to Think) – performed by Shudder to Think
"People Rockin' People" (Larson) – performed by Nathan Larson
"Avenging Annie" (Andy Pratt) – performed by Andy Pratt
"Coz I Love You" (Noddy Holder, Jim Lea) – performed by Slade
"The Fat Lady of Limbourg" (Eno) – performed by Brian Eno
"A Little of What You Fancy Does You Good" (Fred W. Leigh, George Arthurs) – performed by Lindsay Kemp
"Tutti Frutti" (Richard Penniman, Dorothy LaBostrie) – performed by the Venus in Furs, vocals by Callum Hamilton
"Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah!)" (Gary Glitter, Mike Leander) – performed by Gary Glitter
"Band of Gold" (Ronald Dunbar, Edythe Wayne) – performed by Freda Payne
"2HB" (Ferry) – performed by the Venus in Furs, vocals by Thom Yorke
"Sebastian" (Harley) – performed by the Venus in Furs, vocals by Jonathan Rhys Meyers
"T.V. Eye" (Alexander, S. Asheton, R. Asheton, Osterberg Jr.) – performed by Wylde Ratttz, vocals by Ewan McGregor
"Ballad of Maxwell Demon" (Wedren, Shudder to Think) – performed by Shudder to Think
"The Whole Shebang" (Phillips) – performed by Grant Lee Buffalo
"Symphony No. 6 in A Minor" (Gustav Mahler) – performed by Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
"Get in the Groove" (James Timothy Shaw) – performed by The Mighty Hannibal
"Ladytron" (Ferry) – performed by the Venus in Furs, vocals by Thom Yorke
"We Are the Boys" (Cocker, Banks, Doyle, Mackey, Webber) – performed by Pulp
"Cosmic Dancer" (Bolan) – performed by T. Rex
"Virginia Plain" (Ferry) – performed by Roxy Music
"Personality Crisis" (Johansen, Thunders) – performed by Teenage Fanclub & Donna Matthews
"Satellite of Love" (Reed) – performed by Lou Reed
"Diamond Meadows" (Bolan) – performed by T. Rex
"Bitters End" (Ferry) – performed by Paul Kimble
"Baby's on Fire" (Eno) – performed by the Venus in Furs, vocals by Jonathan Rhys Meyers
"My Unclean" (R. Asheton, Mark Arm) – performed by Wylde Ratz, vocals by Ewan McGregor
"Bitter-Sweet" (Mackay, Ferry) – performed by the Venus in Furs, vocals by Thom Yorke
"20th Century Boy" (Bolan) – performed by Placebo
"Dead Finks Don't Talk" (Eno) -performed by Brian Eno
"Gimme Danger" (Iggy Pop, James Williamson) – performed by the Venus in Furs, vocals by Ewan McGregor
"Tumbling Down" (Harley) – performed by the Venus in Furs, vocals by Jonathan Rhys Meyers
"2HB" (Ferry) – performed by the Venus in Furs, vocals by Paul Kimble
"Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" (Harley) – performed by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
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